Games like Z.A.R.
If Z.A.R. is your kind of game, the closest matches are Eradicator, Blood: Refreshed Supply™ and Strife: Veteran Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its destructible voxel landscapes, energy based health system and energy disappears quickly. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Z.A.R.: In 2097, the mining of minerals and other natural resources is completely automated and controlled by supercomputers. The planets that are mined for 'Iberium', an essential mineral to control pollution on Earth, are called Z.A.R.; Zones for Artificial Resources.
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Steam players who put hours into Z.A.R. also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Eradicator
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Z.A.R..
Top pick for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Explode into action!
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Z.A.R..
Second-strongest match for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
Strife: Veteran Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Z.A.R..
Third-strongest match for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.
Turok
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Shares a retro mood with Z.A.R..
Ranked #4 for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
A world where time has no meaning - and evil knows no bounds. Torn from a world long gone, the time traveling warrior Turok has found himself thrust into a savage land torn by conflict.
Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
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Shares a retro mood with Z.A.R..
Ranked #5 for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons
The Apogee Throwback Pack
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Shares a retro mood with Z.A.R..
Ranked #6 for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in "Rise of the Triad".
Outlaws + A Handful of Missions (Classic, 1997)
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Z.A.R..
Ranked #7 for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Get ready for the good, the bad, and the even worse. As Marshall James Anderson, you'll face a horde of ornery, gun-slinging outlaws. You'll shoot your way through a twisted plot of greed and revenge. You'll arm yourself with firearms, as well as your wits.
NAM
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Z.A.R..
Ranked #8 for Z.A.R. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
You are Alan 'The Bear' Westmoreland, Marine Corps sergeant. The trouble starts on a deadly Viet Cong raid. Here the jungle is your battleground. Your mission, survive.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Z.A.R. at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~83% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~50% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
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Priced ~50% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
Super Hexagon
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Priced ~50% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~58% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
Superflight
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Priced ~50% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Post Void
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Priced ~50% under Z.A.R. on Steam right now. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Counter-Strike 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Rainbow Six® Siege is the reference in tactical team shooters, where elite strategy and execution triumph. Enjoy free access to Quick Match, Unranked, and Dual Front game modes with a selection of operators.
Team Fortress 2
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
Nine distinct classes provide a broad range of tactical abilities and personalities. Constantly updated with new game modes, maps, equipment and, most importantly, hats!
Unturned
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.
THE FINALS
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Z.A.R..
THE FINALS is the world’s first Dynamism Shooter, a free-to-play, fast-paced, physics-driven, first-person shooter set on the stage of the biggest Gameshow of the future! Fight for Fans and fortune in fully-destructible, virtual Arenas that guarantee no two rounds will ever play the same!
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Frequently asked about Z.A.R.
- How much does Z.A.R. cost?
- Z.A.R. is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Z.A.R.?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Z.A.R. are Eradicator, Blood: Refreshed Supply™, Strife: Veteran Edition.
- Who developed Z.A.R.?
- Z.A.R. was developed by Maddox Games and published by Nightdive Studios, Atari.
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