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Games like The Horde Wants You Dead

If The Horde Wants You Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Space Show edition 17, Raiders Rise and Diced Up! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, funny and intense. 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.

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About The Horde Wants You Dead: The Horde Wants You Dead is a casual, top-down shooter with up to 4-player online co-op. Ambushed by an angry horde, you and your friends face a fight for survival against thousands of relentless enemies!

2025ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Bellyflop Games
The Horde Wants You Dead — Steam game cover
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Addictive just one more run loopBetter with friends for chaotic co op funChallenge creator lets players customize difficultyChallengingFunnyIntense

Players who liked The Horde Wants You Dead also play

Steam players who put hours into The Horde Wants You Dead 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.

  1. Space Show edition 17

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Space Show is an explosive space shoot’em up blending fast-paced arcade action with roguelite progression. Destroy waves of asteroids, battle enemy fleets, and defend Earth in an endless war where only survival… and glory matter!

    2026ActionIndieSteam ↗
  2. Raiders Rise

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Explore hostile planets, face endless hordes of devourers, collect crystals, and upgrade your equipment. Choose the hero that best suits your playstyle, cooperate with your allies to survive… or betray the other team at the perfect moment and claim victory.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗
  3. Diced Up!

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Survive as long as you can in an endless bullet hell with randomized stats and weapons.

    2024ActionIndieCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Audacity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Grab your friends and escape Auda City, which has come under attack from the living dead. Bullet hell meets zombies, do you have the Audacity to survive?

    2025ActionIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Battlestage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    - Co-op Twin Stick Shooter

    2020Action10.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Hover Point

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Hover Point is a physics-based rogue-lite bullet hell where movement is your weapon. Dodge chaotic swarms with auto-fire action, build your skill tree, and climb global leaderboards. Master the chaos solo or in co-op via mouse-only, keyboard-only, or controller-only playstyles.

    2026ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Zombiepede

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Upgrade your weapons in this roguelike defense shooter to shoot your way alone or with up to 4 friends in coop through endless hordes of different creatures and levels. Test different strategies to survive the early game and feel like a god in the late game.

    2023ActionIndieEarly Access4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Alien Swarm

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Ranked #8 for The Horde Wants You Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Co-operative multiplayer game and complete code base available for free.

    2010ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Horde Wants You Dead at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Shares a punishing mood with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Priced ~50% under The Horde Wants You Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Horde Wants You Dead.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about The Horde Wants You Dead

Is The Horde Wants You Dead verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — The Horde Wants You Dead is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does The Horde Wants You Dead cost?
The Horde Wants You Dead is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does The Horde Wants You Dead have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — The Horde Wants You Dead supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to The Horde Wants You Dead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Horde Wants You Dead are Space Show edition 17, Raiders Rise, Diced Up!.
Who developed The Horde Wants You Dead?
The Horde Wants You Dead was developed by Bellyflop Games.

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