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Games like Sinister Outbreak

If Sinister Outbreak is your kind of game, the closest matches are Devil Should Die, Poveglia: The Island of No Return and Dead Space — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Sinister Outbreak: Sinister Outbreak is an action-horror game where you wake up in a zombie-infested lab. With no memory and danger around every corner, fight to survive, uncover the truth, and escape the nightmare.

2025ActionIndieAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby Farytek
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  1. Devil Should Die

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    Third person shooter game very exciting Includes all enemies in one game and weapons build system arena so you can fight them all at once so have fun

    2021ActionAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Poveglia: The Island of No Return

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Early Access with Sinister Outbreak.

    Visit one of the darkest places in Italy where hundreds of souls were forgotten in time. After an acclaimed career as a private investigator, detective William Miller takes on one last case; the disappearance of the Family Pierangelli, which has remained in mystery for over thirty years.

    2024AdventureEarly Access14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dead Space

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

    2023ActionAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Dead Space™ 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

    2011ActionAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Daymare: 1998

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. AI Olympius

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    Join the rebels in a third-person shooter with RPG elements and base-building mode. Fight against various combat drone models under the control of the supreme AI.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sniper Elite 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    The award-winning series returns as Karl Fairburne fights to uncover Project Kraken in 1944 France. The genre-defining authentic sniping, with enhanced kill cam, has never looked or felt better as you fight across immersive maps to stop the Nazi war machine in its tracks.

    2022ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Dark Sector

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Sinister Outbreak fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sinister Outbreak.

    A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

    2009Action9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sinister Outbreak at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sinister Outbreak.

    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.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sinister Outbreak.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Sinister Outbreak on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 Sinister Outbreak.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sinister Outbreak.

    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 ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sinister Outbreak.

    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 ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sinister Outbreak.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sinister Outbreak.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Sinister Outbreak

How much does Sinister Outbreak cost?
Sinister Outbreak is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Sinister Outbreak?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sinister Outbreak are Devil Should Die, Poveglia: The Island of No Return, Dead Space.
Who developed Sinister Outbreak?
Sinister Outbreak was developed by Farytek and published by Clovek Games.

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