Games like Dead Above
If Dead Above is your kind of game, the closest matches are Isolation Edge, NightfallZ and AETHUS — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Dead Above: The world above is filled with countless walking corpses, You can only live in the dark world underground. However, they still want to destroy your only way up——The abandoned mine elevator, protect it, and also protect yourself. Wait for someone to fight alongside you.
Players who liked Dead Above also play
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Isolation Edge
WHY THIS
Top pick for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Above.
Isolation Edge is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a desolate world reclaimed by zombies. Traverse dangerous zones to scavenge, craft gear, and build your fortress to endure the relentless hordes. The past is lost, but on this isolated edge, every breath is a victory worth fighting for.
NightfallZ
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Above.
This is a top-down survival and building game where you scavenge for resources and construct a base to defend against zombie attacks when nightfall. Warning! The wilderness at night is extremely dangerous; please stay inside your base.
AETHUS
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Orcdom
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Dead Above.
Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!
After Long Night
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
FALL
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Dead Above.
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Ascent of Ashes
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Dead Above fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dead Above.
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Above at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Above.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Above.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Above.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Above.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~42% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dead Above.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Above.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Dead Above on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Dead Above.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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 Dead Above.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Above.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Dead Above.
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?
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 Dead Above.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Above.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Dead Above.
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.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dead Above.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Above.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Dead Above
- How much does Dead Above cost?
- Dead Above is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Dead Above?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Above are Isolation Edge, NightfallZ, AETHUS.
- Who developed Dead Above?
- Dead Above was developed by ZHOU,SU and published by Tianjin Prettyhome technology Co.,Ltd.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Dead Above.
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