Games like Nation Red
If Nation Red is your kind of game, the closest matches are VERSUS SQUAD, Crimsonland and Over 9000 Zombies! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cheap and replayable, escalating zombie hordes and challenging. 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 →Nation Red is a top-down wave-based zombie shooter developed and published by DiezelPower, released in 2009 at a price of $2.99 USD. Players take on escalating zombie hordes in online co-op multiplayer for up to four participants, with a resurrection system and toggleable friendly fire adding tactical depth. Reviewers highlight the perk-leveling system where choices shape individual playstyles, while weapons drop frequently throughout intense sessions. Players describe the action as challenging, intense, lighthearted, and retro in tone. Nation Red offers mode selection for varied gameplay approaches, and the game holds a 91% positive rating from 1196 Steam reviews.
About Nation Red: Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.
Players who liked Nation Red also play
Steam players who put hours into Nation Red 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.
VERSUS SQUAD
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a lighthearted mood with Nation Red.
Top pick for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Crimsonland
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nation Red.
Second-strongest match for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Over 9000 Zombies!
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and an intense mood with Nation Red.
Third-strongest match for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?
Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nation Red.
Ranked #4 for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
You like top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against zombies and monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments? Fight your way through an apocalyptic city in the single player story mode, and test your skills in the survival mode.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a retro mood with Nation Red.
Ranked #5 for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
Final Days
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a retro mood with Nation Red.
Ranked #6 for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Survive overwhelming hordes of zombie-like mutants in this chaotic co-op twin-stick shooter. Play solo or team up with up to 16 players as hundreds of enemies flood the screen in a relentless fight to hold the line.
Iron Crypticle
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Nation Red.
Ranked #7 for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!
HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nation Red.
Ranked #8 for Nation Red fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Nation Red
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Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nation Red.
Reviewers of Nation Red cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
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!
Megabonk
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nation Red.
Reviewers of Nation Red cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Smash
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Nation Red cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Nation Red.
Click on the mouse left button to destroy the glass pyramids & push away the obstacles. Stay focused and concentrate on the path destroy every pyramid and push away obstacles coming in the path.
Crimsonland
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nation Red.
Reviewers of Nation Red cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Nation Red at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nation Red.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Action with Nation Red.
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.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nation Red.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Nation Red on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Nation Red.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Nation Red.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
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 with Nation Red.
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 Nation Red.
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 Nation Red.
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 Nation Red.
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 Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
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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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
VERSUS SQUAD
WHY THIS
Shares co op multiplayer and a lighthearted mood with Nation Red.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
Crimsonland
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Nation Red.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.
Iron Crypticle
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Nation Red.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
IRON CRYPTICLE is an arcade twin-stick dungeon shooter with RPG elements for 1 to 4 players LOCAL CO-OP! A mysterious, malevolent force has abducted Cryptonia’s princess – along with the king’s royal golden treasures (shaped curiously like large foodstuffs...). Kingsguard to the rescue!
HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Nation Red.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Nation Red.
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.
Frequently asked about Nation Red
- How much does Nation Red cost?
- Nation Red is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Nation Red have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Nation Red supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Nation Red?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Nation Red are VERSUS SQUAD, Crimsonland, Over 9000 Zombies!.
- Who developed Nation Red?
- Nation Red was developed by DiezelPower.
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