Games like Extinction Zone
If Extinction Zone is your kind of game, the closest matches are Defiled West, Rust & Roots and ZERO Sievert — 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 Extinction Zone: EXTINCTION ZONE is a zombie themed combat action survival game with 2D pixel art environments, puzzles to solve and a conspiracy to unravel.
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Defiled West
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Top pick for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Extinction Zone.
A top-down Western Action RPG set in a desolate & mutated frontier. Discover and overpower furiously unstable foes that waver the rules of life and death. Collect and upgrade powerful weapons and wield a variety of otherworldly gadgets. Reclaim what was lost, one building at a time.
Rust & Roots
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Second-strongest match for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The machine island was supposed to be a technological utopia on the bleeding edge of technology. Now it's a slaughterhouse. You are the only thing standing between rampaging AI and the rest of humanity. Fight for a chance to survive in a top-down classical shooter and defy the machine!
ZERO Sievert
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Escape From Duckov
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
The Last Stand: Aftermath
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Hail to the Rainbow
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Extinction Zone fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
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 Extinction Zone.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Extinction Zone.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Extinction Zone.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Other recommendable Steam games by 171Dev, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Trigger Dungeon
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Extinction Zone. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Rage inducing trap-filled precision platformer ideal for speedrunners and masochists alike. Navigate through nearly 200 hundred rooms filled with devious tricks and traps. Classic, easy to pick-up gameplay with colourful pixel art graphics.
Tameshi
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Extinction Zone. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Power-up your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Survive the onslaught and emerge victorious!
Chromacell
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Extinction Zone. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
In this sideways scrolling shmup, take control of your spaceship and navigate through vibrant pixelated environments filled with hordes of enemy spacecraft. Upgrade your ship and weapons, dodge enemy fire while blasting through each stage. Emerge victorious as the ultimate space pilot!
Tiny Racing
WHY THIS
Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Extinction Zone. Shares Action with Extinction Zone.
A nostalgic top-down racing game with vibrant pixel art. Choose from unique vehicles, conquer constrasting tracks, and master different modes. With intuitive arcade controls, experience high-speed excitement and become the ultimate racing champion in this retro race adventure!
Iron Skies
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Another title from 171Dev, the studio behind Extinction Zone. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Retro style, propeller plane centred shoot 'em up inspired by the arcade classics of a fondly remembered bygone era.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
ZERO Sievert
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...
Dead of Darkness
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
ANIMAL WELL
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Hail to the Rainbow
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Extinction Zone.
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
Frequently asked about Extinction Zone
- What games are most similar to Extinction Zone?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Extinction Zone are Defiled West, Rust & Roots, ZERO Sievert.
- Who developed Extinction Zone?
- Extinction Zone was developed by 171Dev.
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