Games like DEADWAVE
If DEADWAVE is your kind of game, the closest matches are Decisive Strike, Guns N Stuff 2 and Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake — 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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Decisive Strike
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Top pick for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
A sci-fi team-based Third Person Shooter where strategy is as important as your reflexes.
Guns N Stuff 2
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Second-strongest match for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
A fast-paced third-person shooter with up to eight players. Fight with a variety of 40+ weapons on 40+ maps. Grab a weapon as quickly as possible, whether it is a simple pistol or a viking helmet, and get to killing.
Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake
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Third-strongest match for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
Dive into Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake, a survival horror game with a chilling 80s slasher vibe. Experience a gripping single-player story and thrilling multiplayer modes. Unravel the virus mystery, battle zombies in Horde Mode, or outwit the infected slasher in the unique asymmetrical Infected Mode.
Strike On
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Ranked #4 for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
Fast-paced multiplayer dodgeball built for pure competitive action. Master precise throws, dodge incoming attacks, and dominate the arena through skill, timing, and movement. Easy to pick up, hard to master — every match is intense, strategic, and action-packed.
The Day Before
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Ranked #5 for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DEADWAVE.
The Day Before offers players a uniquely reimagined journey into post-apocalyptic open-world MMO survival set in the present day on the US East Coast following a deadly pandemic.
CrossPlanet Beta
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Ranked #6 for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
A fast-paced, third-person arena shooter which focuses on movement and skill-based comabt. Outmaneuver and out-gun enemies to win, with mechanics such as double jumping, evading, grapple hook and jetpacks. No paywalls, no microtransactions, just fun, and it's free!
Countryballs: Modern Ballfare
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Ranked #7 for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
The Definitive Political Debating Simulator. A wacky third-person multiplayer arena shooter inspired by Countryball memes - a game encouraging you to smash each others balls until someone finishes victoriously. Now includes an online co-op zombie mode!
Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
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Ranked #8 for DEADWAVE fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with DEADWAVE.
Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DEADWAVE.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DEADWAVE.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with DEADWAVE.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with DEADWAVE.
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 DEADWAVE
- Does DEADWAVE have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DEADWAVE supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to DEADWAVE?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DEADWAVE are Decisive Strike, Guns N Stuff 2, Aftermath Z: Red Pine Lake.
- Who developed DEADWAVE?
- DEADWAVE was developed by Firewall Games.
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 DEADWAVE.
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