Games like LIFE EFFECT Survival
If LIFE EFFECT Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infect: The Last Stand, CHEMISTS: Area of infection and Never Be Alone — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 LIFE EFFECT Survival: Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
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Infect: The Last Stand
WHY THIS
Top pick for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Experience brutal Hardcore PvPvE survival powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every decision matters, every step could be your last, and every sound you hear might be your final one. Do you have what it takes to survive the hunt?
CHEMISTS: Area of infection
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A year after the global catastrophe, you woke up in a hospital and don't remember anything. You have to not only find out what happened, but also try to survive in this harsh dangerous world.
Never Be Alone
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Never Be Alone is an open-world zombie survival game designed for solo play and seamless co-op. Face the apocalypse alone or survive together in a world reclaimed by nature 10 years after the outbreak.
From Scratch
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
From Scratch is survival game set in a huge open world of over 50 square kilometers. Fight, craft and acquire resources to survive in a world overrun by zombies and wild animals.
Polygone
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Polygone is a low-poly, yet highly visual take on the classic "Zombie Modes" in modern first person shooters. Play with up to four friends to fight off endless hordes of over 50 different zombies and bosses on a massive map that you'll need to unlock areas to explore.
Morte Accendere
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A sci-fi zombie infected third or first person action with elements of parkour, combat with weapons or hand to hand, many modes of transportation. Ability to craft items and build your safe zone.
Occupation 2.5
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Attack from Outer Space. Classic old-school First/Third person shooter. Fight against zombies, mutants, monsters to save the Earth!
Polyturned
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for LIFE EFFECT Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Your goal is to survive in a city overrun by zombies, team up with friends to mine resources, build forts and explore the abandoned city.
Reviewers mention these as similar to LIFE EFFECT Survival
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STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. You are the last hope of the Jedi Order. Can you master the awesome power of the Force on your quest to save the Republic? Or will you fall to the lure of the dark side?
STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play.
5 years after the events of the award winning original, the Sith are on the verge of crushing the Old Republic. As a lone Jedi, will you follow the light side or succumb to the dark?
DayZ
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
ARK: Survival Evolved
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Stranded on the shores of a mysterious island, you must learn to survive. Use your cunning to kill or tame the primeval creatures roaming the land, and encounter other players to survive, dominate... and escape!
Tom Clancy’s The Division™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A tactical open world third-person shooter set in New York after a deadly pandemic. Team up or go solo to restore order against deadly factions, secure loot, and conquer high-risk endgame challenges.
Palworld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
Road to Vostok
WHY THIS
Shares day night cycle and an atmospheric mood with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Reviewers of LIFE EFFECT Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Early Access with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below LIFE EFFECT Survival at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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 ~67% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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 ~53% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under LIFE EFFECT Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with LIFE EFFECT Survival.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
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Frequently asked about LIFE EFFECT Survival
- Does LIFE EFFECT Survival work on Steam Deck?
- LIFE EFFECT Survival is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does LIFE EFFECT Survival cost?
- LIFE EFFECT Survival is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to LIFE EFFECT Survival?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside LIFE EFFECT Survival are Infect: The Last Stand, CHEMISTS: Area of infection, Never Be Alone.
- Who developed LIFE EFFECT Survival?
- LIFE EFFECT Survival was developed by LIFE EFFECT and published by EFFECT STUDIO.
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