Games like Envy the Dead
If Envy the Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Craft In Abyss, Dream Engines: Nomad Cities and Idle Hero — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its every decision feels consequential, scavenging feels high stakes 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 →About Envy the Dead: Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
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Craft In Abyss
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a dark mood with Envy the Dead.
Top pick for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Craft in Abyss is a tower defense rogue-lite game. It allow players to design their own mechanical fortress, gather resources and continuously strengthen the fortress facilities within a sci-fi world.
Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Envy the Dead.
Second-strongest match for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
Idle Hero
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Idle Hero is a reference game in its genre. No endless walkthrough and unreachable goals. Everything is completable with guaranteed fun, pleasure and challenging but fair tasks.
Under the Ruin
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Lead a squad into the ruins, scavenging resources while fending off relentless swarms. In this unique, expansion-style tower defense game, explore regions, grow your forces, and stop the cataclysm to save humanity.
Notice Me Leena-senpai!
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Envy the Dead.
Oh no! The Demon Lord is attacking! Help Leena-senpai defend her school and city against the Demon Lords minions!
Abyss Protection TD
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
Abyss Protection - dynamic, endless Tower Defense. Fight off the attacks of the inhabitants of the abyss, expand your possessions. Build formidable weapons that will help repulse enemies. Defeat the main evil.
Now Open! Horror House
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
This is a simulation management and tower defense type game where players take on the role of a "Horror House Owner". Using various mechanisms and props, players aim to scare off visitors who come to challenge the "Horror House", gradually expanding and strengthening the business.
No Heroes Here 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Envy the Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
A group of non-adventurers is the last hope in defending the castle in this chaotic co-op tower defense game with roguelike features. With up to 4 players, your party must organize the castle, work as a team to craft ammo, and shoot at enemies to protect your kingdom!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Envy the Dead at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
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 Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
"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!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Envy the Dead.
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.
Ukrainian ball in search of gas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
You play as a man turned into a ball and you need to steal all the gas from the forest at all costs.
Gaming Burnout Treatment Center
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Digital ED Treatment Center is a random launcher for players in a gaming slump. We help you rediscover the joy of play and unearth hidden gems buried in your library. Click to start your treatment and reignite your gaming vigor!
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Envy the Dead on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
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.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Envy the Dead.
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.
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Envy the Dead.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Envy the Dead.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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!
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More from Kazakov Oleg
Other recommendable Steam games by Kazakov Oleg, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Gedonia
WHY THIS
Shares crafting with Envy the Dead.
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead. Shares RPG with Envy the Dead.
Gedonia is a classic open world rpg, featuring a complete freedom of building your character, exploring a huge world and completing quests.
Gedonia 2
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a challenging mood with Envy the Dead.
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead. Shares RPG with Envy the Dead.
Gedonia 2 is an online coop RPG, which allows up to 4 players to freely explore living open world and build absolutely unique characters. An expanded and improved sequel for RPG Gedonia.
Galaxy Squad
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Envy the Dead.
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead. Shares Strategy with Envy the Dead.
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Putrefaction
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Envy the Dead.
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead.
Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics.
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Envy the Dead.
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead.
Putrefaction 2: Void Walker is fast-paced, hardcore, arcade FPS, inspired by old-school shooters.
Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown
WHY THIS
Another title from Kazakov Oleg, the studio behind Envy the Dead.
Putrefaction 2: Rumble in the hometown is a stand-alone campaign for Putrefaction 2: Void Walker, with new levels and enemies to fight. You can play this game without purchasing original Putrefaction 2.
Frequently asked about Envy the Dead
- How much does Envy the Dead cost?
- Envy the Dead is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Envy the Dead?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Envy the Dead are Craft In Abyss, Dream Engines: Nomad Cities, Idle Hero.
- Who developed Envy the Dead?
- Envy the Dead was developed by Kazakov Oleg.
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