Games like Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
If Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Rising® 2, DEAD RISING® and Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its additional sandbox mode, humorous protagonist interactions and unique weapon crafting recipes. 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 →Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is a 2011 third-person action-adventure sandbox developed by Capcom Vancouver set during a zombie outbreak in Fortune City. The game combines open-world exploration with survivor-rescue missions and time-limited objectives, creating a demanding experience. Its weapon-combining system lets players craft improvised weapons from everyday items, and online co-op allows cooperative play throughout the campaign. Players describe the experience as brutal and challenging, with reviewers highlighting the additional sandbox mode, the protagonist's humorous interactions, and the unique weapon-crafting recipes as key draws. Verified on Steam Deck, the game holds a 77% positive rating from over 1,700 Steam reviews and is priced at $19.99.
About Dead Rising 2: Off the Record: You are Frank West – photojournalist and original hero of the Dead Rising Willamette incident – taking center stage experiencing the re-imagined Fortune City outbreak.
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Dead Rising® 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Top pick for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
DEAD RISING®
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Shares a brutal mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Second-strongest match for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Third-strongest match for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Explore the zombie-infested city of Los Perdidos, and find a way to escape before a military strike wipes the entire city, and everyone in it, off the map.
Dead Rising 4
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Ranked #4 for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
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Ranked #5 for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
In Fear the Night, you are a survivor in a world plagued with zombies. Team up with other survivors and work together to rebuild society from its ashes or choose to trust no one and go your own way in a lawless world.
Saints Row IV: Re-Elected
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Ranked #6 for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Experience the insane antics of Saints Row IV. The Saints have gone from the Penthouse to the White House - but Earth has been invaded and it’s up to you to save it with an arsenal of superpowers and strange weapons, in the wildest open world game ever.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Ranked #7 for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
POSTAL 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Ranked #8 for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
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?
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dead Rising 2: Off the Record at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
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.
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Priced ~65% under Dead Rising 2: Off the Record on Steam right now. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
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.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
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 and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
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 with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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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.
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Head-to-head comparisons
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DEAD RISING®
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Shares a brutal mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Dead Rising 4
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. With an unmatched level of weapon and character customization, ambitious new features including new zombie classes and EXO Suits, Dead Rising 4 delivers a heart-pounding experience as players...
POSTAL 2
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Shares a challenging mood with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record.
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?
Frequently asked about Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
- Is Dead Rising 2: Off the Record verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Dead Rising 2: Off the Record cost?
- Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Dead Rising 2: Off the Record have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Dead Rising 2: Off the Record supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Dead Rising 2: Off the Record?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dead Rising 2: Off the Record are Dead Rising® 2, DEAD RISING®, Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition.
- Who developed Dead Rising 2: Off the Record?
- Dead Rising 2: Off the Record was developed by Capcom Vancouver and published by Capcom.
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