Games like Route 48
If Route 48 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Apocalypter, Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator and Into the End (of the World) — 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 Route 48: A procedurally generated open-world driving survival game where you scavenge, fight zombies and armed survivors, manage your vehicle, and adapt to a constantly changing world where every journey is different.
Players who liked Route 48 also play
Steam players who put hours into Route 48 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Apocalypter
WHY THIS
Top pick for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
Apocalypter is a post-apocalyptic, driving, survival, fps, open-world game. Fight, help, trade with different factions. Find different cars and customize them. Scavenge, loot and survive the procedurally generated, open world of Apocalypter.
Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Into the End (of the World)
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
Drive, maintain, and survive. Explore procedural biomes in a post-apocalyptic world, scavenge for parts, and fight infected zones with friends. Build your survival machine from the chassis up and keep it running - because without it, you won’t get far.
The Long Drive
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Ranked #4 for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
Drive 4 Survival
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Ranked #5 for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Route 48.
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
Jalopy
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Route 48.
Build, repair, refuel and drive a dilapidated old car on a grand journey through the territories of the former Eastern bloc. Explore Germany, CSFR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
Junkyard Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Route 48.
Did you ever wish to work in a junkyard? Now you can, with Junkyard Simulator. They are many roads leading to success - whichever you take depends on your decisions.
Long Drive North: Co-Op RV Simulator
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Route 48 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and Early Access with Route 48.
Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, hunt & cook to survive; all alone or with up to 4 players in separate RVs.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Route 48.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Route 48.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Route 48.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Route 48.
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.).
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Route 48.
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!
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Frequently asked about Route 48
- What games are most similar to Route 48?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Route 48 are Apocalypter, Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator, Into the End (of the World).
- Who developed Route 48?
- Route 48 was developed by HOLY STUDIOS.
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 Route 48.
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