Games like State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
If State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is your kind of game, the closest matches are State of Decay: YOSE, State of Decay and 7 Days to Die — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its permadeath adds tension, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is a post-apocalyptic survival RPG developed by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios. Set in a zombie-infested world, the game combines action, simulation, and RPG elements as players manage bases, gather resources, and maintain survivor morale. Permanent death mechanics mean that fallen characters are lost forever, and players describe this as adding significant tension to every choice. Reviewers highlight tactical positioning as important for survival, and players describe the experience as both challenging and immersive. The game supports multiplayer and online co-op play. It holds an 86% positive rating from over 21,000 Steam reviews and is playable on Steam Deck. The Juggernaut Edition includes all previously released DLC content.
About State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition: 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.
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State of Decay: YOSE
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Top pick for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Third-strongest match for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Sandbox Apocalypse
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Ranked #5 for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Survivalist
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Ranked #6 for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Ranked #7 for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Fear the Night - 恐惧之夜
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Ranked #8 for State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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.
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State of Decay
WHY THIS
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
WHY THIS
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Kenshi
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Conan Exiles
WHY THIS
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
RimWorld
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Surviving the Aftermath
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Reviewers of State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Simulation and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Portal 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition on Steam right now. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
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.).
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Undead Labs
Other recommendable Steam games by Undead Labs, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Another title from Undead Labs, the studio behind State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
State of Decay: YOSE
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Another title from Undead Labs, the studio behind State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
State of Decay 3
WHY THIS
Another title from Undead Labs, the studio behind State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Play as a community of survivors, build up your settlements with friends, and destroy zombies in State of Decay 3, the latest in the franchise from developer Undead Labs.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
State of Decay
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Simulation with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Project Zomboid
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Simulation and RPG with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Survivalist
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Frequently asked about State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
- Does State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition run on Steam Deck?
- State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition cost?
- State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition are State of Decay: YOSE, State of Decay, 7 Days to Die.
- Who developed State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition?
- State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition was developed by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios.
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