Games like Bad Dead Shift
If Bad Dead Shift is your kind of game, the closest matches are Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure, Gravitaws and Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs — 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 Bad Dead Shift: When a zombie virus overruns the city, an ordinary security guard becomes the last hope in a fast-paced side-scrolling pixel action game - fighting through dangerous buildings, saving survivors, and staying alive amidst the chaos of an infected city.
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Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure
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Top pick for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Relive the past with Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure! You are Ilenor the Brave, who has had 4 precious items stolen from him (including his cat, Shadowtongue!), and it's up to you to help him get them back by guiding him through 36 levels of pure chaos, filled with various enemies and deathtraps!
Gravitaws
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Second-strongest match for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Gravitaws is a retro-style stage shooter inspired by Jaws (NES). Explore a dynamic overworld map. Collect research materials and upgrades, while evading an Alien invader. The story is delivered in classic style cutscenes. Fight bosses, survive, collect, fish, and bomb your way to victory.
Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Brave Soldier: Invasion Of Cyborgs is a pixel art platform game with a lot of action. Help the soldier save the world from the Cyborg Invasion! Good Luck!
Hot Guns: International Missions
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Ranked #4 for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Your conventional methods of operation are "shoot first then shoot again!"
Freedom! Do or Die
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Ranked #5 for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
When terrorism threatens the world there is no need to send a bunch of iconic movie heroes back from the '80s. One under-funded over-powered mercenary is all that's needed to save the world in this epic run 'n' gun destruction-fest of a homage to Broforce!
Samurai Pizza Cats: Blast from the Past!
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Ranked #6 for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
The Samurai Pizza Cats are back! Take control of the Pizza Cats and prevent The Big Cheese from taking over Little Tokyo once and for all in this 2D action-packed adventure!
MOONMAN: THE GAME
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
MOON MAN: THE GAME is a 2d platformer shooter. In this game you will find many different worlds and weapons to use. The game is inspired by a certain someone.
R.T.O. Tales of the Dark Lands - Deluxe Edition
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Ranked #8 for Bad Dead Shift fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
R.T.O. Deluxe Edition Platform action retro 16-bit style.
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 Bad Dead Shift.
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.
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dead Shift.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bad Dead Shift.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dead Shift.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dead Shift.
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.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
![UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover](https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/1290490/header.jpg?t=1736770503)
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Other recommendable Steam games by BUG-Studio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
FoxyLand
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Indie and Adventure with Bad Dead Shift.
Ah... love, Love... How beautifully in one word. My mind is racing, my stomach flutter butterflies, heart racing. Are you willing to do anything to give a million cherries, collect all the jewels and even save your favorite?
Deep Space Rush
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
You think you can handle everything? Then grab a gun, jump at the helm of the ship and get ready for hardcore adventures in Deep Space!
Foxyland 2
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Get ready to plunge into an exciting new platforming adventure with Foxy!
6Souls
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
6Souls is an exciting 2D pixel-art action-adventure platformer. Join Jack and his dog, Butch, as they embark on an adventurous journey to find the abandoned Clifford Castle and uncover its secrets and the fate of the Clifford family.
One Escape
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Three friends. One Escape.
Chefy-Chef
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Another title from BUG-Studio, the studio behind Bad Dead Shift. Shares Action and Indie with Bad Dead Shift.
Once again approaching the refrigerator, Chefy magically finds himself in new worlds in which he has to find the ingredients for his favorite dish!
Frequently asked about Bad Dead Shift
- What games are most similar to Bad Dead Shift?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bad Dead Shift are Arcane Dash - A Pixel Adventure, Gravitaws, Brave Soldier - Invasion of Cyborgs.
- Who developed Bad Dead Shift?
- Bad Dead Shift was developed by BUG-Studio and published by Ratalaika Games S.L..
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