Rank 01Games like The Hateful Dead
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The closest matches to The Hateful Dead: Dead Effect, Blood Reaver, Shadowgrounds, Devil Daggers, and Heavy Bullets. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares round based survival and perk system with The Hateful Dead.
- $14.99 (Price checked Nov 8)
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Shares weapon upgrades with The Hateful Dead.
- $6.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: Sayan
- Price: $2.99checked Nov 2
- 88% of 17 reviews
- Genres: Action, Indie
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Gunplay is satisfying and well balanced
- Maps have unique pacing
- Perks add strategic depth
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Dark
About The Hateful Dead
The closest matches to The Hateful Dead: Dead Effect, Blood Reaver, Shadowgrounds, Devil Daggers, and Heavy Bullets. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If The Hateful Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Dead Effect, Blood Reaver and Shadowgrounds — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and dark, and single out its perk system and round based survival. 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.
About The Hateful Dead: The Hateful Dead is a voxel style, wave-based, zombie FPS game. Run and gun with a Chainsaw in one hand and Minigun in the other as you stand alone against an army of the undead. Burn, cut, shoot and obliterate limbs from your undead enemies in an intense blood-splattered, shoot em up style. How long can you survive?
Is The Hateful Dead worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 17 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $2.99 (checked Nov 2).
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Gunplay is satisfying and well balanced
- Maps have unique pacing
- Perks add strategic depth
- Voxel art style feels fresh and distinct
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“I was kinda hopping a few more levels and a melee weapon for this 6 dollar game. But if you like Call of Duty Zombies... you might want to wait until this game really goes on sale. It's alright nothing to OMFG 6000 ZOMBIE KILL STRIKE. It…”
People who play it also play: Dead Effect, Blood Reaver, Shadowgrounds
Frequently asked about The Hateful Dead
Can I run it?
How much does The Hateful Dead cost?
The Hateful Dead is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to The Hateful Dead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Hateful Dead are Dead Effect, Blood Reaver, Shadowgrounds.
Who developed The Hateful Dead?
The Hateful Dead was developed by Sayan.