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Games like Outbreak: The New Nightmare

If Outbreak: The New Nightmare is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infernax, VERSUS SQUAD and Ben and Ed - Blood Party — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and nostalgic. 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.

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About Outbreak: The New Nightmare: Return to the roots of co-op survival horror as you face monstrous hordes, scrounge for supplies and attempt to survive the nightmare. You have one life. Make it count!

2018ActionIndieAdventureRPG2.59 USDWindows · Linuxby Dead Drop Studios LLC
Outbreak: The New Nightmare — Steam game cover
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Character differentiation with unique abilitiesDeliberately old school survival horrorFixed camera angles heighten tensionAtmosphericImmersiveNostalgic

Players who liked Outbreak: The New Nightmare also play

Steam players who put hours into Outbreak: The New Nightmare 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.

  1. Infernax

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Top pick for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Infernax is the adventures of a great knight who returns to his homeland only to find it plagued with unholy magic. Uncover the mysteries of the curse and face the consequences of your actions.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. VERSUS SQUAD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Second-strongest match for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

    2016ActionIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Ben and Ed - Blood Party

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Welcome to the Blood Party! Play together with up to 3 people and compete in deadly game shows. Customize your zombie, build your own levels, share them via Steam Workshop and die a lot.

    2018ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil Revelations 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Ranked #4 for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Space Beast Terror Fright

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Ranked #5 for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

    2022ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Loco Parentis / 孤女咒怨

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Ranked #6 for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Surreal survival horror, where you alone or with a friend have to solve puzzles and try to survive in the endless entrance among the monsters

    2019ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Ranked #7 for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD: Remake is a remade version of the game introduced in 1997 in arcade platform. A classic arcade rail-shooter receives a whole new entourage and gameplay changes to suit modern gaming standards.

    2022Action24.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. 墲人之境-无人之境

    WHY THIS

    Shares character skill trees and an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Ranked #8 for Outbreak: The New Nightmare fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    《Ashland》 is the subject of 1 v4 non-equilibrium games. Players can play the role of adventurers into the tomb, crack the mechanism, take away treasures. You can also act as a gravekeeper to stop and destroy them. Rich tomb exploration tools and tomb guarding skills for you to experience and play

    2023ActionSportsStrategySteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Outbreak: The New Nightmare

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Resident Evil

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Reviewers of Outbreak: The New Nightmare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

    2015ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. SILENT HILL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Reviewers of Outbreak: The New Nightmare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.

    2024ActionAdventure34.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Resident Evil 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares tactical positioning with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Reviewers of Outbreak: The New Nightmare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Jill Valentine is one of the last remaining people in Raccoon City to witness the atrocities Umbrella performed. To stop her, Umbrella unleashes their ultimate secret weapon: Nemesis! Also includes Resident Evil Resistance, a new 1 vs 4 online multiplayer game set in the Resident Evil universe.

    2020Action39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Resident Evil 3 Nemesis (1999)

    WHY THIS

    Shares backtracking and an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Reviewers of Outbreak: The New Nightmare cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Join Jill Valentine, the survivor of the notorious disaster, as her nightmare continues. After resigning from S.T.A.R.S. Jill now prepares to head out of Raccoon City… but caught in a town crawling with zombies, more than ever she must rely on brute force and cunning to find a way to escape alive.

    2026ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Outbreak: The New Nightmare at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Outbreak: The New Nightmare on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    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.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    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.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Dead Drop Studios LLC

Other recommendable Steam games by Dead Drop Studios LLC, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Outbreak

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Race against the clock and battle the undead in this co-op survival horror nightmare.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Outbreak: The Nightmare Chronicles

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Experience an immersive and horrifying episodic single-player survival horror nightmare. Trapped alone in a desolate manor and hunted by monstrous foes, you will need to scrounge for supplies, manage your resources, solve puzzles and battle the undead to survive.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Outbreak: Lost Hope

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Help a mother survive against the undead and find her her lost daughter in this hardcore survival horror nightmare.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Outbreak: Epidemic

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Return to the world of 4-player co-op survival horror with classic gameplay, strict inventory management, crushing enemies, horrific difficulty and more as you and a group of survivors try to survive the epidemic.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Outbreak: Endless Nightmares

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    The nightmare continues for Lydia and her fellow survivors. Experience true horror in this co-op survival horror roguelike.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Outbreak: Contagious Memories

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    You’re trapped in a city ravaged by the undead - can you make it out alive? Join Lydia in her desperate struggle to escape, either alone or with a friend in co-op, in this chilling love letter to classic 90s survival horror.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Dinobreak

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Action and Indie with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Dinosaurs have returned in this retro survival horror crisis.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Outbreak The Fedora Files: What Lydia Knows

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Dead Drop Studios LLC, the studio behind Outbreak: The New Nightmare. Shares Indie and Adventure with Outbreak: The New Nightmare.

    Something is foul in the city of Cypress Ridge. Uncover the truth in this narrative rich visual novel taking place just moments before a full blown undead epidemic.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Outbreak: The New Nightmare

How much does Outbreak: The New Nightmare cost?
Outbreak: The New Nightmare is listed on Steam at 2.59 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Outbreak: The New Nightmare have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Outbreak: The New Nightmare supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
What games are most similar to Outbreak: The New Nightmare?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Outbreak: The New Nightmare are Infernax, VERSUS SQUAD, Ben and Ed - Blood Party.
Who developed Outbreak: The New Nightmare?
Outbreak: The New Nightmare was developed by Dead Drop Studios LLC.

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