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Games like Crafting Dead

If Crafting Dead is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zector 7, Soviet Survival and DeadPoly — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and intense. 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 Crafting Dead: Crafting Dead is a post-apocalyptic multiplayer-based zombie survival game with a voxel theme. Aim high and punch low, survive at all costs!

2017ActionIndieAdventureEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby Ferullo Gaming
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Low poly art style has charmNostalgic recreation of a beloved minecraft modSingle player experience is surprisingly robustAtmosphericChallengingIntense

Players who liked Crafting Dead also play

Steam players who put hours into Crafting Dead 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. Zector 7

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Soviet Survival

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting and an atmospheric mood with Crafting Dead.

    Second-strongest match for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

    2025ActionAdventureEarly Access1.44 USDSteam ↗
  3. DeadPoly

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and crafting with Crafting Dead.

    Third-strongest match for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. HumanitZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building, crafting and a challenging mood with Crafting Dead.

    Ranked #4 for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

    2026ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. 7 Days to Die

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Crafting Dead.

    Ranked #5 for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    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!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. PolyZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Crafting Dead.

    Ranked #6 for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    Imagine DayZ mixed with Escape From Tarkov, but in Low Poly. A persistent world survival game featuring PvP, PvE, crafting, base-building, and zombies infected with a contagious virus.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. VEIN

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Crafting Dead.

    Ranked #7 for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Early Access with Crafting Dead.

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

    2025ActionSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Project Zomboid

    WHY THIS

    Shares crafting with Crafting Dead.

    Ranked #8 for Crafting Dead fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Early Access with Crafting Dead.

    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..

    2013IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Crafting Dead

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. Unturned

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Crafting Dead.

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. World War Z

    WHY THIS

    Shares an intense mood with Crafting Dead.

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

    2021Action14.79 USDSteam ↗
  3. SurrounDead

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Crafting Dead.

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.

    2008Action9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. DayZ

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Crafting Dead.

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

    2018ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. DeadPoly

    WHY THIS

    Shares base building and crafting with Crafting Dead.

    Reviewers of Crafting Dead cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Crafting Dead at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    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. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    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 ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    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 ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Crafting Dead.

    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 ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Crafting Dead on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Crafting Dead.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. 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 Crafting Dead.

    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 ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    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 ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Crafting Dead.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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 Crafting Dead.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Crafting Dead.

    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.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Crafting Dead.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Crafting Dead

How much does Crafting Dead cost?
Crafting Dead is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Crafting Dead have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Crafting Dead supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Crafting Dead?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Crafting Dead are Zector 7, Soviet Survival, DeadPoly.
Who developed Crafting Dead?
Crafting Dead was developed by Ferullo Gaming.

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 Crafting Dead.

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