Games like John, The Zombie
If John, The Zombie is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Exo Mayhem: Open-World Supervillain Simulator and Maneater — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brazilian indie charm, comedic and dark. 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 John, The Zombie: Welcome to Johnwood, a weird and mysterious place where scientists become zombies by accident, hardware stores sell frozen brains, people are hit by cars with no apparent reason and every citizen claims to have seen horses flying!
Players who liked John, The Zombie also play
Steam players who put hours into John, The Zombie 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.
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with John, The Zombie.
Top pick for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.
Exo Mayhem: Open-World Supervillain Simulator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Iron Man meets The Boys meets GTA, Become the ultimate supervillain in this new open-world power-suit game.
Maneater
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!
Bully: Scholarship Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with John, The Zombie.
Ranked #4 for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
Bully tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Prototype™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with John, The Zombie.
Ranked #5 for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Autobahn Police Simulator 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with John, The Zombie.
Autobahn Police Simulator 3 lets you play as a rookie officer who just resumed their position after a serious car accident left them incapacitated for a while. Work diligently and take on missions to become a capable police officer and keep the autobahn safe.
Dead Rising® 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with John, The Zombie.
Ranked #7 for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
The sequel to the million-plus selling Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes the zombie survival horror to Fortune City, America’s latest and greatest entertainment playground.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with John, The Zombie.
Ranked #8 for John, The Zombie fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Reviewers mention these as similar to John, The Zombie
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Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with John, The Zombie.
Reviewers of John, The Zombie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with John, The Zombie.
Reviewers of John, The Zombie cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
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?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
WHY THIS
Reviewers of John, The Zombie cross-mention this title as a similar play.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below John, The Zombie at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with John, The Zombie.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Action with John, The Zombie.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with John, The Zombie.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Indie with John, The Zombie.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with John, The Zombie.
Priced ~90% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under John, The Zombie on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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. Shares Indie with John, The Zombie.
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 John, The Zombie.
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 and Indie with John, The Zombie.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with John, The Zombie.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with John, The Zombie.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 John, The Zombie.
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 John, The Zombie.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with John, The Zombie.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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Frequently asked about John, The Zombie
- How much does John, The Zombie cost?
- John, The Zombie is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to John, The Zombie?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside John, The Zombie are Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse, Exo Mayhem: Open-World Supervillain Simulator, Maneater.
- Who developed John, The Zombie?
- John, The Zombie was developed by Minimal Lab.
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