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Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to Almost Alive for fans of action, strategy, indie, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Almost Alive also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About Almost Alive: Almost Alive is redefining the role playing tactical games with an awesome fast paced but complexe real time combat system in a mad hand drawn post apocalyptic world that features character mental sanity, destructible environment, a cover system, tons of loot, a none linear story, and a lot of humor.

2018ActionStrategyIndieAdventureRPGEarly Access11.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Emir Cerimovic
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    Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存 — Steam game cover

    Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存

    Top pick for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie4.39 USDSteam ↗
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    Strain Tactics — Steam game cover

    Strain Tactics

    Second-strongest match for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Dustwind — Steam game cover

    Dustwind

    Third-strongest match for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    GearStorm - Armored Survival — Steam game cover

    GearStorm - Armored Survival

    Ranked #4 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Jaws Of Extinction™ — Steam game cover

    Jaws Of Extinction™

    Ranked #5 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    The island of Eden-Nadir, has fallen to a vicious mind consuming fungal parasite. Fight through the ashes of humanity to track down the truth behind the infection as one of four playable survivors before the outbreak spreads throughout the world.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Z ViRus: V.I.R.M Uprising — Steam game cover

    Z ViRus: V.I.R.M Uprising

    Ranked #6 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    A virus outbreak has spread across the galaxy infecting all human life which are now known as V.I.R.M. The galaxy is now known as a dead space. Explore various ships that have fallen to the virus and fight off waves of enemies to level up your classes and acquire additional assets for your loadout!

    2017ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
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    Pocket Universe : Create Your Community — Steam game cover

    Pocket Universe : Create Your Community

    Ranked #7 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Prepare for a brand new adventure in Pocket Universe, a game which combines adored mechanics from strategy and RPG genres. Our vision is an experience which does not solely revolve around the player, but also the world itself which is inhabited by artificially intelligent agents.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Broken Spell 2 — Steam game cover

    Broken Spell 2

    Ranked #8 for Almost Alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Almost Alive.

    Broken Spell 2 is an ARPG game. You will fight in blood with cruel and ferocious warlock and sorcerers for saving pretty girls.

    2020ActionSportsStrategy9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Almost Alive

Does Almost Alive run on Steam Deck?
Almost Alive is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Almost Alive cost?
Almost Alive is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Almost Alive?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Almost Alive are Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存, Strain Tactics, Dustwind.
Who developed Almost Alive?
Almost Alive was developed by Emir Cerimovic and published by Emir Games.

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