Games like Back 4 Blood
If Back 4 Blood is your kind of game, the closest matches are Left 4 Dead 2, Killing Floor 2 and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its beautiful levels and graphics, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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 →Back 4 Blood is a cooperative first-person shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games, released in 2021 at $59.99. The game features a card-based system that influences difficulty scaling and player progression, alongside extensive gun customization options. Players navigate varied environments populated by diverse enemy types, with team cooperation serving as a core mechanic throughout. Reviewers highlight tactical positioning as a key strategic element, while players describe the experience as immersive and challenging. The 4-player co-op campaign and competitive multiplayer modes offer distinct gameplay experiences. Back 4 Blood runs at a playable state on Steam Deck and holds a 72% positive rating from over 25,000 Steam reviews.
About Back 4 Blood: Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
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Left 4 Dead 2
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Top pick for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Killing Floor 2
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Second-strongest match for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
In KILLING FLOOR 2, players descend into continental Europe after it has been overrun by horrific, murderous clones called Zeds that were created by rogue elements of the Horzine Corporation. 6-player Co-Op & 12-player VS Zed-slaughtering mayhem.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
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Third-strongest match for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
DOOM Eternal
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Ranked #4 for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Hell’s armies have invaded Earth. Become the Slayer in an epic single-player campaign to conquer demons across dimensions and stop the final destruction of humanity. The only thing they fear... is you.
Dying Light
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Shares an immersive mood with Back 4 Blood.
Ranked #5 for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Dead by Daylight
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Ranked #6 for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Blood and Bacon
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Ranked #7 for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.
World War Z
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Ranked #8 for Back 4 Blood fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.
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Warhammer: Vermintide 2
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Shares difficulty scaling and an immersive mood with Back 4 Blood.
Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!
Left 4 Dead 2
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Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
World War Z
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Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.
Resident Evil 2
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Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Deep Rock Galactic
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Shares a challenging mood with Back 4 Blood.
Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Remnant: From the Ashes
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Shares a challenging mood with Back 4 Blood.
Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
Warframe
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Shares an immersive mood with Back 4 Blood.
Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
WonderLand
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Reviewers of Back 4 Blood cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Anaïs, a virtual pleasure artist in a world oversaturated with stimuli, navigates a maze of sensations that test the limits of her restless mind. Trapped by agoraphobia, she lives between sleepless nights and intense connections — where desire isn’t escape, it’s expression.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Back 4 Blood at current Steam store prices.
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~83% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
The Forest
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Priced ~67% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~83% under Back 4 Blood on Steam right now. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
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.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Dying Light
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Back 4 Blood.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
First-person action survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by flesh-hungry zombies. Roam a city devastated by a mysterious virus epidemic. Scavenge for supplies, craft weapons, and face hordes of the infected.
Dead by Daylight
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Back 4 Blood.
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits. Pick a side and step into a world of tension and terror with horror gaming's best asymmetrical multiplayer.
Frequently asked about Back 4 Blood
- Does Back 4 Blood run on Steam Deck?
- Back 4 Blood 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 Back 4 Blood cost?
- Back 4 Blood is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Back 4 Blood have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Back 4 Blood supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Back 4 Blood?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Back 4 Blood are Left 4 Dead 2, Killing Floor 2, Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7.
- Who developed Back 4 Blood?
- Back 4 Blood was developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games.
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