# Games like The Escapists: The Walking Dead

> The closest matches to The Escapists: The Walking Dead: How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, The Escapists, Dead Engine, Zombie Army Trilogy, and The Walking Dead: Betrayal. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [How To Survive: Third Person Standalone](https://imho.run/games/360150/how-to-survive-third-person-standalone) — Shares crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 379 Steam reviews, 53% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/360150/)
2. [The Escapists](https://imho.run/games/298630/the-escapists) — Same immersive mood as The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 9,331 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/298630/)
3. [Dead Engine](https://imho.run/games/3234100/dead-engine) — Shares resource scavenging with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 211 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3234100/)
4. [Zombie Army Trilogy](https://imho.run/games/301640/zombie-army-trilogy) — Also Zombies and Gore, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 5,051 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/301640/)
5. [The Walking Dead: Betrayal](https://imho.run/games/1877320/the-walking-dead-betrayal) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 61 Steam reviews, 52% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1877320/)
6. [ZERO Sievert](https://imho.run/games/1782120/zero-sievert) — A frequent pick in The Escapists: The Walking Dead players' libraries, and another Action. 7,696 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1782120/)
7. [Project Zomboid](https://imho.run/games/108600/project-zomboid) — Also Zombies, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 147,516 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/108600/)
8. [Survivalist](https://imho.run/games/340050/survivalist) — Also Zombies, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 1,320 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/340050/)
9. [The Evil Within 2](https://imho.run/games/601430/the-evil-within-2) — Shares crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 5,997 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/601430/)
10. [Dead State: Reanimated](https://imho.run/games/239840/dead-state-reanimated) — A frequent pick in The Escapists: The Walking Dead players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,503 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239840/)
11. [The Final Station](https://imho.run/games/435530/the-final-station) — Also Zombies, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 2,189 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/435530/)
12. [ZOMBI](https://imho.run/games/339230/zombi) — Also Zombies and Gore, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 1,383 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/339230/)
13. [Dread Dawn](https://imho.run/games/2093920/dread-dawn) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 376 Steam reviews, 66% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2093920/)
14. [The Last Stand: Aftermath](https://imho.run/games/1266840/the-last-stand-aftermath) — Shares resource scavenging with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 2,373 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266840/)
15. [Dead Effect 2](https://imho.run/games/394760/dead-effect-2) — Also Zombies and Gore, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 913 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/394760/)
16. [7 Days to Die](https://imho.run/games/251570/7-days-to-die) — Also Zombies, like The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 124,117 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/251570/)
17. [Dying Light: The Beast](https://imho.run/games/3008130/dying-light-the-beast) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 25,088 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008130/)
18. [Darkwood](https://imho.run/games/274520/darkwood) — Same atmospheric mood as The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 9,910 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/274520/)
19. [SKYHILL](https://imho.run/games/382140/skyhill) — A frequent pick in The Escapists: The Walking Dead players' libraries, and another Indie. 634 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/382140/)
20. [Infectonator: Survivors](https://imho.run/games/269310/infectonator-survivors) — Shares crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 581 Steam reviews, 61% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/269310/)
21. [Zompiercer](https://imho.run/games/1262460/zompiercer) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 973 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1262460/)
22. [PolyZ](https://imho.run/games/2735220/polyz) — Shares resource scavenging with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 68 Steam reviews, 56% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2735220/)
23. [Girl Amazon Survival](https://imho.run/games/372750/girl-amazon-survival) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 70 Steam reviews, 51% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/372750/)
24. [Envy the Dead](https://imho.run/games/453960/envy-the-dead) — Shares resource scavenging and crafting with The Escapists: The Walking Dead. 71 Steam reviews, 54% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/453960/)

## Machine-readable

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## About The Escapists: The Walking Dead

Merging the smash hit indie game The Escapists with the world wide phenomenon that is The Walking Dead, Team17 have taken the very best of both worlds and are now providing players with the opportunity to play Rick Grimes as he takes on hordes of zombies let loose upon the world.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 388060
- **Developer:** Team17 Digital Ltd
- **Publisher:** Team17 Digital Ltd
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Sep 30, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 66
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

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