# Games like Blood Waves

> The closest matches to Blood Waves: Yet Another Zombie Defense, Zombie Army 4: Dead War, VERSUS SQUAD, They Are Coming, and Left 4 Dead. 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. [Yet Another Zombie Defense](https://imho.run/games/270550/yet-another-zombie-defense) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 5,822 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/270550/)
2. [Zombie Army 4: Dead War](https://imho.run/games/694280/zombie-army-4-dead-war) — Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 2,778 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/694280/)
3. [VERSUS SQUAD](https://imho.run/games/471330/versus-squad) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Blood Waves. 189 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/471330/)
4. [They Are Coming](https://imho.run/games/2630080/they-are-coming) — Shares wave based survival with Blood Waves. 181 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2630080/)
5. [Left 4 Dead](https://imho.run/games/500/left-4-dead) — Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like Blood Waves. 19,617 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/500/)
6. [Night of the Dead](https://imho.run/games/1377380/night-of-the-dead) — A frequent pick in Blood Waves players' libraries, and another Action. 3,150 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377380/)
7. [The Game of Annie 安妮的游戏](https://imho.run/games/2373290/the-game-of-annie) — Shares wave based survival with Blood Waves. 84 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2373290/)
8. [Final Outpost: Definitive Edition](https://imho.run/games/3066310/final-outpost-definitive-edition) — Shares wave based survival and skill tree progression with Blood Waves. 99 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3066310/)
9. [Killing Floor 2](https://imho.run/games/232090/killing-floor-2) — Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like Blood Waves. 41,923 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/232090/)
10. [GROSS](https://imho.run/games/1647420/gross) — Shares wave based survival with Blood Waves. 149 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1647420/)
11. [Blood And Zombies](https://imho.run/games/1739880/blood-and-zombies) — Also Base-Building and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 135 Steam reviews, 53% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1739880/)
12. [Project RIP](https://imho.run/games/1131400/project-rip) — Also Arena Shooter and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 70 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1131400/)
13. [State of Decay](https://imho.run/games/241540/state-of-decay) — A frequent pick in Blood Waves players' libraries, and another RPG. 8,821 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/241540/)
14. [Orcs Must Die!](https://imho.run/games/102600/orcs-must-die) — Also Third-Person Shooter and Tower Defense, like Blood Waves. 3,603 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/102600/)
15. [Resident Evil 4 (2005)](https://imho.run/games/254700/resident-evil-4-2005) — Also Third-Person Shooter and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 25,574 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/254700/)
16. [FatalZone](https://imho.run/games/2488510/fatalzone) — Shares wave based survival with Blood Waves. 767 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2488510/)
17. [The Haunted: Hells Reach](https://imho.run/games/43190/the-haunted-hells-reach) — Shares wave based survival with Blood Waves. 266 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/43190/)
18. [Remnant: From the Ashes](https://imho.run/games/617290/remnant-from-the-ashes) — Also Third-Person Shooter and Post-apocalyptic, like Blood Waves. 24,137 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/617290/)
19. [Ultimate Zombie Defense](https://imho.run/games/1035510/ultimate-zombie-defense) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 288 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1035510/)
20. [The Last of Waifus](https://imho.run/games/1359650/the-last-of-waifus) — Also Arena Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like Blood Waves. 725 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1359650/)
21. [Contagion](https://imho.run/games/238430/contagion) — Also Zombies and Post-apocalyptic, like Blood Waves. 5,535 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/238430/)
22. [Alien Shooter 2 - New Era](https://imho.run/games/2013300/alien-shooter-2-new-era) — Also Arena Shooter and Third-Person Shooter, like Blood Waves. 75 Steam reviews, 60% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2013300/)
23. [Frontline Zed](https://imho.run/games/915490/frontline-zed) — Also Tower Defense and Zombies, like Blood Waves. 107 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/915490/)
24. [YORG.io](https://imho.run/games/880580/yorg-io) — A frequent pick in Blood Waves players' libraries, and another Strategy. 264 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/880580/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=654470&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=654470&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=654470&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=654470
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/654470
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Blood Waves

Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 654470
- **Developer:** Light Road Games
- **Publisher:** Light Road Games
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy, Indie
- **Categories:** Stats, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 11, 2018
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/654470/blood-waves)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=654470&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/654470/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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