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2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable82 % positive19.99 €

A zombie action game set on a tropical resort island where you fight to survive with improvised melee weapons. Weapon crafting, RPG-style leveling and four-player co-op are its main draws.

  • Open world
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Strong character progression
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Dead Island: Definitive Edition are Dying Light, Vein and Just Survive. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dead Island: Definitive Edition special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Vein

Open world

A post-apocalyptic survival sandbox where you scavenge supplies, search abandoned buildings and defend your base, solo or with friends. Still in active development.

Just Survive

Open world

A multiplayer zombie survival game set in an open world, centered on scavenging, crafting and the constant threat of other players.

The Day Before

Open world

A multiplayer extraction shooter set in a zombie-overrun post-apocalyptic city, where you scavenge and try to survive. It is best known for its long troubled development, rocky early access launch and the controversy over its legitimacy.

Tom Clancy's The Division

Strong character progression

A cover-based looter shooter set in a snowbound, pandemic-ravaged Manhattan, where you team up with friends to clear missions and chase ever-better gear. The PvPvE Dark Zone adds tension, since any other agent might turn rogue at any moment.

7 Days to Die

Strong character progression

A zombie survival sandbox built on crafting, looting, base building and skill progression, where every seventh night a massive horde tests your fortifications. Played solo or in co-op, it blends first-person shooting with tower-defense tension.

H1Z1

Open world

H1Z1 is a zombie survival shooter in a large post-apocalyptic world where many players scavenge, form alliances and fight each other. It was later split into Just Survive and the battle royale spin-off King of the Kill.

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