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2011PEGI 18PCPlayStationXbox87 % positive

A tropical holiday resort turns into a zombie nightmare: you brutally melee your way across the open island of Banoi with crafted and modded weapons, level up your survivor, and ideally team up with up to three friends in co-op.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Loot and gear
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists
  • Resources and survival
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Dead Island: Definitive Edition

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2016USK 18PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable82 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Dead Island: a post-apocalyptic setting, hunting for loot and gear as well as melee combat with weapons or fists.

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.

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Dying Light

Dense, handcrafted world

First-person parkour zombie survival where you free-run across Harran's rooftops by day, scavenging and crafting brutal weapons, then flee terrifying hunters at night. Fluid movement and gritty melee shine even more in co-op.

Dead Island 2

Melee combat with weapons or fists

Gory first-person melee mayhem across a sun-soaked, zombie-infested Los Angeles, built around a remarkably detailed dismemberment system and crafted weapon mods. Its tone leans toward tongue-in-cheek B-movie satire rather than true horror.

7 Days to Die

Resources and survival

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.

Once Human

Resources and survival

An open-world survival game set in a bizarre post-apocalyptic world where you gather resources, build bases and shoot mutated monsters, solo or with friends. It stands out for blending base building, loot-shooter style progression and surreal apocalyptic horror.

Fallout 76

Open world

An online Fallout set in the irradiated hills of Appalachia, where you explore a huge world solo or with friends, build camps, join public events and shape your character with perk cards. After a rocky launch, NPCs, factions and steady updates turned it into a lively post-apocalyptic sandbox.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Resources and survival

An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.

Vein

Resources and survival

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

Unturned

Resources and survival

A free-to-play zombie survival sandbox with blocky low-poly visuals where you scavenge, craft and build bases across large maps, teaming up with or betraying other players. A huge modding and workshop scene keeps it endlessly replayable.

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