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2016PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable69 % positive14.99 €

An isometric zombie survival action game set in the Louisiana bayou, where you craft weapons, fortify a camp and fight off undead hordes solo or with up to three friends. Co-op missions, crafting and character progression come with a tongue-in-cheek tone.

Post-apocalyptic setting
Playing together in co-op
Building and crafting
Melee combat with weapons or fists

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The closest matches for How to Survive 2 are Dead Island: Definitive Edition, Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition and How to Survive. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes How to Survive 2 special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Dead Island: Definitive Edition 96% match – Post-apocalyptic setting
To play together: Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition 95% match – with co-op
Newest alternative: 7 Days to Die 89% match – released 2024

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Dead Island: Definitive Edition

96 %Match

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.

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Dead Island: Riptide - Definitive Edition

Melee combat with weapons or fists

A melee-focused zombie action RPG set on a tropical island, where you fight to survive with crafted and upgraded weapons, best enjoyed in co-op with friends.

How to Survive

Building and crafting

An isometric zombie survival action game on an island chain where you manage hunger, thirst and sleep while crafting makeshift weapons from scavenged junk. Kovac's tongue-in-cheek survival guide and couch co-op keep it lighthearted.

Dead Island

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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.

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.

Dying Light

Melee combat with weapons or fists

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 Frontier

Co-op or multiplayer

A free browser-based MMO set in a zombie-ridden wasteland where you gather weapons, upgrade gear, and fight the undead or other players, solo or with friends.

7 Days to Die

Building and crafting

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.

Just Survive

Building and crafting

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

Project Zomboid

Building and crafting

An unforgiving zombie survival sandbox where you loot, build, craft and train skills until your inevitable death. Its deep simulation and highly customisable rules turn every run into a personal survival story, solo or with friends.

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