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2024PCSteam Deck playable81 % positive6.89 €

You team up with other players to retrieve classified materials through infested areas while escaping the black goo and its monsters. The clock is ticking toward a government nuclear strike, which makes cooperative survival tense.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Playing together in co-op
  • Dread and tension
  • Co-op or multiplayer

The closest matches for Nuclear Nightmare are Left 4 Dead, World War Z and Left 4 Dead 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nuclear Nightmare special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Left 4 Dead

95 %Match

2008PCXboxSteam Deck playable96 % positive9.69 €

Brings what grabs you about Nuclear Nightmare: a post-apocalyptic setting, playing together in co-op as well as dread and tension.

Four survivors fight through relentless zombie hordes together, with an AI Director reshaping enemy waves and special infected so every run feels tense and different. Teamwork is essential – stray from the group and you'll be pinned down fast.

World War Z

Post-apocalyptic setting

A four-player co-op third-person shooter where you fend off enormous zombie swarms across cities around the world. The appeal is chaotic teamwork against hundreds of undead at once.

Left 4 Dead 2

Post-apocalyptic setting

Four survivors battle through swarms of infected as an AI Director keeps every run unpredictable with special zombies and sudden hordes. A timeless co-op shooter with gallows humor and a fierce versus mode.

No More Room in Hell

Post-apocalyptic setting

A cooperative zombie survival-horror shooter built on the Source engine, inspired by George Romero's films. Scarce ammo, deadly infection and teamwork drive tense, short survival rounds.

After the Fall

Co-op or multiplayer

A cooperative VR shooter where you and up to three friends fight through a frozen, creature-infested Los Angeles after the apocalypse. The focus is on intense gunfights and teamwork.

Arizona Sunshine II

Post-apocalyptic setting

A VR zombie shooter set in the Arizona desert where you mow down hordes with guns and a machete, accompanied by a dog companion. Gory, action-packed and darkly humorous, with co-op support.

Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles

Shooting and gunplay

An on-rails light gun shooter that retells the early Resident Evil games and the rise and fall of the Umbrella Corporation. You blast through familiar locations in short stages, with weapon upgrades and optional co-op.

Contagion

Post-apocalyptic setting

A grounded co-op zombie FPS where survivors scrape for scarce supplies, fend off hordes and try to escape the infected Roanoke colony. Tension comes from teamwork and the distrust of the extraction modes.

Zombie Panic! Source

Co-op or multiplayer

You fight through zombie hordes with a team in this Half-Life 2 modification, where coordination and nerves are equally tested. The mix of teamwork and panic is what makes it special.

Nation Red

Shooting and gunplay

A frantic arena shooter where you hold out alone or in co-op against endless zombie hordes and bosses. Dozens of perks and modes like Barricade and Survival keep the runs varied.

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