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2020 PCSteam Deck playable −50 % 19.50 € 9.75 € 5 days left 49 % positive Mixed, 1,939 reviews on Steam

A pixel-art zombie apocalypse survival game where you gather resources, craft gear, defend your home and rescue survivors from the hordes.

What defines Zelter:

  • Open world
  • Strong character progression
  • Action-packed real-time combat

The closest matches for Zelter are Dead Pixels, CubeZ and Choo-Choo Charles. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Zelter special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Dead Pixels

90 %

2012 PCSteam Deck verified 2.99 € 87 % positive Very positive, 2,416 reviews on Steam

  • Strong character progression
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Gameplay comes before story

A side-view pixel-art zombie shooter where you scavenge towns for supplies, trade with survivors and fight through undead hordes. Randomly generated city layouts and plenty of weapons keep each run varied.

CubeZ

Strong character progression

A voxel-style zombie survival game in an open world where you scavenge, craft gear, and fight the undead in melee or at range. It stands out for its head-shot kill system, destructible enemies, and freedom in how you play.

Choo-Choo Charles

Strong character progression

You roam an open island in an upgradeable locomotive, take on missions, and hunt Charles, a monstrous spider-legged killer train that keeps stalking you. The mix of train upgrades, exploration, and campy horror is distinctive.

SurrounDead

Gameplay comes before story

An open-world survival game set in a zombie-ridden apocalypse, where you scavenge for resources, find weapons and fight to stay alive against the undead.

Dreadzone

Open world

Dreadzone is a survival shooter set in a lethal quarantine zone where you scavenge, craft tools, build shelter, and fight off animals, zombies, mutants, and other desperate survivors.

CastleMiner Z

Gameplay comes before story

A blocky sandbox survival game set in an endless world: you build, craft weapons and tools, and fight off zombies and other monsters alone or with friends.

LifeZ - Survival

Open world

A third-person sandbox survival game where you build a hideout, scavenge water, food and resources, and fend off zombies while looking for a way out of the disaster zone.

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Strong character progression

An enormously deep open-source survival roguelike in a post-apocalyptic New England where you juggle hunger, illness and zombies, build vehicles and shelters, and carve out your own goals with no fixed objective.

Flesh Eaters

Gameplay comes before story

A retro-styled real-time strategy zombie survival game where you gather resources, build barricades, upgrade gear and explore a city besieged by the undead.

HumanitZ

Strong character progression

An isometric open-world survival sandbox set in a zombie-ravaged world, where you scavenge, craft, build and fight alone or with friends to last as long as possible.

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