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Games like Dead Ground

2018PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch4.99 €

You defend your base in a blend of tower defense and shooter action while scavenging scrap and water. Randomly generated guns, skills and augments make every run different.

Post-apocalyptic setting
Runs that play out differently every time
Shooting and gunplay
Tactical depth

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The closest matches for Dead Ground are Apocalypse Express, Dead Pixels and Skyhill. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dead Ground special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like Dead Ground

Best alternative overall: Apocalypse Express 92% match – Post-apocalyptic setting
Without combat: Survival Log 87% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Kunkun Defender 2 86% match – released 2025

Best match

Apocalypse Express

92 %Match

2026PCSteam Deck verified81 % positive9.99 €

You haul your train through endless enemy waves across a wasteland, upgrading and repairing it as you go. Action combat blended with resource management makes every run feel like a fresh journey.

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Dead Pixels

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Skyhill

Dark, serious atmosphere

You fight your way down a infected high-rise hotel floor by floor, juggling hunger, supplies and gear. A compact survival roguelike with a horror mood and constant resource pressure.

Survival Log

Tactical depth

An urban zombie survival game centered on preparation: stockpile supplies, fortify your home, and refine each run using what you learned from earlier failures.

Deadly Days

Tactical depth

A zombie survival shooter with strategy elements: you send your survivors out each day to scavenge, upgrade your base and unlock weapons. When all else fails, there is always the nuclear strike.

Atomicrops

Post-apocalyptic setting

A fast twin-stick roguelite where you run the last farm of the post-apocalypse, growing mutant crops, fending off bandits and even wooing a spouse. Juggling farming chores, a ticking clock and shootouts keeps every run frantic and varied.

Wall World

Strong character progression

You climb an endless wall on a giant robot spider, mining resources below and defending against monster waves above. Permanent upgrades between runs create an addictive roguelike loop.

FatalZone

Post-apocalyptic setting

An auto-shooter with roguelike and RPG elements where you fight off zombie hordes, gather resources, upgrade your camp and level up mercenaries.

Kunkun Defender 2

Action-packed real-time combat

You fight off zombie waves in a third-person shooter blended with tower defense, holding out in virus-infested zones until the extraction helicopter arrives.

Nuclear Throne

Post-apocalyptic setting

A blisteringly fast top-down roguelike shooter where you blast through an irradiated wasteland with random weapons and mutations on your way to the throne. Runs are short, frantic and unforgiving, yet endlessly replayable.

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