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2010 PlayStation

A top-down zombie shooter from Housemarque where you fight through hordes using guns, traps and exploding cars. Score multipliers and weapon upgrades drive the arcade-style chase for high scores, including in co-op.

What defines Dead Nation:

  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Lavish presentation
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Dead Nation are No More Room in Hell 2, Killing Floor III and Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Dead Nation special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Killing Floor III

Lavish presentation

A cooperative horde shooter set in a grim future where squads fend off waves of mutated Zeds while upgrading classes, weapons and skills. The focus is on fast, gory action rather than narrative.

The Midnight Walkers

Challenging difficulty

A hardcore first-person extraction shooter where you scavenge a huge complex full of zombies and rival players, craft gear and maintain your hideout. Die, and you lose everything.

Resistance 3

Lavish presentation

A grim first-person shooter set in an alien-ravaged 1950s America, where you fight to survive as Joseph Capelli. Upgradeable weapons, the weapon wheel and a co-op campaign define the experience.

Vigor

Lavish presentation

Vigor is a free-to-play looter shooter set in post-war Norway, where short matches have you scavenging gear, fighting other players and trying to escape alive. A shelter you upgrade between runs ties the sessions together.

Resistance 2

Dark, serious atmosphere

A console first-person shooter set in an alternate 1950s, where humanity fights the Chimera invasion across the United States. Besides the campaign, it offers an eight-player class-based co-op mode and large-scale online multiplayer.

Deathground

Lavish presentation

A survival horror game playable solo or in co-op, where you fight to stay alive against deadly AI-driven dinosaurs. The constant threat of predators creates tension and resource pressure.

Left 4 Dead

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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