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2020PCSteam Deck playable84 % positive15.79 €

An open-world survival crafting game in which a parent searches the forest for missing campers. You build a base and fend off wildlife and infected Vambies, a vampire-zombie hybrid.

Building and crafting
Open world
Dread and tension
Lots to discover

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The closest matches for The Infected are The Forest, Outbreak Island and Radiation Island. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Infected special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like The Infected

Best alternative overall: The Forest 93% match – Building and crafting
To play together: 7 Days to Die 89% match – with co-op
Newest alternative: Project: Mist 89% match – released 2026

Best match

The Forest

93 %Match

2018PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable95 % positive16.79 €

After a plane crash you build shelters and traps in a dense forest while tribes of cannibals stalk and attack you. Creepy mutant-filled caves and the mystery of your missing son drive the exploration, and it's best played with friends in co-op.

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Outbreak Island

Building and crafting

An open-world survival horror sandbox on a remote island where a mysterious outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. You craft, build and defend your base to make it through.

Radiation Island

Lots to discover

A survival game set on a mysterious island in a parallel reality after the Philadelphia Experiment: you gather resources, craft gear, fend off threats and look for a way back to the real world.

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.

Project: Mist

Building and crafting

An open-world survival horror set on an enigmatic island, where you build a base, craft traps and siege weapons, and fight colossal monsters with an upgradable gravity gun. The mystery of the giant wall drives your exploration.

Sons of the Forest

Building and crafting

Stranded on a remote island, you craft, build and fight to survive while cannibals and mutants hunt you. Play solo or in co-op, delve into dark caves, and fortify a base, with AI companions helping along the way.

CastleMiner Z

Lots to discover

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.

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.

Stranded Deep

Lots to discover

After a plane crash you're stranded in the Pacific, scavenging scattered islands for food, water and shelter while building rafts and fending off sharks. Its UI-light, physics-based crafting and beautiful yet dangerous ocean setting define the experience.

Night of the Dead

Building and crafting

You survive on a vast zombie-infested island, gathering resources, hunting, cooking and building bases and fortresses. Traps help you steer and fend off waves of zombies in this survival-crafting game.