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Games like Dead Effect

Games like Dead Effect

Looking for games like Dead Effect? Here are top shooter recommendations with a horror, comedy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Dead Effect 2, Putrefaction or Alien Rage: Unlimited.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    68% User Score Based on 320 reviews

    Putrefaction is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, lots of enemies and weapons, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Putrefaction.

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  3. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    65% User Score Based on 1,301 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 2 reviews

    Unleash a fury of powerful weapons as you blast your way through armies of Alien forces hell-bent on taking you down! Battle through 14 intense levels and prepare to face a barrage of beastly-sized bosses that will test your every skill. Each of your 10 weapons comes with two firing modes and you’ll need all of them! Battle hardened Alien forces will attack you from every direction using various f… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Rage: Unlimited.

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  4. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    87% User Score Based on 839 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 3 reviews

    Inspired by the Hotline Miami and Resident Evil series, Splatter is a top-down-shooter with a film-noir singleplayer campaign, challenging fights against all kinds of monsters, gory splatter effects and destructible level environments. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Splatter: Zombiecalypse Now.

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  5. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 6,699 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 8 reviews

    The cult horror shooter series comes to an apocalyptic conclusion with an epic new third chapter, a heart-pumping new horde mode, and remastered editions of the best-selling Nazi Zombie Army 1 & 2. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Army Trilogy.

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    79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 538 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 2 reviews

    Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op play. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadowgrounds.

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  7. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    75% User Score Based on 4,450 reviews
    Critic Score 58%Based on 22 reviews

    Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. Earn Steam achievements, complete missions and compete against your friends for the top scores in the leaderboards. It's time to join the assault, Spartan! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Halo: Spartan Assault.

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  8. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    75% User Score Based on 9,452 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 8 reviews

    After an asteroid impacts Earth, humanity attempts to rebuild. Sheltered in cryogenic lifeboats, survivors emerge years after impact to a devastated planet where some of mankind survived in struggling settlements or murderous bandit clans, while horrific mutants roam the dead cities. And a mysterious tyrannical government is on the hunt… for you If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rage.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    47% User Score Based on 196 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    E.T. Armies is a science fiction first person shooter. The game takes place in a dystopian future in which Earth’s resources have been depleted. Abandoning the planet seemed to be the only avenue for survival but not all could leave. Those left behind have become united in their struggle. It’s just the beginning for the Forsaken and the start of their devastating plan for vengeance. The Forsaken h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to E.T. Armies.

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  12. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability
    60% User Score Based on 560 reviews

    An artificial nano-virus has wiped out humanity almost completely turning all humans into a mob of deadly mutilated zombies. Only a few people managed to survive and you are one of them.This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to figh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guns n Zombies.

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  13. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    87% User Score Based on 10,448 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 11 reviews

    Bright Memory is a lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by one-man development studio FYQD using Unreal Engine. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks. SRO (Supernatural Science Research Organization) agent Shelia's adventure is about to begin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bright Memory.

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  14. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 10,076 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 3 reviews

    Arizona Sunshine is a VR shooter built and optimized for room-scale VR from the ground up. Step into the midst of a zombie apocalypse as if you were really there, and defend yourself against enemies close enough to touch. A custom-built physical animation system makes striking your undead enemies more thrilling and satisfying than ever before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Arizona Sunshine.

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  15. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    84% User Score Based on 5,024 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 10 reviews

    There are remote corners of the British Empire where the supernatural lurks and the shadows linger, where few dare go and fewer return. In Strange Brigade you'll encounter fantastic and forgotten civilizations shrouded in mystery, uncover treacherous tombs and test your wits against unfathomable foes... You'll explore the ancient world as one of four dashing explorers, each blessed with their own… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Strange Brigade.

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    46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    46% User Score Based on 636 reviews

    Happy Horrordays from Bright Dawn!Need a last minute gift or looking for that special present for yourself? Look no further!Dementium II HD Trading Cards - Available Now!About the GameThe visage of doctors and patients alike fade in and out of these nightmarish visions of tortured memories. This eggshell reality is fractured by experiments conducted in the ward. Blood, flesh and screams surround… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dementium II HD.

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  17. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 16,143 reviews
    Critic Score 64%Based on 9 reviews

    Ryse: Son of Rome is a stunning action-adventure that follows Marius Titus on a heroic quest to avenge the death of his family, and preserve the honor of Rome, at all costs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ryse: Son of Rome.

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  18. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    68% User Score Based on 1,132 reviews
    Critic Score 53%Based on 19 reviews

    Earthfall is a co-operative shooter for up to four players. Using team-based tactics to fortify holdouts and complete objectives, players must work together to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Earthfall.

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  19. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, story
    68% User Score Based on 1,369 reviews

    The Culling Of The Cows is a side-scrolling shooter, tower defense game. You will take the role of Sammy, a soliloquising schizophrenic farmer with a self prophesied mission to lay waste to the disease spreading over his farm. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Culling of the Cows.

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  22. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 4,190 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 53 reviews

    Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

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  23. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    77% User Score Based on 1,497 reviews
    Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

    Dash across Scenic Locations destroying bug like creatures called the Flanx using 6 Unique Attacks that include Massive Terrain Deformation and High Speed Barrages of Energy Blasts! Supports modding. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Caster.

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  24. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,246 reviews

    Experience a terrifyingly intense co-op campaign for up to four players in this gut-wrenching sequel to Steam best-seller, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army. With World War 2 Europe overrun by legions of the undead, you must find mankind’s salvation deep in the twisted bowels of Berlin by securing the sacred artefacts that unleashed this damnation. Every step must be paid in blood as players work to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2.

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  25. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 3,370 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 11 reviews

    A dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one with full senses, you begin a journey in search for answers and relief. How long can you last? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgive Me Father.

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  26. 55%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 284 reviews
    Critic Score 35%Based on 2 reviews

    Blast your way through Nogari Island as Echo Squad. Utilize a devastating array of weapons and special abilities to crush everything that stands in your way. Features a fully Co-op enabled Campaign for up to 4 Players, as well as a variety of 8 Player Versus multiplayer modes! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scourge Outbreak.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    72% User Score Based on 1,129 reviews

    Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position. Deadly 30 is a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly 30.

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  31. 63%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 1,560 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 4 reviews

    Daymare: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daymare: 1998.

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  32. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    88% User Score Based on 1,544 reviews

    Featuring a co-op campaign for 1 to 4 players, Nazi Zombie Army is a horrifying new stand-alone expansion of the award-winning Sniper Elite series. In the dying flames of World War II, a despairing Hitler unleashes one final, unholy gamble – a legion of undead super soldiers that threatens to overwhelm the whole of Europe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army.

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  33. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 2,227 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 2 reviews

    Experience incredibly atmospheric and intense medieval combat action! Go ahead and enter a new world, the award-winning world of Enclave. The people of Light and Darkness are divided by a bottomless rift that split the earth many millennia ago. The lands of light are an Enclave of truth and order surrounded by the twisted and barren lands of the dark, known as the Outlands. Over the centuries the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Enclave.

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  34. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    77% User Score Based on 2,905 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 11 reviews

    It is 1873. An escaped slave is slowly walking through the desert, making his way from Mexico to Texas. He keeps a revolver close and is wearing the sombrero stolen from a dead man. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 12 is Better Than 6.

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  36. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    55% User Score Based on 1,398 reviews
    Critic Score 42%Based on 3 reviews

    The creatures of ancient myths, legends and knowledge are real. Trapped for thousands of years inside the Pandora's Box, they await the day of liberation ... Deckard, a thief hired to steal an ancestral artifact, inadvertently unleashes a war between man and myth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legendary.

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  37. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 5,616 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 8 reviews

    They thought they had escaped Banoi, but can't wake up from this nightmare. Thrown back into the midst of the Zombie outbreak, the fight for survival continues! Includes Survivor Pack and Fashion Victim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Island.

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  38. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 4,789 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 5 reviews

    F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the sequel to F.E.A.R. and continues the series' trademark blend of supernatural horror and suspense. Many mechanics from the original first-person shooter have made their way into the game, like slow motion bullet time, and intelligent AI. New gameplay elements have also been introduced, like grab and drag movable cover, combat mechs, and iron sight aiming. The envir… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin.

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  39. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 1,924 reviews

    Fast, deadly, the way he looks tell everything - nothing can stand a chance when it comes to dinosaur all star: Carnotaurus. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinosaur Hunt.

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  40. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    86% User Score Based on 5,828 reviews

    Yet Another Zombie Defense is an unusual mix of dual-stick zombie shooter and tower defense genres. The player is free to choose from nine unique weapons and mount them onto auto turrets or set up defensive barricades to stay alive as long as he can. There are also power-ups to collect, different zombie types to shoot at and cooperative mode. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Yet Another Zombie Defense.

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  41. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 485 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 3 reviews

    Livelock is a cooperative top-down shooter where you and up to two others must work together to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of "The Few" remaining Capital Intellects, you will need quick reactions and decision-making to overcome the chaos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Livelock.

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  43. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    66% User Score Based on 2,416 reviews
    Critic Score 77%Based on 5 reviews

    The Games on Demand version supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese.Mankind finds itself poised on the brink of extinction deep underground.  Darius Mason is humanity’s last hope for survival If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Faction: Armageddon.

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  45. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 600 reviews

    Super Trench Attack™ is a goofball comedy twitch-shooter based in a World War setting. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Trench Attack!.

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  46. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 5,616 reviews
    Critic Score 71%Based on 8 reviews

    The player is drawn into the world of Dead Island on the brink of a mysterious epidemic that suddenly, and without warning, breaks out on the fictional island of Banoi. As a guest of the Royal Palms Resort, the player's stay was supposed to be a dream holiday; a luxurious getaway to the beautiful beaches of a tropical paradise. But faced with the reality of a zombie apocalypse, there is only one t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Island.

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  47. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    76% User Score Based on 9,120 reviews
    Critic Score 91%Based on 1 reviews

    You are shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive? Collect the pages of a Survival Guide and figure it out, of course! Find food, water, and shelter before you perish. Uh oh, is it getting dark? Figure out how to get through the night! While you’re at it, gather up some of this awesome stuff and piece together over 100 handmade weapons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How to Survive.

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  48. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    64% User Score Based on 573 reviews

    Can you survive the alien onslaught? Alien Breed 2: Assault is the second chapter in the Alien Breed series, and is an explosive science fiction arcade-shooter with an epic story, swarms of highly intelligent alien enemies, high-impact weaponry, highly detailed and rich environments, developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. Take control of the hero, Conrad, the ship’s Chief Engineer, and conti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Breed 2 Assault.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, monetization
    89% User Score Based on 2,242 reviews

    Fight under the onslaught of mutated monsters, obsessed soldiers and even darker bosses. Just try to survive and find out what to do next in this life, simultaneously tearing your enemies to pieces. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to VLADiK BRUTAL.

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  50. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    92% User Score Based on 3,197 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 5 reviews

    In this FPS, you travel across a remote island off the coast of Russia ripping through space and time, and are given your own Time Manipulation Device of which you use to vaporize enemies. You can upgrade your TMD, yourself, and weapons throughout the campaign which is reminiscent of every modern shooter from the Call of Duty Modern Warfare and World at War series to Half Life 2, and F.E.A.R. Time… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Singularity.

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