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Looking for games like Zombie Desperation? Here are top survival shooter recommendations with a horror, post-apocalyptic and violence focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Yet Another Zombie Defense, Dead Effect or Let Them Come.

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  1. 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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    71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 2,638 reviews

    Dead Effect is a sci-fi first-person shooter set aboard the starship ESS Meridian, which is bound for humanity's first colonization attempt on Tau Ceti f. Players assume the role of a Unit 13 operative who awakens from cryosleep to find the vessel overrun with hostile, zombie-like crew members. The game combines traditional FPS gameplay with survival horror elements as players navigate through the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Effect.

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  3. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    85% User Score Based on 1,092 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Let Them Come.

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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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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    80% User Score Based on 467 reviews

    Battle Ram is a thrilling and action-packed game that is sure to provide hours of entertainment for players of all skill levels. With its unique concept of a powerful lamb battling robots, the game offers a refreshing change from typical shooter or RPG games. The game's setting in a secret laboratory and military training ground provides an interesting backstory that adds to the overall excitemen… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Battle Ram.

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  8. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    95% User Score Based on 7,125 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 10 reviews

    Inspired by 1990s FPS and arcade games, Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can. Compete for precious seconds with Steam Friends or on global leaderboards.Your spirit and skill will be tested. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devil Daggers.

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  9. 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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  10. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    93% User Score Based on 272 reviews

    Mad Bullets, the wackiest shooter is here to put your reflexes and laughing muscles to an intensive test. You can forget about boring stories, complicated controls and irritating tutorials, and jump right into a mind blowing, high-speed action. Now is the time to become the hero of the Wild West and shoot your way up to the top of the leaderboards! Do you think you have what it takes to face a rea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mad Bullets.

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    66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    66% User Score Based on 394 reviews

    TeraBlaster is a top-down arcade shooter micro-game which draws heavy inspiration from Geometry Wars. Duke it out with hordes of enemies on randomly generated levels, trigger massive explosions, and die a truly glorious death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TeraBlaster.

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    68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    68% User Score Based on 368 reviews

    Sun Blast is the best 3d space shooter on Steam. Earn upgrades as you fight your way through a huge seleciton of levels. Full gamepad support! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sun Blast.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 2,342 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode. Play On-Line in coop, in single player or in local coop! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nation Red.

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    35%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
    30% User Score Based on 333 reviews
    Critic Score 64%Based on 1 reviews

    As a survivor of the mutant virus together with a comrade or alone, you must make your way through the city levels, every new area uncovering new challenges to overcome and mutants to destroy. With a large variety of weapons at your disposal, together you must wipe out the hordes of flesh eating mutants. Teamwork is the key to survive the DEAD HORDE...Key features:Dead Horde is an action packed, c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Horde.

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  16. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 2,140 reviews

    A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply causing the recently deceased rise from their graves. Now you have to shoot your way through the hordes of undead to reach your only hope for survival. On the way to your rescue you will have to search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors. With three game modes, hundreds of items, weapons and grenades, and a city tha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Pixels.

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  17. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 239 reviews

    Shoot zombies from terrace like a boss! Zombo Buster Rising Remastered brings you a nostalgic experience of classic 2D side shooting-defense in enhanced build right from your Steam library! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombo Buster Rising.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 979 reviews

    Space Distant are present the arcade game of cosmic fights in arcade style of the 80's, this is a game where you can control the spaceship and forced to destroy extraterrestrials, which are moving in the certain order. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Distant Space.

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  19. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, monetization
    74% User Score Based on 566 reviews

    Tap Tap Infinity is a fully 3D incremental RPG. Hire Heroes to fight for you, even with the game closed! Gain unimaginable DPS, mountains of gold, conquer thousands of levels and millions of monsters on your quest to defeat 'The Master'. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tap Tap Infinity.

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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    75% User Score Based on 533 reviews

    The world was plunged into chaos following an accident at a bio-weapon research facility. 100% of the earth's population has been infected. There is an antidote that blocks infection from the airborne strain of the virus, but the effect is temporary. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloody Walls.

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  22. 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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  23. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    98% User Score Based on 18,127 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 1 reviews

    Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons. Combine face-to-face combat with throwing weapons to recreate complex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Finger Death Punch.

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    45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    45% User Score Based on 158 reviews

    Inspired by arcade game experiences, Drive By Hero is an apocalyptic shooter game. Shoot enemies, kill bosses, use new weapons and try to survive in this horrific action game. Alone with your car and your gun, you are not the hero they deserve but the one they need. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drive-By Hero.

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  25. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 882 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    First contact didn't go as planned, when aliens woke Murray Mendelson up from his afternoon nap. Pulling the trigger first has drawn Murray in to full scale war with these alien visitors, and they’ll stop at nothing to destroy him. Armed with his musket and inconsolable rage, Murray must defend his home against all odds. Why are the aliens only attacking this one house? Who knows?! Shoot first and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Get Off My Lawn!.

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  26. 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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  27. 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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    75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    75% User Score Based on 291 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Shoot, slice and surf on zombies by yourself or with friends. Fight overwhelming amounts of zombies and other monsters summoned by an evil wizard (ooOooOOOo spooky) in an early 1900s London. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GIBZ.

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  29. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    95% User Score Based on 2,626 reviews

    2121 A.D, with no escape options, Akane prepares for her final battle in the rain-soaked neon streets of Mega-Tokyo. Akane is an arena arcade slasher. Take out as many yakuza as possible, slashing and shooting in a one-hit-one-kill fight to the death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Akane.

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  30. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 3,453 reviews

    A throwback to the classic quarter eating arcade games of the 80's. Bit Blaster XL is a retro styled, addictive, and fast paced arcade shoot 'em up! (shmup). If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bit Blaster XL.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    82% User Score Based on 612 reviews

    Blackout Z: Slaghterhouse edition is a fast paced top down shooter where you kill the maximum of zombies that you can, while the battery of your flashlight is slowly drowning. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blackout Z.

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  32. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    47% User Score Based on 350 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    99 Levels to Hell is a platform shooter with lots of guns, upgrades, magic, traps and monsters to kill. 99 Levels to Hell is a rogue-like-like, which means surviving is key and every time you play you get a new set of levels to play. When you complete 10 levels, the 10th being a boss-fight you unlock a door to the next dungeon. Hidden in the darkness of the dungeons are shops, casinos and elevato… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 99 Levels To Hell.

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  33. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
    53% User Score Based on 425 reviews

    Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to How To Survive: Third Person Standalone.

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  34. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    78% User Score Based on 243 reviews

    Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pixel Gladiator.

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  35. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 492 reviews

    An isometric orgy of bloody violence and huge chiptunes. Battle your way through 27 levels of corporate architecture full of brain dead, corporate, buzzword-spewing, project managers using office furniture as your primary weapons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Corporate Lifestyle Simulator.

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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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  37. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 2,852 reviews

    An incremental game with guns & time travel. You mission starts now! Collect gold, upgrade your Click Pistol & hire a team of elite sharp-shoooters to help with defeating the enemies in this... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Clickers.

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  38. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    79% User Score Based on 640 reviews
    Critic Score 65%Based on 1 reviews

    Tiny Troopers puts you in command of a team of small soldiers. Guide them through 30 deadly missions with varied objectives: destroy enemy armoured formations, save hostages and eliminate enemy generals, to name but just a few. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Troopers.

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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. 46%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    44% User Score Based on 418 reviews
    Critic Score 56%Based on 1 reviews

    It is the year 2000, and the United Nations has established several quarantine zones around the world to stem the tide of an unknown virus pandemic. The United Nations called upon a private military company, highly skilled mercenaries to retrieve the data and uncover the secret of the zone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zomborg.

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  41. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 5,330 reviews
    Critic Score 99%Based on 1 reviews

    The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Finger Death Punch 2.

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  42. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,768 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 9 reviews

    Welcome to Thugtown circa 1920, the height of Prohibition.Prepare yourself for a non-stop, action-packed, completely over-the-top, fast-paced, platform game. Set against the gangster heyday of the roaring twenties. Lose yourself in an exciting, elaborate tale of the underground and underworld. Experience friendship, betrayal, vengeance, and witness first hand the rise and fall of a criminal master… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guns, Gore & Cannoli.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    83% User Score Based on 454 reviews

    Slash It 2 is a 2D colorful arcade game. The goal is to press letters, numbers and type words in the right time and direction. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slash It 2.

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  45. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    95% User Score Based on 1,744 reviews

    "Kill The Crows" is a fast-paced top-down arena shooter set in the twisted western era. A gunslinger burning with vengeance steps into the ruins of a forsaken town, ready to face death. Prepare for one-shot, one-kill gunfights using classic revolvers and fanning techniques. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kill The Crows.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 3,342 reviews

    Become a Timberman, chop wood and avoid those branches. Master your skills! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Timberman.

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  47. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,186 reviews

    Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ultimate Zombie Defense.

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  49. 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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  50. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    62% User Score Based on 448 reviews

    Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey. Scavenge for supplies in every corner of every building, craft your gear, pick your skills and loadout while keeping your Squad alive by covering every corner and moving as a group. It is a game that encourage… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survivor Squad.

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