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We filtered the 47 games similar to Escape Dead Island down to the 24 that fit the “Xbox” category. Dredge, Visage and Amnesia: Rebirth top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Escape Dead Island.

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The best games like Escape Dead Island on Xbox

24 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Escape Dead Island. Each one has been evaluated across 16 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1DredgeClosest on tone

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 54KIGDB86· 5OC82· 102

Year 2023Dev Black Salt Games · Team17On Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Shared with Escape Dead Island: horror tension, adventure storytelling and deep RPG systems

≠ Its own twist: visual isometric and visual 3d, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals.

Released 9 years after Escape Dead Island.

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#2VisageClosest on game mode

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GenreHorrorSubgenrePsychological Horror

SoloMultiplayerNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB87· 2OC77· 29

Year 2020Dev SadSquare StudioOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Like Escape Dead Island, it's known for horror tension, adventure storytelling and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and visual first person, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals.

Released 6 years after Escape Dead Island.

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#3Amnesia: RebirthClosest overall match

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 77%· 9.2KIGDB82· 9OC78· 92

Year 2020Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, fantasy world and visual first person, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals.

Released 6 years after Escape Dead Island.

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Steam GOG Epic

#4Soma

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeStealthNarrativeDarkHorrorExploration

Steam👍 96%· 51KIGDB81· 15OC83· 94

Year 2015Dev Frictional GamesOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, setting scifi and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals.

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Steam GOG Epic

#5Still Wakes the Deep

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloStealthMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 88%· 12KIGDB82· 3OC76· 83

Year 2024Dev The Chinese Room · Secret ModeOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world, setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals.

Released 10 years after Escape Dead Island.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMultiplayerMeleeNarrativeDarkHorror

Steam👍 91%· 63KIGDB78· 17OC75· 117

Year 2017Dev Red BarrelsOn PS4 · PC · Mac

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: visual first person, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals and combat.

Released 3 years after Escape Dead Island.

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Steam GOG Epic

#7Alone in the DarkClosest on visuals

iRank78

GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 79%· 4.6KIGDB75· 4

Year 2024Dev Pieces Interactive · THQ NordicOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

Released 10 years after Escape Dead Island.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 57KRAWG👍 84%· 2.3KMC83IGDB83· 7

Year 2010Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

Titular best-selling psychological thriller author was going through a writer’s block, but when he tries to take a small vacation, it seems that he is attacked and has to fight off the “darkness” that possess people and animals alike.

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: combat.

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Steam GOG Epic

#9Alan Wake's American Nightmare

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 10KRAWG👍 58%· 828MC73IGDB79· 7

Year 2012Dev Remedy Entertainment · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

Alan Wake's American Nightmare is a third-person shooter game, a follow-up to 2010 Remedy Entertainment title Alan Wake. However, it is not a full-fledged sequel to the game but rather a spin-off.

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: combat.

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#10The Walking Dead: The Final Season

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 21KIGDB71· 5OC78· 30

Year 2018Dev Telltale GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the action horror games cluster, with horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: combat.

Released 4 years after Escape Dead Island.

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Steam GOG Epic

#11The Walking Dead: Michonne

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 81%· 8.1KIGDB68· 4

Year 2016Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: combat.

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Steam GOG Epic

#12The Walking Dead: A New Frontier

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 18KIGDB75· 13

Year 2016Dev Telltale Games · Skybound GamesOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: combat.

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Steam GOG Epic

#13Bendy and the Ink Machine

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeHorror

Steam👍 89%· 35KIGDB87· 2OC69· 25

Year 2017Dev TheMeatly Games, Ltd. · Rooster Teeth GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of action horror games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals and combat.

Released 3 years after Escape Dead Island.

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkHorrorThird Person

Steam👍 87%· 63KRAWG👍 75%· 1.6KMC86IGDB78· 15OC72· 22

Year 2009Dev CapcomPlaytime ~11hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

Resident Evil 5 (also known as Biohazard 5 in Japan) is the third-person shooter with elements of a survivor-horror game. This is the fifth main installment in Capcom’s acclaimed franchise Resident Evil.

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: game mode and combat.

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#15The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

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GenreHorrorSubgenreAction Horror

SoloNarrativeHorrorExplorationCasual

Steam👍 94%· 35KIGDB83· 3OC90· 43

Year 2022Dev Crows Crows CrowsOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Both are action horror games — sharing horror tension, adventure storytelling and deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: vibe casual, visual first person and visual 3d, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Escape Dead Island: visuals and tone.

Released 8 years after Escape Dead Island.

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