What is the best game similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?

The closest game to Zombie Army 4: Dead War is Strange Brigade, scoring 87/100 on our similarity scale. They share 14 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Zombie Army 4: Dead War?

The three closest games to Zombie Army 4: Dead War are: 1. Strange Brigade (87/100, 14 shared attributes) 2. Sniper Elite 4 (84/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. The Darkness II (83/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Zombie Army 4: Dead War's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 17 dimensions.

Is Sniper Elite 4 similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?

Yes, very much so — Sniper Elite 4 scores 84/100 similarity to Zombie Army 4: Dead War. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What Shooter games are similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?

The best Shooter games similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War are Strange Brigade, Sniper Elite 4, The Darkness II and Sunset Overdrive. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Zombie Army 4: Dead War attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting.

How is similarity to Zombie Army 4: Dead War calculated?

We compare Zombie Army 4: Dead War against every game in our catalog using 17 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Zombie Army 4: Dead War experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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If Zombie Army 4: Dead War left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, dark, oppressive atmosphere and open world exploration — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 17 attributes. Strange Brigade comes closest (87/100).

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Zombie Army 4: Dead War. Each one has been evaluated across 17 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.

#1Strange BrigadeClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 84%· 11KIGDB73· 12OC74· 93

Year 2018Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and online features, while skipping combat tactical

Same studio: Rebellion Developments.

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#2Sniper Elite 4Closest on game mode

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

MultiplayerSoloCo-opMeleeTacticalDarkOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 91%· 62KIGDB76· 19OC78· 133

Year 2017Dev Rebellion DevelopmentsOn PS4 · PC · iOS

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings stealth mechanics and visual first person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting.

Same studio: Rebellion Developments.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

Year 2012Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and horror tension

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, strong narrative focus and visual first person, while skipping third-person shooting

Quad-wielding combat: two guns plus two demon arms that grab, throw and tear, which makes fights faster and more physical than the first game. The comic-book art style holds up well. It is short — a single sitting for many players — and the darkness-and-light mechanic reduces most encounters to shooting out the same lamps.

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: visuals.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

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#4Sunset OverdriveClosest on visuals

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 90%· 14KIGDB82· 16OC83· 89

Year 2014Dev Insomniac Games · Microsoft StudiosOn PC · Xbox

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: progression and setting.

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#5Saints Row: The Third

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 96%· 69KIGDB85· 10

Year 2011Dev Volition · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and sandbox world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: progression.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 92%· 83KRAWG👍 93%· 4.1KMC93IGDB93· 6

Year 2004Dev Rockstar North · CapcomPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with racing gameplay, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus, while skipping horror tension

The largest of the PS2-era entries by a distance: three cities, countryside between them, and systems the series never repeated — stat training, gang territory, vehicle variety from bikes to planes. It is also the most uneven. Mission difficulty spikes without warning, and the RPG-ish stat grind sits oddly against the pace of everything else.

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: combat.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#7Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 67%· 9.4KIGDB69· 7

Year 2010Dev IO Interactive · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, while skipping horror tension

Shot entirely through a handheld-camera aesthetic — grain, blown-out light, censored gore — which is the reason to see it, and consistently committed to. The shooting itself is unremarkable and the cover system is imprecise. It is also very short, and the unrelentingly bleak tone gives you little reason to return once it ends.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#8Red Faction: Armageddon

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 73%· 5.0KIGDB75· 5

Year 2011Dev Volition · THQOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: linear, story-driven structure and setting scifi, while skipping horror tension

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Shadow of the Tomb Raider

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloCo-opMultiplayerMeleeDarkOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 85%· 86KIGDB80· 17OC80· 169

Year 2018Dev Eidos Montréal · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, survival mechanics and strong narrative focus, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting and combat.

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#10Gears 5

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 71%· 24KIGDB88· 12OC85· 150

Year 2019Dev The Coalition · Xbox Game StudiosOn Xbox · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus, setting scifi and offline, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

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#11Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 75%· 9.7KIGDB64· 11OC67· 69

Year 2015Dev High Voltage Software · Deep SilverOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, third-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping horror tension

A standalone expansion set in Hell, built around flight: you unlock wings early and the whole map is designed for vertical movement rather than driving. That traversal is the best part. It is very short — a few hours — and reuses the systems and much of the structure of Saints Row IV without adding a real campaign.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

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#12Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

Co-opSoloMultiplayerTacticalMeleeDarkOpen WorldHistoricalExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 74%· 42KIGDB53· 13OC57· 133

Year 2019Dev Ubisoft Paris · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: shooter, adventure storytelling and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: stealth mechanics, online features and skill tree progression, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 63%· 3.9KIGDB58· 12

Year 2013Dev Spark Unlimited · CapcomOn PlayStation 3 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and setting scifi, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: tone and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

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#14RAGE

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 78%· 18KRAWG👍 52%· 834MC79IGDB81· 10

Year 2011Dev Aspyr Media · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: first-person shooting, shooter and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: racing gameplay, deep RPG systems and strong narrative focus, while skipping third-person shooting

id Software shooting at its most precise, wrapped in a wasteland that mostly exists to connect combat arenas. The gunfeel and enemy animation still hold up. Everything around it is weaker: driving sections pad the runtime, the world is a hub-and-spoke rather than open, and it ends abruptly enough that many players assume they missed a final act.

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting and combat.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Zombie Army 4: Dead War.

It predates Zombie Army 4: Dead War by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeDarkOpen WorldExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 83%· 92KIGDB81· 21OC82· 136

Year 2016Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, shooter and third-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, strong narrative focus and sandbox world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Zombie Army 4: Dead War: setting and combat.

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Adventure · Survival

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Adventure · Shooter

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Adventure · Shooter

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Shooter · Third-person shooter

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

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Shooter · FPS

Hunt: Showdown 1896

FPS · Shooter

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Adventure · Shooter

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Shooter · FPS

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Third-person shooter · Shooter

Homefront: The Revolution

Shooter · FPS

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Shooter · FPS

Enemy Front

Shooter · FPS

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Shooter · FPS

Mafia III

Adventure · Shooter

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Third-person shooter · Adventure

Grand Theft Auto 2

Shooter · FPS

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Shooter · FPS

Saints Row 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

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Adventure · Shooter

I Am Your Beast

FPS · Shooter

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Adventure · Shooter

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POSTAL 2

Adventure · Sandbox

Just Cause 2

Third-person shooter · Adventure

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Adventure · Platformer

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Adventure · Platformer

Just Cause

Third-person shooter · Adventure

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Adventure · Puzzle

Jet Island

Adventure · Simulation

Need for Speed™

Racing · Simulation

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?: The closest game to Zombie Army 4: Dead War is Strange Brigade, scoring 87/100 on our similarity scale. They share 14 gameplay attributes, including adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Zombie Army 4: Dead War?: The three closest games to Zombie Army 4: Dead War are: 1. Strange Brigade (87/100, 14 shared attributes) 2. Sniper Elite 4 (84/100, 14 shared attributes) 3. The Darkness II (83/100, 12 shared attributes). All share Zombie Army 4: Dead War's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 50 candidates across 17 dimensions.
Is Sniper Elite 4 similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?: Yes, very much so — Sniper Elite 4 scores 84/100 similarity to Zombie Army 4: Dead War. They share 14 attributes, including shooter and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What Shooter games are similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War?: The best Shooter games similar to Zombie Army 4: Dead War are Strange Brigade, Sniper Elite 4, The Darkness II and Sunset Overdrive. All share the Shooter genre alongside other key Zombie Army 4: Dead War attributes like adventure storytelling, shooter and first-person shooting.
How is similarity to Zombie Army 4: Dead War calculated?: We compare Zombie Army 4: Dead War against every game in our catalog using 17 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Zombie Army 4: Dead War experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.