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Dying Light/Similar games
Games like Dying Light
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Dying Light” means here
ZombiesGoreOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalSurvival HorrorPost-apocalyptic
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Zombies · Gore · Open World Survival Craft · Survival
71% of 13,035 reviews positive
86%
match
2
Killing Floor 2
Zombies · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic · Hack and Slash
88% of 129,363 reviews positive · 3,026 playing now
85%
match
4
How to Survive
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Survival Horror
83% of 17,093 reviews positive
85%
match
5
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Parkour · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Gore
79% of 219,211 reviews positive
84%
match
6
Welcome to ParadiZe
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic · PvE
67% of 1,316 reviews positive
84%
match
8
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Survival Horror
81% of 11,157 reviews positive
83%
match
9
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
66% of 31,588 reviews positive
83%
match
10
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Gore · Open World
77% of 20,574 reviews positive
83%
match
11
Days Gone
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
93% of 116,948 reviews positive · 1,072 playing now
83%
match
12
Project Zomboid
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
94% of 478,522 reviews positive · 56,389 playing now
83%
match
13
Romero's Aftermath
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Survival Horror
49% of 10,975 reviews positive
83%
match
14
Mist Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Survival Horror
76% of 14,352 reviews positive
83%
match
15
RESIDENT EVIL RESISTANCE
Zombies · Survival Horror · Gore · Online Co-Op
38% of 9,327 reviews positive
82%
match
16
The Highrise
Open World Survival Craft · Survival Horror · Stealth · Post-apocalyptic
56% of 281 reviews positive
82%
match
17
DayZ
Zombies · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
78% of 468,737 reviews positive · 22,018 playing now
82%
match
18
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Survival Horror
57% of 1,261 reviews positive
82%
match
21
GTFO
Survival Horror · Zombies · Online Co-Op · Stealth
84% of 66,731 reviews positive · 633 playing now
81%
match
22
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic · Survival Horror · Stealth · FPS
90% of 135,566 reviews positive · 536 playing now
81%
match
23
81%
match
24
Anarchy: Wolf's law
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic
77% of 822 reviews positive
81%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Dying Light?
The closest matches to Dying Light on Steam are Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition, Killing Floor 2, ZOMBI, How to Survive, Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Dying Light's, and shared tags include Zombies, Gore, Open World Survival Craft.
How are games like Dying Light chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Zombies, Gore, Open World Survival Craft count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Dying Light's. Popularity never affects the ranking.