Dying Light/Similar games
Games like Dying Light
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Dying Light” means here
ZombiesSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticHack and SlashGoreOpen World Survival Craft
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
Killing Floor 2
Zombies · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic · Hack and Slash
88% of 129,141 reviews positive · 5,970 playing now
88%
match
2
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
Zombies · Gore · Open World Survival Craft · Survival Horror
71% of 12,891 reviews positive
86%
match
3
How to Survive
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Survival Horror
83% of 17,097 reviews positive
85%
match
4
84%
match
5
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
Parkour · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Horror
79% of 217,161 reviews positive
83%
match
6
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Gore · Survival Horror
77% of 20,472 reviews positive
83%
match
7
Project Zomboid
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
94% of 461,519 reviews positive · 37,424 playing now
82%
match
8
Miscreated
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
66% of 31,577 reviews positive
82%
match
10
82%
match
11
CastleMiner Z
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival Horror · Survival
81% of 11,156 reviews positive
82%
match
12
Days Gone
Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Open World Survival Craft · Survival Horror
93% of 115,697 reviews positive · 3,481 playing now
82%
match
13
82%
match
14
Left 4 Dead 2
Zombies · Survival Horror · FPS · Horror
98% of 1,048,482 reviews positive · 28,388 playing now
82%
match
15
Mist Survival
Open World Survival Craft · Zombies · Survival · Survival Horror
76% of 14,233 reviews positive
82%
match
16
DayZ
Zombies · Survival Horror · Post-apocalyptic · Survival
78% of 465,974 reviews positive · 64,598 playing now
81%
match
18
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Zombies · Survival Horror · Horror · Survival
78% of 31,841 reviews positive
80%
match
19
Romero's Aftermath
Zombies · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Survival Horror
49% of 10,983 reviews positive
80%
match
20
Metro Exodus
Post-apocalyptic · Survival Horror · Stealth · Horror
90% of 134,285 reviews positive · 1,693 playing now
80%
match
21
Killing Floor
Zombies · Horror · FPS · Survival Horror
95% of 68,802 reviews positive · 305 playing now
80%
match
22
Resident Evil Revelations
Zombies · Survival Horror · Horror · Online Co-Op
81% of 18,185 reviews positive
80%
match
23
80%
match
24
Left 4 Dead
Zombies · Horror · Post-apocalyptic · FPS
96% of 67,571 reviews positive · 734 playing now
79%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Dying Light?
The closest matches to Dying Light on Steam are Killing Floor 2, Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition, How to Survive, Back 4 Blood, Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Dying Light's — shared tags include Zombies, Survival Horror, Post-apocalyptic.
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, Survival Horror, Post-apocalyptic 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.