Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Strange Brigade (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Strange Brigade on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: Zombie Army Trilogy, which made by the same studio, Rebellion.
- Strange Brigade is tagged Action, Adventure, Co-op, Zombies, Multiplayer, Third Person, Shooter, Online Co-Op by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 6 are free to download, so you can test the resemblance yourself at no cost.
- 2 are from the same studio: Zombie Army Trilogy, Zombie Army 4: Dead War.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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Zombie Army Trilogy
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Rebellion; both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 6 player tags including Zombies, Third-Person Shooter and Horror; released around the same time (2015).
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.
Zombie Army Trilogy at a glance Released 2015 Studio Rebellion Player sentiment 86% positive of 18,739 Price $44.99 ZombiesThird-Person ShooterHorrorSurvivalShooterThird Person
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Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Rebellion; both zombie, open world and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Shooter and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
Hitler’s hordes are back for more in this spine-chilling shooter from the makers of Sniper Elite 4! Abominable occult enemies, epic weapons and a harrowing new campaign for 1-4 players await in 1940s Europe, as you fight to save humankind from undead Armageddon!
Zombie Army 4: Dead War at a glance Released 2021 Studio Rebellion Player sentiment 86% positive of 11,882 Price $49.99 ZombiesShooterThird-Person ShooterThird PersonHorrorPvEViolent
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The Evil Within 2
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Third-Person Shooter and Third Person; released around the same time (2017).
Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.
The Evil Within 2 at a glance Released 2017 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 92% positive of 30,959 Price $39.99 HorrorThird-Person ShooterThird PersonViolentZombiesSurvivalShooter
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Resident Evil 0
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Third Person; released around the same time (2016).
Before the mansion, before the destruction of Raccoon City, there was Resident Evil 0. Now remastered with improved visuals and sounds, as well as the all-new Wesker Mode, there's never been a better time to experience the origins of the Resident Evil story.
Resident Evil 0 at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 80% positive of 19,622 Price $19.99 HorrorZombiesThird PersonSurvivalPuzzleThird-Person ShooterShooter
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Arizona Sunshine VR Legacy
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Survival; released around the same time (2016).
Built exclusively for VR, Arizona Sunshine® puts you and up to 3 fellow survivors in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Survive solo or in co-op, handle weapons with real-life movements, and explore a post-apocalyptic world in VR. Putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling than ever before.
Arizona Sunshine VR Legacy at a glance Released 2016 Studio Vertigo Games Player sentiment 79% positive of 9,302 Price $14.99 ZombiesHorrorSurvivalCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpShooterViolent
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Infestation: The New Z
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Shooter; released around the same time (2016).
The New Z is a FREE TO PLAY multi-game mode experience. SURVIVE with friends and gather loot, stash and trade. Go into wars against other groups in a massive OPEN WORLD or face them 5 v 5 in COMPETITIVE.
Infestation: The New Z at a glance Released 2016 Studio Fredaikis AB Player sentiment 54% positive of 33,887 Price Free ZombiesSurvivalShooterViolentHorrorThird-Person ShooterPvE
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Transmissions: Element 120
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 5 player tags including Shooter, Zombies and Horror; released around the same time (2016).
TE120 is a short single player experience set in the Half-Life Universe featuring a gravity defying weapon that allows you to jump buildings and sustain large falls. The story takes place at a mysterious date & location. Where are you? Why have you been sent?
Transmissions: Element 120 at a glance Released 2016 Studio Shokunin Player sentiment 95% positive of 9,952 Price Free ShooterZombiesHorrorSurvivalPuzzle
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Resident Evil 2
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Third Person.
A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.
Resident Evil 2 at a glance Released 1998 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 97% positive of 221,677 Price $39.99 ZombiesHorrorThird PersonPuzzleViolentSurvivalShooter
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Resident Evil
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Puzzle.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil at a glance Released 1996 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,244 Price $19.99 ZombiesHorrorPuzzleSurvivalThird PersonShooterThird-Person Shooter
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Resident Evil
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Puzzle.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
Resident Evil at a glance Released 2002 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 92% positive of 36,244 Price $19.99 ZombiesHorrorPuzzleSurvivalThird PersonShooterThird-Person Shooter
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World War Z
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 8 player tags including Zombies, Online Co-Op and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
World War Z at a glance Released 2021 Studio Saber Interactive Inc Player sentiment 82% positive of 32,551 Price $14.79 ZombiesOnline Co-OpShooterThird-Person ShooterPvEThird PersonHorrorViolent
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Resident Evil 7 Biohazard
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Violent; released around the same time (2017).
Fear and isolation seep through the walls of an abandoned southern farmhouse. "7" marks a new beginning for survival horror with the “Isolated View” of the visceral new first-person perspective.
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard at a glance Released 2017 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 95% positive of 126,252 Price $19.99 HorrorZombiesViolentSurvivalPuzzleShooter
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Days Gone
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 6 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Third Person; released around the same time (2021).
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Days Gone at a glance Released 2021 Studio Bend Studio Player sentiment 93% positive of 116,763 Price $39.99 ZombiesSurvivalThird PersonHorrorThird-Person ShooterViolent
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Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour
Why it matched: both zombie, survival, horror and puzzle; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Zombies and Violent; released around the same time (2016).
You wake up alone on the floor of an abandoned farmhouse. Daylight is quickly fading. You must find a way out. A thrilling horror experience for the five senses. This full model change to the "Isolated View", and photorealistic graphics of RE Engine mark a new beginning for survival horror.
Resident Evil 7 Teaser: Beginning Hour at a glance Released 2016 Studio CAPCOM Co., Ltd. Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,839 Price Free HorrorZombiesViolentSurvivalPuzzleShooter
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The Evil Within
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 6 player tags including Horror, Third Person and Survival; released around the same time (2014).
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
The Evil Within at a glance Released 2014 Studio Tango Gameworks Player sentiment 85% positive of 33,579 Price $19.99 HorrorThird PersonSurvivalZombiesThird-Person ShooterShooter
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State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Zombies and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2020).
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition at a glance Released 2020 Studio Undead Labs Player sentiment 83% positive of 69,755 Price $29.99 SurvivalZombiesOnline Co-OpThird PersonHorrorViolent
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Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Survival and Horror.
Infestation is a Survival Horror MMO that immerses players in a zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic world in which a viral outbreak has decimated the human population leaving in its wake, a nightmare of epic proportion.
Infestation: Survivor Stories 2020 at a glance Released Not recorded Studio Fredaikis AB Player sentiment 42% positive of 25,385 Price Free ZombiesSurvivalHorrorShooterPvEThird-Person ShooterThird Person
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Resident Evil 5
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 8 player tags including Zombies, Co-op Campaign and Third-Person Shooter.
This game is a port of the Games for Windows - Live version that was released in 2009. If you buy the Untold Stories Bundle here on Steam, it will be the same as upgrading to Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition.
Resident Evil 5 at a glance Released 2009 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 87% positive of 67,336 Price $19.99 ZombiesCo-op CampaignThird-Person ShooterOnline Co-OpHorrorThird PersonShooterSurvival
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Resident Evil 6
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 8 player tags including Zombies, Third-Person Shooter and Horror.
Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.
Resident Evil 6 at a glance Released 2013 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 77% positive of 70,988 Price $19.99 ZombiesThird-Person ShooterHorrorCo-op CampaignOnline Co-OpThird PersonShooterSurvival
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Double Action: Boogaloo
Why it matched: both zombie, open world and survival; shares 7 player tags including Shooter, Third-Person Shooter and Funny; released around the same time (2014).
Double Action is a free stylish multiplayer game about diving, flipping, and sliding your way into action movie mayhem.
Double Action: Boogaloo at a glance Released 2014 Studio Double Action Factory Player sentiment 93% positive of 11,408 Price Free ShooterThird-Person ShooterFunnyComedyOnline Co-OpSurvivalZombies
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Dead Rising
Why it matched: both zombie, open world, survival and horror; shares 6 player tags including Zombies, Third Person and Survival.
You are Frank West. A hard-edged photojournalist hellbent on investigating the mystery at Willamette Mall. It's swarming with zombies. You have 72 hours. Chop 'till you drop!
Dead Rising at a glance Released 2006 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 88% positive of 7,253 Price $9.99 ZombiesThird PersonSurvivalFunnyHorrorComedy
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Resident Evil: Revelations 2
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Third-Person Shooter; released around the same time (2015).
RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 at a glance Released 2015 Studio Capcom Player sentiment 78% positive of 32,092 Price $19.99 ZombiesHorrorThird-Person ShooterSurvivalThird PersonOnline Co-OpShooter
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Dead Frontier 2
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Horror and Online Co-Op; released around the same time (2019).
Survival horror MMO. As one of the few survivors of the outbreak, you must scratch a living out of the decaying ruins of society. Scavenge for supplies, improve your skills, and trade with other players. All the while, keeping your eyes peeled for the infected lurking around every corner.
Dead Frontier 2 at a glance Released 2019 Studio Creaky Corpse Ltd Player sentiment 70% positive of 28,382 Price Free ZombiesHorrorOnline Co-OpThird-Person ShooterSurvivalPvEViolent
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Back 4 Blood
Why it matched: both zombie, survival and horror; shares 7 player tags including Zombies, Online Co-Op and Shooter; released around the same time (2021).
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. Experience the intense 4 player co-op narrative campaign, competitive multiplayer as human or Ridden, and frenetic gameplay that keeps you in the action.
Back 4 Blood at a glance Released 2021 Studio Not recorded Player sentiment 69% positive of 73,204 Price $59.99 ZombiesOnline Co-OpShooterHorrorSurvivalViolentPvE
Common questions
What game is most like Strange Brigade?
Zombie Army Trilogy, on the evidence we have. It made by the same studio, Rebellion. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Strange Brigade" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Strange Brigade. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Strange Brigade do?
Zombie Army Trilogy, Zombie Army 4: Dead War are also from Rebellion, and appear in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.