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Games like Dead Effect and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Dead Effect
Dead Effect
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

More like Dead Effect

24 games closest to Dead Effect of your picks

  1. 1

    Killing Floor

    Dead Effect, but co-op, and six times the hours

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  2. 2

    Dead Island Definitive Edition

    Dead Effect, but an action RPG, and three times the hours

    Liked · 82%Zombies · FPS

  3. 3

    No More Room in Hell

    Dead Effect, but free to play, and three times the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · FPS

  4. 4

    Left 4 Dead 2

    Dead Effect, but five times the hours, and even better loved

    Loved · 98%Zombies · FPS

  5. 5

    Cry of Fear

    Dead Effect, but a psychological horror game, and co-op

    Liked · 89%Horror · Zombies

  6. 6

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

    Dead Effect, but open world, and five times the hours

    Loved · 96%Zombies · FPS

  7. 7

    Dead Space 2

    Dead Effect, but third-person, and story-rich

    Loved · 94%Horror · Survival Horror

  8. 8

    Killing Floor 2

    Dead Effect, but post-apocalyptic, and seven times the hours

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  9. 9

    Left 4 Dead

    Dead Effect, but team-based, and twice the hours

    Loved · 96%Zombies · FPS

  10. 10

    Unturned

    Dead Effect, but free to play, and a survival crafting game

    Loved · 91%Zombies · Survival

  11. 11

    DOOM 3: BFG Edition

    Dead Effect, but three times the hours

    Liked · 86%FPS · Zombies

  12. 12

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky

    Dead Effect, but open world, and four times the hours

    Liked · 85%FPS · Zombies

  13. 13

    Project Zomboid

    Dead Effect, but a survival crafting game, and 11 times the hours

    Loved · 94%Zombies · Survival

  14. 14

    Resident Evil 7 Biohazard

    Dead Effect, but in VR, and psychological horror

    Loved · 95%Zombies · Horror

  15. 15

    Just Survive

    Dead Effect, but an MMO, and eight times the hours

    Divisive · 59%Zombies · Survival

  16. 16

    Blood and Bacon

    Dead Effect, but funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%FPS · Shooter

  17. 17

    The Forest

    Dead Effect, but with crafting, and four times the hours

    Loved · 96%Horror · Survival

  18. 18

    The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

    Dead Effect, but in VR

    Liked · 86%Zombies · Horror

  19. 19

    F.E.A.R. 3

    Dead Effect, but co-op

    Mixed · 71%FPS · Zombies

  20. 20

    Back 4 Blood

    Dead Effect, but four times the hours

    Mixed · 69%Zombies · FPS

  21. 21

    Transmissions: Element 120

    Dead Effect, but a puzzle game, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 95%Zombies · Shooter

  22. 22

    Resident Evil Village

    Dead Effect, but story-rich, and in VR

    Loved · 96%Zombies · Survival Horror

  23. 23

    BLOCKADE 3D

    Dead Effect, but pixel art, and more divisive

    Divisive · 59%Zombies · FPS

  24. 24

    CastleMiner Z

    Dead Effect, but a survival crafting game

    Liked · 81%Zombies · Survival

More like Stardew Valley

6 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 25

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 26

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 27

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 28

    Fields of Mistria

    Stardew Valley, but single-player, and half the hours

    Loved · 97%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  5. 29

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  6. 30

    Sun Haven

    Stardew Valley, but half the hours, and more divisive

    Liked · 80%Farming Sim · Life Sim

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How this list is made

Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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