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Games like The Howler and Left 4 Dead 2

30 games that play like them, 3 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

The Howler
The Howler
Left 4 Dead 2
Left 4 Dead 2

Like more than one of them

3 games close to two or more of The Howler and Left 4 Dead 2

  1. 1

    Guns of Icarus Online

    The Howler, but a first-person shooter, and six times the hours

    Loved · 90%Steampunk · StrategyAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  2. 2

    Garry's Mod

    The Howler, but first-person, and 24 times the hours

    Loved · 97%Physics · SandboxAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

  3. 3

    Polarity

    The Howler, but couch co-op, and first-person

    Mixed · 79%Puzzle · PlatformerAlso like Left 4 Dead 2

More like The Howler

15 games closest to The Howler of your picks

  1. 4

    Crazy Machines 3

    The Howler, but even better loved

    Loved · 95%Puzzle · Physics

  2. 5

    Vessel

    The Howler, but sci-fi, and five times the hours

    Liked · 88%Steampunk · Puzzle

  3. 6

    FAR: Lone Sails

    The Howler, but 2.5D, and twice the hours

    Loved · 95%Steampunk · Puzzle

  4. 7

    Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball

    Much the same as The Howler

    Mixed · 67%Puzzle · Platformer

  5. 8

    BEEP

    The Howler, but with robots

    Liked · 85%Platformer · Physics

  6. 9

    Teslagrad

    The Howler, but a metroidvania, and three times the hours

    Liked · 84%Steampunk · Platformer

  7. 10

    Steam Engine Simulator

    The Howler, but a psychological horror game, and realistic

    Loved · 99%Steampunk · Physics

  8. 11

    The Basement Collection

    The Howler, but three times the hours

    Liked · 87%Platformer · Puzzle

  9. 12

    BONEWORKS

    The Howler, but a first-person shooter, and in VR

    Loved · 92%Physics · Puzzle

  10. 13

    Biped

    The Howler, but co-op

    Liked · 85%Puzzle · Physics

  11. 14

    Defy Gravity

    The Howler, but in space

    Liked · 86%Platformer · Puzzle

  12. 15

    Rolling Sun

    The Howler, but more divisive

    Divisive · 48%Platformer · Puzzle

  13. 16

    AtmaSphere

    The Howler, but a 3D platformer, and medieval

    Liked · 80%Platformer · Physics

  14. 17

    Frostpunk

    The Howler, but a city builder, and a survival game

    Loved · 93%Steampunk · Strategy

  15. 18

    Cogs

    The Howler, but 3D, and realistic

    Liked · 88%Steampunk · Puzzle

More like Left 4 Dead 2

12 games closest to Left 4 Dead 2 of your picks

  1. 19

    Killing Floor 2

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Liked · 88%Zombies · FPS

  2. 20

    Killing Floor

    Much the same as Left 4 Dead 2

    Loved · 95%Zombies · FPS

  3. 21

    GTFO

    Left 4 Dead 2, but harder, and half the hours

    Liked · 84%FPS · Zombies

  4. 22

    No More Room in Hell

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Zombies · Survival

  5. 23

    Ravenfield

    Left 4 Dead 2, but single-player, and solo

    Loved · 97%FPS · Shooter

  6. 24

    SCP: Secret Laboratory

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play

    Loved · 91%FPS · Survival Horror

  7. 25

    Back 4 Blood

    Left 4 Dead 2, but more divisive

    Mixed · 69%Zombies · FPS

  8. 26

    Resident Evil 2

    Left 4 Dead 2, but third-person, and full of puzzles

    Loved · 97%Zombies · Survival Horror

  9. 27

    Resident Evil

    Left 4 Dead 2, but single-player, and full of puzzles

    Loved · 92%Zombies · Survival Horror

  10. 28

    Totally Accurate Battlegrounds

    Left 4 Dead 2, but an MMO, and a quarter of the hours

    Liked · 88%FPS · Shooter

  11. 29

    Unturned

    Left 4 Dead 2, but free to play, and a survival crafting game

    Loved · 91%Zombies · Survival

  12. 30

    State of Decay 2

    Left 4 Dead 2, but a base builder, and open world

    Liked · 83%Zombies · Survival

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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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