Games Like Dead Island (Series) Similar Horror Games like Dead Island (Series)

Dead Island is described as 'Features an apparent open world roaming, divided by relatively large areas, and played from a first-person perspective. Most of the gameplay is built around combat and completing quests. Dead Island is an action role-playing game and uses experience-based gameplay' and is a Horror Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Dead Island for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Xbox and Mac apps. The best Dead Island alternative is Metro. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try No More Room in Hell or Nightmare Creatures. Other Dead Island like games are Left 4 Dead, The Suicide of Rachel Foster, Alone in the Dark and Dying Light.

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  1. Metro icon
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    Metro is a survival horror first-person shooter video game series, based on the novel Metro 2033 by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky.

    43 Metro alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  2. Left 4 Dead icon
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    Left 4 Dead (abbreviated as L4D) is a cooperative first-person shooter arcade-style video game.

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    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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  3. The Suicide of Rachel Foster is an adventure video game developed by One-O-One Games and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

    52 The Suicide of Rachel Foster alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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  4. Single-player survival horror set in a 1930s Louisiana mansion, offering narrative-driven exploration, two distinctive protagonists, psychological and Southern Gothic themes, item-based puzzles, combat against supernatural creatures, and detailed resource management.

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Nintendo Wii / Wii U
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  5. Dying Light icon
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    Dying Light is an open world first person action-adventure survival horror video game developed by Polish video game developer Techland and published by Warner Bros.

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  6. More Room in Hell is a co-operative realistic first person survival horror modification for the Source Engine.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  7. Developed from the ground up for VR support, Arizona Sunshine casts players into a first-hand experience with the zombie apocalypse where they can explore a post-apocalyptic world and realistically interact with weapons using motion controllers.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • HTC Vive
    • Steam
    • Oculus Rift
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  8. Nightmare Creatures is a survival horror video game released for the PlayStation and PC in 1997, and Nintendo 64 in 1998 as a North America exclusive. It was developed by Kalisto Entertainment and published by Activision.

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. A unique, first-person, multiplayer urban survival experience. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Nether forces players to make life-saving decisions in a fast-paced struggle against players and the environment. Join tribes, hold territory, scavenge...

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    • Windows
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  10. An adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  11. Dead Rising 4 marks the return of photojournalist Frank West in an all-new chapter of one of the most popular zombie game franchises of all time. All of the classic hallmarks of the ground breaking series return, including a huge array of weapons and vehicles players can combine...

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    • Xbox
    • Playstation
    • Steam
    • Windows
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