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A rough, short indie zombie-horror FPS set in a secret research facility, with shooting, exploration, and jumpscares.

Dead Format
A ~6-8 hour survival horror in 1990s Scotland, following a missing brother's trail through VHS tapes in a tense, resource-scarce adventure.
2025-12-10
- Action
- First person

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DownTheDead
Games like DownTheDead

Find the Steam hidden gems

actions with secrets you find without a guideor

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Games like DownTheDead

A rough, short indie zombie-horror FPS set in a secret research facility, with shooting, exploration, and jumpscares.

Dead Format
A ~6-8 hour survival horror in 1990s Scotland, following a missing brother's trail through VHS tapes in a tense, resource-scarce adventure.
2025-12-10
- Action
- First person

Horror

Survival

PATHOGEN X

A tense first-person zombie shooter in an underground lab, with a short ~4.5-hour campaign that players find enjoyable but too brief.

2024-07-21

Shooter
Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Indie

ENTITY: THE BLACK DAY

A linear single-player horror-action shooter set in a viral-experiment lab, mixing shooting, puzzles, and SCP-style atmosphere in a short ~3-hour campaign.

2026-01-08

Shooter
Action
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person
Mystery

Dead Effect

An indie sci-fi FPS about zombie hordes with B-movie cutscenes, janky mobile-style shooting, and a compact 4-5 hour campaign.

2014-12-17

Shooter
Action
First person
Comedy
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Indie

Death Scourges

A single-player survival horror game in a research facility, featuring combat against infected and resource management in a tight ~4-hour linear campaign.

2026-03-05

Action
Adventure
Indie

Living Dead Outbreak

A short, charmingly retro single-player zombie FPS focused on fighting through dense, overwhelming hordes in about an hour.

2026-03-12

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror

The Hordes of the Dead

A brutal, gory survival horror with limited resources and dismemberable zombies, typically played in about three hours.

2025-10-30

Shooter
Action
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Indie

Open Close Door

A dark, short retro FPS about an agent fighting mutants in a lab and unlocking doors to uncover Dr. Hemlock's experiments.

2026-01-09

OVERDEAD

A challenging indie action-adventure through cursed zombie-filled mansions, mixing combat, puzzles, and light-based exploration in a compact session.

2026-03-20

Zone 404

A tense single-player action game set in zombie ruins, where you fight hordes and gather codes and notes to uncover the truth—an atmospheric, brief experience that reviewers finished in a few hours.

2025-10-20

Shooter
Action
First person
Horror
Indie

Restricted Area B-17

A brief single-player horror puzzle-shooter in a mutated zombie-filled underground lab, with strongly negative player feedback.

2025-11-30

Drident

A brief first-person survival horror investigation in an Argentine fog forest, with a simple, slightly more zombie-like feel.

2026-07-12

Dead Format