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A single-player deck-building RPG set in a zombie apocalypse, where players explore, loot, and rebuild while facing mixed reviews and short average playtimes.

Draft of Darkness
A punishing single-player survival horror RPG combining deck-building and roguelike dungeon crawling, with procedurally generated maps and a roughly 13-hour campaign.
2023-08-23
- Horror
- Survival

Strategy

Third person

Indie

Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Role-playing (RPG)

Card & Board Game

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Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

A squad-based open-world survival RPG set in a zombie apocalypse, where you rebuild civilization but face repetitive content and a short campaign (reviewer playtime typically 5–10 hours).

2024-10-29

Shooter
Action
Warfare
Survival
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Open world

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Deadly Flare

A short, abandoned post-apocalyptic action RPG about fighting ghouls after a solar flare, with limited content and under an hour of playtime.

2023-10-24

Action
Adventure
Simulator

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Dead Unending

An early-access zombie survival game about looting an open world and building a fortress, currently criticized for lack of updates.

2023-04-20

Action
Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Third person
Bird view / Isometric
Fighting
Indie
Open world

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Cards of the Dead

A punishing survival card game set in a zombie apocalypse, offering addictive but short sessions.

2021-10-21

Action
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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Dead Engine

A short, unpolished Vampire Survivors-like zombie survival game set in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city, focused on looting, merging items, and managing survivors.

2026-06-03

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view

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Desert Of The Dead

A single-player wild-west action-adventure about a wanderer navigating a zombie outbreak and government conspiracy, with tense survival-horror gameplay but a very short reviewer playtime.

2019-08-12

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Z Dawn

A single-player post-apocalyptic survival RPG about managing survivors, fighting zombies, and upgrading your camp, with mixed reviews and very short reported playtime.

2019-12-06

Adventure
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Dead Sector: Outbreak

A desert-survival action RPG hampered by technical issues, with reviewers reporting lag and resolution problems during brief sessions.

2026-05-13

Action
Third person
Role-playing (RPG)

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Decks of the Damned

A dark-fantasy roguelite autobattler where you raise undead minions, craft gear, and defend by day while expanding at night—fun at first, but repetitive and rough around the edges.

2025-10-21

Horror
Survival
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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The Withering

A single-player post-apocalyptic action RPG with strategy and simulation elements, though reviews report bugs and a mixed reception.

2019-11-17

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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Dead 2 Rise

A single-player Old West survival horror about scavenging supplies and managing hunger and stamina for 60 days against a growing undead horde, though reviewers often found it confusing and poorly optimized.

2025-11-07