Dead Island 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Dead Island 2

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One • 2024

Should you play it?

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into zombies. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, uncover the truth behind the outbreak and discover who - or what - you are. Survive, evolve and become the ultimate Zombie Slayer.

What works

  • Satisfying and visceral melee combat
  • Detailed gore and dismemberment system
  • Fun cooperative multiplayer
  • Weapon crafting and customization
  • Vibrant and detailed game world

Things to keep in mind

  • Story considered weak or uninspired
  • Some technical issues and glitches
  • Limited replay value after completion
  • Small multiplayer session size (3-4 players)
  • Controversy and annoyance over epic games integration

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Generation Zero®

  • Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition

  • Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition

  • Zeno Clash 2

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem

More intimate

Games that feels like Dead Island 2 but with more focus on close relationships

  • Shadow Warrior 2

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Enhanced

  • Borderlands 2

More competitive

Games that feels like Dead Island 2 but with more competition against others

  • Dying Light

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2

  • After the Fall®

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

  • Dead Effect 2 VR

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Dead Island 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026