Deadly 30 similar games & best alternatives

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Deadly 30

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

Can you survive the horror? … a retro-style survival horror game developed by the two-man indie team of Gonzossm and Iggy Zuk. Survive 30 days and nights in a zombie-infested world by recruiting companions, upgrading weaponry and fortifying your position.

What works

  • Challenging gameplay with increasing difficulty
  • Humorous and unique character design
  • Good value for price especially on sale
  • Engaging resource management and base defense
  • Save system allowing retries and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of multiplayer or co-op mode
  • Performance issues and occasional lag
  • Limited map variety and repetitive exploration
  • Basic ai teammates with limited usefulness
  • Short overall game length

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Hero of Fate

  • Shardpunk

  • Darkest Dungeon®

  • Anomaly Collapse

  • FatalZone: Outbreak

  • Flesh Eaters

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Deadly 30 but with less leadership over others

  • MindSeize

  • UDONGEIN X

  • BLADECHIMERA

  • The Mummy Demastered

  • Within the blade

  • Pixel Gladiator

Less social

Games that feels like Deadly 30 but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Railroads & Catacombs

  • Union of Gnomes: Prologue

  • Planet R-12

  • WAR RATS: The Rat em Up

  • Epic Battle Fantasy 4

  • NecroAttack！

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

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).

Deadly 30: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026