I, Zombie similar games & best alternatives

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I, Zombie

PlayStation 4, Windows Phone, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!

What works

  • Fun and humorous zombie gameplay
  • Simple but challenging tactical puzzles
  • Level editor and workshop support
  • Pleasant cartoon graphics and music
  • Good value especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Very short main campaign
  • Some ai pathfinding issues
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Limited social interaction
  • Difficulty spikes on some levels

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Stickman Trenches

  • Tower Escape

  • Mortal Glory

  • Mortal Glory 2

  • Trash of the Titans

  • The Dungeon Beneath

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like I, Zombie but with less leadership over others

  • Infectonator 3: Apocalypse

  • Deadlings: Rotten Edition

  • Backpack Hero

  • Forager

  • Drop Duchy

  • Sneaky Sneaky

More exploratory

Games that feels like I, Zombie but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • The Doors of Trithius

  • Horizon's Gate

  • Last Dream

  • Dungeonmans

  • Pathway

  • Infection Free Zone

More story-driven

Games that feels like I, Zombie but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Avernum 3: Ruined World

  • Oh My Gore!

  • dotAGE

  • Xenonauts 2

  • NecroAttack！

  • Warbanners

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Yet Another Zombie Survivors

  • Yet Another Zombie Defense

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

  • Fury Unleashed

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).

I, Zombie: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026