World War Z similar games & best alternatives

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World War Z

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.

What works

  • Engaging cooperative gameplay
  • Large zombie hordes and intense action
  • Variety of classes and weapons
  • Cross-platform multiplayer
  • Ongoing developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Ai bots are weak and unintelligent
  • Repetitive mission design
  • Grinding required for progression
  • Limited character customization
  • Matchmaking and player base issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Resident Evil 5

  • SURV1V3

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Left 4 Dead

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Zombie Army Trilogy

Less competitive

Games that feels like World War Z but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

More dominating

Games that feels like World War Z but with more domination over others

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)

  • Gears 5

  • ARC Raiders

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • DARK SOULS™ III

Less intimate

Games that feels like World War Z but with less focus on close relationships

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Borderlands 3

  • Prodeus

  • Dying Light

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

More relaxing

Games that feels like World War Z but with a more relaxing feel

  • Borderlands 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • After the Fall®

  • Assassin's Creed® Revelations

  • Shatterline

  • Arizona Sunshine® VR 2

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

  • Road Redemption

  • Crysis 3 Remastered

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).

World War Z: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026