Games like Dead Island 2
Closest overall match: Mafia: The Old Country (★ 3.8). Highest rated: Silent Hill 2 at ★ 4.5. Newest: ARC Raiders (2025). Quickest to finish: Silent Hill 2 at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Dead Island 2? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. What ties them together most: Full controller support, Survival and Horror. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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61%
1. Mafia: The Old Country New
Shares Family Sharing, combat, Action-Adventure, Controller and Full controller support and 2 more tags; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 96%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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60%
2. Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Shares Dark, Action-Adventure, Survival, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
3. ZOMBI
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Zombies, Survival and Horror and 4 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 30%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
59%
4. Dragon’s Dogma 2
Shares Family Sharing, PvE, Steam Trading Cards, Character Customization and Action RPG and 4 more tags; about 11h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 22h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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59%
5. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Survival, Horror and cooperative and 4 more tags; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 93%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
6. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
Shares Hack and Slash, Action RPG, Dark, Horror and Full controller support and 3 more tags; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
7. A Plague Tale: Requiem
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Dark, Action-Adventure, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; about 6h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2022
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
8. Until Dawn (Remake)
Shares Family Sharing, Dark, Horror, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.4 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
9. The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Action-Adventure, Survival and Horror and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
10. Styx: Shards of Darkness
Shares Dark Humor, Online Co-Op, cooperative, Full controller support and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 8h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
11. Resident Evil Revelations 2
Shares Survival Horror, Action RPG, Zombies, Survival and Online Co-Op and 6 more tags; about 7h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
12. Mad Max
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival, First-Person, Full controller support and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 61%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
58%
13. ARC Raiders New
Shares Постапокалипсис, Family Sharing, PvE, Post-apocalyptic and combat and 5 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2025
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 4
-
58%
14. Saints Row IV
Shares Dark Humor, Character Customization, Online Co-Op, cooperative and Full controller support and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 75%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
15. Life is Strange: True Colors
Shares Steam Trading Cards, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 90%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
16. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Shares Hack and Slash; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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57%
17. Just Cause 4
Shares Action-Adventure, cooperative, Full controller support, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
18. Resident Evil Revelations
Shares Survival Horror, Zombies, Survival, Online Co-Op and Horror and 5 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
19. Silent Hill 2
Shares Survival Horror and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher; about 10h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 88%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
57%
20. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
Shares Survival Horror, Zombies, Online Co-Op, Horror and cooperative and 3 more tags; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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57%
21. Friday the 13th: The Game
Shares Survival Horror, Dark, Survival, Horror and cooperative and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; about 5h shorter.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 61
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
22. I Am Alive
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Dark, Action-Adventure, Survival and Horror and 1 more tags; about 9h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
23. Scarlet Nexus
Shares Постапокалипсис, Post-apocalyptic, combat, Character Customization and Action RPG and 4 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
24. Far Cry 6
Shares PvE, combat, Character Customization, Action-Adventure and Survival and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
56%
25. The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Shares Horror, cooperative, Full controller support and Singleplayer; about 6h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Dead Island 2?
On our similarity model, Mafia: The Old Country is the closest match to Dead Island 2 — shares Family Sharing, combat, Action-Adventure, Controller and Full controller support and 2 more tags; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
Which game like Dead Island 2 is rated highest?
Silent Hill 2 holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 268 players.
Is there a new game like Dead Island 2 in 2026?
ARC Raiders is the most recent match, released October 2025.
Are there games like Dead Island 2 on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 9 games like Dead Island 2 on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Dead Island 2 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.