Games like Z: The Game
Closest overall match: Riven: The Sequel to Myst (★ 4.1). Quickest to finish: Riven: The Sequel to Myst at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Z: The Game — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Steam Achievements, Horror and Exploration.
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49%
1. Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Shares Exploration, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, Casual, Indie
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48%
2. The Forest
Shares Zombies, Early Access, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 54%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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47%
3. Bardbarian
Shares Comedy, Steam Leaderboards, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 57%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 10, Casual, Indie
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47%
4. Pacify
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Horror, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower.
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 10, Casual, Indie
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47%
5. Arizona Sunshine
Shares Zombies, Violent, Survival, Steam Leaderboards and Horror and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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47%
6. Grow Up
Shares Robots, Exploration, Open World, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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46%
7. Prototype
Shares Robots, RTS, Zombies, Violent and Horror and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 78%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 10, Casual
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46%
8. ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Shares 2D, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 1994
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 3, 10, Indie
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46%
9. Mushroom Wars
Shares RTS, Comedy, 2D, steam-trading-cards and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, Casual, Indie
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46%
10. The Escapists: The Walking Dead
Shares Zombies, Survival, Steam Leaderboards, Horror and Open World and 4 more tags; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, 10, Indie
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46%
11. Size Matters
Shares Early Access, Comedy, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Casual, Indie
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45%
12. Breathedge
Shares Early Access, Comedy, Survival, Exploration and Horror and 3 more tags.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 66
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, Indie
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What is the best game like Z: The Game?
On our similarity model, Riven: The Sequel to Myst is the closest match to Z: The Game — shares Exploration, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Z: The Game 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.