Dead Maze similar games & best alternatives

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Dead Maze

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Accessible on low-end pcs
  • Fun cooperative multiplayer
  • Engaging crafting and base building
  • Friendly community

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of updates and new content
  • Repetitive grinding
  • Weapon durability issues
  • Limited inventory space
  • Some bugs and lag

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Citywars Tower Defense

  • Feel The Snow

  • Kitaria Fables

  • The Genesis Project

  • The Survivalists

  • Lynked: Banner of the Spark

More competitive

Games that feels like Dead Maze but with more competition against others

  • Haven & Hearth

  • Ashen Empires

  • The Last Conflict

  • Ragnarok Online

  • Dreadmyst

  • Spiral Knights

Less intimate

Games that feels like Dead Maze but with less focus on close relationships

  • Party Hard 2

  • 9th Dawn III

  • Dread Dawn

  • Len's Island

  • Ghostlore

  • Mana Spark

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Dead Maze. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Dead Maze. These titles are not in What to play next.

Dead Maze: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026