Flesh Eaters similar games & best alternatives

Flesh Eaters

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead

What works
  • Challenging and strategic gameplay
  • Active developer support and updates
  • Low price with good value
  • Engaging resource management and crafting
  • Retro graphics and immersive sound
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited content and maps
  • Bugs and technical issues
  • Clunky controls and pathfinding
  • Lack of multiplayer and social features
  • Short story mode and replay value

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

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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