Games Like Dead Island (GOTY) (2026)

Shared: Weapon Crafting, Melee Combat, 4-Player Co-op

Parkour-driven zombie RPG set in a crumbling open world where your faction choices reshape the city. The Deluxe Edition bundles cosmetic extras and a story DLC on top.

Shared: Weapon Crafting, Skill Trees, Melee Combat

Parkour-driven zombie survival RPG with best-in-class movement, a meaty open world, and all major DLC packed in. Still holds up years after launch.

Shared: Weapon Crafting, Melee Combat

Parkour across a quarantined city by day, then pray you make it to a safe house before the Volatiles clock in. Ten years on, Dying Light still does the day-night survival loop better than almost anything else in the genre.

Shared: 4-Player Online Co-op

Four players, zero weapons, one shared panic attack: if your friend group can handle grotesque Cold War experiments and a sanity meter that actively tries to break you, this one earns its place on the Saturday night roster.

Shared: Melee Combat

A parkour-heavy open-world survival RPG set in a crumbling city overrun by infected - ambitious in scope, uneven in execution.