Games Like Z Dawn (2026)

Shared: Faction Diplomacy

Overwhelmingly Positive across 112,000 Steam reviews, yet built to destroy your first five playthroughs. If that ratio makes you curious rather than nervous, Kenshi was made for you.

Shared: Permadeath

Surviving alone was already brutal - surviving with friends who make catastrophic decisions is another beast entirely. A deep, unforgiving co-op survival game that rewards patience, preparation, and someone on the team who knows what a Science Machine actually does.

Shared: Permadeath

Noita is a pixel-physics rogue-lite where every drop of lava, acid, and cursed polymorph potion behaves like the real thing, and will absolutely kill you with it.

Shared: Permadeath

FTL is a tense, pausable spaceship roguelike where every jump could end your run. Small crew, brutal decisions, zero save-scumming mercy.

Shared: Permadeath

Stress kills faster than swords here, and your Vestal will crack before your Leper lands a hit. Whether that loop hooks you or breaks you is the only question worth asking.