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LIFE EFFECT · 2026 · Windows
Steam: 85 % positive of 535 reviews, as of Oct 28
Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.
24 games that play like LIFE EFFECT Survival and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Unturned, SurrounDead and LIFE EFFECT (Retired Version).
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Plays and looks like LIFE EFFECT Survival
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By gameplay
Plays like LIFE EFFECT Survival
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Unturned
91 % positive of 565,034
Shared: Sandbox · Looter Shooter · FPS
SurrounDead
89 % positive of 25,107
Shared: Exploration · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter
LIFE EFFECT (Retired Version)
82 % positive of 493
Shared: Shooter · Futuristic · Survival
State of Decay
83 % positive of 15,286
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · Third-Person Shooter
Abiotic Factor
94 % positive of 42,834
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · FPS
The Infected
83 % positive of 6,604
Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · FPS
StarRupture
80 % positive of 12,562
Invasion 2037
60 % positive of 115
Shared: Exploration · FPS · Survival
Walking Zombie 2
86 % positive of 13,415
Shared: Sandbox · FPS · Shooter
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
79 % positive of 21,748
Shared: Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Survival
XERA: Survival
64 % positive of 7,948
Shared: Sandbox · Looter Shooter · FPS
Will To Live Online
68 % positive of 18,483
Shared: Exploration · FPS · Shooter
More matches
- Hurtworld76 % positive of 23,625Shared: Sandbox · FPS · Shooter
- Dead Effect73 % positive of 2,938Shared: FPS · Shooter · Survival
- ZERO Sievert84 % positive of 14,539Shared: Looter Shooter · Exploration · Shooter
- Project Silverfish92 % positive of 3,206Shared: Sandbox · Exploration · FPS
- The Forever Winter68 % positive of 21,520Shared: Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter
- Cargo Hunters81 % positive of 803
- Alien Shooter96 % positive of 3,955Shared: Looter Shooter · Shooter · Aliens
- Deadline Escape85 % positive of 469Shared: Looter Shooter · Exploration · FPS
- Miscreated66 % positive of 23,039Shared: Sandbox · FPS · Survival
- Crysis79 % positive of 13,433Shared: Sandbox · FPS · Shooter
- DeadPoly77 % positive of 5,572Shared: Sandbox · Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter
- Defiance76 % positive of 12,614Shared: Looter Shooter · FPS · Third-Person Shooter
By look
Looks like LIFE EFFECT Survival
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
PRAGMATA
96 % positive of 34,327
LIFE EFFECT (Retired Version)
82 % positive of 493
Warface: Clutch
65 % positive of 81,226
BATTLETECH
83 % positive of 23,092
Half-Life: Alyx
98 % positive of 93,612
ARC Raiders
81 % positive of 307,914
GTFO
86 % positive of 46,402
Crysis 3 Remastered
88 % positive of 7,836
Killing Floor 2
88 % positive of 87,294
Dead Space
89 % positive of 64,159
Marauders
68 % positive of 13,520
Generation Zero®
75 % positive of 29,209
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- Dolls Nest87 % positive of 2,473
- Bright Memory89 % positive of 30,195
- ICARUS74 % positive of 56,595
- Terminator: Resistance91 % positive of 16,845
- RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business83 % positive of 4,093
- PlanetSide 280 % positive of 74,972
- SCP: Fragmented Minds91 % positive of 1,260
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH93 % positive of 16,010
At a glance
What games like LIFE EFFECT Survival have in common
- The tags they share most often with LIFE EFFECT Survival: FPS (14 of 24), Sandbox (11) and Shooter (11).
- They came out between 2008 and 2026, none of them after LIFE EFFECT Survival (2026).
- Best rated by Steam players: Alien Shooter (96 % positive of 3,955).
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.