
games like
Dead Island
Dead Island leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Dead Island
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: reads (0 vs 1) - Nemesis orcs remember you but remain mappable scripts
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - faster combo combat as Death
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: optimization (6 vs 7) - The 72-hour clock makes scheduling and routing the real game
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Encounter placement unknown first run
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Loot drops roll randomly across runs
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Dodge-rolls and kiting through mob swarms
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Night dangers and loot unknown early
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Fusion timing and brawling are accessible.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 2) - Minor drop and request randomness
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Both lean on variance about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Action RPG in real-time; dodging and attack timing matter substantially
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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- Released
- 2011
- Developer
- Techland
- Platforms
- PS3, PC, X360
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- IGDB critics
- 70/100
- IGDB users
- 71/100