Games like The Dead Await: Prologue
Games like The Dead Await: Prologue include Project Zomboid, 7 Days to Die, DYSMANTLE, SurrounDead, and Kenshi. We matched them by the tags players give The Dead Await: Prologue on Steam (RPG, Deckbuilding, Crafting, Zombies, and Card Battler): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Project Zomboid
Shared: Zombies · Survival · Crafting

7 Days to Die
Shared: Zombies · Survival · RPG

DYSMANTLE
Shared: Crafting · RPG · Zombies

SurrounDead
Shared: Zombies · Survival · RPG

Kenshi
Shared: RPG · Survival · Crafting

Slay the Spire
Shared: Deckbuilding · Card Battler · Card Game

Griftlands
Shared: Deckbuilding · RPG · Card Battler

VEIN
Shared: Zombies · Survival · Crafting

Inscryption
Shared: Deckbuilding · Card Battler · Card Game

HumanitZ
Shared: Zombies · Crafting · Survival

Slay the Spire 2
Shared: Deckbuilding · Card Game · Card Battler

Enshrouded
Shared: RPG · Crafting · Survival

Dead Age
Shared: RPG · Zombies · Survival

State of Decay: YOSE
Shared: Zombies · Survival · RPG

9 Kings
Shared: RPG · Deckbuilding · Card Game

How to Survive
Shared: Crafting · Zombies · RPG

Tainted Grail: Conquest
Shared: Deckbuilding · Card Game · RPG

SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Shared: RPG · Card Battler · Deckbuilding

Rust
Shared: Crafting · Survival · RPG

DeadPoly
Shared: Zombies · Survival · Post-apocalyptic

天外武林 (Traveler of Wuxia)
Shared: Deckbuilding · RPG · Card Game

Monster Train
Shared: Deckbuilding · Card Battler · Card Game

Miscreated
Shared: Zombies · Crafting · Survival

Gordian Quest
Shared: RPG · Card Battler · Card Game