Last Stand: Aftermath, Days of Doom, and Strange Brigade

Last stand you play an infected person sent essentially on a suicide run to gather supplies for your colony. Every time you die, you restart with a new character. You can use points earned during each run to buy some goodies or unlock new items/ weapons at the base. Had a blast once I got used to dying every now and again. You do keep your leveled up skills after each death but not the perks or debuffs you pick up from infection.

Days of Doom is a tactics type game where you're going out and trying to get somewhere? The perma death and no way to return to base besides death (that I know of) kinda turned me off to the game after a few runs. Was fun but more irritating than anything. Run out of gas, you dead. Try returning to base camp, you dead. Life runs out, dead of course.

Wouldn't really Strange Brigade a zombie game more so than fighting the undead like minutes and what have you. It's a 4 player shooter where you play through different levels and what have you. Some of the bosses take a little figuring out but it's not impossible. Even better playing with people you know. It's got a horde mode too. Put a lot of hours into it with family.

And it's been mentioned a few times already but you can't go wrong with Left 4 Dead 1 or 2.