- #1 Wrath of Anna
97% matchMostly Negative35% of 249 reviews2018
Dev: Lorenzo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
You've been stranded on Empress Anna's remote planet of Drumgore during the Cross-Planetary War of 2021. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Gore 40.1%, Violent 38.8%, Action 11.8%, Indie 9.4%
- #2 Brigand: Oaxaca
96% matchVery Positive94% of 607 reviews2017
Dev: Brian J. Lancaster
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).
Why similar: RPG 55.1%, Simulation 44.9%
- #3 Immortal Planet
96% matchMixed62% of 390 reviews2017
Dev: teedoubleuGAMES
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Immortal Planet is an action RPG with challenging combat that rewards patience and punishes recklessness. Explore the crumbling remains of a society of immortals trapped in endless cycles of rebirth. Fight your way to discover the planet's mystery and escape its curse.
Why similar: RPG 35%, Gore 18.4%, Action 17.6%, Violent 16.7%, Indie 12.3%
- #4 OPERATOR
94% matchVery Positive84% of 4,220 reviews2023
Dev: VECTOR INTERACTIVE PTY LTD
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.
Why similar: Gore 37.7%, Tactical 19.3%, RPG 17.3%, Simulation 15.9%, Action 9.8%
- #5 Orange Moon
95% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2017
Dev: Betelgeuse Zero
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.
Why similar: Gore 46.1%, RPG 27.6%, Action 15.3%, Indie 11%
- #6 Pixel Gladiator
93% matchVery Positive82% of 455 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Islands Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Distant future… Brutal gladiatorial battles is a top-rated show, extremely popular all over the Universe. You’ve been sent to the abandoned planet as one of the participants of the show. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, fighting back deadly creatures in the focus of billions of viewers.
Why similar: Gore 54.7%, Action 26.7%, Indie 18.6%
- #7 Dark Ghost RPG
94% matchMostly Negative35% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 1.3 hrs≥1hr: 9%
Together with the old prisoner, go on a hard and big trip to find the legendary land where there is no plague and darkness
Why similar: Gore 32.1%, Violent 29.1%, RPG 14.6%, Simulation 11.2%, Action 7.5%
- #8 Exanima
92% matchVery Positive80% of 13,229 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore, fight, survive and unravel mysteries in this unique and unforgiving 3D isometric RPG set in an original dark, low fantasy world. Exanima's exceptional attention to detail and realistic simulation of all things aim to provide a deeply immersive and dynamic gameplay experience.
Why similar: RPG 56.4%, Simulation 18.6%, Action 16.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #9 Pathogenesis: Overcome
90% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2023
Dev: 269th lab games softworks
Windows
Narrative-driven action RPG set in post-pandemic Russia, featuring hardcore gameplay, tactical combat, open-environment exploration, and survival elements. Personal story set in a collapsed world, where armed survivors and emerging factions pose a far greater threat than the infected.
Why similar: Violent 33%, RPG 21.7%, Gore 20.1%, Tactical 18.1%, Action 7%
- #10 We Who Are About To Die
89% matchVery Positive88% of 8,154 reviews2022
Dev: Jordy Lakiere
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!
Why similar: Gore 64.3%, Simulation 22.2%, Action 13.5%
- #11 Hostile Planet: Survival
89% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Aliens Developers
Windows
Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.
Why similar: Violent 50.9%, Action 27.4%, Simulation 21.7%
- #12 Quasimorph
86% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Tactical 48.3%
- #13 Project L33T: Prologue
87% matchMixed54% of 586 reviews2024
Dev: Holmgard Games
Windows
Dive into Project L33T, a hardcore first-person tactical extraction shooter. Confront AI foes and rival players, engage in high-stakes battles for precious loot, and risk it all in this hostile environment. Die and lose all of your gear and loot.
Why similar: RPG 66.3%, Action 33.7%
- #14 Rescue Love Revenge
88% matchMixed47% of 75 reviews2016
Dev: HatchlightPub: Rich Pine
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
An Episodic Retro Indie Three-Act Spaghetti Western Platformer
Why similar: Gore 41.9%, Violent 38.1%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8.3%
- #15 Hot Mars 69
86% matchMixed42% of 85 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
You play for the commander of the special forces group - Elon, and you need to kill all the devil-mutants in the colony on Mars to avenge for the dead comrades, and to escape.
Why similar: Gore 43.4%, Violent 39.4%, Action 9.7%, Indie 7.5%
- #16 Lost In The Open
82% matchMixed68% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Black Voyage GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows
An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
Why similar: RPG 54.7%, Tactical 45.3%
- #17 Redie
84% matchVery Positive80% of 272 reviews2016
Dev: Rückert Broductions
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Redie is a challenging singleplayer 3D top-down shooter. Fight an army of well-trained terrorists and soldiers in action-packed close quarters combat. Prepare to (re)die.
Why similar: Gore 71.6%, Action 17.3%, Indie 11.1%
- #18 Signs Of Darkness
85% matchMostly Negative23% of 57 reviews2017
Dev: Press Pause Games
Windows
Kidnapped and thrown into the dark depths of the Undercrypt to die, you are rescued by an unknown ally. Eager to find the motive behind your abduction you set out on an unexpected journey. Master sorcery and swordsmanship to overcome the evil forces out to put an end to your existence.
Why similar: Gore 35.5%, Violent 32.2%, RPG 17.5%, Action 8.6%, Indie 6.3%
- #19 S.C.A.R
83% matchMixed68% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: Savage StudiosPub: Audio Visual Enterprises S.A.
Windows
Created by Savage Studios, S.C.A.R is a retro-like monster killing game, where the enemies have one goal, to see your demise. Difficulty is not forgiving, your survival is almost impossible...
Why similar: Simulation 39.2%, Action 24.4%, Gore 18.7%, Indie 17.7%
- #20 Dead Monarchy
81% matchVery Positive83% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Gore 30.7%, Violent 30.5%, RPG 20.9%, Tactical 10.1%, Indie 7.8%
- #21 Exile to Death
84% matchMixed47% of 99 reviews2018
Dev: Aleksei MilchakovPub: Manifestors Games Studio
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Explore the world , collect resources , craft items , build a fortified house and kill other players to survive. BUT don't forget about cyborgs...
Why similar: RPG 46.1%, Action 32.6%, Indie 21.3%
- #22 Weird RPG
79% matchVery Positive92% of 4,214 reviews2022
Dev: yuzhen
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Weird RPG" is a highly difficult and fast-paced action RPG game focusing on boss battle,
Why similar: RPG 69.2%, Action 30.8%
- #23 Raise Your Tribe
81% matchMixed58% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Primeval Forest Studios
Windows
A hardcore tactical shooter with horror elements. Battle Machines and Mutants, and build your legacy on a deadly post-apocalyptic Cyberpunk Island. Explore dangerous zones, craft powerful gear, and shape your Cyberware build. Uncover secrets and fight to survive in a brutal, immersive world!
Why similar: RPG 56.4%, Simulation 23.7%, Action 19.9%
- #24 GLOWCOMA: chapter 1
80% matchVery Positive85% of 226 reviews2019
Dev: Tsvetomir Georgiev
Windows
GLOWCOMA: chapter 1 is a Sci-Fi FPS survivor horror game.
Why similar: Gore 40.5%, Violent 36.8%, Action 13.4%, Indie 9.3%
- #25 Silent North
78% matchMostly Negative35% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Combat Waffle StudiosPub: Beyond Frames Entertainment
Windows
Silent North thrusts you into the Swiss Alps, battling the elements, Infected, and other players. Fight solo or team up, scavenging gear and essentials. Intense PVPVE action ensures constant danger. Adapt, be resilient, and survive in this unpredictable, ever-changing landscape
Why similar: RPG 49.1%, Simulation 25.8%, Action 25.2%
- #26 System Shock
74% matchVery Positive91% of 12,269 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: Gore 35%, Violent 30.4%, Action 18.7%, RPG 15.9%
- #27 GearStorm - Armored Survival
79% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2019
Dev: Iron City Games
Windows · Mac
GearStorm - Armored Survival is a story-driven, open-world sci-fi survival adventure. Discover what led to the Phage, a deadly virus apocalypse and our escape to a alien world. Explore a vast alien planet, build your base, create your colony, acquire vehicles, weapons, and supplies to defend it.
Why similar: RPG 27.2%, Violent 25.9%, Simulation 22.1%, Action 14.7%, Indie 10.1%
- #28 Almost Alive
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 224 reviews2018
Dev: Emir CerimovicPub: Emir Games
Windows
Almost Alive is redefining the role playing tactical games with an awesome fast paced but complexe real time combat system in a mad hand drawn post apocalyptic world that features character mental sanity, destructible environment, a cover system, tons of loot, a none linear story, and a lot of humor.
Why similar: RPG 29.6%, Gore 27.1%, Violent 20.3%, Action 13.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #29 Organosphere
76% matchVery Positive84% of 68 reviews2020
Dev: The Impossible Object
Windows
FPS Shooter set in post-apocalyptic Johannesburg South Africa
Why similar: Gore 44.3%, Violent 38.5%, Action 9.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #30 End State
75% matchMixed63% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Violent 37.4%, RPG 22.9%, Tactical 18.7%, Action 13.3%, Indie 7.7%
- #31 All Guns On Deck
77% matchMostly Negative34% of 504 reviews2015
Dev: Decaying Logic
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 29%
All Guns On Deck is a naval strategy, real time tactics action rpg with a unique battle system and unforgiving world to conquer.
Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Simulation 29.6%, Action 18.9%, Indie 14.3%
- #32 Invasion 2037
75% matchMixed60% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: Little Beavers Games
Windows
Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive
Why similar: Violent 37.6%, Gore 20.7%, Simulation 20%, Action 12.5%, Indie 9.2%
- #33 Dead Purge: Outbreak
76% matchMixed44% of 87 reviews2017
Dev: Microlith Games
Windows
Dead Purge: Outbreak is a modern first-person shooter set in an unforgiving post-apocalyptic world where every minute can be your last.
Why similar: Gore 43.4%, Violent 39.4%, Action 9.9%, Indie 7.3%
- #34 Dark SASI
74% matchMixed59% of 407 reviews2018
Dev: Narko Games
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 30%
As you progress through the game level of difficulty will increase, so that Dark SASI will be for you the most serious game test. Can you survive thousands of deaths? Dark SASI is an adventure in the style of an RPG, with its own characteristics.
Why similar: Gore 31.5%, Violent 29.9%, RPG 14.4%, Simulation 11.1%, Action 7.4%
- #35 Surviving Mars: Pioneer
69% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Bolverk GamesPub: Impact Inked
Windows
The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.
Why similar: Simulation 60.8%, Action 39.2%
- #36 Big Day
73% matchMixed57% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: Sonic ShieldPub: Zodiac Interactive
Windows · Mac
The Big Day has arrived. Blast your way through the apocalypse in this bloody pixel-art ARPG, riding through the ruins of the last days on Earth following a devastating zombie outbreak. Uncover the truth behind the crisis, find your missing daughter, and blow holes in every zombie who crosses your path!
Why similar: Gore 31.6%, Violent 28.7%, RPG 21%, Action 10.6%, Indie 8.1%
- #37 BEAST: False Prophet
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: False Prophet
Windows
BEAST is a brutal, gridless tactical RPG that sends players to the dark ages rife with plague and raiders. Join forces with your warband, develop your skills, and unleash your inner beast to shred through your enemies. But take heed, as your choices have consequences – in and out of battle.
Why similar: Gore 70.7%, RPG 29.3%
- #38 Deep Fringe
67% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: RPG 52.1%, Tactical 47.9%
- #39 Death World
73% matchMixed46% of 56 reviews2020
Dev: Millenium Games
Windows
After a long night you wake up alone in the bunker as a bunker security guard. Hunt, kill, gather. Do anything to survive.
Why similar: RPG 52.9%, Action 27.1%, Indie 20%
- #40 Empyreal
68% matchMixed70% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Silent GamesPub: Secret Mode
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.
Why similar: RPG 57.1%, Action 27%, Indie 15.8%
- #41 Icarus Starship Command Simulator
72% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Steven Eric Boyette
Windows
In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go supernova and destroy all life. Can you find a way to stop it?
Why similar: Simulation 48.9%, Action 28.3%, Indie 22.7%
- #42 Primordian
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 112 reviews2018
Dev: Stonepunk Studios
Windows
These are the last days of the first planet, experience a vast ancient world and civilization as you travel through the twisting story mode. Strange and unique weapons, creatures and characters from the dawn of time and beyond.
Why similar: Gore 47.4%, Violent 41.8%, Action 10.8%
- #43 ETERNAL BLOOD
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2021
Dev: Bloody Pixel Games
Windows
ETERNAL BLOOD is a high-adrenaline arcade-action FPS. Face legions of demons, harvest their souls and become a God of Destruction.
Why similar: Gore 65.5%, Action 25.3%, Indie 9.2%
- #44 Bloody Glimpse
72% matchMixed52% of 250 reviews2017
Dev: Racing BrosPub: ANPA.US
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Bloody Glimpse will take you on a immersive journey through bloody and dark world, the one that you always dreamed of.
Why similar: Gore 35.7%, Violent 31.7%, Simulation 15.5%, Action 10%, Indie 7.1%
- #45 The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
68% matchMixed68% of 434 reviews2023
Dev: Supercube
Windows
Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?
Why similar: RPG 56.6%, Simulation 43.4%
- #46 Dangerous
73% matchMostly Negative30% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Binary HelixPub: XP
Windows · Mac
Dangerous is an epic 3D open and living world space combat RPG sandbox with an immersive and riveting story. Are you the feared war criminal who will destroy all life or the savior of the universe? Gather your wingmen and travel the galaxy in search of answers.
Why similar: RPG 37.1%, Simulation 31%, Action 17.7%, Indie 14.2%
- #47 Undead World
67% matchVery Positive89% of 131 reviews2023
Dev: Undead World Team
Windows · Linux
Action rpg that containst fast-Paced combat and survival elements. Use your skills to defeat the Undead.
Why similar: Gore 40.5%, Violent 34.2%, RPG 21.5%, Action 3.9%
- #48 Plains of Pain
67% matchVery Positive85% of 692 reviews2023
Dev: Cobra Byte Digital
Windows
Survive a brutal open world alone or with friends. Explore a procedural wasteland scorched by chaos. Build and defend your base, trade for what you need, complete deadly quests, and fight to claim faction outposts before someone else does.
Why similar: RPG 44%, Simulation 34.2%, Action 21.8%
- #49 POSTWORLD
71% matchMixed53% of 92 reviews2018
Dev: Screwdriver Entertainment
Windows
Cyborgize your character and take over the wasteland!
Why similar: Gore 55.6%, RPG 24.5%, Action 11.5%, Indie 8.5%
- #50 Eternal Dread
71% matchMixed69% of 64 reviews2018
Dev: Hitbear Studio
Windows
Welcome to the unforgiving world ruled by the four Elder Fiends. Mankind as a whole is facing an unprecedented crisis that could lead to their total extinction. Having exhausted brave men in a war against the fiends, they now have no choice but to recruit the help of women to fight for their losing cause.
Why similar: Gore 35.7%, Violent 30.5%, RPG 18%, Action 9.8%, Indie 6%
- #51 Plagueworld
70% matchMixed58% of 66 reviews2019
Dev: Free Initiative Games
Windows
Adveture game based on medieval times, where you take the role of a hero that needs to fight and destroy the plague that invaded world.
Why similar: Violent 39%, Gore 29.1%, RPG 21.2%, Action 10.7%
- #52 Regenesis
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: RPG 70.7%, Tactical 29.3%
- #53 Lost Scavenger
68% matchMixed54% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: RPG 100%
- #54 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Violent 37.7%, RPG 34.8%, Tactical 19.1%, Indie 8.4%
- #55 Tankenstein
62% matchVery Positive90% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Landship Games LTD
Windows
Tankenstein is a 3rd person ARPG where the player controls a dishevelled tank in a post apocalyptic wasteland looking for new parts to survive and upgrade itself. All of the other tanks in the scrapyard have the same goal, which makes them hostile in this survival of the fittest arena.
Why similar: RPG 63.5%, Action 36.5%