Games Like ANEURISM IV

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Surreal 16.6%, Immersive Sim 14.8%, Dystopian 14.7%, Psychedelic 14.2%, FPS 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same surreal, grotesque aesthetic and deep immersive-sim mechanics found in Aneurism IV.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Dystopian 23.2%, Surreal 17.9%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Survival 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the oppressive, choice-driven dystopian survival experience where every action has dire consequences.

In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.

Why similar: Dystopian 21.4%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Surreal 16.5%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Survival 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the series' focus on psychological horror and the burden of decision-making in a decaying, surreal world.

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.

Why similar: Crafting 18.2%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Immersive Sim 13%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 12%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, crafting, and base-building with a grounded yet strange scientific-dystopian premise.

You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.

Why similar: Dystopian 32.5%, Immersive Sim 24.4%, FPS 18.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%, RPG 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim that leans heavily into the cyberpunk and stealth elements found in the seed game.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Crafting 23.6%, Immersive Sim 23.1%, Sandbox 20.2%, Survival 15.2%, RPG 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled sandbox experience where you must survive and shape a brutal, dystopian world through your own choices.

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.4%, FPS 26.8%, Shooter 11.5%, Physics 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a masterclass in immersive-sim stealth and atmosphere within a dark, Victorian-dystopian setting.

In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Why similar: FPS 31.1%, RPG 17.1%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Surreal 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, surreal immersive-sim that mirrors the chaotic and dark dystopian themes of the seed game.

The ultimate spy-vs-guards simulator. Carefully sneak your way to the objective as Intruders or use the wide variety of tactical gadgets to trap your opponents as Guards. Intruder allows for stealth, teamwork, and environmental interactions never before seen in a multiplayer game.

Why similar: FPS 26.6%, PvP 23.7%, Physics 17.3%, Shooter 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes tactical, physics-based multiplayer combat and stealth that fits the pvp aspect of the seed game.

An immersive first-person-melee RPG where you create your character and fight, talk or sneak your way out of confrontation. From concrete buildings to futuristic environments - start from the bottom and make your way through narrative missions to the top of the city in a bid for control.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 29.6%, Dystopian 26.6%, Dark Humor 20.1%, RPG 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on first-person immersive-sim mechanics and player agency in a grim, action-oriented environment.

Sub Rosa is a multiplayer first-person shooter about tense deals, double-crosses, and the occasional high-speed car chase.

Why similar: FPS 33.2%, Multiplayer 22.5%, Shooter 17.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Physics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features high-stakes multiplayer interactions and emergent social dynamics that mirror the sandbox nature of the seed.

FPS/mecha hybrid europolice sim with emphasis on interacting with NPCs and different gameplay systems.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 40%, FPS 33.9%, Shooter 14.4%, RPG 7.9%, Simulation 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends immersive-sim mechanics with a satirical, capitalistic dystopian setting similar to the seed.

Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.

Why similar: Dystopian 34.1%, Life Sim 27.6%, Survival 16.7%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, RPG 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty life-sim that focuses on the mundane and difficult aspects of surviving in a decaying, dystopian city.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Multiplayer 28.6%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Simulation 12%, Psychological Horror 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that forces players to manage a decaying environment under extreme pressure.

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Online Co-Op 18.5%, Survival 17.9%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Multiplayer 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survival and multiplayer horror aspects of a post-apocalyptic world.

The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive beneath gargantuan war machines in a dystopian future of AI automata, cybernetically enhanced soldiers, and endless conflict. Millions of deaths later, the war continues with our latest update!

Why similar: Dystopian 64.9%, Shooter 19.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the bleak, post-apocalyptic aesthetic and the struggle for resources in a world teetering on ruin.

Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths.

Why similar: Crafting 24.5%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, FPS 22%, Surreal 20.8%, Atmospheric 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a heavy dose of psychological horror and atmospheric exploration within a first-person perspective.

Dystopia is a cyberpunk game with tense combat situations in a high-tech world spanned by computer networks. Playing as either Punk mercenaries, or Corporate security forces, the player will fight through the physical world to gain access, via jack-in terminals, to cyberspace.

Why similar: Dystopian 32.9%, PvP 17.6%, FPS 16.6%, Multiplayer 11.1%, Survival 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer experience that focuses on pvp combat within a high-tech, cyberpunk dystopia.

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Crafting 27.8%, Sandbox 25.5%, Survival 18.7%, Shooter 11.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival-craft game that emphasizes atmospheric horror and base-building.

Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.6%, Dark Humor 24.2%, Life Sim 17.8%, Sandbox 9.9%, RPG 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Uses dark humor and immersive-sim elements to explore the bleakness of a modern dystopian life.

An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...

Why similar: Dark Humor 18.6%, PvP 16.4%, Psychological Horror 16.2%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Survival 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines survival-horror with social deduction and multiplayer chaos in a hostile environment.

Receiver 2 simulates every internal part of each firearm based on manufacturer schematics and gunsmithing resources. Learn exactly how each sidearm works, including how to load and unload them, clear malfunctions, and operate their safety features.

Why similar: FPS 32.9%, Shooter 17.7%, Psychological Horror 15.7%, Simulation 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, psychological immersive-sim that focuses on the mechanical mastery of firearms and mental fortitude.

Fight, sneak, and hack your way through randomly generated cities. It's like Nuclear Throne meets Deus Ex, mixed with the anarchy of GTA. Rogue-lite meets immersive sim, and goes completely insane.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.8%, Immersive Sim 24%, RPG 23.9%, Online Co-Op 22.4%

Why You'll Like It: A chaotic, sandbox-driven immersive-sim that allows for immense freedom in how you tackle dystopian city objectives.

Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.

Why similar: Psychedelic 24%, Surreal 21.9%, Sandbox 15%, Psychological Horror 14%, Crafting 12.1%

Post Void is a hypnotic scramble of early first-person shooter design that values speed above all else. Keep your head full and reach the end; Kill what you can to see it mend; Get the high score or try again.

Why similar: Psychedelic 35.4%, FPS 27%, Surreal 24.7%, Shooter 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the surreal, high-octane, and psychological intensity of the seed game's faster moments.

From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Why similar: Dystopian 43.7%, Psychological Horror 18.2%, Survival 18%, Crafting 12.5%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian survival game that focuses on crafting and navigating a society built on forced conformity.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Dystopian 27.9%, Sandbox 23%, Physics 19.8%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Simulation 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique, work-sim perspective on the drudgery and danger of life within a corporate-dystopian future.

Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 39.2%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Multiplayer 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.1%

Trapped in a doomed city, you and up to 7 friends must scavenge parts, fix your van, and escape the brutal tornado that approaches. A first-person co-op survival game with escalating disasters and total environmental destruction.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 25.8%, Physics 21.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Survival 14%, Atmospheric 10.4%

A horror co-op extraction builder set in a scorched wasteland where everything burns. Descend with your friends into shifting ruins, rip out furniture, and scavenge for loot before the Corrupted close in. Make it back alive, then rebuild the Outpost to better your chances for the next run.

Why similar: Crafting 37.4%, Online Co-Op 33.8%, Physics 20%, Atmospheric 8.8%

You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

Why similar: Dystopian 22.1%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, FPS 15.9%, Sci-fi 13.2%, RPG 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational immersive-sim that explores the social and political consequences of a dystopian future.

An atmospheric survival shooter placing you inside a hyper-violent maze of urban waste, environmental biohazards, and societal ruin. Scavenge, explore, and survive while finding a path out of a late stage modern Shinar

Why similar: Dystopian 39.1%, Psychological Horror 22.7%, Life Sim 21.4%, Simulation 10.7%, Atmospheric 6.1%

A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.

Why similar: Dystopian 65.2%, Online Co-Op 25.6%, Atmospheric 9.2%

KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 77%, Atmospheric 23%

Explore, fight, loot and fish! Solo or in co-op mode in this Old School First Person Dungeon Crawler. Earn your knighthood as you oppose the evil witch Lunamoth and stop her curse which prevents everyone from growing wings.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 64.5%, Multiplayer 18.7%, RPG 16.8%

White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

Why similar: FPS 70.7%, Atmospheric 29.3%

PARKSIDE is an FPS-Immersive Sim that chronicles the future of biomechanical subterfuge and suffering. Shoot, hack, and either save or sour the future of humanity in the dystopian city of Abbotsford, California in the awful year of 2038. Will you serve the Divine Rod?

Why similar: Dystopian 38.2%, Immersive Sim 25.5%, Shooter 12.5%, RPG 10%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Realife Simulator is an online life simulation where players can work, socialize, and grow by assuming different roles in a realistic city. Whether alone or with friends, freely choose a career, earn money, upgrade your vehicle, and shape city life.

Why similar: Life Sim 24.2%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, FPS 17.9%, Survival 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.3%

STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

Why similar: FPS 27.1%, PvP 24.6%, Shooter 15.4%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Surreal 11.6%

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Survival 22%, Crafting 20%, Sandbox 15.9%, Immersive Sim 15.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%

Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Scavenge, craft, and build to stay alive, while earning trust or sparking conflict with the NPCs and factions who shape your fate.

Why similar: Crafting 22%, Life Sim 21.2%, Immersive Sim 19%, Sandbox 17.7%, Survival 14.3%

In "Dale & Dawson Stationery Supplies," play as a Manager, Specialist, or Slacker in an office setting. Slackers blend in, mimicking Specialists to avoid the Manager's suspicion. Uncover or cause deception to win.

Why similar: Multiplayer 37%, Online Co-Op 27.7%, RPG 17.8%, PvP 17.5%

You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 27.5%, Psychological Horror 27.3%, Surreal 21.6%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%

S&box is a game creation platform built on the Source 2 engine. Play, create, and share games, explore community creations, and experience endless sandbox fun with powerful modern tools.

Why similar: Sandbox 32.9%, FPS 22.6%, PvP 15.6%, Crafting 14.9%, Shooter 14%

The co-op open-world space sim where everyone has a role! Pilot the ship. Reroute power. Launch nukes. Explore alien planets. Research new talents. Work together to find the Lost Colony! ...or just deliver some biscuits

Why similar: FPS 22.8%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Multiplayer 16.7%, Sci-fi 16%, RPG 12.9%

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Sandbox 24%, Life Sim 18.6%, Survival 17.9%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Simulation 9.7%

Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

Why similar: Sandbox 73.1%, Simulation 26.9%

Survive the world's deadliest psychopaths. Experience a unique 2-player co-op experience that puts your teamwork and communication to the test. Complete your duties alone or with a partner in a prison like no other.

Why similar: Dystopian 37.2%, Online Co-Op 21.4%, Psychological Horror 20.4%, Survival 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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: Dystopian 63.1%, RPG 19%, Sci-fi 18%

A surreal dice-based RPG in a cursed city of gut-wrenching suffering. Here, your choices shape your skills and your appearance. Survive the city's hellish trials, meet tortured characters, and develop your own unique identity. Every choice matters as your actions will literally shape you.

Why similar: Surreal 24.4%, RPG 24.1%, Psychedelic 23.9%, Dystopian 23.7%, Atmospheric 3.9%

Enter a living post-apocalyptic sandbox where the world doesn't wait for you. Build, craft, trade, earn the trust of factions, and forge your own path through a brutal procedural wasteland.

Why similar: Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 17%, PvP 14.6%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Survival 12.5%

A 1 to 4 player Y2K dream-exploration game. Free your imaginary friends trapped to eternal sleep by the goddess Mama. Collect cursed items and use weapons to face the monsters in Mama's dreams.

Why similar: Surreal 62.4%, Multiplayer 37.6%

A city-building sandbox for futuristic cities. No goals, no management, just creativity and dark cozy vibes.

Why similar: Dystopian 45.6%, Sandbox 24.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%, Simulation 7.8%

A co-op PvP experience about using your voice to cast spells in the Mage Arena to settle an ages-old feud between sorcerers and warlocks.

Why similar: PvP 33.3%, Immersive Sim 23%, FPS 22.6%, Crafting 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Half Sword is a physics-based medieval combat simulator featuring historically accurate XV-century arms and armor. We are not afraid to show the brutal nature of medieval combat with in-depth blood and gore features.

Why similar: Physics 38.5%, Sandbox 33%, Simulation 15.1%, Multiplayer 13.4%

Embody the ultimate cybernetic corporate agent. Master deadly gunplay, time manipulation, and supernatural abilities. Hack computers, people, even the individual bullets flying at you. Confront the future, and die trying.

Why similar: Dystopian 54.2%, RPG 20.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Atmospheric 10.5%

Solo or up to 8 players. Get rid of your employer's failed experiments in abandoned underwater labs. Navigate your submarine, avoid abyssal terrors, and remove all corpses.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 30.1%, Online Co-Op 28.5%, Multiplayer 22%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Atmospheric 7%

"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!

Why similar: Survival 25.5%, FPS 13%, Multiplayer 12.6%, RPG 11.4%, Crafting 9.8%