Games Like ANEURISM IV

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

Why similar: Surreal 16.7%, Immersive Sim 14.9%, Dystopian 14.5%, Psychedelic 14%, FPS 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the same abrasive, surreal, and deeply cynical dystopian aesthetic while pushing immersive-sim mechanics to their absolute limit.

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: It captures the intense psychological horror and oppressive atmosphere of a city on the brink of collapse, requiring constant survival management.

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: Immersive Sim 28.1%, Crafting 22.5%, Sandbox 20.6%, Survival 14.2%, RPG 9%

Why You'll Like It: This sandbox offers unparalleled freedom in a brutal, decaying world where your choices in a life-sim context define your survival and influence the landscape.

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 41.3%, FPS 26.6%, Shooter 11.4%, Physics 11.1%, Atmospheric 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines immersive-sim stealth and exploration with a dark, Victorian-horror atmosphere that feels perfectly aligned with the seed game's tone.

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 13.6%, Immersive Sim 13%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 12%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the collaborative, crafting-heavy survival aspect of the seed game within a high-concept, science-gone-wrong facility.

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%, RPG 17.2%, Immersive Sim 14.1%, Surreal 10.8%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cult-classic immersive-sim that mirrors the surreal, cryptic, and dystopian nature of the seed game through complex, experimental gameplay.

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 34.7%, Multiplayer 28.6%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Simulation 12.1%, Psychological Horror 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the same high-pressure, cooperative survival dynamics where every player action can lead to the total ruin of the group.

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 32.3%, FPS 22.3%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title excels at providing a dense, interconnected environment where player choices and creative use of systems directly impact the world state.

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 21.1%, FPS 15.8%, Sci-fi 13.3%, RPG 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational immersive-sim that explores the social and political decay of a dystopian metropolis through deep RPG systems and player-driven consequences.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 32.6%, Sandbox 22.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Multiplayer 15.7%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate sandbox for systemic survival, offering the same level of granular life-sim detail and consequence-heavy gameplay in a ruined world.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: Surreal 41.4%, RPG 40.9%, Atmospheric 17.7%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on FPS mechanics, it is the gold standard for surreal, dystopian world-building and the psychological impact of player choices.

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 40.2%, FPS 33.8%, Shooter 14.3%, RPG 7.9%, Simulation 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive-sim that leans into the strange, bureaucratic, and violent nature of policing a dystopian city.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 33.6%, FPS 22%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Shooter 8.6%, Survival 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This remake provides a claustrophobic, high-stakes immersive-sim experience where the environment itself is a hostile character.

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 65.5%, RPG 17.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, turn-based extraction experience that leans heavily into the dystopian, corporate-horror themes of the seed game.

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 32.4%, Immersive Sim 24.3%, FPS 18.2%, Sci-fi 9.6%, RPG 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, retro-styled immersive-sim that focuses on stealth and exploration within a bleak, post-Soviet cyberpunk setting.

The Forever Winter is a tactical shooter where you and your squad must loot the dead to survive under the shadow of terrifying and gargantuan war machines locked in a never-ending conflict. Millions of deaths later the war continues with our latest update!

Why similar: Dystopian 64.8%, Shooter 19.4%, Sci-fi 15.8%

Why You'll Like It: This extraction-shooter captures the bleak, post-apocalyptic scale of a world where players are merely cogs in a larger, decaying machine.

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 27.9%, Survival 16.8%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, RPG 10.3%

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

Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.

Why similar: RPG 100%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that features a surreal, decaying world filled with strange lore and the same sense of existential dread.

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 27.2%, FPS 25.9%, Crafting 21.2%, Shooter 14.7%, Sci-fi 11%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers a unique, surreal take on the dystopian FPS genre with a focus on scavenging and surviving in a hostile, procedurally generated environment.

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 26.4%, PvP 23.9%, Physics 17.5%, Shooter 13.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the tactical, PVP, and stealth elements of the seed game, emphasizing communication and physics-based interactions.

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 54.6%, RPG 34.1%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly uncompromising, brutal, and surreal psychological horror experience where death and failure are constant, meaningful possibilities.

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 20.2%, RPG 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person immersive-sim that emphasizes player agency and systemic interaction within a dark, singleplayer world.

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 23.1%, Physics 19.7%, Sci-fi 17%, Simulation 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly simulates the 'work in the factories' aspect of the seed game, framing mundane labor within a crushing, dystopian corporate framework.

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

Why similar: FPS 33%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Shooter 17.1%, Online Co-Op 9.4%, Physics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused FPS that relies heavily on player communication and social engineering in a tense, corporate-dystopian setting.

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

Why similar: Dystopian 45.3%, Sandbox 24.9%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox city-builder that captures the visual essence of a sprawling, neon-drenched dystopian metropolis.

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 17.6%, Psychological Horror 15.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A mechanics-heavy immersive-sim that demands total player focus and precision, mirroring the high-stakes, consequence-driven nature of the seed game.

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 27.5%, Dark Humor 24.3%, Life Sim 17.9%, Sandbox 10%, RPG 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A meme-heavy, surreal sandbox that captures the dark humor and aimless, decaying atmosphere of the seed game.

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 21.1%, Online Co-Op 18.8%, Survival 17.4%, Immersive Sim 15.7%, Multiplayer 12.3%

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

Why similar: Psychedelic 23.9%, Surreal 21.6%, Sandbox 15%, Psychological Horror 13.8%, Crafting 12.4%

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: RPG 60.8%, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Atmospheric 17.9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic RPG that excels at placing the player in a dark, dystopian urban setting where every faction interaction has lasting consequences.

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 39.3%, Psychological Horror 25.6%, Multiplayer 14%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 21.3%, Surreal 16.3%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Survival 8.4%

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 64.9%, Online Co-Op 25.9%, Atmospheric 9.2%

You are Jillian Cleary: an ex-spy on the run, framed for treason and hunted by your former agency. You must move in secret, survive off the grid, and find a way to clear your name. Old friends and new allies will lend their support; but with the eyes of the world upon you, who can you trust?

Why similar: Immersive Sim 88.3%, Atmospheric 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-focused immersive-sim that explores the themes of surveillance and societal control in a dystopian future.

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 64.7%, Multiplayer 18.7%, RPG 16.6%

Explore a hostile, living world: Uncover forgotten horrors, both man-made and supernatural, as you hunt for powerful weapons and exotic artifacts.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.5%, FPS 22.4%, Sandbox 21.7%, Shooter 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.3%

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 24.3%, Immersive Sim 20.2%, FPS 17.7%, Survival 9.5%, Online Co-Op 9.5%

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 70.5%, Atmospheric 29.5%

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 34.1%, FPS 24.8%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Shooter 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 26.3%, PvP 24.7%, Shooter 15.7%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Surreal 11.9%

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

Why similar: Crafting 27.9%, Sandbox 25.6%, Survival 18.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.3%

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 33.4%, Immersive Sim 23%, FPS 22.4%, Crafting 14.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%

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 33.1%, FPS 22.4%, PvP 15.7%, Crafting 15%, Shooter 13.9%

Barony is the premier first-person roguelike with cooperative play! Adventure alone, or gather a party with iconic and unusual RPG classes to face off against the brutal dungeons. Test your resourcefulness, wits, and friendships, on your quest to lift the evil lich's curse!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 31.2%, Online Co-Op 29.8%, Multiplayer 25.1%, RPG 13.9%

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 44.4%, Sandbox 38.1%, Simulation 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 27.8%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Surreal 21.5%, Multiplayer 16.5%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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 21.3%, Crafting 20%, Sandbox 16.2%, Immersive Sim 16%, Multiplayer 12%

Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.

Why similar: Crafting 22%, Life Sim 20%, Sandbox 18.4%, Immersive Sim 17.8%, 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 36.9%, Online Co-Op 28%, RPG 17.6%, PvP 17.5%

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%, Simulation 27%

Go on heists through Midnight City alone or with up to four players to fulfill tasks as a hacker for various organizations. Improve your reputation, earn money, and uncover the secrets of shady companies all while being hunted by terrifying entities.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 34.4%, Online Co-Op 29.4%, Multiplayer 15.5%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Simulation 9.5%

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%, Online Co-Op 21.7%, Psychological Horror 20.3%, Survival 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.1%

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 24.7%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, FPS 21.8%, Surreal 20.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%

"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 25.6%, FPS 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.7%, RPG 11.4%, Crafting 9.9%

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 16.1%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Survival 12.4%

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 22.5%, Online Co-Op 19.1%, Multiplayer 16.8%, Sci-fi 16%, RPG 12.9%

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 77.1%, Atmospheric 22.9%