Games Like Brigand: Oaxaca

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 41.6%, FPS 36.5%, Shooter 17.6%, Simulation 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, difficult, and highly experimental immersive sim that rewards creative and unconventional playstyles.

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: Open World 41.2%, Survival 25.4%, RPG 13.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Character Customization 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled freedom in a brutal, post-apocalyptic sandbox where you start as a nobody and must fight to survive.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 42.2%, Difficult 20.9%, Open World 16.3%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival RPG that emphasizes scavenging, crafting, and making difficult choices in a desolate wasteland.

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: Difficult 41.1%, RPG 20.7%, Character Customization 16.1%, Horror 14.3%, Simulation 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique physics-based combat system that makes every encounter feel high-stakes and difficult.

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: CRPG 26.3%, Immersive Sim 20.7%, Difficult 20%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: An oppressive, narrative-heavy experience that forces players to manage survival under extreme, unforgiving conditions.

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: Hacking 32.1% ★, FPS 31.9%, Immersive Sim 13.6%, RPG 12.7%, Action RPG 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the same janky, complex, and deeply rewarding immersive sim DNA as Brigand: Oaxaca.

Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

Why similar: FPS 22.7%, Immersive Sim 19.9%, Open World 18%, Horror 12.8%, Shooter 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines stealth, exploration, and RPG elements in a supernatural western setting with a focus on tactical FPS combat.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: CRPG 55.8%, RPG 18.2%, Open World 12.7%, Difficult 9.7%, Exploration 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, challenging, and atmospheric crpg set in a subterranean post-apocalyptic world.

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Why similar: CRPG 32.7%, Open World 22.6%, Difficult 15.8%, Character Customization 11.9%, Survival 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, science-fantasy roguelike that offers incredible simulation depth and total freedom of action.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Why similar: CRPG 36.9%, Tactical RPG 29.9%, Difficult 17.7%, Open World 9.5%, RPG 6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, choice-driven RPG where combat is deadly and player decisions have significant, often harsh consequences.

Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.

Why similar: CRPG 28.3%, Open World Survival Craft 23.6% ★, Tactical RPG 19.3%, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Open World 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A non-linear, open-world adventure that emphasizes player choice and exploration in a dangerous setting.

A tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG set on an off-world grindhouse jungle colony. Skulk through the shadows or charge in guns blazing. Recruit a unique party for large squad-based assaults as your adventure plunges you deep into the city’s secrets.

Why similar: CRPG 23.5%, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Open World 11.7%, Immersive Sim 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric and tactical open-world RPG that captures a unique, gritty sci-fi aesthetic.

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 40.6%, Horror 31%, Action RPG 28.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, janky, and deeply immersive RPG that allows for diverse approaches to quests and combat.

Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

Why similar: CRPG 35.9%, Party-Based RPG 24.2%, Strategy RPG 16.2%, Character Customization 9.6%, RPG 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RPG that focuses on complex moral choices and narrative-driven exploration.

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: FPS 30.1%, Shooter 23.2%, Open World 20.4%, Strategy 13.7%, RPG 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Blends FPS combat with strategic army management in a chaotic, open-world conflict.

The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 40.9%, FPS 31.6%, RPG 15.3%, Action RPG 7.2%, Shooter 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for immersive sims, offering multiple solutions to every problem and deep character customization.

Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.8%, Tactical RPG 15.5%, CRPG 15.1%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Open World 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox RPG that encourages exploration and freedom in a large, dangerous world.

Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

Why similar: FPS 19.8%, Horror 17.5%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 14.8%, Difficult 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A slow-paced, atmospheric survival-horror game that emphasizes preparation and careful hunting.

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: CRPG 32.6%, Strategy RPG 22.8%, Difficult 16.2%, Open World 15.4%, Exploration 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A punishing, narrative-heavy strategy RPG that focuses on survival and trade in a harsh fantasy world.

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: Open World Survival Craft 50.2% ★, Survival 23.3%, Open World 19.6%, RPG 3.6%, Simulation 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate hardcore survival simulation that demands careful planning and resource management in a decaying world.

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: CRPG 40%, Open World 16.8%, Character Customization 14.7%, Survival 13.6%, Exploration 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival RPG that focuses on character customization and scavenging.

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: Difficult 51.7%, RPG 19.8%, Strategy 18.1%, Open World 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based extraction shooter that focuses on brutal survival and inventory management.

Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.

Why similar: CRPG 28%, RPG 26.2%, Strategy 19.7%, Exploration 12.7%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that requires careful resource management and strategic decision-making during exploration.

Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.

Why similar: CRPG 31.5%, Party-Based RPG 22.5%, Open World 16.2%, Character Customization 14.9%, Exploration 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that offers a choose-your-own-adventure style of progression and high-stakes decision-making.

Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an indie old school type RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world. The game sports a mature and deep narrative, rich exploration, tense combat, and immersive RPG mechanics.

Why similar: FPS 19.8%, Action RPG 18.1%, Character Customization 15.6%, Shooter 14.9%, Survival 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic shooter-RPG that emphasizes exploration and survival in a ruined 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: Open World 32.3%, Character Customization 17.9%, Exploration 16.7%, RPG 15.2%, Action RPG 10.7%

Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

Why similar: Difficult 45.2%, RPG 23.5%, Strategy 21.5%, Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, difficult RPG that emphasizes replayability and strategic combat encounters.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: CRPG 46.4%, Survival 14.5%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 9.9%, RPG 7.3%

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Why similar: Open World 58%, RPG 25.5%, Difficult 16.5%

V. O. D. K. A. is a survival shooter in the open world, the game takes place in a fictional state in eastern Europe, most of the territory of which is infected with radiation. Your main task is survival.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 38.3% ★, Open World 14.4%, FPS 13.5%, Survival 12.4%, RPG 7.9%

Hurtworld is a hardcore multiplayer survival FPS with a focus on competitive gunplay and strategic map control. Built for hardcore gamers, Hurtworld aims to punish.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 42.4% ★, FPS 20.2%, Survival 17.2%, Open World 15.2%, Shooter 3.3%

SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat

Why similar: CRPG 29.1%, Party-Based RPG 22.1%, Horror 15.1%, Character Customization 10.9%, Exploration 10.2%

"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!

Why similar: CRPG 31.3%, RPG 29.2%, Exploration 20.1%, Survival 19.4%

Roam freely through a huge open world full with dangers, ancient secrets and adventure. An old-school action-RPG with a challenging environment, tough choices and a unique setting. Explore, fight, make friends and enemies... and above all, Roleplay!

Why similar: Open World 47.6%, RPG 36.9%, Action RPG 15.5%

Marked for death by the Imperial Corporation you have been marooned on a desolate planet in the Attria Prime system. Fight to survive the inhospitable frontier in this post-earth dystopia. AGP::Epica is tactical RPG intended for advanced players seeking a challenge.

Why similar: RPG 55.1%, Simulation 44.9%

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: Survival 25.7%, Action RPG 23.5%, Open World 20.2%, Exploration 16.4%, RPG 14.2%

iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Open World 16.7%, Character Customization 15.6%, Horror 14.2%, Survival 10.8%

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 30.1%, FPS 26.5%, Shooter 12.3%, Character Customization 10.8%, Open World 9.6%

"Weird RPG" is a highly difficult and fast-paced action RPG game focusing on boss battle,

Why similar: Action RPG 60.7%, RPG 32.2%, 3D 7.1%

Deep Despair 2 is an open world survival adventure action game with procedural generation and complete freedom of action: building, crafting, hunting, farming, livestock, brewing, cooking, traveling, fight, and more.

Why similar: CRPG 28.8%, Immersive Sim 16.1%, Open World 13.9%, Action RPG 11.8%, Survival 11.6%

Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.

Why similar: Open World 22.2%, Shooter 17.3%, Horror 16.5%, Action RPG 15.3%, Exploration 11.5%

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Open World 24.3%, FPS 23.9%, Survival 15.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Immersive Sim 11.3%

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: Difficult 26.4%, RPG 25.7%, Strategy 25.4%, Open World 22.4%

Hostile Planet: Survival is a harsh adventure on an uncharted planet that full of danger and trials.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 47.5% ★, Survival 17.8%, Open World 17%, FPS 11.5%, Simulation 3.5%

CrossWorlds: Escape is a hardcore game in which you will have to deploy all your skills to survive in a huge open world that is susceptible to changes in weather, seasons and various natural phenomena.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.1% ★, Difficult 14.7%, Open World 13.7%, Survival 11.6%, Exploration 7.7%

Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?

Why similar: FPS 22.1%, Immersive Sim 21.7%, Action RPG 18%, Horror 16.3%, Survival 14.4%

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: CRPG 56.9%, Open World 10%, RPG 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Exploration 7.6%

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 46.8% ★, Survival 13.8%, RPG 13.5%, Difficult 12.6%, Strategy 7%

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 33.1% ★, Open World 24%, Survival 21.3%, Shooter 9.5%, Exploration 6.8%

An open world, post-apocalyptic RPG shooter where you tap into the power of the spirit world to liberate the Hawaiian island of Oahu from the army that occupies it.

Why similar: Open World 48.5%, RPG 30.6%, Exploration 20.9%

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: CRPG 32.3%, Strategy RPG 21.8%, Difficult 17.2%, Open World 15.3%, RPG 6.7%

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: FPS 23.1%, Open World 20.9%, Action RPG 15.6%, Horror 14.9%, Survival 13.8%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Open World 26.6%, Horror 25.2%, Survival 21.9%, Exploration 14.7%, RPG 11.6%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: RPG 56.5%, Simulation 22.4%, Strategy 21.1%

Build the best ludus in the world! and survive in ancient Rome.

Why similar: Open World 22.6%, Simulation 19.6%, RPG 17.5%, Difficult 16.8%, Strategy 16.3%

Badiya is a Sandbox Survival RPG set in the WWI era desert lands. Badiya challenges you to brave the sands, take part in wars, ply the spice routes, or hunt for treasure as you strive to fulfill your ambitions.

Why similar: Open World Survival Craft 43.2% ★, Open World 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Shooter 9.8%, Character Customization 9.7%

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Horror 29.2%, Exploration 16.2%, RPG 14%, Simulation 10.2%