Games Like Chernobylite Complete Edition

Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Survival 20.4%, Nonlinear 9.5%, Atmospheric 7.9%, Exploration 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive modern successor to the zone-based survival experience, featuring high-fidelity graphics and intense anomaly-filled exploration.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Survival 13.5%, Stealth 11.2%, Horror 10%, Survival Horror 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tight, atmospheric first-person shooting with a journey through diverse, post-apocalyptic landscapes.

Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 14.7%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Crafting 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on vehicle-based survival and exploration within an eerie, supernatural exclusion zone.

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Survival 18.9%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 9.5%, Stealth 9%

Why You'll Like It: An incredibly immersive survival experience that captures the feeling of scavenging through a surreal, anomaly-ridden wasteland.

Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival Horror 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%, RPG 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: The direct evolution of the seed game, expanding on the core mechanics of exploration and base management.

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: Survival 27.1%, Survival Horror 24.8%, Atmospheric 14.3%, RPG 13.4%, First-Person 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deeply punishing, atmospheric survival RPG that emphasizes difficult choices and a decaying, mysterious world.

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.2%, Survival 15.4%, First-Person 9.5%, Action-Adventure 7.4%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic RPG set in a fictionalized British quarantine zone that mirrors the exploration and combat style of the seed.

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: Survival Horror 17.8%, Survival 16.9%, Supernatural 15.4%, Horror 13.7%, RPG 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the intense dread and survival-horror essence of the seed game through a unique top-down perspective.

Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.

Why similar: Survival 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival Horror 11.1%, Horror 10.6%, Nonlinear 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival horror title that traps you in a cold, isolated environment filled with mysterious anomalies and technological threats.

It is the year 2034. Beneath the ruins of post-apocalyptic Moscow, in the tunnels of the Metro, the remnants of mankind are besieged by deadly threats from outside – and within. Mutants stalk the catacombs beneath the desolate surface, and hunt amidst the poisoned skies above.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.9%, Stealth 13.6%, Survival 11.2%, Horror 11%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a claustrophobic and story-rich experience that excels at building tension in a ruined, hostile world.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 22.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival Horror 13%, Exploration 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: An extraction-based survival game that emphasizes scavenging and tactical combat in a procedurally generated wasteland.

Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Survival 19.7%, Atmospheric 8.1%, First-Person 8%, Action-Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the grounded, realistic, and harrowing aspects of the disaster rather than the supernatural elements.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 14.2%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Crafting 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an open-world survival experience in a desolate, retro-futuristic landscape filled with hostile machines.

In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.

Why similar: Horror 19.2%, Sci-fi 15.4%, First-Person 12.9%, RPG 12.3%, Action-Adventure 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: An action-heavy, sci-fi shooter that features surreal, retro-Soviet aesthetics and mysterious, high-tech environments.

Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Survival 16.7%, Stealth 15.2%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Crafting 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival RPG that captures the feeling of navigating a dangerous, anomaly-filled exclusion zone.

S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Horror 20.7%, First-Person 13.1%, Exploration 11.1%, Action-Adventure 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that delves into the mysterious and unexplained phenomena following the Chernobyl disaster.

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.1%, Survival 33%, Realistic 14.5%, First-Person 10.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore survival shooter that prioritizes realistic zone traversal and high-stakes combat.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Survival 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Crafting 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for pure, atmospheric survival where the environment itself is your greatest enemy.

FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...

Why similar: Sci-fi 27.7%, Horror 25.2%, Atmospheric 14.3%, First-Person 13.8%, Survival Horror 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi shooter that utilizes time-manipulation mechanics within a mysterious, abandoned research facility.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Survival 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Base Building 20.7%, Horror 11%, Exploration 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends deep base-building and crafting with survival horror in a completely destructible, ruined world.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Survival 34.2%, Base Building 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, RPG 5%, Horror 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on community management and survival against overwhelming odds in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Post-apocalyptic 39.1%, RPG 23.1%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Base Building 8.1%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that blends post-apocalyptic themes with sci-fi technology and faction-based storytelling.

From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42%, RPG 9.9%, Survival 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Atmospheric 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive, exploration-heavy post-apocalyptic world with deep RPG and base-building mechanics.

As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.

Why similar: Survival 31.2%, Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Crafting 13.8%, First-Person 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intense survival horror with a heavy emphasis on base building and exploration in a hostile wilderness.

STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 59.5%, Survival 33.5%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer adaptation of the zone survival experience that emphasizes faction-based progression and open-world exploration.

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 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Crafting 10.6%, Realistic 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, complex survival mechanics that force players to manage every aspect of their existence in a decaying world.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl, the first chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which started it all.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Survival 12%, RPG 11.2%, Exploration 9.2%, Realistic 9.2%

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: Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Survival 17.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.4%, Horror 10.7%

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 11.6%, RPG 11.6%, Realistic 9.7%, Exploration 9.2%

Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.

Why similar: Horror 57.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, First-Person 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Survival Horror 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A masterful blend of tactical, high-intensity shooting and psychological horror that keeps the player on edge.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the prequel chapter of the Legends of the Zone Trilogy. With the ability to directly influence the balance of power through Faction Wars, step into the boots of Scar — a seasoned mercenary, able to somehow survive deadly Emissions.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, RPG 11.8%, Survival 11.5%, Realistic 9.7%, Exploration 9.3%

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: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Stealth 11.6%, Horror 11.1%, Survival 8.8%, Realistic 7.9%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Stealth 13.7%, Horror 12.7%, Sci-fi 9.5%

DESOLATE is a first person horror survival experience. Form a research team with up to 4 players and explore an open world filled with mysteries and unsolved questions, or do it all on your own.

Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Horror 24.5%, First-Person 10.8%, Stealth 6.6%, Survival Horror 5.7%

Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.

Why similar: Sci-fi 24.8%, Horror 23.3%, Atmospheric 17.2%, First-Person 17.1%, Adventure 8.7%

Z.O.N.A Project X - thrilling single-player VR shooter. Explore Chornobyl's exclusion zone, a hazardous apocalyptic world filled with anomalies. Survive using your weapons, scavenge for resources, and save humanity from doom.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Survival 11.7%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Stealth 10.8%, Horror 10.4%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.8%, Survival 26.2%, RPG 12.3%, Exploration 11.5%, Atmospheric 5.2%

Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

Why similar: Survival 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Horror 13%, Crafting 10.7%

In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.1%, Stealth 12.9%, Horror 12.5%, Survival Horror 10.4%, Survival 8.7%

Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.1%, Survival 17.4%, RPG 12.3%, Stealth 11.8%, Action-Adventure 9.9%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.4%, Survival 12.9%, Crafting 10%

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: Survival 18.5%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, RPG 11%, Simulation 7.1%

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.5%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Crafting 12.1%, First-Person 10.7%, RPG 9.9%

A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Why similar: Horror 32.2%, Survival Horror 16.3%, Survival 14%, First-Person 13%, Adventure 9.8%

Powered by Unreal Engine 5, The Sinking City Remastered brings the eerie, atmospheric world of Oakmont back to life with enhanced gameplay and fully relit environments, perfect for both newcomers and returning players.

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, RPG 15%, Realistic 14.6%, Exploration 14.5%, Action-Adventure 13.7%

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: Post-apocalyptic 42.8%, RPG 14%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Survival 10.5%, Exploration 7.6%

“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!

Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Crafting 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Horror 11.3%, RPG 10.7%

Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

Why similar: Nonlinear 18.5%, Survival 17.8%, Horror 14%, Realistic 10.8%, First-Person 9.5%

Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.

Why similar: Survival 25.8%, Survival Horror 13.6%, Crafting 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Stealth 16.5%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Survival 14.6%, Horror 11.9%, Supernatural 9.6%

Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.3%, Adventure 19.4%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Survival 10.4%, Exploration 8.1%

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Base Building 18%, Survival 16.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Exploration 7.3%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 12.5%, First-Person 7.4%

INSOMNIA is a dieselpunk sci-fi RPG about the slowly degrading remnants of human society attempting to survive on an abandoned space metropolis. Develop your character, explore lovingly handcrafted locations, interact with peculiar NPCs and factions and try to stay alive in this brutal world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.2%, Sci-fi 15.7%, RPG 14%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Exploration 7.9%

You are survived pilot of fallen helicopter. Your mission is simple: go to evacuation point. But can you do it and not die?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Adventure 14.9%, Realistic 13.5%, First-Person 12.4%