
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
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Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

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Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

Aliens: Dark Descent
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: RTS 26.1%, Survival 13.3%, Survival Horror 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Dark 9.2%
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Why similar: RTS 28.7%, Aliens 16.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Dark 9.1%, Survival 8.7%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.4%, Horror 25.4%, Strategy 24.3%, Sci-fi 12.5%, RPG 7.5%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Dark 31.8%, Strategy 24.1%, Horror 24.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, Lovecraftian 7.9%
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Survival 20.8%, Dark 19.6%, Choices Matter 18%, Top-Down 15.1%, Strategy 12.5%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: RTS 32.1%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Survival 13.8%, Top-Down 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%
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: Survival 34.2%, Dark 28.1%, Top-Down 17.4%, Sci-fi 11%, RPG 6.9%
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Why similar: RTS 41.2%, Aliens 26.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Horror 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 3.6%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 19.9%, Survival Horror 18.9%, Choices Matter 16%, Horror 12.9%, Crafting 12.2%
Commander, your strike team is to dive deep into the contaminated city of Sun Stone and get some answers before the mysterious deadly plague spreads . Good luck Commander!
Why similar: RTS 39.5%, Top-Down 21.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Choices Matter 13%, Real Time Tactics 4%
Sequel to the best-seller The Red Solstice. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?
Why similar: Aliens 45.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Character Customization 14.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, RPG 5.6%
Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.
Why similar: Survival Horror 25.9%, Horror 17%, Choices Matter 16.2%, Crafting 14.7%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Choices Matter 40.2%, Strategy 27.4%, Resource Management 16.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Dark 26%, Horror 17.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Resource Management 10.7%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Survival 39.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Resource Management 16.1%, Character Customization 11.6%, Horror 4.7%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 28.8%, Top-Down 18%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Crafting 14.2%, Dark 10.3%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Choices Matter 28.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Character Customization 18%, Combat 13.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Dark 23.2%, Survival Horror 19%, Horror 16.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Multiple Endings 10.7%
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Dark 16.6%, Survival 15.6%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Strategy 9.6%
The Hive is a strategy game with RPG elements where you assume command as the insectoid hivemind. Build and expand your underground colony, harvest resources, and evolve your swarm using DNA. Will you survive in this hostile yet beautiful underworld?
Why similar: RTS 38%, Aliens 30.8%, Top-Down 9.4%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 6.8%
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: Strategy 48.7%, Sci-fi 27%, RPG 15.5%, Singleplayer 8.8%
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.6%, Top-Down 21.1%, Horror 18.9%, Dark 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: RTS 44.1%, Survival 25%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Strategy 13.4%
Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Survival Horror 19.7%, Survival 17.6%, Horror 12.3%, Strategy 10.1%
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Dark 21.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Horror 13.1%, Real Time Tactics 3.5%
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Top-Down 14.6%, Dark 14.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Crafting 11.7%
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Character Customization 22.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Resource Management 15%, Real Time Tactics 3.7%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Aliens 34%, Strategy 27.2%, Top-Down 20.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Real Time Tactics 4.1%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Survival 39%, Crafting 17.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Horror 15%, RPG 5.2%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 39.7%, Survival 18.4%, Dark 15.1%, Strategy 12.4%, Combat 8%
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
Why similar: Survival Horror 31%, Dark 16.5%, Horror 16.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Multiple Endings 12.3%
Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.
Why similar: Horror 31.4%, Strategy 29.1%, Resource Management 16.8%, RPG 9.6%, Lovecraftian 8.6%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Strategy 53.3%, Sci-fi 22.7%, RPG 16.6%, Singleplayer 7.4%
Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.7%, Strategy 20.1%, Multiple Endings 19.5%, Character Customization 18.3%, Lovecraftian 8.2%
Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Survival 17.3%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Dark 15.4%, Strategy 10.6%
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Why similar: RTS 30.7%, Aliens 17.8%, Survival 15.9%, Top-Down 11.8%, Strategy 9.4%
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 34.3%, Survival Horror 28.3%, Horror 18%, Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Survival 21.8%, Dark 20.4%, Horror 15.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.
Why similar: Strategy 32.2%, Horror 20.1%, Crafting 17.6%, Lovecraftian 13.7%, RPG 12.9%
Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?
Why similar: Horror 35.6%, Choices Matter 20.4%, RPG 17.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Lovecraftian 11.7%
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: RTS 44.8%, Survival 22.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Top-Down 9.7%, Resource Management 8.7%
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Horror 37.7%, Character Customization 36.3%, Sci-fi 13.8%, RPG 12.1%
Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.7%, Strategy 24%, Crafting 11.3%, Dark 8.4%, RPG 8.1%
An existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark. Overcome random events, system failures, and the downward spiral of your sanity to see your mission through.
Why similar: Choices Matter 58.5%, Multiple Endings 29.7%, Sci-fi 11.8%
The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.
Why similar: Aliens 43.5%, Strategy 31.5%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Horror 9.9%, Lovecraftian 2.9%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: RTS 39.5%, Survival 22.7%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 7.5%
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Horror 38.7%, Character Customization 35.8%, Sci-fi 13%, RPG 12.5%
F&H 2: Termina is oppressive, relentless and hopeless. A mix of jRPG and Survival Horror. Turn-based combat meets resource management. 3 days to explore the wicked town of Prehevil and find out about its dark secrets. 3 days until the pale and sickly green moon rises at its apex. Termina is upon us!
Why similar: Survival Horror 41%, Horror 23.9%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, Top-Down 11.8%, RPG 6.3%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.8%, RPG 30.7%, Singleplayer 24.5%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Survival 35.8%, Strategy 24.7%, Horror 15.5%, Choices Matter 14.9%, RPG 8%
Are you ready to uncover SCP-682’s ultimate form? In Anomaly Evolution, evolve SCP-682, SCP-1471, and SCP-999 from mere anomalies into godlike Lovecraftian beings. Click, evolve, and witness the rise of horrors beyond comprehension!
Why similar: Dark 50.3%, Strategy 20.1%, Resource Management 18.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Why similar: Top-Down 23.5%, Crafting 21.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Character Customization 17%, Sci-fi 10.3%
In the dark lands inspired by Slavic myth, life is a struggle for survival against ever increasing odds, be it natural or malevolent. Can you lead your flock to prosperity in this innovative blend of 4X strategy, RPG and card game?
Why similar: Strategy 38%, Survival 33%, Crafting 18.4%, RPG 10.7%
The ultimate 2D horror is back! Dive deep into the diverse world of horror movies! Nothing can prepare you for the R-rated challenges you will face!
Why similar: Survival Horror 31.5%, Survival 28.1%, Horror 21.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Sandbox 5.2%
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: Survival Horror 21.2%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Dark 19%, Survival 18.5%, Horror 13.3%
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
Why similar: Aliens 45.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Combat 14.3%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sci-fi 9.1%
Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 is the continuation of the first action RPG with rogue-like elements based on the Lovecraft Mythos ever released. Brand new graphics, a new and complex crafting system to create your equipment, 6 playable characters, and lots and lots of incredibly challenging content!
Why similar: Crafting 33.4%, Combat 24.1%, Horror 19.6%, RPG 10.1%, Lovecraftian 10%
The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.
Prepare to be assigned to help investigate and identify anomalous creatures called the LONGEYED.
Why similar: Dark 31.8%, Horror 25.9%, Survival 23.3%, Strategy 17.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%