Games Like Cosmodread

You are trapped deep inside a massive dungeon. Explore it, survive it and find a way to escape. Your only weapons will be stealth, your own courage, and a faint light. Dreadhalls is an intense and scary experience, not for the faint of heart. You have been warned!

Why similar: Perma Death 18.2%, VR 16%, Survival Horror 12.9%, Immersive 11.4% ★, Procedural Generation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This VR-native horror game perfectly captures the claustrophobic, maze-like tension and perma-death mechanics found in Cosmodread.

Survive aboard a doomed deep space colony starship, overrun with horrific and murderous aberrations. Explore, evade and fight your way through the depths to bring the ship back to Earth. Gather resources, upgrade abilities and fabricate an arsenal of weapons in this sci-fi horror roguelite.

Why similar: VR 20%, Survival Horror 18.4%, Survival 11.3%, Procedural Generation 11%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival horror roguelike that shares the same derelict spaceship setting and intense resource management gameplay.

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: VR 41.2%, Survival 17.5%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deeply immersive VR survival experience with a focus on scavenging, weapon maintenance, and navigating hostile, surreal environments.

Discover the true meaning of fear in Alien: Isolation, a survival horror set in an atmosphere of constant dread and mortal danger.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.2%, Horror 16.6%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Space 10.9%, Survival 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for sci-fi horror, providing the same sense of vulnerability and dread when exploring a massive, decaying space station.

Monstrum takes the traditional survival horror formula and remixes it completely with procedurally generated levels, permadeath, and AI driven predators, ensuring that nowhere on its derelict cargo ship is ever truly safe.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, Horror 20%, Perma Death 9.3%, Roguelike 7.7%, Survival 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedural ship layouts and a persistent, terrifying threat that forces players to scavenge for survival.

Trapped inside the Paradise Hotel, you are desperate to find your sister. Explore dark surroundings, gather resources, and survive terrifying encounters. This intense single-player VR survival horror game with great storytelling will get your adrenaline pumping.

Why similar: VR 26.9%, Survival Horror 23.8%, Immersive 14.8% ★, Gore 11.1%, Horror 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality VR survival horror experience that emphasizes tension, limited resources, and atmospheric storytelling.

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.8%, Sci-fi 18.6%, Horror 13.6%, Space 10.8%, Gore 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim that defines the sci-fi horror genre, requiring players to survive on a hostile station filled with deadly threats.

Organ Quarter is a VR survival horror game built from the ground-up for hand-tracked virtual reality. Explore labyrinthine environments, engage in tense combat, carefully manage your resources and solve horrifying puzzles in this homage to the slow, methodical survival horror experiences of the '90s

Why similar: Survival Horror 39.9%, Horror 15.4%, Atmospheric 13%, Gore 11.2%, VR 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A VR survival horror game that excels at building a surreal, oppressive atmosphere through environmental storytelling and puzzle-solving.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Survival 25.4%, Horror 17.6%, VR 16.8%, Survival Horror 15.1%, Sci-fi 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: While primarily an underwater survival game, it shares the sci-fi isolation and terrifying exploration elements that make Cosmodread so compelling.

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

Why similar: VR 41.3%, Sci-fi 17.6%, Horror 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most polished VR interaction and sci-fi world-building, featuring intense combat encounters that feel grounded and tactile.

Vertigo 2 is a single-player VR adventure. Explore the depths of the vast Quantum Reactor as you descend to finish your journey home.

Why similar: VR 47.8%, Sci-fi 24%, Gore 13.8%, Adventure 4.8%, Action 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-exclusive sci-fi action game that features bizarre alien environments and high-stakes combat encounters.

S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 18%, Horror 16.2%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Gore 13.1%, Sci-fi 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A high-intensity sci-fi horror game that focuses on claustrophobic corridors and frantic, action-oriented survival.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Survival 14.9%, Space 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Horror 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite that uses a terminal-based interface to explore derelict ships, emphasizing the dread of the unknown.

Star shelter is a space survival game built from the ground up for VR. You are stranded in space, you must climb around in Zero-G, explore, scavenge, craft, hack and fight to survive. You have to build, arm and upgrade your own space station in order to escape the cosmic graveyard.

Why similar: VR 31.3%, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Survival 14.5%, Space 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A VR survival game that tasks you with scavenging and building in space, sharing the core loop of survival in a hostile vacuum.

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 Horror 28.3%, Survival 22.8%, Horror 14%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Gore 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D sci-fi survival game that captures the intense claustrophobia and mechanical complexity of managing a dying submarine.

The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

Why similar: Survival Horror 27.1%, Horror 17.9%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Space 15.8%, Survival 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive sci-fi survival horror experience, focusing on dismemberment and managing resources in a claustrophobic, derelict environment.

Scavenger SV-4 is a highly replayable atmospheric first-person science fiction game. Part simulator, part roguelike, it has elements of action, combat, resource management, and a dash of horror. It is not quite like any game you have played before.

Why similar: Perma Death 18.1%, Space 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Horror 13%, Procedural Generation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy space horror game that requires careful management of your craft and oxygen while exploring dangerous derelicts.

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: Perma Death 18%, Survival Horror 16.9%, Space 10.5%, Survival 10%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that puts you in charge of a team exploring derelict ships, focusing on the same themes of isolation and danger.

The Solus Project is a single player exploration adventure with survival elements. The adventure is set on a mysterious planet and is the spiritual successor to The Ball - 2010 PC Gamer Action/Adventure Game Of The Year...

Why similar: Survival 21.6%, VR 21.3%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Space 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-compatible survival game set on a hostile alien planet that emphasizes exploration and environmental hazards.

COMPOUND is a randomized rogue-lite, free-roaming shooter for VR veterans. Duck and dodge around enemy fire in a tough-as-nails retro FPS with multiple locomotion options. Download the demo below!

Why similar: VR 42.6%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled VR roguelite that focuses on fast-paced movement and survival within procedurally generated levels.

Join Wandering In Space, a unique FPS ROGUELITE SCI-FI experience built for VR. With a variety of space weapons, upgradable armory, power ups and unknown superpower, you, a soldier without any memory have to fight the mutants, cyborgs and the rebels to survive in the space of unknown...

Why similar: VR 22.9%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Gore 14.3%, Survival 12%, Space 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A VR sci-fi shooter that emphasizes survival and action in a hostile space environment.

You died in a mysterious seance and have become a Wraith, one of the restless undead. In this VR horror game, use your supernatural abilities to solve the mystery behind your death. But beware of the sinister Spectres lurking in the shadows...

Why similar: VR 62.7%, Horror 30.7%, Adventure 5.6%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A VR horror game that relies on stealth and tension rather than direct combat, mirroring the feeling of being hunted in the dark.

Syndrome, a sci-fi survival horror game that places you in a living hell inside a doomed starship. Find out what happened to your lost crew. Run. Hide. Fight. Survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.3%, Survival 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Space 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival horror game set on a spaceship where you must uncover the mystery while avoiding lethal threats.

Explore your surroundings as the protagonist of your own horror story as you immerse yourself in this tense VR thriller set in America’s Deep South. Navigate your way through your memories, piecing together the clues and puzzles, to solve the mystery of how you have awoken in the sinister Greenwater Institute, known only as Patient No.

Why similar: VR 58.4%, Horror 26.7%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological VR horror experience that excels at making the player feel trapped and vulnerable in a hostile setting.

ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.6%, Sci-fi 19.9%, Space 15.7%, Horror 13.9%, Atmospheric 12%

Far Beyond: A space odyssey VR is the first hardcore Rogue-like in Virtual Reality with a Sci-fi atmosphere and AAA graphics. It features a hard but rich gameplay focused on resources management, craft and strategy.

Why similar: VR 47.7%, Survival 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Space 8.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A VR space adventure that focuses on the isolation and environmental dangers of exploring deep space.

Combining survival horror and static wave shooting, Propagation VR will get your adrenaline pumping as you try to survive a zombie apocalypse. Armed only with your guns and your fists, fight off terrifying zombies and other multi-species mutants. Will you get out alive?

Why similar: VR 45.2%, Gore 13.8%, Horror 12.7%, Survival Horror 11.5%, Survival 11.2%

Created exclusively for VR, In Death is a Roguelite Shooter set in the godless afterlife. Battle through procedurally generated levels and dungeons in intense ranged combat, coupled with a unique locomotion system perfectly attuned to your fighting style.

Why similar: VR 59.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Horror 13.7%, Action 8.6%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A VR roguelite that features procedural generation and high-stakes combat, perfect for players who enjoy the loop of Cosmodread.

Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.5%, Horror 21.9%, Space 20.5%, Survival 14.4%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian sci-fi horror game that focuses on psychological tension and exploration on a Martian base.

Our VR only, Blue Effect is an atmospheric sci-fi wave shooter that will thrill you with excitement, test your endurance and your bravery! Use our unique control system, enjoy outstanding sound design and fight for your survival. Are you ready to face your darkest fears?

Why similar: VR 37.5%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Survival 13.4%, Horror 13%, Atmospheric 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A wave-based VR horror game that focuses on atmospheric tension and the fear of what is lurking in the darkness.

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: Perma Death 28.7%, Space 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Roguelike 11%, Sci-fi 10.8%

Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.

Why similar: Perma Death 35.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Horror 10.4%

CDF Ghostship is a science-fiction Old-style shooter featuring an open-world spaceship, space station and colony. Each new game will offer a challenge with random story-lines and narrative, random enemies and multiple endings. Can you escape the Ghostship?

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.7%, Gore 15.1%, Space 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Horror 12%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi horror shooter that focuses on exploring a derelict ship and dealing with hostile alien entities.

Into the Radius 2 is an immersive VR survival shooter, set in a realm of surreal landscapes and deadly entities known as Pechorsk Anomaly. Arm yourself with realistic weapons and venture deeper into the mysteries that lie within, either solo or with a friend by your side.

Why similar: VR 36.5%, Immersive 20.2% ★, Survival Horror 16.2%, Survival 13.7%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 22.9%, Space 18.1%, Horror 17.5%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Roguelite 13.9%

STRANGER is a Single-player Survival Thriller Horror Game. Choose your house and difficulty, then survive until dawn. Uncover mysterious truths about the STRANGER. Play on PC or with VR support

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, VR 21.5%, Immersive 19.9% ★, Survival 13.3%, Horror 11.1%

Welcome to Seeking Dawn, a multiplayer survival VR adventure that takes you far beyond the solar system. Step into the shoes of a soldier discovering a hostile planet, where predators roam free and enemies are ruthless.

Why similar: VR 61.1%, Survival 24.6%, Adventure 10.8%, Indie 3.5%

Ghostship Aftermath takes survival horror to a new level with random events and multiple story-lines. Your survival skills will be put to the test on a huge open-world military spacecraft with limited light and oxygen as you struggle to discover what happened, and fight to stay alive!

Why similar: Horror 25.5%, Survival 24.3%, VR 17.3%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Action 7%

A Robinson Crusoe–inspired VR roguelike survival adventure set in the 17th century. Shipwrecked on a ruthless tropical island, you must survive without guidance. Trust your instincts as you face wild beasts, nature’s fury, and a mysterious local tribe.

Why similar: VR 26.9%, Survival Horror 24.1%, Survival 17%, Roguelike 14.1%, Atmospheric 8.7%

A short horror game where you control a decaying spacecraft exploring distant star systems.

Why similar: Space 32%, Sci-fi 31.9%, Horror 28.7%, Adventure 3.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%

A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.4%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Horror 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Survival 11.3%

Built exclusively for VR, A-Tech Cybernetic's Story Mode will offer hours of explosive fun, while Swarm Mode will test your grit in a sci-fi nightmare scenario. Stop the mutant invasion at a futuristic megacorp, controlling an arsenal of weapons with real life movements!

Why similar: VR 27.3%, Survival Horror 19%, Gore 15.6%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Horror 10.6%

Ancient Dungeon VR is a fast-paced roguelite dungeon crawler built for VR. Explore procedurally generated dungeons, slash enemies, collect loot, and unlock upgrades in immersive physics-based combat. Play solo or co-op with up to 4 players.

Why similar: VR 37.5%, Perma Death 15.3%, Roguelike 14.1%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Roguelite 8.1%

Detached is a suspenseful interstellar duel that demands tactics and skill to survive. Separated from your unit you must make smart decisions and race to safety in this visceral exploration of deep space. Strap yourself into your spacesuit for thrilling gameplay designed for VR headsets.

Why similar: VR 38.4%, Survival 16.4%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.6%, Space 9.5%

Survival, horror at the sunless depths of the Pacific Ocean: Stranded on the seafloor with low light and few tools, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen — and sanity — give out.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.3%, VR 27.4%, Horror 21.9%, Atmospheric 11.2%, Adventure 6.2%

Step into the boots of Major Axel Vex in this survival horror descent into deep space. You embark on a mission to investigate a distress signal coming from Cengona Base. What starts off as a simple mission quickly turns into a terrifying, action-packed fight for survival.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.5%, Space 20.5%, Sci-fi 19%, Horror 18.6%, Action 4.3%

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 33%, Sci-fi 19%, Space 18.9%, Horror 15.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%

After exploring the new planet, the space crew became infected with an unknown virus. After a long epidemic, the space station plunged into chaos. Various mutations took place with the crew of the ship, which clouded their minds. Make your way to the rescue shuttle through the mysterious danger.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.5%, Action 16.5%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Horror 12.1%, Survival 11.6%

You've barely managed to escape your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you hurtle through space at the mercy of the cosmos. With no knowledge of the pod’s complex systems, your life depends on a technical manual and your own wits. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Survival 21%, Space 19.3%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Sci-fi 16.2%, VR 15.6%

NIKTOPHOBIA - sci-fi horror for 1-4 players. The team arrives at the space station to extract alien bio-samples. Players will use various tools and manipulate the station's energy to get out of trouble together.

Why similar: VR 38.8%, Space 19.6%, Horror 18.9%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Action 5.6%

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: Survival Horror 37.3%, Horror 18%, Perma Death 12.7%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Atmospheric 8%

You are trapped on a space station far above the earth. Will you ever get home to earth again?

Why similar: VR 57.2%, Space 30%, Adventure 7.5%, Indie 5.3%

Sublevel Zero Redux is a roguelite six-degree-of-freedom shooter in a universe where reality is falling apart. Use your zero-g gunship to fight through a vast underground facility, looting advanced weapons to destroy hordes of deadly enemies.

Why similar: Perma Death 26.3%, VR 21.7%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Roguelike 8.5%

Cyberfusion is a VR roguelike, physics-based, full-body FPS that immerses you in a futuristic battlefield. Featuring cybernetic implants and procedurally generated levels, this game challenges you to adapt and survive in a world where your body is your ultimate weapon.

Why similar: VR 20.6%, Procedural Generation 19.7%, Roguelike 17.2%, Horror 13.7%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Arrested and sold at auction, you have been transported to a secret testing facility in deep space. Perform the required tasks while avoiding the abomination lurking within the complex.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.9%, Horror 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Survival 13.4%, Space 11.8%

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: Roguelike 20.1%, Perma Death 19.3%, Roguelite 18.1%, Atmospheric 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.5%

An immersive story-driven shooter incorporating the cutting edge of VR gameplay, Vertigo Remastered is a complete overhaul and occasional reimagining of the 2016 original.

Why similar: VR 40.7%, Gore 20.1%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Action 7.5%, Atmospheric 6.6%