Games Like Dead Space (2008)

Three years after the Necromorph infestation aboard the USS Ishimura, Isaac Clarke awakens from a coma, confused, disoriented, and on a space station called The Sprawl. Explore this world and its zero-g environments to discover the truth about the Unitology and its role in the Necromorph epidemic.

Why similar: Horror 18.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, Third-Person Shooter 12.3%, Space 10.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel preserves the dismemberment-focused combat, limited supplies, grotesque Necromorphs, and cinematic sci-fi horror of the Ishimura.

Survive to escape the horrors of Callisto and uncover the dark secrets of Jupiter’s dead moon.

Why similar: Horror 18.6%, Survival Horror 16%, Space 15.1%, Third-Person Shooter 15%, Sci-fi 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its deliberately weighty third-person combat, gore-heavy monster encounters, and prison-on-a-moon setting make it the closest modern spiritual counterpart.

Journey across space to the icy planet of Tau Volantis with Isaac Clarke and Sgt. John Carver to discover and destroy the source of the Necromorph outbreak.

Why similar: Horror 22.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Space 11.6%, Survival Horror 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It continues Isaac's story with Necromorph dismemberment, weapon crafting, hostile spacecraft, and a more action-oriented optional co-op campaign.

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

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Space 14.2%, Sci-fi 14%, Aliens 11%

Why You'll Like It: It trades gunplay for stealth but delivers exceptional space-station dread, scavenging, and the feeling of being trapped aboard a decaying vessel with an unstoppable creature.

The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Horror 14.6%, Third-Person Shooter 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Gore 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This third-person survival horror puts you in a frozen research base battling shape-shifting aliens while managing squad trust and dwindling resources.

Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.

Why similar: Horror 30.1%, Survival Horror 22.1%, Gore 12.7%, Third Person 7.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its brutal third-person combat, scarce supplies, lethal traps, and grotesque creature design offer a similarly relentless survival-horror experience.

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: Horror 20.6%, Space 20.4%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Survival Horror 11.8%, Aliens 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Explore a compromised space station full of alien mimics, improvised weapons, environmental storytelling, and escalating isolation in this systemic sci-fi horror adventure.

Survival is just the beginning. Six years have passed since the biological disaster in Raccoon City. Leon S. Kennedy, one of the survivors, tracks the president's kidnapped daughter to a secluded European village, where there is something terribly wrong with the locals.

Why similar: Horror 25%, Survival Horror 20.8%, Third-Person Shooter 20.2%, Gore 7%, Third Person 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its over-the-shoulder shooting, tense ammunition management, upgrade loop, and increasingly horrific enemy encounters strongly complement Dead Space's action-survival rhythm.

A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.

Why similar: Horror 33.6%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Gore 10.6%, Space 9.3%, Survival Horror 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark Martian base, demonic ambushes, flashlight-driven tension, and frantic corridor combat make it a classic companion to Dead Space's sci-fi scares.

A deadly virus engulfs the residents of Raccoon City in September of 1998, plunging the city into chaos as flesh eating zombies roam the streets for survivors. An unparalleled adrenaline rush, gripping storyline, and unimaginable horrors await you. Witness the return of Resident Evil 2.

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.7%, Horror 25.5%, Gore 11.4%, Third Person 10.8%, Zombies 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This polished survival-horror remake emphasizes careful exploration, scarce ammunition, oppressive environments, and grotesque enemies that punish reckless play.

Resident Evil® Revelations returns redefined for PC complete with high quality HD visuals, enhanced lighting effects and an immersive sound experience.

Why similar: Horror 27.3%, Survival Horror 20.4%, Third-Person Shooter 18.1%, Third Person 6.9%, Action 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Aboard an abandoned cruise ship, its episodic third-person survival horror, environmental tension, and bio-organic monsters feel especially close to Dead Space's setting.

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

Why similar: Survival Horror 36%, Sci-fi 23.3%, Third-Person Shooter 12.8%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Dark 7%

Why You'll Like It: Despite its retro top-down presentation, it captures Dead Space's core appeal with isolated space horror, limited inventory, cryptic storytelling, and grotesque infected enemies.

Detective Sebastian Castellanos has lost everything, including his daughter, Lily. To save her, he must descend into the nightmarish world of STEM. Horrifying threats emerge from every corner, and he must rely on his wits to survive. For his one chance at redemption, the only way out is in.

Why similar: Horror 29%, Survival Horror 23.1%, Third-Person Shooter 11%, Gore 9.7%, Third Person 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the first game's tense third-person survival combat with explorable haunted spaces, crafting, stealth, and disturbing sci-fi body horror.

Assume the role of Special Forces Sgt. Becket as your routine mission quickly turns into a fight for survival against the wrath of Alma Wade. As Alma's terrifying power surges out of control, your squad is forced to battle through an apocalyptic landscape in search of clues for how to destroy her!

Why similar: Horror 58%, Gore 15.3%, Action 9%, Shooter 7.4%, Sci-fi 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Although first-person, it matches Dead Space's blend of intense gunfights, supernatural terror, grisly encounters, and oppressive industrial interiors.

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.

Why similar: Horror 34%, Gore 24%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Survival Horror 10.9%, Atmospheric 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This unsettling biomechanical nightmare emphasizes disturbing alien architecture, environmental puzzles, and deliberate exploration through a hostile organic world.

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: Horror 23.4%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Atmospheric 5%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi survival horror places you aboard a derelict colony ship, using stealth, scavenging, and desperate close-quarters combat against mutated crew.

BioShock is a shooter unlike any you've ever played, loaded with weapons and tactics never seen. You'll have a complete arsenal at your disposal from simple revolvers to grenade launchers and chemical throwers, but you'll also be forced to genetically modify your DNA to create an even more deadly weapon: you.

Why similar: Horror 32.6%, Sci-fi 16%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Action 9.7%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its immersive ruined-world exploration, unnerving enemy encounters, limited-resource pressure, and environmental storytelling make it a strong atmospheric action-horror pick.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Horror 27.6%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Gore 13.6%, Atmospheric 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It is far less combat-focused, but its isolated underwater sci-fi facility, existential terror, and superb environmental storytelling strongly suit Dead Space's atmosphere fans.

A third-person Action/Shooter that thrusts players into a sci-fi flavored nightmare scenario set in the post Cold War era.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.8%, Gore 16.2%, Horror 15.5%, Third Person 10.7%, Action 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its over-the-shoulder combat, disturbing transformation powers, upgradeable weaponry, and grotesque infected enemies echo the action side of Dead Space.

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Horror 18.7%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Action 15.2%, Shooter 14%, Gore 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It turns the trapped-in-space feeling into a heavy co-op shooter, sending armored soldiers through derelict vessels overrun by horrifying alien hordes.

Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Why similar: Horror 22.7%, Third-Person Shooter 20.3%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Third Person 13.9%, Action 8%

Why You'll Like It: Its telekinetic third-person combat and shifting brutalist facility create an eerie supernatural alternative for players who enjoy fighting through a hostile, unknowable complex.

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: Horror 19.2%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Space 16%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Gore 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This low-key survival horror game focuses on sneaking and scavenging through a damaged spaceship filled with hostile mutated crew members.

RE Revelations 2 continues the series acclaimed essential survival horror experience, while uncovering startling truths.

Why similar: Horror 26.7%, Survival Horror 21.8%, Third-Person Shooter 14.6%, Gore 7.5%, Zombies 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its co-op-capable campaign combines third-person shooting, resource management, grotesque experiments, and isolated prison-island horror.

BREAK THE CYCLE Fight to survive as this award-winning third-person shooter brings Selene’s story to PC. Take on roguelike challenges. Engage enemies in bullet hell-fuelled clashes. Share your journey through Returnal™ with another player.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.4%, Space 23.4%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Horror 12.2%, Action 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This fast third-person roguelite replaces survival-horror pacing with bullet-hell action but retains alien isolation, cosmic dread, and a protagonist trapped in a hostile sci-fi loop.

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: Horror 18.7%, Space 13.5%, Survival Horror 13.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Sci-fi 10.4%

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: Horror 36.3%, Space 27.4%, Sci-fi 22.9%, Atmospheric 5.2%, Survival 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-driven Mars horror game emphasizes isolation, malfunctioning facilities, hallucinations, and escalating cosmic dread over a similar space-colony backdrop.

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

Why similar: Horror 22.4%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Survival Horror 14.5%, Space 14%, Gore 8.1%

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: Horror 18.5%, Space 16.6%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Sci-fi 16%, Aliens 10.8%

DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

Why similar: Horror 24.4%, Survival Horror 23.9%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, Gore 10.4%, Third Person 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its old-school third-person survival-horror structure emphasizes limited inventory, deliberate reloading, puzzle-solving, and dangerous biohazard outbreaks.

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: Horror 24.7%, Space 22.1%, Survival Horror 17.9%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Shooter 7.6%

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 52.1%, Gore 10.6%, Action 8.2%, Shooter 7.3%, Sci-fi 6.7%

Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.

Why similar: Horror 51.5%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Gore 13.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Dark 4.4%

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 21.4%, Space 21%, Horror 21%, Sci-fi 16%, Shooter 6.2%

As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

Why similar: Sci-fi 28.6%, Space 21.7%, Third-Person Shooter 20.5%, Third Person 8.1%, Action 5.9%

You & your friends are the deadliest killers in the galaxy – the US Colonial Marines. It’s up to you to not just survive, but wipe out the Xeno infestation.

Why similar: Aliens 19.6%, Horror 19.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Space 15.8%, Action 9.5%

Survive, hunt and prey in the deadly jungles and swamps in distinctly new and thrilling first person gameplay.

Why similar: Horror 23.3%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Aliens 17.1%, Gore 13%, Action 8.2%

An unparalleled alien invasion has overwhelmed the Mining Block Facility on the moon Triton, leaving only death and horror in its wake. You are a mercenary known as Operator8 and you alone have been called in to bring a stop to this fierce attack. Destroy the hive mind at all costs!

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.3%, Space 17.3%, Horror 16.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Aliens 12.3%

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Horror 15.9%, Third-Person Shooter 14.5%, Space 12.6%, Survival Horror 12.3%, Aliens 10.8%

In a city where information is heavily monitored, couriers called Runners transport sensitive data. In this seemingly utopian paradise, a crime has been committed, & you are being hunted. You are a Runner called Faith and this innovative first-person action-adventure is your story.

Why similar: Sci-fi 38.8%, Action 18.3%, Futuristic 17.9%, Atmospheric 15%, Singleplayer 7%

Fight for your life in the INDIE SCI-FI FPS game fit for both casual and hard-core gamers with a passion for hunting down hordes of zombies. Prepare yourselves for the incoming nightmare!

Why similar: Horror 24.9%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Space 12.3%, Gore 11.3%, Zombies 8.3%

Aliens are decimating New York City, only you have the technology to survive. Be The Weapon.

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.5%, Aliens 18.2%, Action 16.2%, Shooter 14.2%, Futuristic 7.9%

Emergency Protocol activated: Dark Energy Particle Synthesis failed. Now you – late and alone – must navigate a facility where science and sanity have collapsed. Face entities born from the corruption of dark energy in this atmospheric FPS-horror hybrid, where human ambition meets primal terror.

Why similar: Horror 22.1%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Silent Protagonist 17.7% ★, Sci-fi 14.4%, Gore 7.9%

A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.

Why similar: Horror 35.4%, Third Person 17.2%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Action 8.4%, Survival Horror 7.8%

F.E.A.R. 3 delivers all the hallmarks that define the F.E.A.R. brand: terrifying paranormal experience, frenetic combat and a dramatic storyline.

Why similar: Horror 53.1%, Gore 14.4%, Action 10%, Shooter 9.7%, Sci-fi 6%

A short horror about exploring abandoned space stations and collecting junk in order to pay off your S.R.P.O debt.

Why similar: Space 27.6%, Horror 26%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Atmospheric 8%, Dark 7.1%

The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.

Why similar: Survival Horror 31.5%, Horror 28.8%, Third Person 7.1%, Zombies 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.4%

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: Horror 27.2%, Survival Horror 18%, Sci-fi 16%, Space 15.9%, Atmospheric 6.4%

Penumbra: Overture is a first person survival horror game, emphasizing on survival and problem solving instead of mindless violence and gore.

Why similar: Horror 54.1%, Survival Horror 22.9%, Atmospheric 6.7%, Dark 5.2%, Action 3%

Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.9%, Horror 19.2%, Sci-fi 16%, Space 13.4%, Gore 10.2%

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Space 36.1%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Horror 20.1%, Atmospheric 5.9%, Survival 5%

Uncover the chilling secrets beneath the Antarctic ice in this survival horror FPS. Shoot unimaginable creatures, solve cryptic puzzles, and fight for your life in the frozen wastelands.​

Why similar: Horror 27.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Survival Horror 12.1%, Space 8.9%, Aliens 8.8%

Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living. Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Horror 26.4%, Third-Person Shooter 22.6%, Zombies 6%, Action 5.7%

An immersive, first-person survival shooter where you step into the boots of Special Agent Aiden Clark. Dive deep into a hazardous underground laboratory, tasked with the perilous mission of neutralizing a biological menace and securing a pathogen sample.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28%, Horror 27%, Gore 12.1%, Shooter 8.6%, Zombies 5.9%

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone. In space, death takes many forms.

Why similar: Horror 21.1%, Survival Horror 19.6%, Space 19.2%, Aliens 12.9%, Third Person 10.7%

In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 31.3%, Sci-fi 19.8%, Gore 13.5%, Third Person 12.7%, Action 9.5%