- #1 Drova - Forsaken Kin
96% matchVery Positive94% of 9,550 reviews2024
Dev: Just2DPub: Deck13
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Drova is an Action-RPG that marries the dark grim tones of its genre with the mysticism of Celtic mythology. Encounter a society where ancient restless spirits and divided factions battle for dominance. Uncover forgotten abilities and unravel the secrets of a past shrouded in mystery.
Why similar: CRPG 17.2%, Souls-like 16.4%, Action RPG 12.7%, Character Customization 9.6%, Open World 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, gritty atmosphere with pixel-art aesthetics and challenging action-RPG combat.
- #2 UnderRail
97% matchVery Positive86% of 7,150 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, CRPG 20.2%, Isometric 20%, RPG 10%, Cyberpunk 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore isometric CRPG that excels in world-building and complex character progression within a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #3 Dread Delusion
96% matchVery Positive90% of 5,114 reviews2024
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 17.9%, Souls-like 15.2%, Character Customization 11.9%, Exploration 11%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the weird, cosmic, and unsettling world-building of Death Trash through a unique retro-inspired lens.
- #4 LISA: The Painful
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,077 reviews2014
Dev: Dingaling ProductionsPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 29.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The miserable journey of a broken man...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.6%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Story Rich 11%, RPG 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the same dark, weird, and emotionally heavy post-apocalyptic tone found in Death Trash.
- #5 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,769 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Isometric 16.2%, RPG 7%, Open World 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, isometric, turn-based experience set in a mysterious, isolated post-apocalyptic facility.
- #6 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
94% matchVery Positive85% of 10,496 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Isometric 18.8%, Open World 8.4%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that leans heavily into the survival and exploration aspects of a post-nuclear wasteland.
- #7 Undungeon
93% matchMixed64% of 377 reviews2021
Dev: Laughing MachinesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Undungeon is a gorgeous Action/RPG driven by intense real-time combat and an immensely rich science fiction story. Travel between dimensions and change the world around you in an attempt to reconstruct the shattered Multiverse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Action RPG 19.8%, Isometric 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Atmospheric 8%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a similar pixel-art aesthetic and action-RPG focus while exploring strange, multi-dimensional post-apocalyptic themes.
- #8 ZERO Sievert
91% matchVery Positive85% of 15,023 reviews2024
Dev: CABO StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 24.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 43.9%, Open World 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Exploration 10.6%, Atmospheric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines pixel-art visuals with intense, top-down survival gameplay in a dangerous post-apocalyptic environment.
- #9 Wrought Flesh
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 811 reviews2021
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 34%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Open World 16.6%, Exploration 15.3%, RPG 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: A bizarre, body-horror-focused action game that mirrors the grotesque and weird aesthetic of Death Trash.
- #10 Citizen Sleeper
90% matchVery Positive92% of 10,281 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Cyberpunk 44.2%, Story Rich 15.5%, RPG 14.6%, Exploration 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a deeply atmospheric, narrative-heavy experience set in a gritty, sci-fi post-capitalist dystopia.
- #11 MEAT RPG
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 213 reviews2021
Dev: Trippin Bears
Windows · Mac · Linux
M.E.A.T. is a pixel art RPG game in a horror sci-fi setting, with renowned fight, movement and character development systems. Unravel the mystery of a sinister substance and become the hero of a small Canadian city during the Gold Rush era.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 17.3%, Isometric 16.3%, Action RPG 13.4%, Character Customization 10.4%, Open World 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A surreal, pixel-art action-RPG that leans into the grotesque and experimental nature of its setting.
- #12 Chaos Chain
89% matchVery Positive96% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.
Why similar: CRPG 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Cyberpunk 16.2%, Character Customization 9.4%, Open World 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk-themed CRPG that emphasizes survival and exploration in a gritty, urban post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #13 ATOM RPG Trudograd
89% matchVery Positive83% of 4,408 reviews2021
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Why similar: CRPG 24.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Isometric 15.5%, Open World 11.8%, RPG 6%
Why You'll Like It: A direct, high-quality expansion of the ATOM RPG formula that refines the post-apocalyptic exploration experience.
- #14 Grim Dawn
87% matchVery Positive94% of 106,543 reviews2016
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 65.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Why similar: Action RPG 64.6%, Isometric 19.8%, Character Customization 5%, RPG 5%, Post-apocalyptic 3%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that excels in dark, atmospheric world-building and deep character customization.
- #15 Exanima
88% matchVery Positive80% of 13,710 reviews2015
Dev: Bare Mettle Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Isometric 34.2%, Souls-like 23.6%, RPG 18.2%, Character Customization 13.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique physics-based combat system and a dark, dungeon-crawling atmosphere that feels remarkably tactile.
- #16 Sands of Aura
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 836 reviews2023
Dev: Chashu EntertainmentPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Sands of Aura is an open-world action adventure with a fantasy setting of a realm in its twilight--a world buried beneath a sea of sand. Sail across the sandseas to return life to a dying world in an unforgettable experience that is equal parts engaging story and unrelenting, souls-like combat.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Isometric 16%, Action RPG 16%, Open World 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG with a dark, melancholic atmosphere and a world-spanning exploration focus.
- #17 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 691 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Isometric 28.8%, Old School 13.8%, Story Rich 9.3%, Choices Matter 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric adventure game that features a highly unique, surreal post-apocalyptic world.
- #18 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
85% matchVery Positive89% of 6,535 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 37%, Isometric 20.4%, CRPG 17.2%, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a masterclass in isometric, narrative-driven RPG gameplay within a dark, cyberpunk-infused setting.
- #19 Kenshi
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 114,228 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 70.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Open World 21.3%, Action RPG 21.2%, Character Customization 17.1%, RPG 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled freedom in a brutal, sandbox post-apocalyptic world where you must carve out your own path.
- #20 Morbid: The Seven Acolytes
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,494 reviews2020
Dev: Still RunningPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is a Horrorpunk Action RPG filled with Lovecraftian horrors and Cronenbergian gore, making it the most gruesome take on the isometric Souls-like genre yet!
Why similar: Souls-like 32.1%, Lovecraftian 32%, Action RPG 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, RPG 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A Lovecraftian-inspired action-RPG that shares the dark, grotesque aesthetic of Death Trash.
- #21 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,924 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Souls-like 37.6%, Action RPG 20.6%, Open World 16%, Exploration 10.5%, RPG 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric action-RPG that emphasizes exploration and a sense of overwhelming scale.
- #22 INSOMNIA: The Ark
84% matchMixed59% of 1,263 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32%, Action RPG 13.8%, Character Customization 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.1%, RPG 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed, real-time tactical RPG set on a massive, decaying space station that feels like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #23 Kingdom of Night
78% matchVery Positive88% of 378 reviews2025
Dev: Friends of SafetyPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Hunt down nightmarish demons and save the town of Miami, AZ in this 80s-themed, isometric action-RPG. With an expansive, interconnected map and open-ended quests, explore freely while unraveling the main story. Kingdom of Night is a unique blend of coming-of-age drama, cosmic horror, and true love.
Why similar: Isometric 20.9%, Action RPG 15%, Local Co-Op 13%, Character Customization 12.6%, Open World 9.6%
- #24 Exoplanet: First Contact
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 329 reviews2016
Dev: AlersteamPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Action RPG 16%, Open World 15.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, PvE 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world action-RPG that blends western themes with a harsh, alien post-apocalyptic environment.
- #25 Powerlust
79% matchMixed69% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
Old school action RPG. Travel through an open world, design your own character class and feed your LUST for POWER by crushing your foes. Bonus replayability thanks to procedural generation, tons of abilities and items. Optional permadeath for hardcore roguelike fans!
Why similar: Isometric 28.2%, Action RPG 21%, Open World 15.3%, Old School 13.3%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that provides a fast-paced, hack-and-slash experience with dark fantasy elements.
- #26 Project Zomboid
79% matchVery Positive94% of 458,026 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 84.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Post-apocalyptic 39.3%, Open World 32.3%, Isometric 19.4%, RPG 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, isometric survival simulation that captures the desperate struggle for resources in a post-collapse world.
- #27 STASIS
81% matchVery Positive82% of 2,351 reviews2015
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.
Why similar: Isometric 55.6%, Old School 21.6%, Story Rich 10.6%, Atmospheric 9.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tense, isometric horror game that captures the claustrophobic and unsettling sci-fi vibes of Death Trash.
- #28 The Age of Decadence
80% matchVery Positive82% of 4,006 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic 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 30.2%, Isometric 23.6%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Old School 10.2%, Story Rich 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, choice-heavy RPG where your decisions have brutal consequences in a dying world.
- #29 Project Silverfish
76% matchVery Positive94% of 3,126 reviews2025
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 37%, Open World 25.5%, Exploration 21.3%, Atmospheric 13.2%, Singleplayer 3%
- #30 The Ascent
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 24,373 reviews2021
Dev: Neon GiantPub: KRAFTON, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?
Why similar: Cyberpunk 28.1%, Isometric 17.9%, Open World 13.7%, Action RPG 11.1%, Local Co-Op 10.1%
- #31 Monomyth
76% matchVery Positive92% of 625 reviews2024
Dev: Rat Tower
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
MONOMYTH is an immersive, first-person dungeon-crawling RPG inspired by the genre's late classics. Embark on a journey through a vast and highly interactive game world as you unravel the mysteries hidden beneath the ancient fortress of Lysandria.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Old School 17.3%, Action RPG 17%, Open World 13%, Character Customization 12.3%
- #32 Doomsday Hunters
77% matchVery Positive90% of 788 reviews2023
Dev: Moregames
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.2%, Cyberpunk 37.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #33 BIOMUTANT
77% matchMixed66% of 20,111 reviews2021
Dev: Experiment 101Pub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Kung-Fu fable RPG, with a unique martial arts styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting and mutant ability action.
Why similar: Open World 27%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Character Customization 13.3%, RPG 9.1%, Action RPG 9%
- #34 Devil Spire Falls
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 867 reviews2025
Dev: Ithiro Sumi
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The open-world action-RPG, where you can do anything, of your dreams… as if it came out 30 years ago!
Why similar: Souls-like 25.2%, Action RPG 22.1%, Open World 18.3%, Character Customization 17.4%, Exploration 9%
- #35 Quasimorph
75% matchVery Positive83% of 6,283 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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: Cyberpunk 55.6%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, RPG 17.1%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #36 Pale Coins
74% matchVery Positive93% of 305 reviews2025
Dev: Lukas Irzl
Windows
Journey into the ruthless open world of Pale Coins, an old-school fantasy RPG. Face punishing bosses, goblin-infested dungeons, and discover legendary weapons as you customize your champion and fight across Grenmark for the fabled Champion's Coin.
Why similar: Souls-like 22.2%, Action RPG 15.1%, Open World 12.6%, Character Customization 11%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #37 SULFUR
73% matchVery Positive87% of 9,256 reviews2024
Dev: Perfect Random
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.
Why similar: Action RPG 69.5%, RPG 30.5%
- #38 Soulash 2
73% matchVery Positive86% of 2,385 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Open World 35.7%, Exploration 21.9%, RPG 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 19.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #39 GRAVEN
75% matchMixed54% of 1,513 reviews2024
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Action, mystery, and a chance for redemption await you in the gritty first-person action-adventure GRAVEN. Explore a dark fantasy world as a wrongly convicted man of faith. Battle the horrors of humanity, the wilds, and beyond using armaments, magic, and the environment.
Why similar: Old School 31.4%, Exploration 19.6%, Story Rich 16.3%, RPG 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.5%
- #40 Nightmare Reaper
73% matchVery Positive94% of 3,761 reviews2022
Dev: Blazing Bit Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Old School 49.3%, Pixel Graphics 30.3%, Atmospheric 16.4%, Singleplayer 4%
- #41 CULTIC
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,459 reviews2022
Dev: Jasozz GamesPub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Why similar: Old School 55.4%, Lovecraftian 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.5%, PvE 8%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #42 Dark Light: Survivor
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 288 reviews2026
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows
Dark Light: Survivor is a dark sci-fi action roguelike with ARPG loot and third-person shooter combat. Switch anytime between top-down view and TPS aiming as you build weapons, skills, and classes across brutal multiverse runs.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 57.8%, Cyberpunk 20%, Atmospheric 13%, RPG 9.1%
- #43 MycoRelic
71% matchVery Positive92% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: Sandy Dingo Games
Windows
MycoRelic is a cooperative third person action-RPG set on islands inhabited by tribal mushroom robots. Loot derelict foundries to upgrade your robotic body. Explore ancient temples to infuse your fungus with forgotten elemental powers.
Why similar: Souls-like 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.6%, Action RPG 17.5%, Exploration 9.4%, RPG 7.3%
- #44 Tombwater
70% matchVery Positive93% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Moth AtlasPub: Midwest Games
Windows
A Souls-Like Western full of Eldritch horrors. Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the darkness that lies beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that may just drive you to madness.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.8%, Lovecraftian 24%, Action RPG 15.6%, Open World 11.3%, Exploration 8.8%
- #45 Space Trash Scavenger
71% matchVery Positive84% of 521 reviews2024
Dev: SquarePlay GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Grab your jetpack and explore procedural asteroid fields, derelict spaceships and abandoned outposts. Build and automate your Space Rig to process scavenged trash. Craft, trade and fight your way home in this interstellar, open-world survival sandbox.
Why similar: Open World 49.1%, Exploration 27.2%, Atmospheric 17.4%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #46 CODEX MORTIS
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: GROLAFPub: CRUNCHFEST
Windows · Linux
Death is your weapon. Mix five schools of dark magic, unleash devastating spell synergies, and raise undead armies in this necromantic bullet hell. Infinite builds, solo or co-op – embrace the forbidden and dominate. 100% AI-driven development.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 42.6%, Old School 22.4%, Pixel Graphics 20.5%, RPG 14.5%
- #47 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
68% matchVery Positive94% of 3,563 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Lovecraftian 20%, CRPG 19%, Old School 10.8%, Character Customization 10.3%, Exploration 9.5%
- #48 Atomic Exile
68% matchVery Positive82% of 115 reviews2025
Dev: Inferno Muse Interactive
Windows
Atomic Exile is a top down post-apocalyptic extraction shooter set in the desert wastelands of near future America. You will visit enclaves, explore devastated ruins and encounter NPCs such as other survivors, raiders, mutated beasts and rogue machines.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.6%, Open World 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #49 Trashed
71% matchMixed46% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Josh PresseisenPub: Crescent Moon Games
Windows
Take over a disfunctional Waste Management Facility on a distant planet. Build incinerators, recyclers, robots, turrets, and more. Battle vicious creatures on the planet's surface with powerful weapons!
Why similar: Character Customization 59.4%, Exploration 40.6%
- #50 Dark Light
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 743 reviews2022
Dev: Mirari&Co.
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Dark Light is a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with intense hack'n slash combat. Explore the unknown, enhance your abilities with cyberwares, and face off against supernatural entities to seal the Dark Void and end the eternal darkness.
Why similar: Souls-like 38.1%, Cyberpunk 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Atmospheric 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #51 Hellpoint
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,491 reviews2020
Dev: Cradle GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.
Why similar: Souls-like 39.2%, Lovecraftian 27.6%, Action RPG 15.7%, RPG 9.5%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #52 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
70% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Frontline: Games Series
Windows
Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 49.1%, Open World 24.4%, Exploration 15.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%
- #53 DAIMON BLADES
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: StreumOn Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
From the creators of E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy, a cult cyberpunk RPG. Daimon Blades is a brutal first person slasher that combines the depth of action RPGs and replayability of roguelites. Launch expeditions solo or up to 4 players, and survive the many horrors of the Daimon Realm.
Why similar: Souls-like 48.5%, Character Customization 22.1%, PvE 18.5%, RPG 10.9%
- #54 No Rest for the Wicked
65% matchVery Positive80% of 79,168 reviews2024
Dev: Moon Studios GmbH
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
From Moon Studios, the award-winning creators of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, comes No Rest for the Wicked, a unique, visceral Action RPG set in a hand-crafted world with Souls-like combat. Featuring co-op for up to four players.
Why similar: Souls-like 24.4%, Isometric 19%, Action RPG 15.5%, Open World 11.9%, Character Customization 11.6%
- #55 SurrounDead
65% matchVery Positive92% of 25,610 reviews2022
Dev: ZurvivorPub: PlaySurrounDead
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Post-apocalyptic 42.6%, Open World 28.7%, Exploration 9.4%, PvE 8.8%, RPG 7.4%
- #56 Glitchpunk
67% matchMixed49% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Dark LordPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Inspired by classic top-down action games, Glitchpunk lets you brawl, shoot and drive your way through a dystopian future. As an android bounty hunter in a brutal world of gangs, cults and corporations there’s plenty of work for you. Lock and load, let her rip!
Why similar: Cyberpunk 52.5%, Open World 24.4%, Old School 20.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #57 Waste Walkers
69% matchVery Positive80% of 215 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Character Customization 14.7%, Open World 13.9%, Exploration 8.6%