Games Like Distrust: Polar Survival

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Survival 18.5%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, Horror 15.5%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a tense, top-down perspective with a heavy emphasis on atmospheric horror and survival mechanics.

Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.

Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Exploration 15.3%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Strategy 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the brutal Arctic survival and social paranoia themes found in the seed game.

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 27%, Top-Down 17.2%, Survival Horror 17.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Procedural Generation 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that requires careful resource management and base maintenance in a sci-fi setting.

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 19.7%, Survival 19.4%, Co-op 18.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Horror 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense, claustrophobic survival and management mechanics in a hostile, icy environment.

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

Why similar: Survival 28.1%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Isometric 17%, Horror 13.8%, Top-Down 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic landscape that mirrors the seed game's setting.

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 31%, Point & Click 20.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a gripping, isometric sci-fi horror experience with a focus on narrative and environmental storytelling.

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Why similar: Survival 40.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management of a crew trapped in the Arctic, emphasizing the psychological toll of isolation.

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: Procedural Generation 22.3%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.3%, Exploration 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down survival game where you manage a team through dangerous, procedurally generated environments.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 55.1%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedural generation and a strong focus on managing hunger, sanity, and health in a hostile world.

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 38.1%, Psychological Horror 24.8%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down psychological horror game that emphasizes resource scarcity and inventory management.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 73.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Horror 4%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that forces you to manage a group of survivors in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

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

Why similar: Survival 49.3%, Exploration 12.8%, Atmospheric 11.3%, Survival Horror 8.9%, Co-op 6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive Arctic survival experience, focusing on the harsh reality of cold and resource scarcity.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 67.8%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Strategy 13%, Singleplayer 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gritty, day-to-day survival and psychological management of a group of survivors.

2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!

Why similar: Psychedelic 18.6%, Survival Horror 18.5%, Isometric 14.3%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A stealth-horror game with a top-down perspective that requires careful planning and resource management.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 29.1%, Exploration 19.6%, Horror 12.7%, Roguelite 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, top-down exploration game where managing your crew's sanity is as important as your resources.

A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 18%, Survival Horror 16.6%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative survival game that focuses on scavenging resources in dangerous, procedurally generated facilities.

Inside the Backrooms is a horror multiplayer game mixed with different mechanics that will make you spend an intense night with friends. Explore, think, interact, but be careful, it is rumored that there are several entities wishing to find you...

Why similar: Horror 18.8%, Survival Horror 18%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Co-op 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game that relies on puzzle-solving and survival in a disorienting, procedural environment.

Northern Canada, 1970. A strange blizzard ravages Atamipek Lake. Step into the shoes of a detective to explore the eerie village, investigate surreal events, and battle the elements to survive. Kona is a chilly interactive tale you won't soon forget.

Why similar: Survival 30.5%, Survival Horror 17.3%, Horror 16.3%, Atmospheric 12.7%, Exploration 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: An Arctic-set mystery game that emphasizes survival and environmental storytelling.

Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.

Why similar: Survival Horror 24.5%, Survival 20.8%, Horror 17.8%, Psychological Horror 16.4%, Strategy 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror game that emphasizes the struggle against the cold and encroaching threats.

Dark Hours is a co-op survival horror game for 1-4 players. Your heist has been disrupted by a supernatural event, and your team of robbers is now trapped with an evil entity. Forget your plan, your mission is to survive. Explore and cooperate to find a way out.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.5%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 11.3%, Horror 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A cooperative horror game where players must survive against supernatural threats in a high-stakes environment.

Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.

Why similar: Survival Horror 28.8%, Survival 21.9%, Roguelite 20.4%, Procedural Generation 18.7%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror roguelite that focuses on managing a group of survivors through a dangerous, procedurally generated world.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Tactical 23.6%, Procedural Generation 22.8%, Roguelite 21.3%, Sci-fi 16.9%, Strategy 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down roguelite that emphasizes resource management and procedural exploration.

Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!

Why similar: Survival Horror 19%, Horror 16.7%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Survival 10.4%, Co-op 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A team-based horror game that focuses on investigation and survival against supernatural entities.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Survival 33.2%, Procedural Generation 24.3%, Sci-fi 19%, Strategy 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep management simulation that forces you to deal with procedural disasters and the psychological needs of your colonists.

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Survival 15.7%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that emphasizes the difficulty of managing resources in a hostile world.

Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16%, Horror 14.9%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Co-op 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game that features team-based survival and exploration in dangerous settings.

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 21.2%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Horror 12.3%, Co-op 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 39.4%, Isometric 15.1%, Multiplayer 14.6%, Survival Horror 14.1%, Co-op 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival game with deep mechanics for health, hunger, and environmental management.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Roguelite 21.1%, Top-Down 16.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Exploration 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, procedurally generated survival game with a focus on tactical combat and resource management.

Step into the frozen unknown in Forsaken Frontiers, a cooperative analog horror adventure set in the unforgiving embrace of an everlasting winter.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 18%, Online Co-Op 14.9%, Co-op 13.8%, Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12.7%

A visually lifelike co-op horror game for 1-6 people. Journey through 11 procedurally generated levels, using what's available to survive and progress deeper into the Backrooms.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.1%, Horror 12.7%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Multiplayer 11%

In this weirdcore 1-4 player survival horror wander the infinite mall and encounter the strange and unique entities that inhabit it. Death is your best guide in learning how to exist in this place.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 16.8%, Survival Horror 16%, Survival 10.6%, Online Co-Op 10%, Roguelite 9.9%

Survival horror with roguelike elements. Explore randomized levels with different items and entities while trying to maintain your thirst, hunger, and sanity, ensuring a new experience every time. Play alone or with up to TEN friends online! Cross-platform multiplayer with Nintendo Switch.

Why similar: Psychedelic 15.9%, Survival Horror 15.4%, Psychological Horror 10.4%, Online Co-Op 10%, Horror 9.7%

Welcome to Dustown is a single-player or cooperative horror game for up to 4 players. Play as field scientists exploring vast labyrinthine cornfields, collecting samples and evidence for a mysterious corporation. Make sure you don't get killed at the crossroads.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 13.7%, Survival Horror 12.7%, Psychological Horror 12%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Horror 10.1%

A co-op extraction horror for 1-4 players where you survive nuclear wastelands on a train. Scavenge scrap for fuel and supplies, and use voice mechanics to stay alive.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.2%, Psychological Horror 15.8%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Horror 11.6%, Survival 10.3%

An online co-op horror game where you pacify, weaken and capture supernatural creatures for PAH Inc. Each level has a different story, unique monsters, and multiple endings. Play single player or together with up to 6 friends. Includes proximity voice chat with fun effects.

Why similar: Horror 20.6%, Online Co-Op 17.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 11%

In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...

Why similar: Survival 21.1%, Co-op 15%, Horror 12.5%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Survival Horror 9.8%

Explore 20+ handcrafted levels filled with puzzles, secrets, and hidden lore. Collect, trade, and upgrade your tools as you uncover the story behind a realistic world full of danger and discovery.

Why similar: Survival Horror 26.4%, Horror 19%, Psychological Horror 16.6%, Survival 9.7%, Exploration 7.3%

CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...

Why similar: Psychological Horror 21.8%, Horror 20.7%, Survival 15.9%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Co-op 8.5%

Mycelium: The Silent Contract is a co-op/single player extraction horror set in a haunted liminal forest. Your contract is simple: get mycelium and extract. But in this forest, nothing is what it seems. So what did you sign, exactly?

Why similar: Procedural Generation 18.4%, Survival Horror 16%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Co-op 10.6%, Horror 10.5%

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

Why similar: Survival 45.5%, Horror 29.3%, Survival Horror 8%, Adventure 6.4%, Atmospheric 4.6%

2012. The Arctic research station "Persei" loses contact with the outside world. You are Ethan Miller, a technician sent to the facility to fix the issues. But something here has clearly gone out of control.

Why similar: Psychological Horror 43.5%, Horror 23.5%, Adventure 16.6%, Exploration 14.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Silent Rain is a challenging and immersive co-op horror game, for 1 to 4 players. Explore abandoned locations, solve puzzles, and gather information while trying to survive the threats lurking in the dark. How many tries will it take you to master your fear?

Why similar: Survival Horror 18.7%, Horror 12.6%, Survival 11.4%, Co-op 11.4%, Psychological Horror 11%

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: Isometric 36.5%, Survival 20.3%, Horror 14.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%

IT Simulator is a co-op horror game where two players attempt to return power to an office building. Take the role of the all-seeing Control Room or the stealthy Repair Technician as you risk everything to d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ escape.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 28.2%, Horror 23.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Return the Backrooms is a Co-op horror game for 1-4 players where you can have a great time with your friends. Think, Explore, Wander, find the key items and try to escape. but be careful because something is lurking in the dark...

Why similar: Psychedelic 21.5%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Join into this confusing procedural maze. Lose yourself... is the only way to get out. Sleeping Dawn is a survival horror cooperative game up to 4 players. Join your friends, cooperate with them, make quick choices and... RUN. What really matters is not falling asleep: it's your last chance.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.8%, Horror 21.8%, Procedural Generation 19.9%, Online Co-Op 15.2%, Multiplayer 13.1%

Explore abandoned biospheres at the bottom of the ocean, alone or with up to 4 friends.

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.7%, Horror 16.5%, Survival Horror 16.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Psychological Horror 11.6%

Soviet Survival is an isometric, open-world survival game where you must find your place in the ruined Soviet Union.

Why similar: Isometric 27.4%, Survival 21.6%, Survival Horror 20.3%, Online Co-Op 13%, Multiplayer 12.1%

Survive the world's deadliest psychopaths. Experience a unique 2-player co-op experience that puts your teamwork and communication to the test. Complete your duties alone or with a partner in a prison like no other.

Why similar: Survival Horror 21.7%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Horror 14.5%, Psychological Horror 14.2%, Survival 13.9%

Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.2%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Co-op 13.2%, Horror 12%, Sci-fi 11.3%

PANICORE is a survival horror game that mixes permadeath, AI monsters and a co-op experience up to 5 players (4 players in demo). Try to escape and don't get caught, but beware: they don't only hear your steps, but also your voice.

Why similar: Horror 23.4%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Co-op 7.9%

KLETKA is a co-op (up to 6 players) horror game about going down in an elevator that is trying to eat you. Feed the elevator, explore deadly floors and descend deeper.

Why similar: Co-op 22.3%, Online Co-Op 20.8%, Horror 20.2%, Roguelite 16.3%, Atmospheric 8%

Escape room meets co-op survival horror. The year is 1998, and an ancient curse has been unleashed, trapping everyone on Mount Bisik. Alone or with up to 4 players, you must explore, find clues, figure out a way to escape...and survive the horror.

Why similar: Isometric 23.6%, Survival Horror 20%, Tactical 15.7%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Horror 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: Survival Horror 19.2%, Psychological Horror 16.3%, Horror 15.2%, Roguelite 11.2%, Exploration 10.8%

A multiplayer horror where you escape a laboratory at the cost of others.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Horror 14.6%, Co-op 13.4%, Multiplayer 11.1%

While trying to find a payphone during a powerful storm, Mitch instead finds himself in a library filled with horrors and traps all laid out to end his life. Guide him to sanctuary or his demise in this horror adventure game found on a strange cartridge.

Why similar: Point & Click 16.9%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 15.5%, Horror 12.9%, Top-Down 11%

PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

Why similar: Online Co-Op 19.2%, Co-op 17.3%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Procedural Generation 14.7%, Survival Horror 8.8%