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 15.6%, Exploration 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival horror game that masterfully captures the same sense of dread and atmospheric isolation found in Distrust.

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 27.1%, Survival Horror 17.2%, Top-Down 17.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Procedural Generation 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down sci-fi survival game that focuses on managing hunger, temperature, and sanity in a dangerous facility.

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 28.3%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Isometric 17%, Horror 13.8%, Top-Down 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game set in a frozen, post-apocalyptic landscape that requires careful resource management.

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 11.7%

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

The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Why similar: Survival 33.4%, Co-op 16.1%, Multiplayer 14%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Survival Horror 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar Arctic survival setting with procedural generation and a strong emphasis on co-op exploration.

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 30.9%, Point & Click 20.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Horror 14%, Psychological Horror 9%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric sci-fi horror game that excels at environmental storytelling and psychological tension.

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 39.3%, Isometric 15.2%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Survival Horror 14.2%, Co-op 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most in-depth top-down survival experience with complex mechanics for managing health and environment.

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 18.7%, Survival Horror 18.6%, Isometric 14.3%, Horror 12%, Psychological Horror 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down horror game that combines stealth and survival elements with a dark, unsettling atmosphere.

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 22.1%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Horror 17.3%, Exploration 16.1%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric, procedurally generated sci-fi game that focuses on tactical survival and management.

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 47.9%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 10.9%, Survival Horror 8.8%, Co-op 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: While first-person, it is the definitive Arctic survival experience that mirrors the harsh, cold-weather struggle of Distrust.

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%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Survival Horror 7.7%, Exploration 7.5%, Adventure 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential top-down survival game featuring procedural worlds and a critical sanity management mechanic.

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 40.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Atmospheric 14.5%, Exploration 14.2%, Adventure 10%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival game centered on an Arctic expedition where management and morale are key.

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 73.5%, Strategy 16.2%, Horror 4%, Singleplayer 3.1%, Adventure 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic management game that requires you to keep a group alive in a confined, resource-scarce environment.

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 68%, Atmospheric 14.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the psychological and physical toll of survival in a bleak, top-down perspective.

“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Why similar: Survival 40.9%, Co-op 18.6%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Online Co-Op 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival adventure that emphasizes crafting and managing basic needs against supernatural threats.

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 54.2%, Procedural Generation 31.9%, Strategy 9%, Adventure 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival game with a focus on scavenging and environmental hazards in a harsh, unforgiving world.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Survival 44.8%, Top-Down 21.4%, Exploration 15.2%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Adventure 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that balances exploration and resource gathering in a hostile, post-apocalyptic world.

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Why similar: Survival 63.5%, Co-op 10.8%, Multiplayer 10%, Online Co-Op 5.7%, Survival Horror 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: The co-op version of the survival classic, perfect for those who enjoyed the multiplayer aspect of Distrust.

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 19.7%, Horror 12.8%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Roguelite 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a top-down perspective with a heavy emphasis on sanity management and exploration in a dark, atmospheric 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 38.3%, Psychological Horror 24.7%, Sci-fi 18.9%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Adventure 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down perspective horror game that leans heavily into psychological sci-fi themes and resource scarcity.

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 33.4%, Procedural Generation 24.1%, Sci-fi 19%, Strategy 11.8%, Atmospheric 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down management game where surviving harsh climates and psychological breakdowns are core gameplay loops.

The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 32.6%, Survival 31.7%, Top-Down 17.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Adventure 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, realistic survival simulator set in an ancient, cold wilderness that demands extreme attention to environmental conditions.

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: Survival 100%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game where the environment is just as dangerous as the enemies, requiring careful planning to survive.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 35.7%, Survival 25.5%, Online Co-Op 23.5%, Exploration 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that blends base building and social management in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 16.8%, Survival 15.2%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Roguelite 14.1%, Psychological Horror 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based survival game that focuses on resource management and procedural exploration under constant pressure.

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%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Strategy 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric tactical game that emphasizes exploration and survival in a dying, mysterious universe.

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 20.8%, Top-Down 16.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Exploration 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, procedurally generated survival game that features a distinct top-down aesthetic and high stakes.

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 21.4%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, Horror 12.4%, Co-op 11.8%, Psychological Horror 9.7%

CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

Why similar: Survival 100%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival game with a top-down perspective that focuses on technology, crafting, and environmental adaptation.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Survival 42.2%, Co-op 21%, Roguelite 19.5%, Multiplayer 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, procedurally generated survival game that emphasizes group management and difficult decision-making.

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 17.8%, Online Co-Op 14.8%, Co-op 13.9%, Horror 12.9%, Psychological Horror 12.8%

Backrooms: Wit's End is an immersive coop survival horror game, featuring procedurally generated, non-linear level progression and dynamic gameplay mechanics. Explore the different disturbing levels with your friends, while trying to escape from many puzzling entities.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.1%, Survival Horror 16.2%, Psychological Horror 14%, Co-op 13%, Horror 11.4%

Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Why similar: Isometric 23.8%, Procedural Generation 21.7%, Roguelite 12.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Survival 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A procedurally generated isometric roguelike that focuses on exploration and surviving alien threats.

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

Why similar: Online Co-Op 17.9%, Survival Horror 16.7%, Horror 15%, Co-op 11.9%, Psychological Horror 10%

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 16.2%, Horror 13%, Online Co-Op 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%

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 16.1%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Psychological Horror 10.5%, Online Co-Op 9.9%, 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 13.6%, Survival Horror 12.8%, Psychological Horror 12%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Horror 10.1%

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 20.8%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Psychological Horror 11.4%, Survival Horror 11%

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%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Online Co-Op 14.7%, Horror 11.7%, Survival 10.3%

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 18.9%, Survival Horror 18.2%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Co-op 10.4%

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 14.8%, Horror 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Survival Horror 10%

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 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Survival 11.3%, Horror 11.3%

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 21.6%, Horror 20.5%, Survival 15.8%, Survival Horror 14.7%, Co-op 8.8%

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 16.1%, Horror 15.1%, Online Co-Op 13.4%, Psychological Horror 12.6%, Co-op 11.8%

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 19.6%, Survival 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.7%, Roguelite 11.4%, Multiplayer 8.9%

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 16%, Survival Horror 15.6%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12%, Horror 10.6%

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 21.7%, Psychological Horror 14.5%, Survival 14.2%, Horror 13.7%, Co-op 11%

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 45.4%, Horror 29.3%, Survival Horror 8%, Adventure 6.5%, Atmospheric 4.5%

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

Why similar: Survival Horror 25.5%, Survival 20.4%, Horror 17.6%, Psychological Horror 16.1%, Strategy 11.8%

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 18.1%, Survival Horror 16%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Co-op 10.6%, Horror 10.5%

Co-op horror for 1 to 6 players. Anyone can try to escape the Backrooms. You are going back in: locate the lost agents, solve the puzzles, film the entities, and hold out until extraction. Everything you carry can be lost. Your ranks, gear and storage are built to last.

Why similar: Survival Horror 16.7%, Online Co-Op 12.1%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Survival 11.9%, Horror 11.2%

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%, Horror 23.1%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Co-op 10.6%, Sci-fi 10.2%

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 43.4%, Horror 23.5%, Adventure 16.7%, Exploration 14.1%, 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 18.8%, 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 36.6%, Survival 20.4%, Horror 14.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%

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 20.4%, Roguelite 16%, Atmospheric 8%

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 21.6%, Psychological Horror 12.1%, Survival Horror 11.3%, Horror 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.5%

Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.

Why similar: Survival Horror 14.7%, Procedural Generation 14%, Survival 13.2%, Online Co-Op 11.2%, Co-op 10.1%