
A dark atmospheric survival exploration game. Humanity lives underground; you volunteered to walk the frozen surface alone. Explore and survive the cold and dark forgotten lands, and learn what the artificial sun is doing to this world and to you.
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A dark atmospheric survival exploration game. Humanity lives underground; you volunteered to walk the frozen surface alone. Explore and survive the cold and dark forgotten lands, and learn what the artificial sun is doing to this world and to you.

Near Death
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.

The Day Of Survival
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.
Why similar: Snow 39.9% ★, Survival 11.5%, Dark 9.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Female Protagonist 7.3%
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Snow 38.5% ★, Survival 10.9%, Exploration 9.7%, Dark 9.5%, Atmospheric 7%
Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.
Why similar: Snow 54.8% ★, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 10%, Third Person 5.2%, Adventure 5.1%
Stalked At Home is a first-person single-player horror game where you play as a young woman alone in a house. Cook, drive, explore, and live your life—until strange things begin to happen and you're no longer sure you're alone.
Why similar: Snow 71.3% ★, Dark 15.3%, Adventure 6.8%, 3D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
The stars aren't quite right and there is no one left to ask why. Navigate a desolate snowscape in your lone vehicle, keep your systems running and discover the fate of the expedition that came before you in this short retro survival horror experience.
Why similar: Snow 50.7% ★, Psychological Horror 11%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Dark 5%
Think you can survive? Think again. > "SNOW SURVIVAL" is a brutal, no-mercy survival action. No tutorials, no recipes—just your instinct against the freezing hell. Scavenge, craft the Katana, and defy death. Can you endure longer than 300 seconds to become a Legend?
Why similar: Snow 43.7% ★, Survival 19.3%, Open World 14.8%, Female Protagonist 9.1%, Exploration 5.7%
You will have to survive the cold New Year's Eve, look for food in the trash in the world where no one cares about you. This is an adventure where you have to survive Christmas, a holiday that has never been so cold before...
Why similar: Snow 48.7% ★, Survival 13.2%, Exploration 10.4%, Dark 10.1%, Atmospheric 7.1%
The world has frozen over, and survival means more than just escaping the mysterious danger—it's about conquering the cold.
Why similar: Snow 43.1% ★, Exploration 14.7%, Open World 10.6%, Third Person 7.4%, Survival 6.6%
You are a student journalist who decides to make a documentary about the abandoned «North» cosmodrome, where in the 1990s a series of man-made disasters occurred that caused serious genetic changes in humans and animals, forming previously unknown mutations.
Why similar: Snow 52.2% ★, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.6%, Survival 8.2%, Exploration 7.6%
Can you survive from Frostbiter and escape his snowy maze of horror? Use snowballs to defend yourself, find your way in the maze, try to escape, and most important of all: don't let him catch you!
Why similar: Snow 41.6% ★, Dark 11.7%, Exploration 10.7%, Survival 10.1%, Atmospheric 9.3%
Report the weather, fight the cold, build your shelter, and survive a frozen wasteland where strange structures appear and vanish in the endless white.
Why similar: Snow 56.6% ★, Survival 16.4%, Open World 12.1%, Exploration 9.8%, Adventure 3.9%
Become a mailman in a snowy town and deliver the thoughts of its inhabitants in this 3D adventure. Without a map, figure out where to deliver your letters, explore, and drop them in the mailboxes of the right buildings.
Why similar: Snow 55.7% ★, Exploration 15.7%, Sci-fi 6.8%, Atmospheric 5.3%, Mystery 4.4%
After completing the game, you will learn something about yourself that you did not even think about. Will you act on your conscience or leave everyone to their fate?
Why similar: Snow 47.4% ★, Survival 15.1%, Dark 11.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Psychological Horror 6.9%
A PS1-style winter survival horror about isolation, grief, and the quiet terror of freezing to death. Trudge through blizzards, light fires to stay alive, and face what still haunts the snow-covered woods of Pêyakow Creek.
Why similar: Snow 48.1% ★, Survival 12.2%, Exploration 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%, Psychological Horror 8.1%
This is a short story in a sci-fi setting with a top-down view, telling the story of a nameless man lost in routine in the middle of a cold world and soulless machines. But what if it could be different?
Why similar: Snow 51.8% ★, Exploration 12.3%, Survival 10.5%, Atmospheric 10%, Mystery 5.4%
Explore a frozen, mysterious land in this top-down survival adventure. Gather resources, craft tools, and fight to stay alive as you uncover a story of memory and redemption. Try to escape The Hollow.
Why similar: Snow 44% ★, Survival 11.2%, Open World 10%, Exploration 8.9%, Atmospheric 7%
Into the Wild is a tense yet tranquil survival game where nature holds nothing back. Inspired by the Norwegian hinterlands, the haunting valley of Jegersdal offers a faithful survival experience. Witness the magnificent aurora and search for answers amid the ruins of yesterday.
Why similar: Snow 43.8% ★, Survival 23.2%, Open World 15.3%, Female Protagonist 8.8%, Adventure 4.3%
Trapped in a frozen dimension of depression, you fight despair and fading sanity as memories of Christmas haunt you. Every step is a battle, every memory a lifeline. Can you survive the season when even hope has frozen over?
Why similar: Snow 48.3% ★, Dark 10%, Psychological Horror 10%, Exploration 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.2%
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.
Why similar: Snow 47.6% ★, Dark 15.6%, Survival 9.8%, Psychological Horror 9.3%, Atmospheric 6.9%
"Beneath the Snow Veil" is an exploration survival game set in a frigid, post-apocalyptic world. Amid extreme weather and deadly cold, explore ruins, craft tools, repair and upgrade your shelter to withstand freezing temperatures, hunger, and lurking threats.
Why similar: Snow 50.7% ★, Survival 13.7%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 7.7%, Open World 6.5%
Mimic Search is a short indie horror game, in which you take the role of a police officer investigating a recent mimic attack.
Why similar: Snow 43.3% ★, Dark 14%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Thriller 6.3%
Seth and May have moved out of the city and into a big old house that uncle John decided he didnt want anymore. Although the holiday spirit brings color and joy to an otherwise barren house, something lurks outside hidden in the snow. Watching. Waiting.
Why similar: Snow 56.9% ★, Dark 16.2%, Psychological Horror 12%, Exploration 6.8%, Adventure 4.4%
Explore an abandoned island, scavenge for resources, keep the fire alive, and hide from a deadly threat. Good luck, and beware of the dark.
Why similar: Snow 40% ★, Survival 15.1%, Open World 13.6%, Exploration 12.6%, Dark 9.1%
Set in Gothenburg. After a long day at work, Erik just wants to get home. It's a snowy and windy night in the city, and a serial killer is still on the loose. A thriller by solo developer Ratkiw.
Why similar: Snow 51.3% ★, Dark 16.3%, Thriller 8.2%, Exploration 8%, Adventure 7.7%
As a Search and Rescue officer, you're no stranger to remote areas. After a freak blizzard strands two people in a remote cabin, you've been sent to help. Play tandem stories of past and present, all while being hunted by a malevolent being of winter and hunger in this story-driven survival horror.
Why similar: Snow 32.2% ★, Survival 15.3%, Exploration 12.7%, Dark 12.7%, Psychological Horror 8.9%
Your fiance Alice and you are an archaeologist in Alaska. Alice ignored you and had an accident during hang gliding. When she reached you via radio, her last words were "They are real"... You have to get into this cold white world to find Alice and solve the mystery.
Why similar: Snow 58.6% ★, Survival 16.2%, Open World 12.7%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Adventure 2.9%
Beyond Horizon is a survival adventure where your mind is transferred inside of an advanced rover crashlanding on a frozen post-apocalyptic Earth.
Why similar: Snow 52.5% ★, Open World 12.8%, Survival 9.7%, Exploration 7.2%, Atmospheric 5.8%
A 10 year anniversary collection including 14 short games by Vladimere Lhore, plus a museum.
Why similar: Snow 54.5% ★, Exploration 11.4%, Atmospheric 9.8%, Female Protagonist 9.3%, Third Person 5.6%
A world blanketed by endless snow...Experience this interactive adventure from the POV of more than 3 different characters whose choices will determine the fate of a dying world.
Why similar: Snow 61.8% ★, Dark 9.9%, Atmospheric 8.1%, Exploration 6.1%, Mystery 4.9%
A short exploration open world game about a penguin who doesn't want to be a penguin. Bump and slide your way through a little frozen world with penguin physics.
Why similar: Snow 55% ★, Exploration 12.4%, Open World 11%, Female Protagonist 10.2%, Atmospheric 6.3%
In 2015, three scientists at the Antarctic research station "Zarya" drilled into the ice to a depth of 2 kilometers and took samples for study... It seems that what they found was not at all what they were looking for...
Why similar: Snow 32.7% ★, Psychological Horror 10.3%, Exploration 9.3%, Dark 9.2%, Sci-fi 9.2%
Take a long journey through a beautiful world. Climb high peaks, swim wild rivers, and survive in a place where nature won. You are all alone. Find out what was left behind.
Why similar: Exploration 19.4%, Atmospheric 15%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 13.6%, Sci-fi 13.1%
Take control of an old local regular who’s had a few too many in this little atmospheric pixel-art adventure. After being kicked out of the tavern into a biting winter blizzard, you must navigate the freezing, snow-covered streets to find your way home.
Why similar: Snow 61.8% ★, Exploration 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, Open World 9.3%, Adventure 2.5%
Push Comes to Shovel is a snowy sim-adventure set in the frigid town of Windrow. Become the Blizzard Wizard you've inspired to be and clean up the town. Upgrade and utilize a variety of plows, snowblowers, shovels and tools to complete chill jobs.
Why similar: Snow 48.9% ★, Exploration 13.3%, Open World 11.4%, Third Person 9.3%, Atmospheric 7.2%
Help a bear find its lost cub in a beautiful lowpoly snow land. Activate runes along the way to be able to access new regions.
Why similar: Snow 66.3% ★, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Third Person 5.1%, Open World 3.8%
Frozen Ship is a narrative adventure set in the harsh conditions of a post-apocalyptic world, combining open-world survival with managing an entire mobile city.
Why similar: Snow 55.8% ★, Survival 14.3%, Exploration 10.4%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%
Missing Hiker is a short indie horror game, where your brother Ethan went missing while hiking and you need to find him.
Why similar: Snow 42.7% ★, Dark 13.7%, Psychological Horror 11.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 7.3%
Play a modernized take on the classic 90's era game Ski Free. Bryant's Freeski is a fun, fast paced skiing game. Of course, don't forget to AVOID THE YETI!
Why similar: Snow 95.6% ★, 3D 2.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Scorching Engines is an open-world survival FPS, inspired by Mad Max, and Mortal Engines. Set in a frozen post-apocalyptic world you drive a giant experimental vehicle harvesting resources to keep it fueled and protect it. Explore ruined cities or attack bandit camps to find useful resources.
Why similar: Snow 48% ★, Open World 14.2%, Exploration 10.6%, Survival 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7%
DEATHTOUCH is an open-world horror game where exploration leads to hidden secrets—and lurking nightmares. Uncover mysterious locations, navigate eerie environments, and survive terrifying encounters in a world that feels truly alive.
Why similar: Survival 26.7%, Open World 18.2%, Exploration 16.5%, Atmospheric 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
Search for answers in a desolate, dangerous world as you pilot the giant. Utilize a variety of safeguards to protect yourself from a fierce military force & unravel the story about the giant's powerful past.
Why similar: Exploration 24.7%, Open World 18%, Survival 16.4%, Dark 9.3%, Atmospheric 8.5%
Bottle is a very short game in which you play as an alcoholic man of solitude.
Why similar: Snow 63.2% ★, Exploration 17.1%, Atmospheric 12%, Adventure 4%, 3D 2.1%
Embark on a heartwarming journey as a lil penguin tryin to find his way back to his community. Explore the polar pathways and icy caves at your own pace. Find your colony of penguins you've lost after a disastrous avalanche and get back home!
Why similar: Snow 63.7% ★, Exploration 14%, Atmospheric 7.6%, Story Rich 4%, Third Person 3.1%
A psychological horror game set in an abandoned hospital. A sound-sensitive creature hunts you. Stay silent, hide, and escape before it hears you.
Why similar: Dark 23.4%, Exploration 20.3%, Survival 16.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Atmospheric 11%
Lead high-risk surface rescue operations across a storm-scarred Earth. Power your rover, tools, and modular pack with limited energy resources as you recover survivors, salvage critical supplies, and help reclaim the world above.
Why similar: Open World 18%, Survival 15.2%, Exploration 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Atmospheric 10.4%
Mine, survive, sell, upgrade, repeat. Descend into a treacherous ice cave filled with relentless monsters and rare loot. Escape with the Miner's Stone to proceed to your next expedition. But watch the frost, if your cabin's temperature drops, your journey ends permanently.
Why similar: Snow 38.6% ★, Survival 18.6%, Exploration 15.4%, Dark 10.7%, Atmospheric 7%
A touching story of a young programmer Alexey. One day he meets a girl through a joke site, but who would have thought that Alexei would not be laughing at all. Take a pack of sushi rolls, saddle a snowmobile and go on a long journey to your princess.
Why similar: Snow 51.2% ★, Survival 15.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%, Exploration 8.5%, Psychological Horror 6.6%
| Can you survive on cold dangerous wastelands?
Why similar: Snow 58.2% ★, Survival 17.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Atmospheric 8%, Adventure 3.3%
A first-person atmospheric survival horror game set in Old Japan. Explore the claustrophobic labyrinth of Yuki-Onna's home, stay warm, scavenge for items and avoid her ten ghost children. Puzzle solutions and haunting scares shift, making every playthrough unique. Can you endure the relentless cold?
Why similar: Snow 53% ★, Dark 13.5%, Psychological Horror 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%, Atmospheric 8%
Survive the perpetual winter as a pack of six-legged, egg-laying tardibears.
Why similar: Survival 27.1%, Dark 22.1%, Open World 17.6%, Exploration 13.9%, Atmospheric 9.4%
Frozen Silence is an intense yet exhausting pixel-art story about the survival of a father and daughter on a planet that was once their home, but has now become a deadly trap. Monitor your condition and use an energy shield and weapons to survive.
Why similar: Snow 63% ★, Survival 17.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Post-apocalyptic 4.8%, Story Rich 3%
Trapped in a frozen cabin during a relentless storm, you begin to realize the silence around you isn’t empty… something is watching, waiting, and getting closer.
Why similar: Dark 20.9%, Exploration 18.5%, Survival 16.6%, Atmospheric 13.6%, Psychological Horror 12%
A utility worker earns for a ticket to leave the endless Siberian city of panel houses. Permafrost, day/night cycle, dynamic weather and open world. Feel the atmosphere of the northern city, having been in the role of a handyman. Now with multiplayer!
Why similar: Snow 57.8% ★, Open World 12.9%, Dark 9.6%, Atmospheric 9.4%, Exploration 8.5%
On a small, snowy skerry somewhere in the Nordic Archipelago a man wakes up with no memory of who he is, where he is or why he is there. A point-and-click mystery where atmosphere and unusual puzzles are at the heart of the game.
Why similar: Snow 64% ★, Atmospheric 9.7%, Mystery 8.8%, Adventure 6.6%, Thriller 4.8%
A scavenger tale set in Britain's arctic future. Explore the English tundra as you gather survivors frozen by fear, evade the mysterious leviathans stalking them, and thaw out the truth.
Why similar: Survival 13.8%, Dark 12.6%, Open World 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%, Psychological Horror 10.4%
Penguin Helper is your chance to go to the South Pole, become a hero for penguins and enjoy a peaceful atmosphere
Why similar: Snow 59.8% ★, Open World 14.5%, Exploration 10.8%, Atmospheric 10.6%, 3D 2.5%
A short narrative horror experience, in which you find yourself in the middle of nowhere in a snowstorm without knowing what has happened to the driver or the other passengers in the vehicle, you just know that there is something out there lurking.
Why similar: Snow 38.8% ★, Survival 16.1%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Dark 10.3%, Mystery 6.7%
Feel like a kid again. The door is open to a beautiful winter landscape. Wrestle your way over rocks covered in thick snow. Build anything you want, stick by stick.
Why similar: Snow 52.4% ★, Open World 16.2%, Exploration 15.9%, Third Person 8.2%, 3D 3%
Discover the unending winter of Perikoto in this atmospheric and ominous VR horror adventure. Strange beings skulk in the woods, the crows are restless, and you have no place to call home. Where will you wander?
Why similar: Snow 49.3% ★, Exploration 11.6%, Dark 10%, Open World 9.7%, Atmospheric 9%
Nuclear Frost is an action-adventure first-person shooter where you have to face the threats that the new world has brought to bear. Fight mutants, keep yourself warm, avoid radiation and fight fungus to save your home.
Why similar: Snow 44% ★, Survival 12.4%, Dark 12.2%, Exploration 11.1%, Atmospheric 8.1%