- #1 Plague: London 1665
97% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: WASD Games
Windows · Mac
Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?
Why similar: RPG 33%, Action-Adventure 23%, Inventory Management 7.7%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, 2D 7.1%
- #2 Super Lone Survivor
96% matchVery Positive93% of 86 reviews2022
Dev: SuperflatPub: Superflat Games
Windows
The masked protagonist must escape the city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Use stealth to scavenge food, or kill everything in your path. Nurture your mental health or descend into madness. How you survive is up to you.
Why similar: Emotional 18.5%, Action-Adventure 17%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #3 Never Forgotten
96% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cody Hodge
Windows
A uniquely stylised survival-horror adventure game. Explore a dying world, averting enemies, managing your resources, and solving puzzles.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.9%, Action RPG 16%, Emotional 14.8%, RPG 14.7%, Psychological Horror 11.7%
- #4 Biomass
95% matchVery Positive85% of 104 reviews2020
Dev: Final Scene dev
Windows
Uncover the secrets of the sinking metropolis in this action RPG. Clash beam sabers, or be a gunslinger. Make alliances or go it alone. Your actions have consequences - those whom learn the nature of this world will be able to shape it as they see fit.
Why similar: RPG 66.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.2%, Action 9.4%, Indie 6.9%
- #5 iZolated
94% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: RPG 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Inventory Management 11.3%, Crafting 10.6%
- #6 DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,420 reviews2026
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Psychological Horror 14.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 13.1%
- #7 Paradox Soul
94% matchMixed44% of 660 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Exploration 14.2%, 2D 10.2%, Adventure 9.1%
- #8 Pathologic 2
93% matchVery Positive92% of 12,223 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
Why similar: RPG 30.8%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Survival 20.5%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Story Rich 7.6%
- #9 Edge of Sanity
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 246 reviews2024
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. Uncover a disturbing story while madness claws at your mind. Lead a group of survivors and explore, scavenge and survive together - against untold eldritch horrors.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 17.4%, Psychological Horror 16.8%, Crafting 16.1%, Exploration 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #10 Scavland
89% matchVery Positive84% of 983 reviews2026
Dev: NoShadow
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Scavland is a hardcore Top-Down Pixel Art survival RPG set in a Post-Apocalyptic Soviet world. Scavenge the wastes and forgotten bunkers, take dangerous jobs, build your reputation, and customize your arsenal as you fight to survive mutants, hostile survivors, radiation, and the deadly Mist.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Action RPG 13.5%, Survival 12.9%, RPG 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%
- #11 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,004 reviews2023
Dev: Archangel Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Action RPG 27%, RPG 21.8%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, Exploration 11%, Survival 10.2%
- #12 Story Of the Survivor
91% matchMixed62% of 65 reviews2016
Dev: Kamil SzczepanikPub: Akamari Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Story of the Survivor is an action RPG that takes place during a zombie apocalypse. Surviving isn't going to be easy, and zombies aren't the only things to worry about. You must also eat and drink to survive as well as avoid other survivors.
Why similar: RPG 31.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 14.2%, Action RPG 12.9%, Crafting 11.4%
- #13 Subversive Memories
88% matchVery Positive97% of 149 reviews2026
Dev: Southward Studio
Windows
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Why similar: Emotional 28.5%, Psychological Horror 27.1%, Exploration 16.7%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #14 Trench Face
87% matchVery Positive93% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Why similar: RPG 36.1%, Action RPG 23.6%, Psychological Horror 12.4%, Exploration 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #15 Affliction
90% matchMixed50% of 125 reviews2018
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Affliction is a survival horror shooter designed to engage players with a thrilling storyline, surreal environments, merciless foes, a chilling atmosphere, and an unforgettable gameplay experience. Players must explore, scavenge, and fight in order to survive and live to tell the tale.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.1%, RPG 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #16 Atomfall
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,914 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Survival 11.8%, Exploration 6.4%
- #17 Pandemic Train
86% matchMixed59% of 253 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Alternate History 26.1%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Inventory Management 12.1%, Crafting 11.9%
- #18 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 18,875 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Decades after the events of ENDER LILIES, Homunculi — sorrowful, artificial life forms — roam the land. In this dark fantasy Metroidvania, face formidable enemies and explore a bewitching post-apocalyptic world. Humans and Homunculi — what awaits at the end of the quest for their salvation?
Why similar: Action RPG 45.4%, RPG 31.8%, 2D 15%, Action 3.6%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #19 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: RPG 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival 12.6%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.4%
- #20 Dreamed Away
84% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: WAKE UP GAMESPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world. Explore a unique reality, duel against darkness in a unique, fast paced combat system and mind your choices.
Why similar: RPG 17.3%, Action-Adventure 14.1%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #21 The Final Station
82% matchVery Positive87% of 9,520 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.3%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Survival 21.6%, 2D 8.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #22 You Will Die Here Tonight
81% matchVery Positive91% of 678 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Immerse yourself in retro top-down visuals as you face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall through intense first-person combat. Scavenge, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive—but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight.
Why similar: Action RPG 19.1%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, RPG 13.7%, Action-Adventure 12.2%, Exploration 8.5%
- #23 Beyond Mankind: The Awakening
84% matchMixed45% of 113 reviews2021
Dev: Brytenwalda
Windows · Linux
Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an indie old school type RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world. The game sports a mature and deep narrative, rich exploration, tense combat, and immersive RPG mechanics.
Why similar: Action RPG 22.7%, RPG 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Inventory Management 10.7%, Exploration 10.4%
- #24 Waste Walkers
82% matchVery Positive80% of 217 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 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: RPG 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 13.5%, Exploration 12.6%
- #25 Green Project
79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,463 reviews2020
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.8%, Survival 32.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Indie 8.6%, Crafting 8.4%
- #26 Creatures Of War
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Psychological Horror 23.5%, 2D 13.1%, Combat 9.7%, Story Rich 8.8%
- #27 Miller's Fantasy: PARTY
78% matchVery Positive81% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: R3al Studios
Windows
Visit the city's most famous park and uncover dark secrets as you fight to survive. Find items and tools to escape locations, make choices to discover different perspectives, and decide your fate.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 30.4%, 2D 20.3%, Survival 15.2%, Action 9.8%, Multiple Endings 8%
- #28 Orange Moon
81% matchMixed67% of 110 reviews2017
Dev: Betelgeuse Zero
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.
Why similar: RPG 66.6%, Adventure 15%, Action 10.6%, Indie 7.9%
- #29 Darkwood
77% matchVery Positive95% of 25,035 reviews2017
Dev: Acid Wizard StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: RPG 18%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14%, Survival 12.3%, Exploration 10.6%
- #30 INSOMNIA: The Ark
80% matchMixed59% of 1,267 reviews2018
Dev: Mono StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 12.3 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: RPG 21.6%, Action RPG 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #31 Endoparasitic 2
77% matchVery Positive87% of 667 reviews2024
Dev: MizizizizPub: Deep Root Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Three limbs ripped off, infected with a deadly parasite, you must survive. Drag yourself through the hallways of an infested arcship, fight off twisted eldritch creatures, craft vaccines and ammunition, and escape to civilization.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 31.1%, Exploration 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, 2D 15.7%, Action 6.5%
- #32 Eventide Matter
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: RPG 24%, Inventory Management 19.3%, Crafting 15.6%, Action RPG 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #33 Stygian: Outer Gods
76% matchVery Positive82% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?
Why similar: Action RPG 25.7%, RPG 17.7%, Action-Adventure 15.4%, Psychological Horror 14.7%, Survival 12%
- #34 Rust of Steel
78% matchMixed66% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Fortress13 Game Studio
Windows
"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!
Why similar: RPG 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #35 Below, Rusted Gods
74% matchVery Positive88% of 381 reviews2026
Dev: FromSouthGames
Windows
You are the lifeline supporting an expedition into the unknown. Keep both yourself and your squad alive by interpreting instrument readings, explore the facilities, and uncover something ancient and eager to be born.
Why similar: Alternate History 34.5%, Action-Adventure 16.3%, Psychological Horror 15.9%, Exploration 11.9%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #36 Decision: Red Daze
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Action RPG 29.8%, RPG 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 18%, Combat 4.8%
- #37 UNSIGHTED
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,240 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Pixel PunkPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?
Why similar: RPG 23.5%, Action RPG 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Exploration 9.9%
- #38 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
71% matchVery Positive93% of 740 reviews2025
Dev: 红锈雨
Windows
Cradle of Nightmare: Flowers to You is an adventure game featuring a turn-based ATB system. Step into the shoes of Yue Qing, an ordinary high schooler thrust into a world of darkness as an otherworldly force tears reality asunder. Navigate a ruined world and end the filth festering within humanity.
Why similar: RPG 45.3%, Exploration 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 8.5%, 2D 8.2%
- #39 Tombwater
71% matchVery Positive93% of 298 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: Action RPG 28.5%, RPG 20.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #40 Human Apocalypse - Reverse Horror Zombie Indie RPG Adventure
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 72 reviews2022
Dev: Euphoric Bros
Windows · Mac · Linux
A new virus is turning people into brain eating machines, etc. You know the rest. A cure has been found and all the infected people are now normal humans again. What is the problem then? Their skin color is still green. Play as an Ex-Zombie.
Why similar: Emotional 23.4%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, RPG 14%, Exploration 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #41 Mother Hub
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: ODale Studios
Windows
A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?
Why similar: RPG 24.8%, Action-Adventure 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Psychological Horror 15.3%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #42 Frozen State
75% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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 25%, RPG 24.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Exploration 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #43 残世界的鸢尾花
73% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: 2D_猫Pub: ParasGames
Windows · Mac
《残世界的鸢尾花》是一款近未来都市废土风的RPG游戏,讲述了三个素不相识的残世界幸存者结伴逃离“沃姆市”时发生的一连串故事。
Why similar: Alternate History 28.2%, RPG 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Emotional 17.4%, Exploration 5.9%
- #44 Mortal Decay
72% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2020
Dev: Roger Kaffer
Windows
You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Psychological Horror 22.2%, Survival 18.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.9%
- #45 Dustbowl
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 123 reviews2015
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.
Why similar: RPG 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.6%, Survival 10.9%, Adventure 8.5%
- #46 Day Zero
70% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Imdie Studios
Windows
Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Action RPG 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 14.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #47 Chornobyl Liquidators
71% matchMixed49% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat — the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... Do you have enough courage and strength to take on this challenge?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, RPG 12.4%, Action-Adventure 12%, Emotional 12%, Survival 10.7%
- #48 Dead of Darkness
68% matchVery Positive87% of 225 reviews2025
Dev: Retrofiction Games
Windows
Dead of Darkness is a 2D survival-horror action-adventure. Investigate a mysterious island and unravel its disturbing secret. You’ll have to face grotesque creatures, hurdle deadly traps, solve puzzles, and most importantly, survive.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 23.5%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Inventory Management 15%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 11.3%
- #49 BlightFog
68% matchVery Positive88% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: RPG 27%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Exploration 15%, Inventory Management 12.5%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #50 Cry Of Monster
69% matchMixed51% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: MindBreak
Windows
Everything fell apart. People started getting sick… not in a normal way. Now the city is desolate, and the only thing that matters is finding out if your best friend is still alive. You'll have to explore, run, hide, and face the contamination.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 34.2%, Exploration 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Adventure 13.6%, Action 9.6%
- #51 Before Fate
67% matchVery Positive89% of 125 reviews2026
Dev: Cotton Game
Windows
Before Fate is a retro sci-fi survival RPG. Explore fractured worlds across time, gather resources, craft gear, survive dungeons, and piece together the final timeline.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.1%, RPG 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #52 Touch of Madness
66% matchVery Positive100% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: NLT Productions
Windows
In this 2D Survival-Horror, you switch between two protagonists as you advance through the story: Neo, a man lost in his own mind, trying to survive an endless nightmare, and Lavina, a loyal friend who will do anything to try to save him.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival 11.2%, Adventure 10.7%, 2D 9%
- #53 MEAT
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 214 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: Action RPG 27.4%, RPG 21.2%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #54 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 527 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Explore the ruins of the human race and discover the thriving wildlife that blossomed after our extinction in this underwater action/adventure. Encounter monstrous creatures and let curiosity guide you through an inevitable voyage of extinction.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Pixel Graphics 22.6%, Adventure 14.1%, 2D 10.8%, Exploration 10.7%
- #55 Duskpunk
65% matchVery Positive92% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: RPG 29.8%, Alternate History 19.8%, Exploration 16.5%, Multiple Endings 11%, 2D 8.8%
- #56 There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,045 reviews2022
Dev: ZelartPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Battle your way through the grim Underground world in this brutal action-adventure RPG. Exterminate hordes of enemies, fight dangerous bosses and explore the world the way you want!
Why similar: Action RPG 26.3%, RPG 19.3%, Action-Adventure 17.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #57 Void Memory
69% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2017
Dev: Gustav
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
You, who was born in a world full of darkness, should wander this hollowed land to find the Relics for a person who created you. However, fallen and lost souls with trap-filled trials await in your course of doing so. Can you survive in this crumbling world and start a new era?
Why similar: RPG 58.2%, Adventure 11.7%, Exploration 9.6%, Action 7.9%, 2D 6.9%
- #58 2022生存指南 2022 SURVIVAL GUIDE
67% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: 塔克工作室
Windows
1.Survival plot puzzle video game 2.Linear game with complete and rich plot 3.Player can choose three different game ways: sneaking, attacking and outwitting
Why similar: Action RPG 23%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 13.9%, Emotional 12.7%, RPG 11.4%
- #59 The Last Hope
70% matchMostly Negative41% of 1,016 reviews2016
Dev: Balti CalarasiPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
You’ve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perish—your choices shape the future.
Why similar: Action-Adventure 33.8%, Survival 28.2%, Exploration 26.9%, Story Rich 6.6%, Action 4.5%
- #60 Survivor's Notes
63% matchVery Positive89% of 540 reviews2026
Dev: MYSTERY CROWN
Windows · Mac
"Survivor's Notes" is an FMV . Players control two protagonists, using choices and QTEs to unlock different branches and endings. Follow a girl who foresees disaster and acolonel from the future as their stories reveal the outbreak's origins. Trust,rescue, or walk away. Survival is onlyone of them.
Why similar: Action RPG 25.8%, RPG 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 13.3%, Psychological Horror 11.8%