- #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 32.9%, Action-Adventure 22.9%, Inventory Management 7.8%, Multiple Endings 7.6%, 2D 7.2%
- #2 Super Lone Survivor
96% matchVery Positive93% of 84 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 16.9%, Psychological Horror 14.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%
- #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 17.8%, Action RPG 16%, Emotional 14.8%, RPG 14.6%, 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 66.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.3%, Action 9.3%, Indie 7%
- #5 iZolated
94% matchMixed70% of 123 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%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Exploration 13.1%, Inventory Management 11.5%, Crafting 10.7%
- #6 DIVE or DIE - Children of Rain
92% matchVery Positive91% of 1,251 reviews2026
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Action-Adventure 17.5%, Psychological Horror 14.4%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 13.1%
- #7 Paradox Soul
94% matchMixed43% of 654 reviews2018
Dev: Ritual GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Paradox Soul is a chilling fight for exploration and survival; a Metroidvania pixel action-shooter hybrid!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.2%, Pixel Graphics 20.1%, Exploration 14.2%, 2D 10.3%, Adventure 9%
- #8 Pathologic 2
93% matchVery Positive92% of 12,156 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 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 30.7%, Psychological Horror 21.9%, Survival 20.5%, Choices Matter 12.2%, 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 17.3%, Psychological Horror 16.7%, Crafting 16.2%, Exploration 15.7%, Multiple Endings 10.1%
- #10 Trench Face
89% matchVery Positive94% of 747 reviews2025
Dev: Pulse Blue
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 35.6%, Action RPG 23.8%, Psychological Horror 12.3%, Exploration 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #11 Bleak Faith: Forsaken
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,983 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 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 14.2%, Action RPG 12.8%, Crafting 11.5%
- #13 Subversive Memories
88% matchVery Positive97% of 135 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 Affliction
90% matchMixed50% of 122 reviews2018
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 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%, RPG 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Psychological Horror 15.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #15 Atomfall
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,687 reviews2025
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 7.1 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 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Action-Adventure 16%, Survival 11.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #16 Dreamed Away
86% matchVery Positive93% of 96 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%, Psychological Horror 13.1%, Emotional 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%
- #17 Pandemic Train
87% matchMixed59% of 252 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%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Inventory Management 12.2%, Crafting 11.9%
- #18 ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 18,655 reviews2025
Dev: AdglobePub: Binary Haze Interactive
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 31.4%, 2D 15.3%, Action 3.6%, Story Rich 3.4%
- #19 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 741 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%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival 12.6%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Action-Adventure 11.3%
- #20 UNSIGHTED
84% matchVery Positive93% of 2,219 reviews2021
Dev: Studio Pixel PunkPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 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 23.3%, Action RPG 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Exploration 9.9%
- #21 The Final Station
82% matchVery Positive87% of 9,480 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 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 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 21.8%, Survival 21.7%, 2D 8.9%, Adventure 5.5%
- #22 You Will Die Here Tonight
81% matchVery Positive91% of 670 reviews2023
Dev: Spiral Bound Interactive LLC
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.8 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%, Psychological Horror 16.5%, RPG 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, 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 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, RPG 17.1%, Inventory Management 10.9%, Exploration 10.4%
- #24 Waste Walkers
82% matchVery Positive81% 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 13.6%, Exploration 12.6%
- #25 Green Project
79% matchVery Positive80% of 1,460 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 13.2%, Combat 9.8%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #27 Darkwood
78% matchVery Positive95% of 24,850 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 17.9%, Action-Adventure 14.8%, Psychological Horror 14.1%, Survival 12.3%, Exploration 10.6%
- #28 Endoparasitic 2
77% matchVery Positive87% of 660 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 30.9%, Exploration 26.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.6%, 2D 15.8%, Action 6.4%
- #29 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 14.9%, Action 10.6%, Indie 8%
- #30 Eventide Matter
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 915 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 23.9%, Inventory Management 19.6%, Crafting 15.7%, Action RPG 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #31 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 21.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Action RPG 19.3%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Exploration 8.1%
- #32 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%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #33 Stygian: Outer Gods
77% matchVery Positive82% of 687 reviews2025
Dev: Misterial GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 25.6%, RPG 17.7%, Action-Adventure 15.3%, Psychological Horror 14.8%, Survival 12%
- #34 Tombwater
74% matchVery Positive93% of 294 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 28.4%, RPG 20.7%, Exploration 12.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #35 Decision: Red Daze
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 896 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 29.7%, RPG 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 18%, Combat 4.8%
- #36 Below, Rusted Gods
72% matchVery Positive89% of 309 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 12%, Multiple Endings 10.4%
- #37 Cradle of Nightmare : Flowers to you
72% matchVery Positive93% of 721 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 45.2%, Exploration 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Adventure 8.4%, 2D 8.3%
- #38 Human Apocalypse - Reverse Horror Zombie Indie RPG Adventure
75% 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 23.3%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, RPG 13.9%, Exploration 10.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #39 Mother Hub
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 134 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 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Psychological Horror 15.4%, Multiple Endings 8.9%
- #40 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 24.9%, RPG 24.6%, Crafting 15.9%, Exploration 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%
- #41 残世界的鸢尾花
73% matchVery Positive83% of 60 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 28.1%, RPG 19%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Emotional 17.4%, Exploration 5.9%
- #42 Mortal Decay
73% 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 22.3%, Survival 18.4%, Action-Adventure 13.2%, Exploration 12.9%
- #43 Dustbowl
74% 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 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Survival 10.9%, Adventure 8.4%
- #44 Day Zero
71% 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 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 14.5%, Emotional 14.5%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #45 Chornobyl Liquidators
71% matchMixed48% of 705 reviews2024
Dev: Live Motion GamesPub: Frozen Way
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.1 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%, Emotional 12.1%, Action-Adventure 12%, Survival 10.7%
- #46 Dead of Darkness
68% matchVery Positive88% of 224 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 23.3%, Psychological Horror 19.5%, Inventory Management 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Exploration 11.3%
- #47 Cry Of Monster
70% matchMixed54% of 84 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 34.1%, Exploration 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Adventure 13.5%, Action 9.6%
- #48 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%, RPG 17.5%, Action-Adventure 15.8%, Exploration 10.9%, Multiple Endings 8.7%
- #49 BlightFog
69% matchVery Positive87% of 63 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 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Exploration 15%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%
- #50 Touch of Madness
67% matchVery Positive100% of 56 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 19.5%, Psychological Horror 18.9%, Survival 11.2%, Adventure 10.6%, 2D 9.1%
- #51 Look Outside
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 14,361 reviews2025
Dev: Francis CoulombePub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
Why similar: RPG 54.7%, Pixel Graphics 20.3%, Exploration 11.3%, 2D 6.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #52 The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 525 reviews2016
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.7 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 22.7%, Adventure 13.9%, 2D 10.9%, Exploration 10.7%
- #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 15.7%, Exploration 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 11%
- #54 Void Memory
70% matchMixed67% of 234 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 11.6%, Exploration 9.7%, Action 7.8%, 2D 7%
- #55 The Last Hope
71% 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 33.6%, Survival 28.3%, Exploration 27.1%, Story Rich 6.6%, Action 4.5%
- #56 There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,040 reviews2022
Dev: ZelartPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 19.2%, Action-Adventure 17%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Multiple Endings 10.2%
- #57 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
68% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Action-Adventure 22.2%, Crafting 15.9%, Exploration 14.2%, Survival 13.6%
- #58 Purgatory’s Flower
65% matchVery Positive95% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: vivid selfish
Windows
Hand-drawn 2D point and click Horror x Dating sim Meet the 'Flowers' imprisoned in hell. They long for an escape to purgatory. Your job here is simple. Listen to their stories, and break out together. Easy, right? ...But, doesn't it seem strange? These people... seem to be out of their mind, a bit.
Why similar: Emotional 64.2%, 2D 20.4%, Adventure 15.4%
- #59 CONSCRIPT: Director’s Cut
64% matchVery Positive90% of 2,532 reviews2024
Dev: Jordan MochiPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
During the First World War, a lone French soldier must navigate twisted trenches, scavenge for limited supplies and solve complex puzzles—all whilst fighting for survival in the midst of mankind’s most brutal and horrifying conflict. CONSCRIPT is a new historical take on classic survival horror.
Why similar: Alternate History 23%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Action-Adventure 12.8%, Psychological Horror 11.7%, Survival 9%
- #60 OMORI
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 88,316 reviews2020
Dev: OMOCAT, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
Why similar: Psychological Horror 29.5%, RPG 21%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Multiple Endings 10.6%, Story Rich 6.6%