- #1 Kvark
97% matchVery Positive87% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Latest PastPub: Perun Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Kvark is an FPS game set in a fictional version of the 80s Czech Republic. The player finds themselves in an underground facility that is falling apart as they travel through it. They will have to navigate through dark tunnels and will encounter many obstacles and enemies that will test their skills
Why similar: Alternate History 25%, FPS 19.4%, Dystopian 16%, Shooter 11.2%, First-Person 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the specific Cold War-era aesthetic and alternate-history FPS feel of the seed game perfectly.
- #2 ADACA
96% matchVery Positive91% of 883 reviews2022
Dev: Siris Pendrake
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A Sci-fi FPS set on the mysterious planet ADACA. - Use your GRAVITY-MANIPULATING arm to HURL objects at your foes or even RIP weapons directly from their hands! - EXPLORE and manipulate the environment in this EERIE and HOSTILE world!
Why similar: Dystopian 25.9%, FPS 21.7%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Shooter 9.8%, Horror 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar blend of old-school FPS mechanics, atmospheric exploration, and sci-fi mystery.
- #3 Half-Life 2
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 272,820 reviews2004
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Reawakened from stasis in the occupied metropolis of City 17, Gordon Freeman is joined by Alyx Vance as he leads a desperate human resistance. Experience the landmark first-person shooter packed with immersive world-building, boundary-pushing physics, and exhilarating combat.
Why similar: FPS 31%, Dystopian 15.5%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Shooter 8.3%, Story Rich 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: As a primary inspiration for the genre, it delivers the definitive narrative-driven, atmospheric FPS experience.
- #4 Singularity™
95% matchVery Positive93% of 5,861 reviews2010
Dev: Raven SoftwarePub: Activision
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY. Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and...
Why similar: FPS 31.6%, Alternate History 14.4%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Shooter 8.2%, Horror 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the Cold War-era setting and sci-fi time-manipulation elements that define the mystery of the seed game.
- #5 GET EVEN
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,788 reviews2017
Dev: The Farm 51Pub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take a deep breath... Try to remember: a girl, a chair, a bomb. Just keep... calm. Follow the voice into the depths of you memory. Relax... and search for the darkest memories in the deepest recesses of your mind. Can you find her? The clock is ticking... And this is just a part of the treatment.
Why similar: FPS 25.8%, Mystery 19.7%, Horror 10.9%, Story Rich 10.5%, Shooter 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on psychological mystery and narrative-driven exploration within a first-person perspective.
- #6 INFRA
94% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2016
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
INFRA puts you into the boots of a structural analyst on a routine mission. Quickly though, your task turns into a fight for survival, all caused by deep-rooted schemes of the past. Your tools are simple: your camera and the wits to navigate a labyrinth of debris.
Why similar: Mystery 19.5%, Puzzle 16.4%, Atmospheric 15.6%, First-Person 14.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes environmental storytelling and exploration in a way that mirrors the investigative nature of the seed game.
- #7 SIGNALIS
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 32,665 reviews2022
Dev: rose-enginePub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Dystopian 25.9%, Sci-fi 16%, Female Protagonist 16%, Mystery 12%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it perfectly captures the surreal, dystopian, and sci-fi horror atmosphere found in the seed game.
- #8 Prey
91% matchVery Positive91% of 53,815 reviews2017
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.
Why similar: FPS 23.9%, Sci-fi 23.6%, Horror 12.9%, Atmospheric 10%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim features a deep sci-fi mystery and a haunting, atmospheric environment that rewards careful exploration.
- #9 Black Mesa
91% matchVery Positive95% of 142,456 reviews2020
Dev: Crowbar Collective
Windows · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Relive Half-Life.
Why similar: FPS 29.2%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Shooter 11.4%, First-Person 9%, Story Rich 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This reimagining of a classic FPS captures the same sense of being trapped in a facility where reality is breaking down.
- #10 Metal Garden
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,434 reviews2025
Dev: Tinerasoft
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
Why similar: Immersive 24.2% ★, FPS 16.1%, Dystopian 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Mystery 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the atmospheric, sci-fi, and mystery-focused gameplay loop of the seed game.
- #11 Metro 2033 Redux
90% matchVery Positive92% of 134,240 reviews2014
Dev: 4A GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the Earth's surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age. The year is 2033.
Why similar: FPS 31.3%, Horror 13.1%, Story Rich 11.9%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Shooter 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: It excels at building a claustrophobic, dystopian, and narrative-heavy world within an Eastern European setting.
- #12 ZERO PROTOCOL
89% matchVery Positive84% of 597 reviews2024
Dev: R_Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this immersive sci-fi thriller, you will experience the atmosphere of classic 3D games as you solve puzzles, follow an intriguing non-linear storyline, and engage in battles with monsters.
Why similar: FPS 19%, Sci-fi 13%, Mystery 12.8%, Shooter 10.4%, First-Person 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror FPS that leans heavily into atmospheric exploration and psychological tension.
- #13 CONTROL Ultimate Edition
87% matchVery Positive86% of 60,348 reviews2020
Dev: Remedy Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 17.8%, Surreal 17.6%, Sci-fi 13.7%, Story Rich 11%, Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: It features a surreal, reality-bending sci-fi narrative set in a mysterious, atmospheric facility.
- #14 Atomic Heart
86% matchVery Positive81% of 48,140 reviews2023
Dev: MundfishPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In a mad and sublime utopian world, take part in explosive encounters. Adapt your fighting style to each opponent, use your environment and upgrade your equipment to fulfill your mission. If you want to reach the truth, you'll have to pay in blood.
Why similar: Alternate History 17.6%, FPS 14%, Robots 13.2%, Mystery 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a surreal, dystopian, and action-heavy sci-fi experience set in an alternate-history Soviet Union.
- #15 Moon Mystery
86% matchMixed66% of 696 reviews2024
Dev: CosmoscoutsPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.
Why similar: FPS 16.9%, Robots 16.7%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Mystery 11.3%, Shooter 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi adventure that focuses on exploration and mystery in a first-person perspective.
- #16 System Shock
84% matchVery Positive91% of 12,525 reviews2023
Dev: Nightdive StudiosPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
Why similar: FPS 23.2%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 9.1%, First-Person 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in sci-fi immersive sims that balances combat with environmental storytelling and mystery.
- #17 Inner Chains
88% matchMixed48% of 600 reviews2017
Dev: Telepaths TreePub: IMGN.PRO
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An FPS horror game set in a surreal, dark and deadly biomechanical world never seen before. Humankind is just a small part of a hostile universe. Want to survive? Discover its secrets.
Why similar: FPS 18.8%, Dystopian 17.5%, Surreal 15.2%, Shooter 9.3%, Horror 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title provides a dark, atmospheric, and surreal FPS experience that feels stylistically adjacent to the seed game.
- #18 A Void Hope
84% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2024
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.
Why similar: Immersive 35.3% ★, Dystopian 32.7%, Atmospheric 9.9%, Female Protagonist 6.1%, Mystery 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It captures a melancholic, dystopian atmosphere that resonates with the tone of the seed game.
- #19 The Signal From Tölva
85% matchMixed68% of 1,111 reviews2017
Dev: Big Robot Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to discover the source of the mysterious signal. What you discover will decide the fate of a world.
Why similar: Robots 27.6%, FPS 24.3%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Shooter 7.2%, First-Person 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a lonely, atmospheric sci-fi world filled with mystery and robotic exploration.
- #20 SOMA
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 51,186 reviews2015
Dev: Frictional Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
Why similar: Sci-fi 17.2%, Horror 15.8%, Story Rich 11.1%, Mystery 11%, Atmospheric 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a deeply unsettling sci-fi narrative centered on existential dread and atmospheric mystery.
- #21 Deliver Us Mars
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,935 reviews2023
Dev: KeokeN InteractivePub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deliver Us Mars is an atmospheric sci-fi adventure taking you on a suspense-fuelled, high-stakes mission to recover the ARK colony ships stolen by the mysterious Outward.
Why similar: Robots 25.4%, Sci-fi 18.5%, Female Protagonist 16.6%, Story Rich 11.8%, First-Person 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a narrative-driven, atmospheric sci-fi experience focused on exploration and mystery.
- #22 The Fall
82% matchVery Positive88% of 3,697 reviews2014
Dev: Over The Moon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence within a high-tech combat suit. The Fall is a unique combination of adventure-game puzzle solving and side-scroller action, all set within a dark and atmospheric story. Get ready for a disturbing journey as you explore the world of The Fall.
Why similar: Sci-fi 25.1%, Robots 13.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%, Puzzle 9%, Story Rich 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends sci-fi narrative with puzzle-solving in a way that highlights the isolation of its protagonist.
- #23 F.E.A.R.
82% matchVery Positive94% of 19,025 reviews2010
Dev: Monolith Productions, Inc.Pub: Warner Bros. Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Why similar: FPS 40.9%, Horror 20.8%, Shooter 10%, Action 6.5%, Atmospheric 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines intense FPS combat with a supernatural, atmospheric, and mysterious narrative.
- #24 BioShock™ Remastered
81% matchVery Positive83% of 63,486 reviews2016
Dev: 2K BostonPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
BioShock is a shooter unlike any other, loaded with unique weapons and tactics. Complete with an arsenal of revolvers, shotguns, and grenade launchers, players will be forced to genetically modify their DNA to become an even deadlier weapon.
Why similar: FPS 21.7%, Dystopian 19.4%, Alternate History 8.6%, Horror 8.4%, Story Rich 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for atmospheric, narrative-driven FPS games set in a mysterious, isolated location.
- #25 Dishonored
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 85,931 reviews2012
Dev: Arkane StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.2%, First-Person 16.8%, FPS 14.1%, Atmospheric 11.7%, Story Rich 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly atmospheric world with deep lore and multiple ways to navigate its dystopian setting.
- #26 Wolfenstein: The New Order
79% matchVery Positive92% of 61,017 reviews2014
Dev: MachineGamesPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wolfenstein®: The New Order reignites the series that created the first-person shooter genre. Wolfenstein offers a deep game narrative packed with action, adventure and first-person combat.
Why similar: FPS 27.2%, Alternate History 21.7%, Shooter 9.4%, Dystopian 7.9%, Sci-fi 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: It explores an alternate-history dystopian reality through a polished, narrative-driven FPS lens.
- #27 Crisol: Theater of Idols
76% matchVery Positive87% of 3,750 reviews2026
Dev: Vermila StudiosPub: Blumhouse Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crisol is a survival horror adventure set in a twisted version of Spain. As a soldier captured by religious dogmatism, you must use your own blood as ammunition, without draining to the point of death. Explore the cursed island of Tormentosa, uncover dark secrets, and battle horrifying enemies.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.4%, FPS 17.4%, Mystery 10.1%, Shooter 10%, Horror 8.6%
- #28 THE MULLER-POWELL PRINCIPLE
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 364 reviews2023
Dev: Three Dots GamesPub: Take Aim Games
Windows
Welcome to a breathtaking storyline full of portals, solving puzzles with an energy-absorbing weapon, and other adventures in a sci-fi atmosphere! Can you travel through parallel dimensions and uncover the secrets of your past?
Why similar: Surreal 21%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Mystery 12.1%, Horror 10.2%, First-Person 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on first-person exploration and puzzle-solving within a mysterious, reality-bending environment.
- #29 G String
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,250 reviews2020
Dev: Eyaura
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Slip into the Standard Issue Biosuit as Myo Hyori, a gifted Korean teenage girl who must face the perils of the future. Survive many hazards, explore a seemingly endless metropolis and beyond as the world around you implodes and history marches towards its inevitable conclusion.
Why similar: FPS 16%, Immersive 14.4% ★, Dystopian 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Action 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This indie title offers a gritty, dystopian, and atmospheric cyberpunk world to explore.
- #30 INDUSTRIA 2
77% matchMixed52% of 349 reviews2026
Dev: BleakmillPub: Headup
Windows
INDUSTRIA 2 is a narrative FPS adventure about a woman stranded in a parallel dimension. Explore, scavenge and fight your way through a mysterious boreal landscape consumed by an ever-hungry artificial intelligence to find a way home.
Why similar: Dystopian 21.9%, FPS 20.7%, Surreal 12%, Mystery 9%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #31 Fobia - St. Dinfna Hotel
77% matchVery Positive83% of 2,295 reviews2022
Dev: Pulsatrix StudiosPub: Maximum Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Why similar: Shooter 13%, Mystery 11.7%, FPS 11.2%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Puzzle 10.6%
- #32 METAL EDEN
74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,920 reviews2025
Dev: Reikon GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
An adrenaline-rush sci-fi FPS. A HYPER UNIT ASKA is sent on a suicide mission to rescue citizens' COREs from MOEBIUS, an orbital city turned into a deadly trap. Dive into cybernetic warfare, face the ENGINEERS, and uncover the secrets of METAL EDEN.
Why similar: FPS 22.3%, Robots 16%, Shooter 13.5%, Surreal 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #33 State of Mind
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,277 reviews2018
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores themes of separation, disjuncture and reunification, in a world that is torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future.
Why similar: Dystopian 30.5%, Sci-fi 25.3%, Story Rich 13.3%, Robots 11.7%, Adventure 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, futuristic adventure that explores themes of reality and identity.
- #34 INDIKA
73% matchVery Positive90% of 8,070 reviews2024
Dev: Odd MeterPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Play a third-person, story-driven game set in alternative Russia at the turn of the XIX century where religious visions clash with harsh reality. INDIKA tells the story of a young nun who sets off on a journey of self-discovery with the most unusual companion by her side, the devil himself.
Why similar: Surreal 30.4%, Horror 13.3%, Mystery 12.9%, Story Rich 11.4%, Puzzle 10.9%
- #35 Albert Innovation
75% matchVery Positive91% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Delirium Den
Windows
Albert Innovation is an immersive, narrative, atmospheric semi-horror game, where you will attempt to unravel the mysteries of what was once the most brilliant technological innovation company of the olden days. Manipulate machines, run away, and put an end to this nightmare.
Why similar: Immersive 38.1% ★, Mystery 15.8%, FPS 14.5%, Horror 9.5%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #36 Spirits of Xanadu
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 476 reviews2015
Dev: Good Morning, CommanderPub: Nightdive Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth.
Why similar: FPS 17.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Mystery 11.2%, Female Protagonist 9.7%, Shooter 8.7%
- #37 Observer: System Redux
74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,923 reviews2020
Dev: Bloober TeamPub: Bloober Team SA
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A first‑person cyberpunk horror detective story set in a decaying, neon‑scarred future. As an Observer who invades minds to hunt for clues, you will sift through corrupted memories to track down a mysterious killer and confront your own dark past.
Why similar: Alternate History 26.5%, Dystopian 20.3%, Surreal 16.8%, Horror 11.4%, First-Person 8.6%
- #38 The Invincible
71% matchVery Positive89% of 9,487 reviews2023
Dev: Starward IndustriesPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.
Why similar: Robots 30.4%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Female Protagonist 14.4%, Mystery 14.1%, Story Rich 8.5%
- #39 ROUTINE
69% matchVery Positive92% of 7,023 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar SoftwarePub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.7%, Horror 13.8%, Atmospheric 13%, First-Person 11.4%, Story Rich 11.4%
- #40 Hail to the Rainbow
70% matchVery Positive91% of 2,447 reviews2025
Dev: Носков Сергей
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The story of a lonely young man named Ignat, who survives in the dangerous and gloomy world of post-apocalyptic cyberpunk. You have to face the trials of a new reality and plunge into the secrets of the surrounding chaos.
Why similar: Alternate History 18.3%, Robots 15.6%, Dystopian 14.6%, FPS 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #41 Bitardia
73% matchVery Positive88% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: varlamov5264
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In Bitardia you will experience all the rules of the Internet in action, and venture on a journey in the spirit of classic low-budget shooters, making your way through the obstacles of the fantastic world of an imageboard.
Why similar: Dystopian 20.4%, FPS 17.9%, Surreal 14.5%, Story Rich 8.9%, Shooter 7.7%
- #42 NEDRA
72% matchMixed66% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Davit AndreasyanPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
NEDRA is a story-driven, atmospheric action-adventure blending survival horror with cosmic terror. Set in a Soviet-era Antarctic station, all the explorers have vanished without a trace, leaving you to uncover the chilling truth.
Why similar: FPS 29.1%, Horror 14%, Shooter 12.5%, Story Rich 11.8%, Atmospheric 9.3%
- #43 Red Alliance
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 293 reviews2018
Dev: 2ndUp Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Red Alliance is an atmospheric, dark action thriller single player game with elements of horror. The game takes place in Eastern Europe where the society is under oppressive regime enforced by a mysterious scientist whom the player must stop to restore justice.
Why similar: Dystopian 27.3%, FPS 17.2%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Shooter 10.3%, First-Person 7.9%
- #44 Subversive Memories
68% matchVery Positive97% of 104 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: Female Protagonist 22.6%, Mystery 22.3%, Horror 15.7%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Story Rich 14%
- #45 Red Matter
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,169 reviews2018
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Red Matter is a story-driven VR puzzle adventure game set during a dystopian sci-fi Cold War. Take on the role of Agent Epsilon, an astronaut of the Atlantic Union dispatched to an abandoned Volgravian moon base on a faraway planet. Your mission: to investigate a shady top secret research project.
Why similar: Sci-fi 19.3%, Mystery 18.5%, Horror 11.9%, Puzzle 11.3%, Story Rich 11%
- #46 Mother Hub
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 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: FPS 27%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Shooter 14.6%, Horror 14.2%, First-Person 9.5%
- #47 Saint of Chains
67% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: MystiveDev
Windows
Psychological single-player first-person horror. Explore dark environments, fight with melee and guns, and solve puzzles in this retro 2000s-inspired nightmare where the truth is more terrifying than the monsters.
Why similar: FPS 23.9%, Surreal 17.5%, Horror 11%, Shooter 10.9%, Atmospheric 9.6%
- #48 Close To The Sun
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,293 reviews2020
Dev: Storm in a TeacupPub: Wired Productions
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Deep in international waters, Tesla’s Helios stands still. An unbound utopia for scientific research, Rose Archer steps aboard in search of her sister, quickly to discover not all is as it seems. A single word covers the entrance… QUARANTINE!
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.8%, Horror 21%, First-Person 16.4%, Adventure 16%, Indie 8.2%
- #49 S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored
71% matchMixed68% of 73 reviews2021
Dev: VolframePub: Art Games Studio S.A.
Windows
S.W.A.N.: Chernobyl Unexplored is a science fiction FPS puzzle horror game, which takes place a few months after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster. Experience a tale about an unexplored area within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone - The S.W.A.N. Institute.
Why similar: FPS 18.3%, Mystery 13.7%, Surreal 13.3%, Horror 11.3%, Story Rich 9.3%
- #50 RED NIGHT
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: REDSOFT
Windows
In RED NIGHT, you play as Tess and face a demonic artificial intelligence in a horror anthology game. Each level explores a universal fear through unique and chilling worlds.
Why similar: FPS 32.7%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Shooter 11.1%, Horror 7.6%, Atmospheric 6.4%
- #51 Blood Facsimile
66% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: Rene McCarthy
Windows
An immersive FPS adventure set in a dark and surreal sci-fi world
Why similar: FPS 33%, Dystopian 18%, Shooter 12.3%, Horror 7.9%, Sci-fi 7%
- #52 Beastiarium
73% matchMixed51% of 122 reviews2016
Dev: Fazan
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Beastiarium — plunge into the mysterious world full of secrets and monsters, its atmosphere will keep you in suspense throughout the story. The action takes place in underground Petersburg in the beginning of 20th century, one hundred years later since the monsters invaded the planet.
Why similar: Dystopian 35.4%, Horror 14.4%, Atmospheric 11.1%, First-Person 10.8%, Puzzle 10.5%
- #53 Noch
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Story Rich 17.9%, Atmospheric 17.2%, First-Person 16.7%, Horror 15.8%, Puzzle 15.1%
- #54 Hard Reset Redux
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,352 reviews2016
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Hard Reset Redux is an action-packed and hardcore single-player shooter which embraces the best qualities that the genre has it offer. It includes over-the-top destruction, loads of enemies, great weapon variety, a challenging campaign and a beautifully realized cyberpunk setting.
Why similar: FPS 33.6%, Robots 21.6%, Shooter 14.1%, Action 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #55 Lorelei and the Laser Eyes
65% matchVery Positive94% of 3,023 reviews2024
Dev: SimogoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
Why similar: Mystery 20.8%, Puzzle 20.2%, Horror 15.1%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Adventure 10.3%
- #56 Peripeteia
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,921 reviews2025
Dev: Ninth Exodus
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are Marie, a cyborg mercenary dropped into the rot of a post-Soviet city of corruption and opportunity. Shoot, sneak, hack, climb or talk your way through alt-history cyberpunk Poland in an immersive sim where every problem has multiple solutions and every rooftop is reachable.
Why similar: Dystopian 29%, FPS 21%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Story Rich 8.5%, Horror 8.2%
- #57 Beyond Hanwell
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 728 reviews2024
Dev: Steel Arts Software Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Explore Westminster, London on a journey to the ruins of Hanwell. Fight with whatever you can find or use the environment to defend yourself against an ever increasing scourge of Anomalies.
Why similar: Immersive 28.2% ★, FPS 14.5%, Shooter 14.3%, Horror 12.7%, First-Person 8.5%
- #58 Fortune's Run
66% matchVery Positive92% of 582 reviews2023
Dev: Team Fortune
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore a decaying industrial world left behind in humanity's never-ending race to conquer the stars. Beneath its iron skies, desperate souls kill and steal for passage to the still-plentiful frontier worlds. Sink or swim in this high-octane first-person shooter with immersive sim elements.
Why similar: FPS 22.6%, Dystopian 20.2%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Shooter 6.8%
- #59 Red Matter 2
67% matchVery Positive93% of 689 reviews2022
Dev: Vertical Robot
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Red Matter 2 is an immersive, puzzle-adventure game that will transport you to the far reaches of space. Step into the shoes of Sasha, an agent awakened in a lunar base by an undercover operative and tasked with uncovering the secrets of the mysterious Red Matter.
Why similar: Mystery 19.2%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Puzzle 13.2%, Story Rich 12.4%, Atmospheric 11.5%