Games Like INSOMNIA: The Ark

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.4%, RPG 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Tactical 7.9%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric RPG shares the same brutal, post-apocalyptic sci-fi setting and focus on faction-based choices as INSOMNIA.

The Technomancer is a sci-fi RPG that offers players plenty of dynamic combat action based on 4 skill trees dedicated to 3 combat styles and the destructive electrical powers of the Technomancers.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, RPG 19.5%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Third Person 12.1%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It features a similar third-person action-RPG structure set on a harsh, resource-starved planet with heavy emphasis on narrative consequences.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47.7%, RPG 27.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Atmospheric 4.3%, Indie 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, isometric post-apocalyptic RPG that mirrors the challenging survival mechanics and deep character customization found in INSOMNIA.

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.2%, Space 17.8%, Shooter 12%, Action 11%, RPG 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides the definitive space station survival experience with a focus on atmosphere, exploration, and overcoming overwhelming odds.

ELEX is a handcrafted action role-playing experience from the award-winning creators of the Gothic series, set in a brand new post-apocalyptic Science Fantasy universe that puts players into a huge seamless game world full of original characters, mutated creatures, deep moral choices and powerful action.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, RPG 21.7%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Third Person 8.7%, Choices Matter 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world RPG that blends science fiction and post-apocalyptic elements, featuring a complex faction system similar to the one in INSOMNIA.

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: Sci-fi 30.9%, Space 24.2%, Story Rich 9%, Atmospheric 9%, Exploration 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim captures the feeling of navigating a massive, decaying space station filled with environmental storytelling and dangerous secrets.

An Intense Cyberpunk Rpg On the Red Planet! Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after the cataclysm that threw the planet and its colonists into chaos. Water has become the most precious resource on the arid red planet, with a few companies fighting a perpetual war for its control.

Why similar: RPG 24.4%, Sci-fi 22.4%, Third Person 13.8%, Action RPG 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A smaller-scale, narrative-focused action RPG that shares the gritty, industrial sci-fi aesthetic of the seed game.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.8%, RPG 17%, Tactical 12.3%, Exploration 11.4%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the classic, unforgiving post-apocalyptic RPG style with a strong emphasis on exploration and survival.

Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.6%, RPG 15.5%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Character Customization 7.1%, Action RPG 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Widely considered the gold standard for choice-driven post-apocalyptic RPGs, it offers the deep narrative branching that fans of INSOMNIA crave.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Sci-fi 21.3%, Space 18.6%, RPG 15.7%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Story Rich 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: This narrative-heavy RPG captures the feeling of life on a crumbling space station, focusing on survival and the struggle against systemic decay.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Character Customization 19%, Choices Matter 13.9%, RPG 11.7%, Tactical 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, party-based RPG that excels at presenting difficult moral dilemmas in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world.

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, Lore-Rich 12.5%, Shooter 8.9%, Sci-fi 8%, RPG 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an unparalleled atmospheric post-apocalyptic experience with a focus on survival and environmental storytelling.

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: Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Character Customization 11.5%, Action RPG 11.4%, Sci-fi 10.5%, RPG 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that explores the survival of humanity in a post-apocalyptic future with a focus on exploration and RPG elements.

You play as Adam Jensen, an experienced covert operative operating in a world that despises his kind: augmented humans. Choose from an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations to build your playstyle, and decide who you'll trust, to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.

Why similar: Sci-fi 29.6%, RPG 21.2%, Story Rich 13.2%, Shooter 12.3%, Atmospheric 10%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a dense, lore-rich sci-fi world where player choices and character builds significantly impact how you navigate the environment.

The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.

Why similar: Action RPG 16.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, RPG 11.5%, Space 10.4%, Character Customization 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a satirical yet engaging sci-fi RPG experience that focuses on corporate-controlled space colonies and player-driven narrative paths.

Hellpoint is an intense action RPG taking place on Irid Novo, a derelict space station soaked in an intoxicating dark sci fi atmosphere. Fight dreadful creatures, face the Cosmic Gods and unravel their twisted story. Should the challenge be too great, play with a friend in local or online coop.

Why similar: Sci-fi 23.7%, Action RPG 16.8%, RPG 15.9%, Dark 11.6%, Third Person 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi action RPG that features a dark, interconnected space station setting with challenging combat and deep lore.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: RPG 36.1%, Sci-fi 21.5%, Tactical 19.9%, Story Rich 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric RPG that excels in world-building and complex, character-driven storytelling within a dark, futuristic setting.

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 26.5%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Multiple Endings 14.7%, RPG 13.8%, Story Rich 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy, isometric RPG that prioritizes investigation and narrative consequences over traditional combat, much like the dialogue-heavy sections of INSOMNIA.

Chernobylite is a science-fiction survival horror RPG. Set in the hyper-realistic, 3D-scanned wasteland of Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone, explore a non-linear storyline in your search to uncover the truth of your tortured past.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.9%, Sci-fi 15.7%, RPG 13.9%, Action-Adventure 8.7%, Exploration 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines survival mechanics with a strong narrative and base-building, set in a haunting, post-apocalyptic environment.

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: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%, RPG 12.8%, Tactical 10.4%, Dark 10%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused sci-fi RPG that emphasizes resource management and exploration in a claustrophobic, underground setting.

STASIS The isometric, point-and-click, sci-fi horror adventure game! In the distant future aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft, John Maracheck awakes from stasis. He must push himself to new physical and emotional limits and unravel the mysteries around him.

Why similar: Sci-fi 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27%, Space 18.8%, Story Rich 9.1%, Atmospheric 8%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric sci-fi horror game perfectly captures the claustrophobic, decaying atmosphere of a derelict space station.

Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Action RPG 15.8%, Lore-Rich 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%, RPG 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world action RPG that captures the feeling of being a stranger in a harsh, alien, and post-apocalyptic frontier.

Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.

Why similar: Character Customization 23%, RPG 22.7%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Action RPG 9.2%, Third Person 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep RPG that emphasizes political intrigue, faction loyalty, and the impact of your decisions on a changing world.

Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.6%, Action RPG 16.1%, Character Customization 11.9%, RPG 9.2%, Action-Adventure 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric survival RPG that captures the gritty, scavenging-focused gameplay loop of a post-apocalyptic world.

Cyberpunk 2077 is an open-world, action-adventure RPG set in the dark future of Night City — a dangerous megalopolis obsessed with power, glamor, and ceaseless body modification.

Why similar: Sci-fi 22.4%, RPG 17.6%, Action RPG 12%, Character Customization 11.4%, Story Rich 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a massive, lore-dense sci-fi world where character customization and narrative choices are central to the experience.

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 22.3%, RPG 17.3%, Action-Adventure 12.6%, Third Person 11.8%, Dark 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique, atmospheric world with a heavy emphasis on exploration and challenging, RPG-driven character progression.

Equipped with cutting-edge salvaging tech, carve & slice spaceships to recover valuable materials. Upgrade your gear to take on more lucrative contracts and pay your billion credits debt to LYNX Corp!

Why similar: Space 47%, Sci-fi 43.4%, Singleplayer 7.4%, Action 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more of a simulation, it perfectly captures the blue-collar, industrial, and dangerous reality of working on a space station.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.8%, Choices Matter 19.3%, RPG 15.4%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Tactical 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: A notoriously difficult, choice-driven RPG that rewards careful planning and character specialization in a dying world.

Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG. Make your mark on this world, through your character development, choices and playstyle. But remember – everything has a price and consequences.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Character Customization 12.5%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Action RPG 9.7%

Space Hulk: Deathwing - Enhanced Edition is a First-Person Shooter based on Games Workshop’s cult classic board game set in Warhammer 40,000 universe. Expanding upon the original game, and featuring a host of new content, new features and a richer multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Shooter 31.5%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Action 22.7%, Space 9.8%, Atmospheric 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A visceral, atmospheric shooter that excels at conveying the scale and decay of a massive, derelict space vessel.

Within the Cosmos is a sci-fi RPG. After awakening in a secluded star system, you soon discover a fractured human society grappling with an emerging android threat. Explore planets, uncover mysteries, and navigate differing philosophies. Your choices will shape how the story unfolds.

Why similar: Sci-fi 13.3%, Character Customization 12.2%, Action RPG 12%, RPG 9.9%, Space 9.4%

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: Lore-Rich 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Sci-fi 13%, Space 12.7%, Shooter 8.2%

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: Post-apocalyptic 36.5%, Action RPG 17.6%, Action-Adventure 9.8%, Action 8.7%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Starcom: Unknown Space is an action RPG of space exploration and adventure. Build your own starship while discovering an epic story in a universe of strange mysteries, alien factions and uncharted worlds.

Why similar: Space 21.2%, Action RPG 14.1%, Lore-Rich 13.5%, Sci-fi 12.6%, RPG 8.8%

The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.

Why similar: Sci-fi 16.2%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Multiple Endings 14.6%, Action RPG 13.6%, Third Person 11.6%

Of Ash and Steel is an immersive third-person open-world RPG created by a passionate team that values the essence of classic old-school RPGs and modern design. Explore the lands of a once-prosperous island, hone your combat skills, and survive in the unforgiving realm of the Kingdom of the Seven.

Why similar: Action RPG 28.7%, RPG 18.1%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Atmospheric 9.7%, Action 8.5%

Earth's Shadow is a third person action Sci-Fi dungeon crawler set in the year 3081 on planet Sumbra; a remote alien planet where legends of valuable relics surround this black world, calling to the greedy and brave explorers seeking a bright future... but end up uncovering an even darker past.

Why similar: Action RPG 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, RPG 14.9%, Shooter 12.8%, Third Person 11%

Take on the role of Nora Harwood, member of Everreach’s Security Division, on a mission to secure the colonization process of Eden and investigate mysterious incidents! Everreach: Project Eden is a fast-paced, story-driven action-RPG set on the visually stunning Planet Eden.

Why similar: RPG 26.2%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Action 11.2%, Third Person 6.3%, Action RPG 6%

Z.O.N.A: Origin is an immersive adventure in a harsh post-apocalyptic world. Dive into a captivating story, explore a stunning open world, avoid dangerous anomalies, and hunt for powerful artifacts. Every choice you make can be decisive in this unpredictable world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Action RPG 12.4%, Shooter 12.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, RPG 10.7%

Third person shooter action adventure game with post-apocalyptic theme. Witness the adventures of Victor and his friends in this abandoned world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Tactical 17.1%, Shooter 12%, Third Person 9.7%, Action-Adventure 9.5%

An Action RPG at its core, I Shall Remain combines role-playing elements with survival and strategic aspects, and creates a blend never before seen. Through complex, real-time character progression and RPG system, over a hundred abilities to learn and upgrade, dozens of weapons and enhancers, thousands of Infected, over twenty mutations,...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.1%, RPG 20.7%, Action RPG 9.5%, Action 8.5%, Indie 6.4%

"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: Post-apocalyptic 37.7%, RPG 24.8%, Sci-fi 14%, Multiple Endings 10.7%, Exploration 8.5%

The goal is simple, the game is hard, reach the centre. After The End: The Harvest is an immersive retro open-universe space adventure and exploration ARPG. Seamlessly travel across space, catch/train & evolve monsters, take on quests and fight Titans!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Lore-Rich 13.3%, Space 11.2%, Character Customization 10.4%, Action RPG 10.1%

Empyreal is a complex, challenging, feature-rich action RPG. In a far-flung corner of the galaxy an Expedition arrives on a hitherto unexplored planet to find a colossal Monolith built by a lost civilisation.

Why similar: Action RPG 13.1%, Character Customization 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Multiple Endings 9.3%

You've crash-landed on a forgotten planet and must survive in a hostile open world filled with mutated crabs and other enemies. Armed with weapons, a beat-up bike, and a few skills, you'll explore, fight, scavenge, and level up. A compact open-world shooter with light RPG and survival elements.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action RPG 15.5%, RPG 12.1%, Shooter 11.7%

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Character Customization 17.2%, Sci-fi 11.2%, RPG 11.1%, Space 10.9%

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Multiple Endings 10%, RPG 9.4%

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.5%, RPG 15%, Tactical 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 7.8%

Embark on a gripping journey in INDUSTRIA, an atmospheric FPS set in Cold War-era East Berlin. Unravel the secrets of a mysterious parallel dimension while searching for a missing colleague. Explore a haunting reality where the truth awaits. Discover the dark past that lies beyond.

Why similar: Sci-fi 32.5%, Shooter 20.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Action 10.6%

Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?

Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.9%, Action RPG 13.6%, Third Person 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.3%, RPG 9.2%

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: Post-apocalyptic 23%, Lore-Rich 19.1%, Action RPG 14.7%, Shooter 10.8%, RPG 10.2%

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, RPG 13.4%, Story Rich 12.5%, Action RPG 10.4%

Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.8%, Action RPG 13.7%, Character Customization 13.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, RPG 9.4%

A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Lore-Rich 15.9%, Character Customization 14.1%, Sci-fi 11.7%, RPG 9.6%

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: Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Shooter 13.3%, Third Person 12.2%, Dark 9.1%, Exploration 7.9%

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Prypiat follows the story of special service agent Major Degtyarev as he investigates the fate of a lost expedition.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Lore-Rich 16%, RPG 12.8%, Shooter 11.6%, Sci-fi 9.4%

VOID SAILS is a single-player adventure where you captain a flying ship across uncharted space. Sail through mysterious worlds, battle powerful foes, and make story-defining choices. Uncover dark secrets in a game where every discovery could bring you closer to the truth—or to madness.

Why similar: Lore-Rich 22.4%, RPG 12.6%, Choices Matter 10%, Multiple Endings 9.6%, Space 9%

Fight, loot, explore and craft in the living open world of Starpoint Gemini 3. Assemble your trusty ship and boost your RPG skills to face all challenges.

Why similar: Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action RPG 16.5%, RPG 13.1%, Third Person 10.4%