Games Like Lost Light

Arena Breakout: Infinite is a high-stakes tactical extraction shooter where every decision matters. Fight, loot, and extract—or lose it all. With stunningly realistic visuals, lifelike sound, and unforgiving PvPvE combat, every raid is a gamble between glory and ruin.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.6% ★, Gun Customization 13.1% ★, Shooter 8.4%, FPS 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its raid-based extraction structure, detailed weapon customization, loot economy, and high-risk firefights make it the closest direct alternative to Lost Light.

Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 33.7% ★, Looter Shooter 16.9% ★, Gun Customization 10.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 7%, Survival 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This is the hardcore extraction shooter that heavily defines the tense scavenging, loadout-building, insurance, and extract-or-lose-everything loop Lost Light emulates.

Outlive the apocalypse! Dive into intense Encounters and extract the most valuable spoils the Outlands have to offer! Loot, shoot, and build to become the absolute Outlander and explore the landscape of a post-war Norway in Vigor, a free-to-play looter shooter.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 29.9% ★, Looter Shooter 27.5% ★, Shooter 8.7%, Multiplayer 8.2%, FPS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Vigor centers on entering dangerous encounters to scavenge resources, eliminate rivals, and safely extract materials to improve your shelter and gear.

Play for free in operator-based extraction and full-scale combined arms warfare. Become elite Operators, customize an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, and deploy into thrill-packed missions across multiple modes.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.8% ★, Looter Shooter 13.1% ★, Massively Multiplayer 9.2%, Gun Customization 8.7% ★, Shooter 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its Operations mode combines free-to-play tactical FPS combat, valuable loot runs, squad play, and extraction-focused PvPvE missions.

Enter a high-stakes PvE-first open-world tactical shooter set on a quarantined Southeast Asian island torn apart by faction warfare. Deploy as an elite operator, fight solo or with your squad to carry out missions, earn reputation, and explore the truth behind the Event igniting the conflict.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 43.3% ★, Gun Customization 10.4% ★, Shooter 8%, FPS 7.6%, Survival 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers grounded PvPvE gunfights, extensive weapon building, faction-based missions, and dangerous loot expeditions in a persistent conflict zone.

Marauders is a tactical first-person multiplayer looter shooter set in a sci-fi universe. As a space pirate, work solo, or in a squad with up to 3 other players to navigate a hostile battleground, hunt for loot, craft new weapons and gear, and salvage what you’ll need to survive.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 49.5% ★, Looter Shooter 24.8% ★, Shooter 7.4%, FPS 6.7%, PvP 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This extraction shooter brings the same gear-risk tension and inventory looting to a gritty space setting with customizable weapons and ships.

IRR is a tactical PvE Co-Op extract shooter set in a de-stabilized and immersive modern-day Vietnam. As a PMC for a mysterious organization, deal with 3 factions that stand to gain from the chaos. Engage in ruthless combat, plan your deployment, and explore the world as your journey unfolds.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 47.1% ★, Looter Shooter 18.1% ★, Gun Customization 12.7% ★, Shooter 7.7%, FPS 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical PvE extraction shooter emphasizes assembling a loadout, completing risky operations, collecting loot, and returning safely to base.

Tactical extraction shooter meets immersive survival horror. Play as rival mercenaries fighting for loot, or as alien monsters hunting humans from the shadows. Solo or with friends, experience this unique dark take on asymmetrical PvPvE multiplayer.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 50.6% ★, Gun Customization 10.1% ★, Shooter 8.5%, FPS 8.3%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers tense extraction matches where armed mercenaries compete for loot while evading or battling deadly alien threats.

An Open World Survival Shooter blending hardcore PVP and PVE action. Secure precious loot in safe zones or build your own fortress in the wild. With intense gunfights, stunning visuals, and performance smooth enough for any system, the challenge awaits!

Why similar: Survival 16.9%, Looter Shooter 15.8% ★, FPS 10.7%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Shooter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Deadside combines open-world survival, weapon looting, dangerous PvP encounters, missions, and base progression in a grounded post-apocalyptic setting.

Will To Live is a MMORPG-shooter whose action takes place in a severe post-apocalyptic world. Explore the world, engage in fights with mutants and other survivors, join the clans in the struggle for existence and prove your right to Live.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 18.9%, Survival 18.2%, Shooter 17.9%, FPS 15.2%, Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic online FPS emphasizes scavenging, survival systems, mutants, player threats, and character progression across hostile zones.

Hunt: Showdown 1896 is the brutally rewarding extraction shooter. Track twisted monsters and overcome ruthless PvP. Take bounties in corrupted backwaters lost to history. With a team, you might survive. Die with nothing or get out with everything.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.3% ★, Battle Royale 14.7% ★, FPS 8.4%, Shooter 8.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its PvPvE bounty hunts create similarly nerve-racking stakes as players gather objectives, fight monsters and rivals, then race to extract alive.

Action-focused, open world survival shooter, PvPvE against fellow mercenaries and lethal XOIDS. Raid for resources alone or with team-mates, build and defend your base, stash your gear and survive against the odds. You are the hunters. You are the hunted. And the robots never sleep…

Why similar: Looter Shooter 21.6% ★, Survival 13.8%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Massively Multiplayer 9.7%, Shooter 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its free-to-play multiplayer survival world rewards scavenging weapons and supplies while surviving PvE enemies and unpredictable player encounters.

An unforgiving hardcore fantasy FPS dungeon PvPvE adventure. Band together with your friends and use your courage, wits, and cunning to uncover mythical treasures, defeat gruesome monsters, while staying one step ahead of the other devious treasure-hunters.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 59.6% ★, Battle Royale 15.9% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Survival 8.2%, PvP 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It trades firearms for fantasy weapons but closely matches Lost Light's high-stakes dungeon extraction, valuable loot, and loss-on-death structure.

Stay Out - is a MMORPG with shooter elements, based on spirit of “stalking” - an urban exploration, searching and exploring mysterious, abandoned and forgotten by humanity pieces of our planet.

Why similar: Survival 20.2%, Shooter 19.9%, Multiplayer 15.6%, Open World 11%, PvP 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Stay Out offers a bleak online exclusion-zone setting built around scavenging, shooting mutants, gathering equipment, and surviving other players.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 51.9% ★, Looter Shooter 21.3% ★, Survival 10.6%, Shooter 7.1%, Post-apocalyptic 4%

Why You'll Like It: Although single-player and top-down, it captures the core extraction loop of entering hazardous zones, gathering supplies, managing inventory, and escaping alive.

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Why similar: Survival 23.2%, Shooter 18.9%, Multiplayer 17.6%, Open World 12.3%, PvP 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its free-to-play supernatural survival sandbox features extensive looting, firearm crafting, dangerous PvE excursions, and optional PvP territory conflict.

EXFIL delivers raw tactical FPS intensity with no distractions. No loot grinding, no gimmicks, just pure realism. EXFIL tests your strategy, comms, and teamwork in high-stakes tactical engagements. Will your squad rise to the challenge?

Why similar: Gun Customization 35.6% ★, Shooter 24%, FPS 20.2%, Multiplayer 20.1%

Why You'll Like It: EXFIL focuses on deliberate tactical movement, realistic firearms, looting, and getting out of hostile operations with your equipment intact.

Hey Lightcatchers! Are you ready for massive 60-player shootouts? Enjoy fast-paced hero shooter action in Farlight 84!

Why similar: Battle Royale 34.2% ★, Shooter 13.1%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Massively Multiplayer 10.2%, Survival 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a faster, more arcade-like free-to-play option for players who enjoy looting weapons, surviving PvP matches, and post-apocalyptic shooter action.

Welcome to SCUM, a ruthless open-world survival game where deep character customization defines the prisoner you become. Loot, craft, hunt, build, and fight to outlast a hostile island where every choice can change your fate. Stay alive. Stay dangerous. Become harder to kill.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 24.8%, Survival 24.4%, FPS 14.8%, Open World 12.9%, PvP 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer survival game adds deep inventory, weapon, metabolism, crafting, and PvP systems for players who enjoy preparing carefully before raids.

How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.

Why similar: Survival 22.4%, Massively Multiplayer 14.4%, Shooter 13.4%, Multiplayer 11%, FPS 11%

Why You'll Like It: DayZ provides a harsher open-world version of the same tension, where every weapon, medical item, encounter, and extraction from danger matters.

PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS, the high-stakes winner-take-all shooter that started the Battle Royale craze, is free-to-play! Drop into diverse maps, loot unique weapons and supplies, and survive in an ever-shrinking zone where every turn could be your last.

Why similar: Battle Royale 27.4% ★, Survival 20.7%, Shooter 16.8%, Multiplayer 11.5%, FPS 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its battle royale matches retain the satisfying loop of finding guns and attachments, making risk-based movement decisions, and surviving rival players.

Enter the Chornobyl Anomalous Zone — a vast open world where anomalies, mutants, and rivals stand in your way. Explore, scavenge, and try to survive in this brutal and dangerous land. Evolving with every update, now overhauled and crowned with UPDATE 2.0.

Why similar: Survival 26.9%, FPS 21.6%, Shooter 19.1%, Open World 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its atmospheric exclusion zone, artifact hunting, scavenging, lethal firefights, and survival-focused exploration strongly suit Lost Light's setting and mood.

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 28.2% ★, Survival 13.3%, Massively Multiplayer 12%, Shooter 11.1%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its free-to-play survival sandbox offers scavenging, firearms, base building, vehicles, zombies, and player-driven danger across multiplayer servers.

Join The Division in this open world tactical shooter. Engage in intense cover-based combat, team up with friends, and build your ultimate agent to save Washington, D.C.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 41.5% ★, Multiplayer 11.8%, Shooter 10.8%, Third-Person Shooter 9.8%, Open World 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is a polished third-person looter-shooter with build crafting, gear upgrades, tense Dark Zone PvP, and cooperative combat against hostile factions.

Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.

Why similar: Shooter 25.6%, FPS 19%, Multiplayer 16.4%, War 9.8%, Open World 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its realistic ballistics, tactical teamwork, modded survival scenarios, and large-scale military sandbox appeal to players seeking more simulation-heavy firefights.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Why similar: FPS 30.7%, Shooter 29.3%, Multiplayer 19.2%, War 8.2%, Massively Multiplayer 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: While mission-focused rather than extraction-based, it delivers punishing tactical FPS gunplay, meaningful loadout choices, and high-pressure cooperative or PvP battles.

STALZONE is the PvPvE extraction shooter where you don't have to start over — and the only one with persistent world worth belonging to. You are invited to explore the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone twisted by anomalies and divided between rival factions whose territories shape the danger around you

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 48.9% ★, Looter Shooter 11.1% ★, Survival 7.2%, FPS 6.1%, Shooter 5.2%

Gather your friends and dive into the action-packed Battle Royale, Squad Fight, or Hot Zone like there's no tomorrow! Blood Strike offers a wide range of playable Strikers, each with a unique active and passive ability letting you deploy drones, shield walls and everything in between.

Why similar: Battle Royale 32.3% ★, Shooter 16.6%, FPS 14.2%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Massively Multiplayer 8.4%

Explore, adapt, and survive in Undawn, a free-to-play open-world survival RPG for mobile and PC developed by LightSpeed Studios and published by Level Infinite. Embark on an adventure with other survivors four years after a worldwide disaster where hordes of infected roam a shattered world.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 19.9%, Survival 19.9%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Shooter 11.8%, Open World 11.1%

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Survival 24.6%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Shooter 18.5%, Open World 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

Join fast-paced action-packed combat. Play Combat Master -- AAA experience on any hardware. Best-in-class multiplayer gunfight. Next-level extreme performance. Lightning-speed loading time and a whole lot more.

Why similar: Gun Customization 22.8% ★, Shooter 17.6%, FPS 17.4%, Multiplayer 15.9%, Battle Royale 15.8% ★

Hired Ops is a session-based online shooter dedicated to fierce conflicts between rival mercenary groups battling on a global scale.

Why similar: FPS 30.5%, Multiplayer 23%, Shooter 20.9%, Massively Multiplayer 11.9%, Battle Royale 6.2% ★

Jump into this free‑to‑play looter‑shooter RPG featuring tactical combat, deep progression, and an exclusive canon storyline, playable solo or with friends.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.6% ★, Shooter 14.6%, Survival 10.5%, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.3%

Join 20+ million players in Rogue Company, the ultimate third-person tactical action shooter! Become an agent of Rogue Company and wield powerful weapons, high-tech gadgets, and game-changing abilities. Accept the mission and jump into a variety of 4v4 and 6v6 game modes. Play FREE today!

Why similar: Battle Royale 23.1% ★, Shooter 21.8%, Multiplayer 20.1%, Third-Person Shooter 14.3%, PvP 7.8%

Brace yourself for an action-packed shooter experience in Mini Royale! Battle as green army toy soldiers in a massive kids' bedroom, fighting for survival in modes like Battle Royale, Deathmatch, and more—where only the strongest players or teams claim victory.

Why similar: Battle Royale 28.4% ★, Looter Shooter 18.3% ★, Shooter 12.6%, Multiplayer 10.7%, Survival 8.6%

Fast paced FPS with high customizational freedom. From game mode customization to an in depth weapon tuning and attachment system up to detailed character customizations, while it was developed so you can choose to either go for high performance or graphical fidelity without an high end PC.

Why similar: Gun Customization 23% ★, FPS 21.3%, Shooter 19.5%, Multiplayer 17.1%, Survival 6.9%

Embark on a risky but exciting journey through the world of Undeads. Search for weapons, armor, supplies and medicine. Survive or hunt survivors. Enjoy unique matches, sell your loot, and fight bloody and challenging battles against the background of the zombie apocalypse!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 26.3% ★, Battle Royale 25.5% ★, Survival 10.5%, Shooter 9.7%, Multiplayer 9%

Grab your ragtag crew & take up the Nectar Raiding trade on a dangerous planet that’s become all the rage! In this PvPvE extraction game for 1-10 players, compete against enemy crews to harvest as much Nectar as possible before night falls. But watch out, you're not the only one roaming this planet!

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 45.1% ★, Looter Shooter 22.1% ★, Survival 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Third-Person Shooter 5.9%

Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.6% ★, Survival 14.1%, Massively Multiplayer 12.1%, Shooter 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.7%

Get ready for the apocalypse! Shatterline is a high-octane single-player FPS adventure where Earth’s survival hangs in the balance. Pick a unique operator and combat the alien plague!

Why similar: Shooter 37%, FPS 29.8%, Multiplayer 19.3%, PvP 7.1%, Action 6.7%

Anomaly Zone is an open world MMORPG and a post-apocalyptic shooter. Be a scientist, a soldier, a hunter or an engineer. Explore anomalous territories, search for artifacts, fight mutants and other players. Participate in mass PvP and PvE battles. The Zone is waiting!

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 32.4%, Survival 24.6%, Shooter 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Open World 8.7%

POLYGON is a tactical multiplayer team 1st person shooter. Using various weapons, you will battle with up to 32 players on large-scale maps. Properly managing your arsenal and skills, you will lead your team to victory!

Why similar: Shooter 19.6%, Massively Multiplayer 17%, Gun Customization 15.7% ★, FPS 14.4%, Multiplayer 12.7%

Caliber is a team-based online shooter focused on special forces units from all over the world. More than 70 operators with unique abilities and weapons as well as various game modes and maps are waiting for you.

Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 21.3%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Shooter 18.5%, Third-Person Shooter 13.1%, War 10%

Left to Survive is an action shooter game with the post-apocalyptic world setting with a base building feature. Become a hero, challenge other players, join tournaments, raid bases. Would you be able to survive in a dead world?

Why similar: Survival 32.7%, Third-Person Shooter 21%, Shooter 14.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%, PvP 9%

"Sunrise" - an online shooter with elements of survival from the first person. Your task is to survive in the harsh conditions of the post-apocalyptic world. Explore new regions, team up with other players in groups, survive with them and create your own rules of survival!

Why similar: Survival 29.4%, Massively Multiplayer 18%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Shooter 8.8%, FPS 8.7%

Gravebound is a 6-player co-op extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by rogue machines. Scavenge valuable loot, survive intense firefights, complete dynamic objectives, and extract alive to keep what you earn. Push deeper for rarer rewards, tougher enemies, and higher stakes.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 31.1% ★, Looter Shooter 29.9% ★, Shooter 10.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.6%