- #1 Nemesis: Distress
97% matchMixed53% of 353 reviews2022
Dev: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 1.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
NEMESIS DISTRESS is a unique multiplayer Sci-Fi horror experience that aims at creating unforgettable, cinematic moments. Remember – this is NOT a shooter, in Nemesis you are not the hunter. You are the PREY.
Why similar: Team-Based 32.8%, Survival Horror 27.8%, Realistic 11.1%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #2 Gloomhaven
96% matchVery Positive82% of 15,902 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Why similar: Board Game 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Card Game 13.8%, Online Co-Op 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #3 The Captain is Dead
96% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: Thunderbox Entertainment
Windows · Mac
It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...
Why similar: Board Game 30.3%, Isometric 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Team-Based 10.8%, Aliens 7.5%
- #4 Armello
95% matchVery Positive82% of 16,002 reviews2015
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
Why similar: Board Game 37.9%, Card Game 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Multiplayer 8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #5 Barotrauma
94% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Survival Horror 39.6%, Multiplayer 35.5%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Strategy 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #6 Aliens: Dark Descent
93% matchVery Positive88% of 18,082 reviews2023
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.
Why similar: Aliens 30.2%, Isometric 21%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Strategy 18.1%, 3D 5.7%
- #7 XenoShyft
94% matchMixed68% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: CMONPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
In this base-defense deck-building card game you and your teammates will have to work together to survive the continuous onslaught of powerful alien threats and horrors!
Why similar: Board Game 53.1%, Card Game 26.7%, Strategy 20.2%
- #8 LOCKDOWN Protocol
92% matchVery Positive86% of 19,268 reviews2025
Dev: Mirage Creative Lab
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, playable up to 16 players. While most players will cooperate to complete objectives to ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try their best to stop them at all cost, without being caught.
Why similar: Team-Based 41.6%, Multiplayer 32.8%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Strategy 6.5%, 3D 6%
- #9 Species: Unknown
91% matchVery Positive95% of 7,827 reviews2025
Dev: WanadevStudio
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Species: Unknown is a 1 to 4 players co-op survival horror. Complete high-risk missions aboard an abandoned ship while being hunted by an unknown creature. Survive and upgrade your gear to face each new threat that lurks in the dark.
Why similar: Aliens 20.3%, Online Co-Op 19.6%, Survival Horror 19.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #10 Deadnaut: Signal Lost
90% matchVery Positive87% of 94 reviews2023
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Linux
Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Exploration 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #11 Unfortunate Spacemen
89% matchVery Positive86% of 7,546 reviews2020
Dev: Geoff 'Zag' KeenePub: Deep Field Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...
Why similar: Survival Horror 40.9%, Multiplayer 26%, Online Co-Op 24%, Strategy 9.1%
- #12 Distrust: Polar Survival
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,532 reviews2017
Dev: CheerdealersPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.
Why similar: Isometric 22.9%, Survival Horror 21.3%, Multiplayer 12.8%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.1%
- #13 Anoxia Station
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Isometric 37.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 35.1%, Exploration 13%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #14 GTFO
87% matchVery Positive84% of 65,714 reviews2021
Dev: 10 Chambers
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Why similar: Team-Based 27.9%, Online Co-Op 26.1%, Survival Horror 25.9%, Multiplayer 20.1%
- #15 Unsafe Express
86% matchMixed56% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: OnSkull Games
Windows
Unsafe Express is a cooperative first-person survival horror game for 1-4 players. Navigate through space stations, collect materials and outlast your enemies! Choose your objective based on complexity levels, then cast your vote. Gather items, exterminate hostiles, fulfill missions and repeat!
Why similar: Survival Horror 20.6%, Aliens 18.3%, Online Co-Op 16.9%, Multiplayer 13.9%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #16 Darkwater
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,113 reviews2026
Dev: Targon StudiosPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Darkwater is a cooperative extraction horror game for 1-4 players. Command a submarine trapped under the ice of an alien planet. Battle enemy vessels and deep sea abominations as you hunt for resources. Do what it takes to survive.
Why similar: Survival Horror 26%, Online Co-Op 23.3%, Multiplayer 19.5%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Exploration 9.6%
- #17 Stellar Orphans
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"
Why similar: Board Game 27.4%, Card Game 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Aliens 7.7%
- #18 I am not a Monster: First Contact
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,286 reviews2018
Dev: CheerdealersPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 70%, Strategy 16.8%, Isometric 3.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.2%, Online Co-Op 1.8%
- #19 Niktophobia
83% matchMixed64% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: OldYacht
Windows
NIKTOPHOBIA - sci-fi horror for 1-4 players. The team arrives at the space station to extract alien bio-samples. Players will use various tools and manipulate the station's energy to get out of trouble together.
Why similar: Aliens 34.8%, Multiplayer 28.2%, Exploration 13.7%, Sci-fi 12.4%, 3D 7.3%
- #20 Nuclear Nightmare
81% matchVery Positive81% of 18,198 reviews2024
Dev: BG Productions
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
Why similar: Survival Horror 30.5%, Online Co-Op 25.9%, Aliens 13.9%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #21 Natural Selection 2
82% matchVery Positive85% of 13,335 reviews2012
Dev: Unknown Worlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Why similar: Team-Based 40.8%, Multiplayer 21.1%, Aliens 15.7%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Strategy 8.5%
- #22 Level Zero: Extraction
81% matchMixed51% of 2,919 reviews2025
Dev: Doghowl GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Survival Horror 38.1%, Aliens 36.6%, Multiplayer 25.4%
- #23 Shadownest
82% matchMixed55% of 507 reviews2021
Dev: Briny Boi StudiosPub: Briny Boi Studios
Windows
Asymmetric multiplayer meets atmospheric horror
Why similar: Survival Horror 33.8%, Team-Based 28.6%, Multiplayer 23.6%, Realistic 4.2%, Exploration 4.1%
- #24 Escape 51
79% matchVery Positive96% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: 51 Goobcells Production
Windows
In Escape 51 you play as a small alien that has been mistreated by humans as he works to escape the research facility that has kept him and other aliens like him captive for so long.
Why similar: Aliens 43.8%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Exploration 12.1%, Strategy 11%, Adventure 8%
- #25 Emissary Zero
78% matchVery Positive84% of 2,952 reviews2025
Dev: Rone Vine
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Co-op horror (1-4 players). You are sent to explore a mysterious building at night. Find the Moon and try to return alive.
Why similar: Multiplayer 25.8%, Survival Horror 25.1%, Online Co-Op 24.6%, Exploration 9.5%, Cinematic 9%
- #26 Quasimorph
79% matchVery Positive83% of 6,125 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Strategy 8.1%
- #27 Under Lock
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 76 reviews2021
Dev: NioTum
Windows
Under Lock is a multiplayer asymmetrical PvP horror game for 5 players (4 survivors versus 1 monster). Take the role of a survivor with the goal to outsmart the monster and escape from lockdown. Or choose one from several unique monsters to hunt down and devour the victims.
Why similar: Team-Based 30.6%, Survival Horror 19.8%, Online Co-Op 17.8%, Multiplayer 14.4%, Exploration 7.9%
- #28 Abiotic Factor
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 55,118 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.6 hrsMean: 43.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 26.4%, Aliens 22.9%, Multiplayer 19.3%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Exploration 12.9%
- #29 MAZEBOUND: Hunt, Gather, Run!
76% matchVery Positive85% of 156 reviews2026
Dev: Absam Studios
Windows
In this survival horror, you're surrounded by sea and a towering gate ahead. Walk into the maze, hunt, gather, and run to survive, alone or with friends. Remember: You're not the only one starving...
Why similar: Multiplayer 27.1%, Survival Horror 19.4%, Realistic 17.2%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Exploration 12.3%
- #30 Eclipse - 2nd Dawn for the Galaxy
77% matchMixed58% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: BrettspielWelt GmbHPub: Brettspielwelt GmbH
Windows · Mac
The galaxy, once peaceful after the Terran-Hegemony War, now faces rising tensions. The Galactic Council's efforts to maintain peace are failing as alliances shatter and secret treaties form. A confrontation looms—who will emerge victorious and rule the galaxy? Lead your people to victory!
Why similar: Board Game 35.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.5%, Aliens 15.6%, Exploration 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%
- #31 Evolution Board Game
77% matchVery Positive83% of 448 reviews2019
Dev: North Star Digital StudiosPub: North Star Games
Windows · Mac
Predators lurk, food is scarce, you must adapt - or go extinct. Evolve your species to survive and dominate as you explore the campaign or go head-to-head with the skill-based matchmaker.
Why similar: Board Game 34.1%, Card Game 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Multiplayer 9%
- #32 ROUTINE
73% 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: Survival Horror 22.1%, Aliens 21%, Cinematic 20%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Exploration 9.7%
- #33 NO BACKUP
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 577 reviews2026
Dev: Serundeox
Windows
Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.
Why similar: Survival Horror 24.9%, Online Co-Op 24.2%, Realistic 20.1%, Multiplayer 19.9%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #34 Hunt: The Unknown Quarry
78% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2017
Dev: Quicksilver Software, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hunt: The Unknown Quarry is a deductive combat game for 3 to 6 players. One is secretly the monster and is trying to cripple the other players in order to escape the mansion. Shared Play: One purchase allows a whole group to play together. Based on the original board game from Victory Point Games.
Why similar: Board Game 57.2%, Card Game 34.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #35 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 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: Turn-Based Combat 32.6%, Sci-fi 31.9%, Exploration 28.7%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #36 Fury of Dracula: Digital Edition
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 260 reviews2020
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows
Dracula is ready to take over Europe and only four iconic vampire hunters can stop him, in this digital adaptation of the classic board game of deduction and gothic horror. Play locally with friends or with up to five players online. Will you be the hunter or the hunted?
Why similar: Board Game 86%, Strategy 14%
- #37 Blackjack Descent
71% matchVery Positive87% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: CGI LAB GAMES
Windows
You're locked in a room where your only chance of survival is to play blackjack against a sinister dealer. Every hand isn't just a gamble, it's a deal with fate. Fail to repay your debt on time, and you'll fall into darkness... or something far worse.
Why similar: Card Game 29%, Strategy 25.8%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Adventure 11.5%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #38 Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,802 reviews2024
Dev: IllFonicPub: IllFonic Publishing
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Plan your own alien invasion and harvest humans as the iconic Killer Klowns, or gather a team of survivors to fight the extraterrestrial threat, in a game based on the ‘80s cult classic movie. Welcome to a new, craazzy take on the asymmetrical multiplayer horror experience!
Why similar: Team-Based 32.8%, Survival Horror 21.2%, Multiplayer 15.2%, Online Co-Op 13.9%, Realistic 9.3%
- #39 IT Simulator
72% matchVery Positive91% of 171 reviews2022
Dev: Bad Byte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
IT Simulator is a co-op horror game where two players attempt to return power to an office building. Take the role of the all-seeing Control Room or the stealthy Repair Technician as you risk everything to d̶i̶s̶c̶o̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶t̶r̶u̶t̶h̶ escape.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 42.2%, Multiplayer 20.3%, Exploration 12%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Adventure 8.1%
- #40 Crash The Core
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Jerome LabellePub: Honest Rogue Games
Windows
A sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder about building your own starting deck, equipping gadgets, summoning allies, and salvaging cards for different effects. Discover strange events, go fishing and gather Intel to uncover a conspiracy to take over the galaxy!
Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Board Game 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%
- #41 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
71% matchMixed67% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Aliens 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Strategy 8.8%
- #42 Space Prison
70% matchVery Positive85% of 271 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.5%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Exploration 13.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #43 Moros Protocol
69% matchVery Positive81% of 780 reviews2025
Dev: Pixel ReignPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Face the darkness in Moros Protocol, a pixel-painted sci-fi FPS roguelite. Survive the nightmare alone or with allies as you navigate the decaying warship, stalked by horrors and guided by a voice you don’t recognize. Adapt, upgrade, and push forward. You may be outnumbered, but not outmatched.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 29.6%, Multiplayer 24.9%, Sci-fi 23.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Singleplayer 5.2%
- #44 Inkshade
69% matchVery Positive88% of 612 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Vezelle
Windows
Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
Why similar: Board Game 36.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Turn-Based Combat 6.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #45 Loch Ness
73% matchMostly Negative34% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: JFi Games
Windows
Loch Ness is a 1-4 Player Co-Op Horror Hunter. You and your team must navigate precarious waters, use your equipment to hunt for Nessie’s feeding ground and lay bait to lure her out. But be careful, for lurking deep beneath the lake is a creature more ancient than all mankind…
Why similar: Survival Horror 29.1%, Online Co-Op 23%, Realistic 15.2%, Exploration 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.7%
- #46 Breachway
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Card Game 55.6%, Turn-Based Combat 23.9%, Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 6.1%
- #47 ZombieCards
70% matchMixed49% of 246 reviews2025
Dev: HotScent
Windows
ZombieCards is a card-based post-apocalyptic game inspired by Russian Roulette. Set in the zombie-infested city of Travis, embark on a crazy adventure where card battles are key to scavenging supplies, building camp, and outwitting other survivors. Survival is your sole purpose!
Why similar: Board Game 23.5%, Card Game 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Survival Horror 15.5%, Online Co-Op 11.3%
- #48 October Night Games
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 90 reviews2020
Dev: Octobear Knight GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you try to keep the world the way it is or fight for the changes? October Night Games is a digital board game where everyone is a cultist working for one of two different sides. Scour the town for cursed ingredients and make deals with inscrutable entities as something eldrich this way comes.
Why similar: Board Game 47.7%, Card Game 24.9%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Adventure 3.4%
- #49 Macabre
68% matchMixed64% of 149 reviews2025
Dev: Weforge Studio
Windows
A 1-4 player co-op horror game where you must outsmart a monster that adapts to your every move. Enter a volatile Rift with shifting maps and objectives, scavenge rare resources, and extract together… or betray your friends for the lion’s share of the loot.
Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Online Co-Op 16.2%, Aliens 15.8%, Multiplayer 14.5%, Realistic 12.3%
- #50 Harvest Hunt
67% matchVery Positive97% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Villainous Games StudioPub: CULT Games
Windows
You are the Warden. Enter the dense cornfields and gather the resources your village desperately needs. But beware: you are not alone. Build a deck of abilities and choose your weapons to face the growing dangers of the night. With a relentless monster after you, will you make it out alive?
Why similar: Survival Horror 58.5%, Strategy 13.7%, 3D 12.9%, Singleplayer 7.7%, Adventure 7.3%
- #51 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Aliens 18.6%, Online Co-Op 13%, Sci-fi 9.9%
- #52 Anomaly Company
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Kekdot
Windows
You and your crew are sent in to assess reality in this 4-player co-op horror game. Memorize the environment. Spot disturbing anomalies. Decide if the timeline is safe. One bad call—and you’re forced to start over.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 32.1%, Multiplayer 25.2%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Exploration 11.3%, 3D 6.5%
- #53 Hidden Deep
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,001 reviews2022
Dev: Cogwheel SoftwarePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Hidden Deep is an atmospheric sci-fi action game heavily inspired by Aliens, The Thing, and Half-Life. Explore, climb, swim, scan, blast and shoot your way through dangerous missions in a huge sub oceanic mining and research facility. Fear the horrors that lurk below…
Why similar: Aliens 40.2%, Multiplayer 24.1%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Exploration 14.6%, Singleplayer 4.8%
- #54 Aeon's End
68% matchVery Positive82% of 485 reviews2019
Dev: Handelabra Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deck building with a twist! Lead a team of mages against the Nameless in this magic-based card battle game and save the city of Gravehold!
Why similar: Board Game 56.2%, Card Game 30.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #55 Cultist Simulator
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 13,856 reviews2018
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
Why similar: Board Game 45%, Card Game 30.5%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Strategy 7%
- #56 Project Winter
66% matchVery Positive82% of 19,070 reviews2019
Dev: Other Ocean InteractivePub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Winter 2.0: Cabin Fever is an 8-player survival and social deception game where teamwork is vital, but betrayal is inevitable. Face the wilderness, uncover traitors, and survive paranoia in this streamlined yet chaotic multiplayer experience.
Why similar: Team-Based 51.9%, Multiplayer 21.2%, Exploration 13.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Adventure 4.7%