Games Like Project Silverfish

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 20.4%, Survival Horror 16.5%, Stealth 16.2%, FPS 14.8%, Shooter 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the immersive sim and stealth-horror blend found in Project Silverfish with its Victorian-gothic atmosphere.

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

Why similar: Immersive Sim 23.7%, FPS 17.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Survival Horror 12%, Horror 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational immersive sim, it provides the exact sci-fi horror exploration and sandbox-style problem-solving that defines the genre.

Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a WW1 bunker. A relentless, AI-driven monster stalks you. Survival depends on finding tools, crafting items, and keeping the lights on.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 14.2%, Survival Horror 13.2%, FPS 12.3%, Stealth 12.2%, Horror 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a masterclass in systemic horror, forcing players to use limited resources and environmental interactions to survive a persistent threat.

Skin Deep is an immersive first-person shooter. We got sneezing. We got things getting stuck in your feet. Stalk through a vast non-linear starship and sneak, subvert, and sabotage to survive in this stellar sandbox. You're outnumbered, outgunned, and have no shoes. Welcome to Skin Deep!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.8%, FPS 17.1%, Stealth 15.3%, Sandbox 13.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This immersive sim focuses on sandbox gameplay and creative problem-solving within a sci-fi setting, mirroring the freedom found in Project Silverfish.

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: Immersive Sim 19.2%, FPS 14.9%, Sci-fi 12.9%, Horror 9.9%, Survival Horror 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It features deep immersive sim mechanics set within a dangerous, isolated space station filled with supernatural threats and environmental puzzles.

Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.

Why similar: FPS 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Open World 11.7%, Horror 11.1%, Shooter 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The game provides a tense, atmospheric survival experience centered on exploring a surreal, hostile zone filled with artifacts and anomalies.

Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!

Why similar: FPS 17.4%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Stealth 13.7%, Open World 11.4%, Survival Horror 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines immersive sim elements with a dark, supernatural western setting, focusing on stealth, exploration, and tactical combat.

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: FPS 22.5%, Open World 12.3%, Horror 11.8%, Shooter 11.4%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a gritty, atmospheric FPS experience with a heavy focus on exploration and environmental storytelling in a sci-fi 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: FPS 20.9%, Open World 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Shooter 10.3%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It modernizes the atmospheric exploration and survival-shooter mechanics that make the original series a perfect companion to Project Silverfish.

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: Survival Horror 14.8%, Open World 11.9%, Shooter 11.6%, Dark 11.5%, Horror 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers an open-world horror experience that focuses on exploring a dark, atmospheric city filled with supernatural threats.

You arrive at Mars Site-113, a decaying monument to the SCP Foundation's ambition—and its failures. Once the most secure facility, now a cradle of horrors calling you to uncover its secrets. Face relentless anomalies, humanity's darkest truths, and a mission that demands survival above all else.

Why similar: FPS 16%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Stealth 13.2%, Shooter 10%, Horror 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the horror and combat aspects of the SCP universe, providing a tense, first-person experience.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Immersive Sim 26.8%, FPS 25.1%, Stealth 13.6%, Shooter 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a surreal, hardcore immersive sim that shares the dark, uncompromising, and sandbox-heavy design philosophy of Project Silverfish.

Explore a strange island in this open-world survival horror. Use the Gravity Gun to manipulate objects and enemies, build a moving train base, fight giant creatures, catch critters, upgrade your gear, and uncover the dark secrets hidden within its abandoned facilities. Play alone or with friends.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Open World 12.2%, Horror 12%, Dark 11%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-horror game emphasizes exploration and resource gathering in a mysterious, hostile environment.

In the gripping world of VORAX survival takes on a new terrifying dimension. As you step into this Open World Survival Horror game brace yourself for a journey where every moment is a battle for survival. Every choice, every move, every breath could be your last. Are you ready to face the unknown?

Why similar: FPS 15.8%, Survival Horror 14.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Open World 11%

Why You'll Like It: It combines survival-horror mechanics with open-world exploration, forcing players to craft and fight to survive against monstrous threats.

Witchfire is a first-person dark fantasy RPG shooter in which you play as a wicked sinner turned witch hunter on his final mission to reach salvation.

Why similar: FPS 42.9%, Shooter 21.6%, Exploration 11.8%, Horror 11.7%, First-Person 8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends fast-paced FPS combat with dark fantasy themes and roguelite progression, offering a challenging experience for fans of intense shooters.

Flee the shattered ruins of the Moscow Metro and embark on an epic, continent-spanning journey across the post-apocalyptic Russian wilderness. Explore vast, non-linear levels, lose yourself in an immersive, sandbox survival experience, and follow a thrilling story-line that spans an entire year in the greatest Metro adventure yet.

Why similar: FPS 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Open World 12.3%, Stealth 9.4%, Horror 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: The game excels at creating a dangerous, immersive world where survival, resource management, and tactical shooting are essential.

Dive into a hostile world that challenges your very existence, in this survival horror game with RPG elements. Unravel a thousand-year-old mystery, risk your sanity and face the Outer Gods with your skills. Every bullet and every decision counts now, are you up to the task?

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.8%, FPS 15.6%, Immersive Sim 14.2%, Stealth 13.1%, Dark 11%

Why You'll Like It: This game delivers a dark, Lovecraftian horror experience with a focus on story-rich exploration and survival.

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 37.9%, Horror 23.9%, Shooter 10.6%, Dark 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It remains a benchmark for blending high-octane FPS combat with intense psychological horror and supernatural elements.

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 38.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Horror 11.5%, Shooter 11.1%, Atmospheric 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It features a compelling sci-fi narrative involving time-manipulation mechanics and intense shooter gameplay in a decaying, hostile environment.

Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?

Why similar: FPS 21.5%, Immersive Sim 20.1%, Stealth 17.2%, Shooter 13.7%, Sci-fi 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi shooter emphasizes strategic exploration and resource management, requiring players to adapt to a hostile, procedurally-influenced environment.

New York, 2034: you wake up after what seemed to be a terrible nightmare, while it is not. The district has been evacuated and isolated overnight by the army, after an electrical meteor shower hit the Earth. Fight, explore, survive, and try to escape from this hell!

Why similar: FPS 15.7%, Shooter 11.8%, Stealth 10.3%, Open World 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused, atmospheric exploration experience with shooter elements set in a mysterious, isolated world.

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: Shooter 21.9%, Dark 18.4%, Horror 16.1%, Sci-fi 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the feeling of exploring a dangerous, alien-infested environment with a focus on physics-based puzzles and survival.

DEATHLOOP is a next-gen FPS from Arkane Lyon, the award-winning studio behind Dishonored. In DEATHLOOP, two rival assassins are trapped in a mysterious timeloop on the island of Blackreef, doomed to repeat the same day for eternity.

Why similar: FPS 27.7%, Immersive Sim 23.2%, Stealth 20.2%, Shooter 12.5%, First-Person 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished immersive sim experience with a focus on player agency and creative combat within a mysterious, isolated setting.

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 29.7%, Horror 18.7%, Open World 12.2%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Exploration 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: This co-op survival-horror game emphasizes teamwork and resource management in a dark, post-apocalyptic setting.

Receiver 2 simulates every internal part of each firearm based on manufacturer schematics and gunsmithing resources. Learn exactly how each sidearm works, including how to load and unload them, clear malfunctions, and operate their safety features.

Why similar: FPS 34%, Shooter 20.5%, First-Person 10.1%, Atmospheric 10%, Stealth 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on hyper-realistic gun mechanics and atmospheric, psychological tension, appealing to players who enjoy deep, systemic shooters.

An immersive FPS adventure set in a dark and surreal sci-fi world

Why similar: FPS 21.8%, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Stealth 14.8%, Shooter 9.2%, Horror 6.5%

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: Stealth 40.1%, Dark 10.3%, First-Person 9.9%, FPS 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: As a premier immersive sim, it provides the same level of environmental interactivity and choice-driven gameplay found in top-tier sandbox shooters.

Explore terrifying liminal spaces. Horror walking simulator with reality-bending platforming and supernatural threats. Get lost between dimensions.

Why similar: FPS 21.5%, Shooter 17.4%, Exploration 10.7%, Dark 7.9%, Action 7.5%

Backrooms Doors - This is an atmospheric first-person horror game. Explore spaces that can't exist in the real world and find your way out before the entities find you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 20.8%, Dark 14.9%, Horror 14.4%, Immersive Sim 14.4%, First-Person 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a surreal, first-person survival-horror experience that emphasizes exploration and escaping a hostile, shifting environment.

Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linear gameplay, and atmosphere.

Why similar: Survival Horror 15.3%, FPS 13.4%, Open World 11%, Shooter 10%, Dark 10%

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: FPS 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Open World 15.9%, Immersive Sim 8.1%, Action-Adventure 7.7%

Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.8%, Sandbox 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Open World 11.2%, Horror 10.4%

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: Survival Horror 19.4%, FPS 19.3%, Dark 12.3%, Horror 11%, Shooter 9.9%

⚗️ Project Cobalt is a survival action game set on a hostile island 🌴. Scavenge containers, mine resources, craft tools, hunt animals, and endure storms as you fight hunger, disease, and exhaustion all while uncovering the dark truth behind a failed experiment.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.1%, Survival Horror 21.7%, Open World 19.1%, Exploration 12.6%, First-Person 9%

A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.

Why similar: Dark 31.4%, Horror 19.9%, Shooter 18%, Action-Adventure 14.5%, Atmospheric 11.3%

Project Crypt: The horror adventure about escaping a city overrun by monsters.

Why similar: FPS 19.1%, Survival Horror 17.4%, Dark 12.5%, Horror 11.9%, Shooter 10.1%

"Silence In The Cabin" is an Open Map Survival Horror Game, where you must survive Dark linear story sections in order to unlock more areas of the world.

Why similar: FPS 19.2%, Horror 18.2%, Shooter 17.7%, Dark 9.7%, Atmospheric 8%

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: Survival Horror 19.8%, FPS 17%, Shooter 10.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Exploration 9.1%

Expedition Zero — survival horror set in the anomaly zone of the northern forest. Face the dreadful forest monster and find a way to defeat it. Reveal the secrets of the lost expedition and your mysterious enemy. It’s either hunt or be hunted.

Why similar: Sandbox 18%, Survival Horror 14.6%, Horror 12.9%, Open World 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.9%

Mohrta is a nonlinear FPS adventure through the strange and otherworldly. Explore a vast selection of unique environments, slay an enormous cast of bizarre creatures, and upgrade your arsenal of multifaceted weapons.

Why similar: FPS 34.4%, Shooter 20.5%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Stylized 8.4%, First-Person 7.8%

Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.

Why similar: FPS 25.2%, Sandbox 24.1%, Dark 17.2%, Shooter 16.7%, Exploration 12.1%

Z.O.N.A Project X - thrilling single-player VR shooter. Explore Chornobyl's exclusion zone, a hazardous apocalyptic world filled with anomalies. Survive using your weapons, scavenge for resources, and save humanity from doom.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.3%, Open World 12.9%, Shooter 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival Horror 10%

A 6-player open world horror game. Explore a abandoned town, filled with mysteries, be chased around with your friends and survive creatures capable of ending your life. Uncover what really happened.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22.1%, Horror 17.3%, Open World 14.8%, Dark 12.3%, Atmospheric 7.9%

Shadows Peak is an atmospheric, open-world horror game focused on exploration that doesn't hold your hand. You play as a writer who has decided to visit a mysterious place called Shadows Peak to gather materials for a new book about legends.

Why similar: Survival Horror 19.4%, FPS 16.8%, Horror 13%, Open World 12.7%, Shooter 10.9%

You are a veteran, in a post World War 3 apocalyptic world. Starving and alone, you fight to keep your sanity in the hell that this world has decayed into. In a desperate attempt to find food, you stumble your way into an abandoned prison, but you find out it is not as abandoned as you believed...

Why similar: Survival Horror 17.7%, Stealth 15%, Horror 12.2%, Dark 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%

SULFUR is a modern old-school action-adventure: Outsmart enemies, find treasure, improve weapons, harness powers. Delve deeper, find answers, make it end.

Why similar: FPS 32.5%, Shooter 21.6%, Stylized 14%, Action-Adventure 13.3%, First-Person 9.6%

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: Survival Horror 18%, Open World 16.2%, Dark 12.4%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Exploration 11.2%

In the Backrooms: Exit from Supermarket, you find yourself trapped in a labyrinth of endless, flickering aisles. Unearth dark secrets behind every shelf while evading lurking apparitions and supernatural terrors. Can you survive the haunted corridors and escape before the nightmare consumes?

Why similar: Survival Horror 23.7%, Dark 19.1%, Horror 17.6%, Atmospheric 9.8%, First-Person 8.7%

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 23.1%, Dark 15.2%, Horror 14.2%, Shooter 12.9%, Atmospheric 7.7%

Meat Train is a FPS game where you operate a train thats uses MEAT for FUEL. Explore a wasteland where everything wants you dead, scavenge for weapons and loot. Upgrade the train and attempt to destroy an evil AI megafactory.

Why similar: FPS 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Horror 12.1%, Shooter 10.8%, Open World 10.2%

An open-ended, SCP-based, atmospheric, exploration-focused, survival-horror game with puzzle elements and replayability.

Why similar: FPS 27%, Dark 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Horror 11.1%, First-Person 9%

Use computers (via GUIs or the command line), unlock doors, crawl through vents, fight enemies head on or find other ways to neutralize or avoid them...

Why similar: Immersive Sim 25.5%, Stealth 18%, FPS 17.7%, First-Person 8%, Sci-fi 7%

Explore, fight, and survive as an awakened sleeper, in a fallen utopian city ravaged by a horrific disease. With an array of hi-tech weapons, highly immersive UI, full-body awareness, and much more, P.A.M.E.L.A. delivers an intense and unforgiving survival experience.

Why similar: Survival Horror 22%, Open World 18.2%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Horror 14.9%, Exploration 9.2%

Become a survival scientist in a savage post-apocalyptic world where aliens have the control of the world and find a cure, manage your shelter and fight to survive

Why similar: Survival Horror 21%, Open World 20.5%, FPS 15.5%, Horror 11.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%

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: Immersive Sim 24.9%, FPS 22.5%, Stealth 16.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Shooter 7.7%

Submarine’s haunted! Hunt and be hunted in this horror dungeon crawler inspired by the decay of the Soviet Union (and immersive RPGs from the 90s).

Why similar: FPS 22.5%, Immersive Sim 22.4%, Survival Horror 19.2%, Horror 10.9%, Exploration 8.9%