Games Like The Desolate Hope

On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.

Why similar: Robots 32.3%, Platformer 19.8%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Adventure 6.9%, Action 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same lonely, atmospheric sci-fi exploration and 2D action feel found in the seed game.

Explore an abandoned space station in this retro-themed explorative action platformer.

Why similar: Platformer 36.5%, Adventure 15.3%, Great Soundtrack 12.6%, Indie 9.6%, Action 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep, pixelated metroidvania experience with a heavy emphasis on sci-fi mystery and exploration.

Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as it solves intricate puzzles and begins unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.

Why similar: RPG 94.7%, Robots 2.5%, Platformer 1%, Action 0.4%, Adventure 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: A game focused on a lone robot exploring a ruined world, mirroring the core thematic elements of the seed game.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Platformer 29.4%, Adventure 16.1%, Great Soundtrack 12.1%, Indie 12%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: It features a strong narrative centered on robots and technology with tight platforming and action-oriented boss fights.

In 2097, life is discovered on Mars. When your mission of first contact becomes trapped by a cave-in, you must master the alien ecosystem to survive. Soon you stumble upon more than anyone expected, and with time running out, you will make a decision that determines the fate of a lost planet.

Why similar: Platformer 30.2%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Adventure 15.9%, Indie 8.4%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes scientific exploration and ecosystem management in a sci-fi setting, mirroring the simulation aspects of the seed game.

Thousands of years after the activation of the Vesper Protocol, a small android crosses a fallen world, hunted by merciless machines, to control the power of Light and decide the fate of his race.

Why similar: Platformer 33.3%, Sci-fi 26.6%, Indie 10%, Adventure 9%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric puzzle-platformer that focuses on a small robot navigating a dangerous, dying world.

Run, jump, shoot, fly and explore your way through a massive action-adventure reminiscent of classic 8- and 16-bit games.

Why similar: Platformer 42.3%, Great Soundtrack 20.4%, Adventure 9.3%, Indie 9.1%, Action 7%

Why You'll Like It: A foundational indie classic that blends surreal storytelling with platforming and action in a way that feels spiritually similar to early Scott Cawthon titles.

EXPLORE YOUR WAY. Awoken to a world ruined by war, Alma must traverse the vast city of Arcadia before the life force of her friends and herself withers away. Time is ticking, and every moment matters. Who will you save, and who will you leave to turn UNSIGHTED?

Why similar: RPG 97.2%, Platformer 0.6%, Sci-fi 0.5%, Adventure 0.5%, Action 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game features a melancholic world populated by robots facing extinction, requiring strategic action and exploration.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: RPG 96.1%, Great Soundtrack 1.5%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Indie 0.4%, Story Rich 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a unique, atmospheric sci-fi setting with a hybrid combat system that feels as experimental as the seed game.

Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.

Why similar: RPG 95.4%, Great Soundtrack 1.4%, Adventure 0.8%, Atmospheric 0.6%, Indie 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: The game excels at environmental storytelling and atmospheric world-building, capturing the same sense of a lost, technological civilization.

A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!

Why similar: Surreal 25.8%, Adventure 18.6%, Atmospheric 12.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.4%, Indie 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the surreal, dream-like quality of the seed game, mixing top-down exploration with unconventional gameplay shifts.

A Void Hope takes you on an atmospheric narrative adventure to find a cure for a collapsed city. Follow the story of a tormented couple as they try to decipher reality from nightmares and evade the shadowy threats lurking in the dark.

Why similar: Platformer 35.1%, Adventure 28.5%, Atmospheric 21%, Indie 7.9%, 2D 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures a dystopian, retro-inspired aesthetic with a focus on atmospheric exploration.

The Uncertain is an story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Experience the mysterious vibe of each of carefully explored locations, solve diverse puzzles, make fateful decisions and discuss intriguing matters to find out the whole truth being kept from you.

Why similar: Robots 51.6%, Sci-fi 14%, Adventure 12.3%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Indie 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative adventure set in a world where humans have disappeared, leaving robots to grapple with the aftermath.

During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey...

Why similar: Sci-fi 39%, Adventure 21%, Atmospheric 14.7%, Action 14.3%, Story Rich 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic exploration game that focuses on the mystery of a lunar landscape and abandoned sci-fi structures.

You're trapped, alone and cold on a distant planet. Pursued by a droid with only one purpose: killing everything. You must find an escape. Explore the hostile environment, find secret upgrades and new weapons, and finally make your escape from this dark, hostile planet...

Why similar: Platformer 71.2%, Action 28.8%

Why You'll Like It: A focused metroidvania that emphasizes sci-fi survival and exploration on a hostile planet.

Guide a group of rectangles through 120 levels, using their different skills together to overcome a series of obstacles in each environment. Discover the human-made story of the first sentient artificial intelligences with Danny Wallace’s BAFTA-winning narration.

Why similar: Platformer 41%, Sci-fi 24.8%, Atmospheric 9.1%, Indie 8.1%, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven platformer that gives distinct personalities to AI and robots, focusing on their existential journey.

Machinarium is the award-winning independent adventure game developed by the makers of Samorost series, Botanicula and CHUCHEL. Help Josef the robot save his girlfriend Berta kidnapped by the Black Cap Brotherhood gang!

Why similar: Robots 48.6%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Surreal 7.9%, Great Soundtrack 7.3%, Adventure 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on a charming, lonely robot navigating a beautifully hand-drawn, mechanical world.

Dissonance is a top-down 3rd person adventure game. Players will encounter supernatural anomalies and creatures. Find and use specialized gadgets to aid you in your journey. Explore the abandoned research facility and reveal the secret of the organization that sent you here.

Why similar: RPG 95.4%, Sci-fi 1.4%, Surreal 1.1%, Adventure 1%, Indie 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: It leans into surreal, experimental exploration that feels reminiscent of the oddities found in the seed game.

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Platformer 43.9%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 11.6%, 2D 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deeply surreal, unforgiving, and atmospheric survival experience that feels as mysterious as the world of Lun Infinus.

A surreal post-life adventure

Why similar: RPG 98.2%, Adventure 0.4%, Surreal 0.3%, Great Soundtrack 0.3%, Indie 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal RPG Maker title that focuses on abstract, experimental storytelling similar to the seed game's unique presentation.

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: RPG 98.1%, Great Soundtrack 0.5%, Sci-fi 0.4%, Adventure 0.2%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-RPG set in a digital world that captures the genre-bending nature of the seed game.

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Platformer 61.5%, Action 15.7%, 2D 11.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A polished, atmospheric action-platformer that shares the dark, melancholic tone of the seed game.

A minimal space exploration and survival game. Pilot the last vessel of a fallen civilization into the vast unknown, in search of a new world to call home.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 29.9%, Action 26.6%, Indie 24.7%, Sci-fi 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist space exploration game that captures the lonely, existential feel of traveling through the cosmos.

Explore unearthly ruins, solve arcane riddles and pick up your sword against the indescribable horrors that lurk amidst the forgotten depths of our world. Beware the creeping grip of madness as you uncover secrets not meant for the eyes of men!

Why similar: Platformer 47.2%, Adventure 16.9%, Action 10.1%, 2D 7.9%, Horror 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging metroidvania that emphasizes exploration and puzzle-platforming mechanics.

Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

Why similar: RPG 97.9%, Great Soundtrack 0.8%, Indie 0.3%, Story Rich 0.3%, Horror 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: While different in setting, it shares the surreal, psychological, and experimental RPG structure found in the seed game.

The Moon's haunted - and when an astronaut loses contact with Earth, the adventure begins in full. Fill up your oxygen, load up the guns, and set out on an interstellar FPS adventure across the stars, filled with puzzles, fights, exploration, and strange secrets of the universe.

Why similar: Robots 51.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Adventure 13.4%, Action 5.7%, Atmospheric 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person sci-fi adventure that focuses on uncovering the secrets of an abandoned space mission.

"The sands have no pity." The inhabitants of Zetta-115 often say that. The same they instill in their children from an early age. And this is what they whisper about, sitting in their dilapidated shacks, waiting for the impending storm...

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.2%, Adventure 20.6%, Horror 16.1%, Action 13.6%, Atmospheric 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure title that features sci-fi elements and puzzle-solving in a desolate environment.

Soulless: Ray of Hope is a 2D story-driven platformer focused on atmosphere, exploration, and emotional storytelling in a dark, minimalist world.

Why similar: Platformer 55.7%, Horror 17.3%, Action 10.2%, Story Rich 8.8%, 2D 8%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling platformer that focuses on puzzle-solving and navigating a bleak, atmospheric world.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: RPG 98.3%, Adventure 0.4%, Horror 0.3%, Atmospheric 0.3%, Indie 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the surreal, dark, and experimental RPG nature of the seed game while maintaining a distinct indie identity.

EX VITRO is a dark sci-fi 2D platformer where you delve into the ruins of a military research facility and discover the horrors within. Whether machine, creature, or something else entirely, you’ll face the violent legacy of the last survivors of humanity.

Why similar: Platformer 35.9%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Horror 11.5%, Adventure 9.6%, Action 7.9%

Silence, cold, solitude… What lies ahead? A small atmospheric adventure about a robot lost in a frozen wasteland.

Why similar: Robots 61.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 10%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Space Expedition is a 2D sci-fi platformer where you play as an astronaut who is sent to a space station to collect samples of mysterious dark matter. Space Expedition combines puzzle platforming, pixel art, and atmospheric adventures set in the style of 1980s sci-fi horror films.

Why similar: Robots 43.5%, Platformer 21.4%, Adventure 9.2%, Indie 8.3%, Atmospheric 7.7%

In the barren wasteland on the brink of extinction, the last Train departs, supposedly carrying its passengers in search of a place where they can survive. A creature named Eilf boards the Train, determined to travel to Spring - the station that has been said to have vanished.

Why similar: RPG 98.6%, Adventure 0.5%, Atmospheric 0.3%, Indie 0.3%, Story Rich 0.2%

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Why similar: Platformer 45.3%, Adventure 24.8%, Atmospheric 12.6%, Indie 9.8%, Story Rich 5%

Discover a world overrun with robots, and play as a defective bot who tries to find a way to flee the facility. Find others who are the same kind, free them, and escape the laboratory!

Why similar: RPG 98.1%, Robots 1.4%, Adventure 0.2%, Indie 0.1%, Story Rich 0.1%

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

Why similar: Robots 45%, Platformer 24.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Atmospheric 6.1%, Indie 5.4%

In THE DESCENDANT, the end of the world is only the start. With what remains of humanity protected in underground Ark facilities, your mission is to keep survivors alive, while discovering a far greater conspiracy buried within Ark-01.

Why similar: Adventure 98.3%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Story Rich 0.6%, Indie 0.3%, Singleplayer 0.1%

You’ve made the biggest mistake in history. Now, you're the last hope. Explore the UK, Russia, Germany, Norway, Egypt, USA, Mars, and the Moon. Search for food, face creatures, travel through time, and fight to restore humanity. Survive or perish—your choices shape the future.

Why similar: Horror 45%, Action 31.5%, Story Rich 23.4%

Explore a cold, abandoned, and dreary facility to piece together its mysteries and find a means for escape from the horror that lurks within.

Why similar: Horror 33.1%, Atmospheric 29.1%, Adventure 19.9%, Indie 12.5%, Singleplayer 5.4%

Discover thet dark story of this space station and find a way out.

Why similar: RPG 98.2%, Adventure 1.1%, Action 0.7%

What do you do if you are the only one left aboard a spaceship? Your team has embarked on a mysterious expedition a few years ago, the ship’s machinery has started acting up and it seems there are ghosts wandering about. Luckily, the black hole above you doesn’t pose any problems…yet.

Why similar: Indie 86.1%, Robots 6.3%, Sci-fi 2.8%, Adventure 1.3%, Great Soundtrack 1.3%

Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.

Why similar: Platformer 56.7%, Sci-fi 16.4%, Indie 9.6%, Atmospheric 8.4%, 2D 6.8%

The story begin when the robot, whose experiment was interrupted, begins working again years later in an abandoned laboratory.

Why similar: Platformer 23.4%, Adventure 22.8%, Action 15.9%, Indie 14.8%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%

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: RPG 96.9%, Robots 1.5%, Sci-fi 0.7%, Adventure 0.2%, Action 0.2%

A post-apocalyptic 3D platformer combining puzzles with intense action. You play as El, a robot escaping from a dreadful facility and exploring the ruins of civilization.

Why similar: Platformer 54.4%, Adventure 18.7%, Atmospheric 15.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%

A wordless metroidvania through fog-covered ruins and the remnants of a lost world. Explore, gain new abilities and uncover meaning without guidance or dialogue.

Why similar: Robots 45.6%, Platformer 20.6%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Adventure 7%, Action 5.3%

Search for new life forms as you try to survive on a mysterious hostile world in the surreal 2D action-platformer Orange Moon.

Why similar: RPG 97.2%, Robots 0.9%, Platformer 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%, Action 0.3%

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Why similar: Sci-fi 33.4%, Adventure 26.8%, Indie 17.7%, Atmospheric 12%, Story Rich 10.1%

Unravel the mystery uncovered by a remote interplanetary mining operation. What did they find? What threat does it pose? And ultimately, what does it truly mean to be a hero?

Why similar: Adventure 32%, Platformer 29.3%, Indie 20.1%, Action 18.5%

Stranded for unknown reasons in the lower orbit of a purple gas giant, you are kind of just chilling out. You should probably get on with your mission. There's still plenty of time, though.

Why similar: Platformer 50.6%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Adventure 13.3%, Indie 8.4%, 2D 8.2%

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Adventure 16.6%, Indie 11.7%, Platformer 11.2%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%, Action 9.4%

Waking up in the darkness, unable to see the sunrise, he remembered the little master carefully carried him home. The base has already fallen into ruin and there are no signs of any living people here. Where did the little master go? Is there any hope left under the doomsday?

Why similar: RPG 99.4%, Atmospheric 0.3%, Story Rich 0.2%, 2D 0.1%, Singleplayer 0%

A machine ponders its loneliness. It scans the radio spectrum for an answer to its question.

Why similar: Indie 31.9%, Adventure 25.8%, Atmospheric 23.7%, 2D 9.8%, Singleplayer 8.9%

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: RPG 98.1%, Sci-fi 0.9%, Horror 0.5%, Action 0.3%, Atmospheric 0.1%

What if someone knew your mind better than you did? The Swapper is an award-winning, narrative driven puzzle game set in the furthest reaches of space.

Why similar: Sci-fi 30.4%, Platformer 26.8%, Atmospheric 10.3%, Great Soundtrack 9%, Indie 8.3%

The Signal From Tölva is an open-world first-person shooter set on a distant, haunted, future world. Unlock savage weapons and recruit robots to fight alongside you as rival factions struggle to discover the source of the mysterious signal. What you discover will decide the fate of a world.

Why similar: Robots 63.2%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Action 6.4%, Indie 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Experience an immersive sci-fi adventure. Walk in the footsteps of the ill-fated crew members of the Miranda station. Explore a world cloaked in mystery and danger, solve clever puzzles to help discover the questions that...

Why similar: Adventure 26.1%, Sci-fi 25.8%, Platformer 14%, Horror 8.8%, Atmospheric 7.1%

As Jack Argyle, you are tasked with restoring communication at the underwater ex-Aegis facility known as Phorcys Station. Be careful, or risk joining the spirits trapped inside.

Why similar: Robots 54.5%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Horror 9.1%, Adventure 6.3%, Story Rich 4.1%

An RPG set in a distant, lonely future. Follow Arem, a young man lured from his small island community to explore the desolate megastructure beneath it: “The Well.” With the simple goal of finding the exit, Arem will burden himself with something more terrible than he ever thought possible.

Why similar: RPG 98.9%, Sci-fi 0.7%, Atmospheric 0.2%, 2D 0.2%

EMPTY SHELL: PROLOGUE will throw you in a dark industrial environment, a secret facility on a japanese island. Each volunteer has signed a contract for a "recovery operation" without being privy to too many details. A tense roguelite survival horror with a top down perspective.

Why similar: Sci-fi 31.3%, Horror 22.9%, Adventure 19%, Action 15.1%, Story Rich 10%