Games Like The Forever Winter

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 57.7% ★, Gun Customization 16.1%, PvE 9.9%, Tactical 8%, Shooter 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic, tactical PvE extraction in a dangerous, open-world environment.

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 42.5% ★, Looter Shooter 22.5% ★, Gun Customization 14.8%, PvE 8.1%, Tactical 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive extraction shooter experience that provides the deep, punishing looting and tactical gunplay found in the seed game.

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 58.3% ★, Looter Shooter 30.9% ★, Shooter 5.4%, Tactical 4.2%, Action 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, industrial-themed extraction shooter that emphasizes scavenging in hostile, war-torn environments.

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: Post-apocalyptic 59.5%, Shooter 18.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Action 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an unparalleled post-apocalyptic atmosphere and tense survival mechanics that mirror the bleak world of The Forever Winter.

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 53.3% ★, Team-Based 11.2%, Difficult 9.1%, Tactical 7.4%, Horror 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines high-stakes extraction gameplay with a thick, horror-infused atmosphere that keeps players constantly on edge.

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 44.5% ★, Looter Shooter 18% ★, Gun Customization 13.9%, PvE 8.6%, Tactical 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, PvE-focused extraction shooter that emphasizes realism and squad-based survival.

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 55.7% ★, Looter Shooter 24.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Shooter 4.8%, Action 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down extraction shooter that excels at capturing the post-apocalyptic survival and looting loop in a difficult, unforgiving world.

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 18.3%, PvE 11.6%, Shooter 6.4%, Co-op 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the chaotic, large-scale war machine aesthetic and intense PvE combat against overwhelming odds.

Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter where you wage guerilla warfare against lethal mechanical enemies. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish Cold War era, take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op.

Why similar: Mechs 25.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, PvE 13.6%, Horror 9.7%, Co-op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a post-apocalyptic setting where players must scavenge and fight against massive, hostile machines.

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: Difficult 20.6%, Horror 14.9%, Co-op 12.6%, Team-Based 12%, Shooter 12%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore, tactical co-op shooter that emphasizes horror and survival against overwhelming, terrifying threats.

A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.

Why similar: Mechs 40.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Difficult 11.6%, Character Customization 10.4%, Third Person 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: Perfectly captures the scale of massive war machines and the feeling of being a small pilot in a world dominated by giants.

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: Post-apocalyptic 59.7%, Horror 17.3%, Shooter 14.5%, Sci-fi 4.3%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers a haunting, post-apocalyptic journey through ruined landscapes that share the same oppressive tone as the seed game.

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 56% ★, Gun Customization 13%, PvE 10.7%, Tactical 7.2%, Horror 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends survival-horror with extraction mechanics to create a tense, asymmetric experience.

SCP: 5K is a co-op or singleplayer tactical horror FPS project that puts players in the midst of a conspiracy where the SCP Foundation has turned on humanity. Enjoy Early Access as we continue to work towards a completed full release of the project!

Why similar: Gun Customization 36.4%, Co-op 17.5%, Horror 14.9%, Tactical 14.5%, Shooter 13.6%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, co-op horror shooter that emphasizes atmosphere and methodical, squad-based gameplay.

ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.7% ★, Third-Person Shooter 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, PvE 9%, Shooter 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person extraction shooter that pits players against massive, automated threats in a post-apocalyptic world.

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: Extraction Shooter 56.6% ★, PvE 14.3%, Shooter 9.8%, Horror 9.3%, Character Customization 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy extraction shooter that blends roguelite elements with challenging, high-stakes combat.

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 30.5% ★, Looter Shooter 29.9% ★, Third-Person Shooter 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Shooter 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the survival and scavenging aspects of the extraction genre in a harsh, post-war environment.

No More Room in Hell 2 is an intense 8 player zombie shooter. Overcome the endless undead. Avoid infection. Survive hell together.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 39.7% ★, Co-op 14.3%, Horror 13.3%, PvE 12.2%, Shooter 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: A co-op survival horror game that forces players to scavenge and work together to survive in a decaying world.

Cargo Hunters is an extraction shooter where you control a humanoid robot scavenging the remains of humanity on an abandoned, dystopian Earth. Play solo or in 4 players co-op.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 40.1% ★, Third-Person Shooter 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Gun Customization 10.7%, Dystopian 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person extraction shooter that leans into the post-apocalyptic scavenging loop and survival mechanics.

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a cooperative third-person survival game set in the iconic Alien Universe. Battle through hordes of different types of Xenomorph, customize your character and gear, and level-up as you try to contain this ever-growing threat.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 27.2%, Co-op 12.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Horror 11.4%, Character Customization 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers intense, co-op PvE action against overwhelming alien swarms in a dark, industrial setting.

PIONER drops players into a vast, grim world, where survival hinges on exploration, crafting, and smart resource management. As an MMO FPS, it offers both PvE missions and intense PvP zones, with unique crafting mechanics, hundreds of weapons and a deep story to explore.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 54.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 31.3%, Shooter 12%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world, post-apocalyptic survival game that features intense combat and extraction-style exploration.

C.A.S.T is a third-person PvE extraction shooter playable solo or in co-op. Select your character and loadout to battle enemy hordes, evade anomalies, and complete objectives across handcrafted maps with dynamic procedural elements.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 43.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 15.2%, Gun Customization 14.1%, PvE 9.3%, Shooter 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person, PvE-focused tactical shooter that emphasizes squad cooperation in dangerous, anomalous zones.

SYNTHETIK 2 is a unrelenting tactical-shooter rogue-lite. Play alone or with friends. Loot powerful tech. Experience the next level in gun-play. Upgrade your androids to rival the machine gods!

Why similar: Gun Customization 33.4%, PvE 18.1%, Shooter 13.1%, Character Customization 12.9%, Tactical 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, tactical shooter that features deep weapon customization and a punishing, high-stakes combat loop.

Ghosts of Tabor is VRs only FPS PVP and PVE survival game where you will use your wits, skills and resources to survive. Inspired by games such as Escape from Tarkov and DayZ, featuring different scenarios from scavenging to looting and crafting. Will you survive long enough to make it out alive?

Why similar: Looter Shooter 36.1% ★, Extraction Shooter 26.3% ★, Dystopian 14.4%, Shooter 8.1%, PvE 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A VR-based extraction shooter that brings the looting and survival mechanics into a highly immersive, intense space.

Road to Vostok is a hardcore single-player survival game set in a post-apocalyptic border zone between Finland and Russia. Survive, loot, plan and prepare to cross the border into Vostok, a permadeath zone where one mistake can end it all.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 27.8% ★, Extraction Shooter 20.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Gun Customization 15.5%, PvE 9.2%

Mecha action shooter, plunging the player into an apocalyptic war. Engage in epic battles with endless hordes of monsters in your powerful customizable mechs.

Why similar: Mechs 35.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Shooter 8.1%, Third Person 7.7%, Third-Person Shooter 7%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical mech combat in a military, post-apocalyptic setting that mirrors the industrial grit of the seed game.

From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes a genre-defying experience, now expanded in this definitive DIRECTOR’S CUT. As Sam Bridges, your mission is to deliver hope to humanity by connecting the last survivors of a decimated America. Can you reunite the shattered world, one step at a time?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.3%, Third Person 14.8%, Horror 12.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, atmospheric post-apocalyptic experience centered on traversal and survival in a ruined world.

Stand and fight for humanity. This arcade shooter takes place in the year 2022, as the Earth Defense Force fends off an all-out attack by unknown life forms. Become an EDF soldier, battle against endless hordes of immense enemies, and restore peace to the earth.

Why similar: Mechs 29.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 28.2%, Co-op 10.1%, Shooter 9.3%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the scale of massive, overwhelming threats and the chaotic, large-scale warfare against them.

A PVP tactical FPS about PLANNING & EXECUTION. Sound strategy and good teamwork are essential for victory because new PROCEDURALLY-GENERATED MAPS are delivered every week. You'll face a new tactical challenge every round.

Why similar: Team-Based 35%, Tactical 23.9%, Character Customization 20.8%, Shooter 20.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, team-based shooter that emphasizes planning and execution, providing a similar level of difficulty and coordination.

Explore the lost colony of Tau Ceti IV, scavenging valuable loot in a high-stakes survival first person shooter from the creators of Halo and Destiny.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 68.8% ★, Gun Customization 9.1%, PvE 6.9%, Shooter 6.3%, Sci-fi 5.3%

Granvir is a 3rd person action roguelite mech-builder with co-op multiplayer. Scavenge the battlefield for parts to replace and upgrade your Granvir and weaponry. PIlot your Granvir and manage your campaign between battles to find the best equipment and stay supplied while fighting a guerilla war.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 32.8% ★, Mechs 26.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 20.6%, Third Person 8.9%, Shooter 5.9%

Jump Space (formerly Jump Ship) is a mission based co-op PvE for 1-4 players, where you are the crew of a spaceship. Transition seamlessly from crewing the ship to on-foot exploration and space walks. Explore, upgrade, and survive intense encounters in deep space together.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 43.6% ★, PvE 19.4%, Co-op 12.3%, Shooter 11.5%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Fight, loot, and escape in a hardcore FPS world filled with deadly zombies and valuable loot. Craft weapons, armor, and consumables, trade items, and survive your escape from the massive Liberty Grand Center complex.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, PvE 9.8%, Team-Based 9.2%, Horror 7%

Cut through fungal aliens in this hyper-customizable, mission based looter shooter. Hundreds of hand-crafted upgrades, 4-player co-op, and a little roach man. What’s not to love?

Why similar: Looter Shooter 50.8% ★, PvE 19.4%, Shooter 12.7%, Co-op 9.4%, Action 4.7%

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Why similar: PvE 27.6%, Horror 18%, Co-op 17.5%, Character Customization 16.9%, Shooter 15.9%

Return to the world of high-octane mech combat in Hawken Reborn. Construct your ultimate war machine and shoot your way through hordes of enemies to uncover the mysteries of Ilall in this brand-new Free-to-Play PVE mech game.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 29.5% ★, Mechs 24.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, PvE 11.5%, Shooter 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: Extraction Shooter 58.5% ★, Gun Customization 22.1%, Difficult 12.1%, Shooter 7.2%

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 56.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Looter Shooter 13.6% ★, PvE 7.2%, Shooter 3.8%

Deadline Escape is a Low Poly Extraction Looter Shooter that throws you into a Post-Apocalyptic World. Scavenge for valuable resources, face deadly enemies and fight for your survival as the clock ticks down toward the deadline.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 37.8% ★, Extraction Shooter 36.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Shooter 2.6%, PvE 1.7%

Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 38% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20%, PvE 15.2%, Horror 9.2%, Shooter 8.6%

In this PvPvE extraction shooter, players, aided by an AI partner known as a Magus, must survive against xenomorphic creatures and other players in the hunt for resources.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 36.2% ★, Looter Shooter 19.4% ★, Mechs 13.6% ★, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%, PvE 6.8%

A co-op horror game where you team up with friends to hunt anomalies and collect rare loot. Customize your loadouts, your looks, and get to work!

Why similar: Looter Shooter 36.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, PvE 14%, Horror 10.3%, Character Customization 9%

Starship Troopers: Extermination is a 16-player co-op FPS that puts you on the far-off frontlines of an all-out battle against the Bugs! Squad up, grab your rifle, and do your part as an elite Deep Space Vanguard Trooper to take back planets from the Arachnid threat!

Why similar: PvE 33.3%, Co-op 21.3%, Shooter 20.3%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Action 5.8%

Team up, gear up, and make it out alive in this 2D co-op extraction shooter.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 42.8% ★, Looter Shooter 28.4% ★, Gun Customization 15.7%, Shooter 7.2%, Post-apocalyptic 3.8%

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Extraction is a tactical, co-op, PvE first-person shooter where you and your squad face an evolving alien threat. Teamwork, tactics, and flawless execution are key to your survival.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 31.2% ★, Gun Customization 20%, PvE 15.8%, Team-Based 12.8%, Shooter 8.9%

Tankenstein is a 3rd person ARPG where the player controls a dishevelled tank in a post apocalyptic wasteland looking for new parts to survive and upgrade itself. All of the other tanks in the scrapyard have the same goal, which makes them hostile in this survival of the fittest arena.

Why similar: Looter Shooter 35.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Dystopian 8.6%, Difficult 7%

Ripout is an online Co-Op horror FPS that will have players fight their way through procedurally generated derelict ships filled with mutants capable of reconfiguring their alien bodies. Survive with your trusty Pet Gun companion, collect loot, and customize your character to fit your playstyle.

Why similar: PvE 27.5%, Horror 22.9%, Shooter 19%, Sci-fi 14.5%, Character Customization 11.8%

Knights Within is a hack&slash horde shooter with roguelite elements. Design custom loadouts, navigate procedurally generated levels and utilize random power-ups. Either solo or with friends, can you survive endless waves of enemies to ensure humanity's survival?

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 22.3%, Gun Customization 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Difficult 13.5%, PvE 12.4%

Fast paced Bullet hell Roguelite FPS 🔴 Fight relentless machines driven by a hostile AI. Escape an endless cycle. Craft infinite weapon variants with deep gun modding. Forge deadly synergies. Carve your way out through enviro destruction /BREAK THE SYSTEM /BREAK FREE

Why similar: Gun Customization 45%, Difficult 24.4%, Shooter 15.2%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Action 3.4%

The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.

Why similar: Mechs 54% ★, PvE 14.5%, Shooter 14.2%, Co-op 13.7%, Action 3.6%

CONVRGENCE is an atmospheric VR extraction shooter set in the procedurally generated, ever-changing Chernokamensk Anomaly Zone. Scavenge loot, fight bandits and hunt for mystical artifacts — all with your loyal dog companion by your side. But extract before nightfall, or face what lurks in the dark.

Why similar: Extraction Shooter 53.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Gun Customization 14.3%, Shooter 6.9%, Horror 6.9%

MISERY is a 1–10 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.3%, PvE 20.5%, Horror 16.7%, Co-op 13.2%, Shooter 11.3%

In OPERATOR, you will play as an elite Tier 1 operator undergoing dangerous clandestine operations all over the globe. With a strategic, measured, and unforgiving style of gameplay. You are the tactical advantage, Good luck.

Why similar: Gun Customization 34.2%, PvE 19.8%, Tactical 15.6%, Shooter 15.1%, Character Customization 11.9%

It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.

Why similar: PvE 27%, Co-op 17.1%, Shooter 16.5%, Horror 15.2%, Character Customization 11.5%

Codename CURE II is a co-operative first person shooter set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. Create an elite military squad with up to five players and fight your way through hordes of zombies in a variety of dynamic objective missions.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.2%, PvE 18.7%, Co-op 16.4%, Shooter 11.9%, Character Customization 10%

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: Horror 33.2%, Co-op 25.3%, PvE 24.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Action 3.3%