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Games like Dr. Smalls and the Zombie Apocalypse

Games like Dr. Smalls and the Zombie Apocalypse

Games like Dr. Smalls and the Zombie Apocalypse

Looking for games like Dr. Smalls and the Zombie Apocalypse? Here are top survival survival recommendations, selected from player-similarity data — start with Elfblade, Sancticide or EBOLA VILLAGE.

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  1. A forsaken rogue must find freedom through retrieving seven legendary stones. Explore a hostile land, with deadly underground passages, unforgiving forests, caves full of gold and more. Use potions, bombs and arrows to fight dozens of enemies, seek hidden dungeons and defeat powerful bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elfblade.

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    49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    53% User Score Based on 43 reviews

    RoadmapOur Early Access Roadmap outlines the key additions and improvements we plan to make. These aim to deepen the game's story, expand your experience, and refine Ezechiel the Seventh's brutal journey. This roadmap marks the foundation of what's to come, but it's not set in stone. Your feedback will continue to shape Sancticide, and we’re committed to adapting the game based on your insights a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sancticide.

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  3. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    80% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    A classic horror inspired by the original survival games of the 90s, Ebola Village is a modern take on a first-person adventure where the main character, Maria, investigates a series of mysterious events. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EBOLA VILLAGE.

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  4. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    72% User Score Based on 250 reviews

    Arise, mighty monarch, from your prolonged slumber. A dreadful disease has struck the kingdom and taken away people's lives. Your lands have wilted, the rest of the subjects have abandoned their houses, and monsters created by fragments of diseased souls have come in their places, swallowing up all living beings. It is time, king, to awake and unite the fractured lands, vanquish the darkness, and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingsgrave.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    70% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    Cally's Trials is a roguelike action-platformer with a weapon-levelling system that lets you evolve weapons as you use them. Cally must save her parents from the maniacal Herbert, who has laid waste to the Caves and built a massive new base. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cally's Trials.

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  6. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    57% User Score Based on 95 reviews

    Run your own creature hunting company, catch creatures to tame them, once they are trained, your beasts can fight with you on your next contracts. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creatures Inc.

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  7. 59%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    62% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    Fallen into a giant old dungeon, unclear for any destiny, you have to descent deeper and deeper to a place, where even all cries will be silenced.​ If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Horror of the Deep.

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  8. 48%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    48% User Score Based on 13 reviews
    Critic Score 78%Based on 24 reviews

    The retro-futuristic pixel game Explore and fight in a retro-futuristic world. Swim deep into a oneiric, poetic and unique experience across dimensional planes. The aesthetic of the game was inspired by retro pixel adventures (Castlevania, Another World, Double Dragon) with a modern touch (Superbrothers, Sword and Sorcery) and an 80s plot homage (Ready Player One, He-Man, The Last Starfighter), … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Narita Boy.

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  9. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    72% User Score Based on 78 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 2 reviews

    TowerPrincess is a 3D action-platformer that recovers the spirit of the classical adventure games, as Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet & Clank or Mario, and merges it with roguelike mechanics! This means that the dungeon, the rewards, the challenges or even the character will be procedural, making every gameplay unique! It's a parody of the classical "knight who enters into the dragon's castle an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Princess.

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  10. 49%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    49% User Score Based on 274 reviews

    Open world horror set in a city in which your worst nightmares have become an everyday part of life. Explore a dense open world of terror, every building a unique location with it's own story to tell. Strung together by the remenants of Hanwell. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Welcome to Hanwell.

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  11. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    69% User Score Based on 803 reviews
    Critic Score 63%Based on 11 reviews

    World War III was one cruel tragedy, at least for the others. You seemed to have a quite nice time, hidden in your fancy penthouse at the Skyhill Hotel... Till the impact of a bio-weapon blew away the life you once knew. Now there are mutants everywhere, and they're eager to rip you to shreds with their vicious claws. But they aren't your only problem: Your supplies are running out. You have to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyhill.

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  12. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, graphics
    66% User Score Based on 93 reviews

    Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cards of the Dead.

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  13. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    [PRESS TAB IF YOU GET NO-CLIPPED ON THE GROUND!!!!] NOTE: This is a bug fixes version prior to version 1.1, the one submitted to the jam. There are still some bugs (eg. water breaking) but the game is completable. There's a new option to revert this update, but it's highly recommended to play with this disabled. It's also recommended to play on Windows rather than Web. If you get stuck at some … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Summiter.

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  15. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 271 reviews

    Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flesh Made Fear.

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  16. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    79% User Score Based on 228 reviews

    Apartament 1406 DEMO(n) Apartment 1406 is a horror game that will provide you with an amazing experience in a dark world of horror. The game features psychological elements, such as changing environments and two alternative worlds, which make the game very interesting and mysterious. The player must face various unfamiliar phenomena, ghosts, and demons, which combined with the dark and gloomy atm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apartament 1406: Horror DEMO(n).

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  17. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, atmosphere
    69% User Score Based on 29 reviews

    Explore and conquer in this single-player dinosaur adventure where you fight, evolve, and conquer territories to reclaim the wilds. Each conquest brings progress, but death sends you back to the start. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dinosaurs Dominion.

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  18. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability
    76% User Score Based on 55 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 2 reviews

    Thy Creature is a dark fantasy story adventure game. Experience the fascinating story with a variety of mazes, fun shoot-'em-up style, infatuating dark-fantasy. This is based on the work of Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus". If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thy Creature.

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    60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    60% User Score Based on 142 reviews

    Mona, a young butterfly, is disguised in the hood of a moth’s design for her own protection. But from what, Mona does not yet know. There are many things about the world Mona has been purposefully kept from knowing. Holed up in her nestroom, she looks out of her window and gazes upon the distant, glittering, twinkling lights of an alluring place which lies near the heart of this unknown world of b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sect-Machina.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    78% User Score Based on 288 reviews

    Shipwreck is a top down adventure game in which you must travel the land, explore dungeons, and defeat monsters to earn safe passage off the island on which you are stranded. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shipwreck.

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  22. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    73% User Score Based on 270 reviews

    Angel's Gear is a challenging horror-flavored Metroidvania set in a world tainted by a mechanical disease. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angel's Gear.

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  23. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability
    87% User Score Based on 446 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Live an intense VR survival horror adventure with gripping storytelling, in which you will explore dark environments, make terrifying encounters and get your adrenaline pumping. Will you find your way out of the Paradise Hotel alive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Propagation: Paradise Hotel.

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  24. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    80% User Score Based on 92 reviews

    Inspired by the classics of survival horror. The manor and surrounding properties sprawl into a maze of corridors, bedrooms, foyers, libraries, studies, galleries, gardens, and more. Filled with puzzles, traps, and hidden passageways that explore the secrets of the property and its deadly occupants. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deathbloom: Chapter 1.

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  26. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    72% User Score Based on 285 reviews

    One Dog Story is an engaging pixel adventure game with RPG elements, gameplay that’ll get you hooked for hours, and well-developed characters. You wake up in an underground laboratory, free again after a horrific accident. Prepare to explore this expansive game world and its many secrets and mysteries. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to One Dog Story.

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  27. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    85% User Score Based on 52 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    My Night Job sends players into an abandoned building and sicks hordes of monsters on them. They can use more than 60 weapons to defend themselves and save as many survivors as possible. But beware – if too many rooms are thrashed, the end may be nigh-er than you originally thought. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to My Night Job.

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  28. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 2,003 reviews
    Critic Score 82%Based on 14 reviews

    Rogue Hero is a 4 player action rpg with roguelike elements, combining procedural dungeons and an expansive overworld full of secrets. Take down the various dungeons, build up your village, or just fish, farm and swim around Tasos. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Hero.

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  29. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    90% User Score Based on 248 reviews

    Morels: The Hunt is an immersive gaming experience about mushroom hunting and photography while being surrounded in a beautiful, interactive nature and wildlife setting spanning across the United States. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Morels: The Hunt.

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  30. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    81% User Score Based on 1,185 reviews
    Critic Score 74%Based on 4 reviews

    Ocean’s Heart is an action RPG featuring detailed pixel art with a heavy focus on exploration. In a lively world teeming with secrets and mysteries, Tilia sets out in search of her missing father. Follow the trail through the ruins of a flooded kingdom, shape the future of the current world, or keep your head down and focus on your own mission in this epic retro-inspired adventure! Explore a deta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ocean's Heart.

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  31. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, character development
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    81% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    CHECK OUT MORE GAMES FROM OUR FRIENDS [/url about][/imgvid] [url] Miniland: Prologue is a part of the full version of Miniland and is completely free. The most important is that prologue allows you to get into the world of Miniland so you will be fully ready before the final product release! Build your own world and fight against your enemies Miniland is a game where you can do anything yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniland Adventure: Prologue.

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  32. Survive, Grow Strong, Get Rematched! Afterschool: Reel Danger is a partially narrative, continuously playable 2D roguelite action game. In this adventure that begins after school, choose one of three playable characters and try to survive endless waves of enemies. Use the coins you earn from defeating enemies to purchase new abilities and upgrades from the Merchant and Enchanter. Overcome cha… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterschool: Reel Danger.

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  33. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 5 reviews

    BRING THEM BACK - From The Dead // pixel jam 2025 A MESSAGE TO YOU! I love the steam riverboats, I had to include one in the title art, hearing the beautiful steam organ gently on the air as the boat enters the bay. What a lovely view! So lovely that I wanted to give you the option to hit the right mouse button and fade out all the titles, so you can sit on the hill and admire that view, take a … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bring Them Back (from the dead - Pixel Jam 2025).

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  34. 50%Game Brain Score
    50% User Score Based on 1 reviews

    GameBoyColor Style Sideview Action RPG OBSCENTURE About In order to save a kingdom that has suddenly been invaded by an alien world, Leuk, a homunculus created as a defense mechanism, stands up! While rescuing the people left behind in various places from the frontier to the castle town, proceed to the center of the anomaly in search of the source of the problem. *Contains mild erotic eleme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to OBSCENTURE.

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  35. "Survirus" is an open-world survival simulator that survives in cities devastated by viruses. How long can you survive in the Apocalypse world, and the virus? Find a mask to survive from the virus, find a weapon to defeat your enemies, and find what you need!There's only one life.If you die, your data will be deleted.Manage hunger, thirst, and stress levels.Survive the Apocalypse World w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Survirus.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    92% User Score Based on 233 reviews

    Discover a Gothic world in this 2D top-down action-adventure, blending fast-paced combat, exploration, and pixel art inspired by Game Boy Color classics. Fight monstrous foes, unlock new abilities, and explore a non-linear map filled with hidden secrets and dangerous challenges. Master precise combat, where every strike and dodge matters. Manage your stamina as you face off against grotes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tearscape.

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  37. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    71% User Score Based on 51 reviews

    The Year is 2082. You take the role of Bill, a grizzled former trucker turned robojockey. In a world where resources are scarce, Bill owns a mining claim for Fluxiam-7, which is used to provide many of the energy needs for the late 21st century. TorxCorp, who owns a nearby Quarry has it's eye on Bill's claim, and has decided to steal Bill's treasured figurines he keeps on the dash of his mekk, and… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mekkablood: Quarry Assault.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    50% User Score Based on 12 reviews

    Layer Hunt is a survival sandbox and dungeon game where the goal is to survive and hunt down all the bosses. To reach your goal you will have to mine, craft, build, farm, fight and explore for new abilities and resources. The world is broken up through many different layers that each offer new enemies, minerals and dungeons to explore. To progress, the player must explore all these layers and elim… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Layer Hunt.

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  39. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Outer Terror is a horde shooter where you hold out against massive quantities of otherworldly cosmic creatures. Assemble a ridiculous arsenal of weapons and blast apart seemingly endless waves of horrific creatures in this stylish roguelike that pays homage to the B-movies and Golden Age horror comics of the 80s and 90s. Don’t Die and stay alive for as long as you can while exploring overrun cit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outer Terror.

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    82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    82% User Score Based on 264 reviews

    Focus on exploration Find passwords for doors, search for access cards for terminals, repair damaged equipment and combine items. Think with your head. Intense battles You have a gun, but that doesn't mean you're safe. The enemies here are deadly, and not all of them can be killed... The atmosphere of cold loneliness Graphics inspired by classic 3D games such as Zero Tolerance, System Shock… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ZERO PROTOCOL.

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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 112 reviews

    Wyvia is an open world 3D action RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Save your world from a monstrous invasion. Choose from 10 classes customizing them with a robust cross-class skill system, craft and upgrade tons of weapons, explore dungeons battling a variety of enemies, and defeat terrifying bosses! Story So Far The Wyverns are gone... Now your home is plunged into chaos as monsters invade from… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wyvia.

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  42. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    94% User Score Based on 572 reviews

    Explore in top-down retro aesthetics and face the horrors of Breckenridge Hall in pulse-pounding first person combat. Scavenge for supplies, solve puzzles, and upgrade your gear. Do whatever it takes to survive, but remember: You Will Die Here Tonight. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to You Will Die Here Tonight.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 280 reviews

    ***Because I am developing the game alone, my ability and energy are limited, I hope you can understand. It may take me a long time to get around to the reviews, but I will try to make the game better as soon as possible, so give me some time. Due to the large number of comments, I am sorry that I cannot reply to each one by myself, but I will read everyone's comments and take them into considerat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Night Raider.

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  44. 60%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability
    60% User Score Based on 58 reviews

    The horror game Whispering Lane takes you to an abandoned house on Whispering Lane Street. Darkness reigns on the street, and strange noises stir unease among the neighbors. The main character, police officer Jackson Harrowfield, is sent to investigate the residents' report. Soon, he will uncover the secrets of this dark house. Enter the world of mysteries and dangers, experiencing two amazin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whispering Lane: Horror.

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  45. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    85% User Score Based on 251 reviews

    A Soviet dream turned nightmare: Explore the now empty halls of a Soviet super submarine and discover what caused its supernatural downfall. Spongy psi-soldier, agile special weapon expert or hacking-savvy gunslinger? Build your own character in this first person dungeon-crawler inspired by immersive RPGs from the 90s. Immerse yourself in the dark corners of the S1-Utopia - a Soviet super wea… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sonar Shock.

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  46. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    76% User Score Based on 471 reviews

    Step back into Hanwell and discover the world beyond it. Set in the deeper parts of London, explore Westminster and uncover the truth about yourself. Explore a rich, atmospheric take on Westminster and it's various Locations. Filled with lore and secrets to discover. All new dual control melee combat system, land each hit and combo with satisfying intensity. Scavenge scarce but available weapons … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Hanwell.

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  47. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    66% User Score Based on 322 reviews

    Pine Harbor was a small fishing town on the shores of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by cliffs and dense pine forests, shrouded in thick fog. But everything changed as a result of a technological disaster. Explore the town, help its residents, and delve into the depths of the dark forests. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pine Harbor.

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  48. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music
    68% User Score Based on 151 reviews

    Wreak havoc through the undead plague and feel like a real badass in this unique physics-based medieval combat title. Ruthlessly cut, stab, smash, shoot or blow up your foes with a large variety of melee and ranged weapons as you explore the cursed citadel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Undead Citadel.

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  50. 53%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    47% User Score Based on 76 reviews
    Critic Score 61%Based on 7 reviews

    Expedition Zero is a survival horror game set in the heart of rural Siberia. Use your engineering skills to confront flesh-eating monsters as the last survivor of a Soviet scientific expedition. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Expedition Zero.

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