Games like SYSTEM FAILURE

YOU WERE GONE WHEN IT HAPPENED; THE ENTIRE COTERIE WIPED OUT IN ONE BRUTAL ATTACK. ALL BUT YOU LAST REMAINING FEW.You know who did this: the night is alive with the news. Here in the midst of the charred and staked corpses of your kin, the slender hand of the Elder - severed at the wrist - is soaked with the blood of the one responsible. You know who did this; and their blood will spill and lie wa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood & Wine.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music

78% User Score Based on 578 reviews

At the farthest edge of the explored universe, the research ship Xanadu slumbers in orbit around a mysterious planet. Her systems remain active but there has been no message from her crew for months. Now a lone operative has been sent to wake the Xanadu and bring her home to Earth. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spirits of Xanadu.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

66% User Score Based on 199 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

You wake up dazed and confused, probably from the effects of cryosleep. No one can be seen around, but you soon start to find the bodies of your dead crewmen. The ship is adrift, and whoever – or whatever – killed your crewmates is probably still around. Syndrome is a sci-fi survival horror game that takes place aboard the "Valkenburg", an exploration and science ship equipped with the most ad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Syndrome.

70%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music

96% User Score Based on 24 reviews

In Starless, navigate a space Ark infested with terrifying monsters in this stealth-action game inspired by classic sci-fi. Can you help the colonists survive, or will they be doomed to roam the endless void of space forever? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starless.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

70% User Score Based on 393 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Space Food Truck is a cooperative, culinary scifi adventure. 1-4 players take on unique roles aboard the Galaxy Gourmet. Their mission: explore a vast, procedurally-generated galaxy in search of exotic ingredients, craft delicious recipes, and withstand the untold dangers of deep space. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Food Truck.

64%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, gameplay

64% User Score Based on 78 reviews

The Icarus.1 Abandoned for decades, crew M.I.A. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ICARUS.1.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

77% User Score Based on 2,164 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 25 reviews

Moons of Madness throws the player into a unique, first person, psychological horror game, combining Lovecraft influence with hard sci-fi. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moons of Madness.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

92% User Score Based on 21,612 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 17 reviews

Play two missions, then unlock the full game via a single in-app purchase. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien: Isolation.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

56% User Score Based on 240 reviews

Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

Solarix is a science-fiction stealth-horror game featuring open-ended levels for both combative and stealth-focused playstyles. Solarix combines old-school sci-fi horror with next-gen style and graphics. The story follows an electrical engineer desperately fighting for his life after an infection wipes out an interstellar research station. He must contain the disease, battling both the remnants of… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Solarix.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

78% User Score Based on 138 reviews

Critic Score 30%Based on 2 reviews

Step into the mind of John Morley, a 1940s detective on his final case. Explore shadowed places long forgotten by time, and piece together crime scenes in a narrative adventure steeped in mystery, unexpected twists, and a truth buried for decades. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Case of John Morley.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

89% User Score Based on 2,255 reviews

Critic Score 60%Based on 3 reviews

Star Trek: Resurgence is an interactive narrative video game that tells an original story in a choice-driven adventure set within the iconic sci-fi universe If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Resurgence.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, music

95% User Score Based on 107 reviews

Vessels is an atmospheric, character-driven narrative adventure game. Players assume the role of crewmember quarantined in the airlock of their ship with no memory of how they got there, and with crewmates who refuse to let you out. Players can posses other crew members to explore the ship and find a way to free yourself, where different choices can lead to multiple endings. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vessels.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

88% User Score Based on 1,542 reviews

Critic Score 79%Based on 5 reviews

Stranded on a derelict cargo ship, you find yourself hunted by one of Monstrum’s terrifying predators as you search for a way out. Death is permanent. Get killed in Monstrum and you'll be starting all over again. As each of them has their own strategy, abilities and weaknesses, you have to use your wits to outsmart your pursuer in the ship’s procedurally generated environment. Can you survive Mons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monstrum.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 4,205 reviews

A first-person cyberpunk exploratory horror RPG and sequel to System Shock (1994) in which a soldier wakes up in the starship Von Braun in the aftermath of a disaster and finds himself in the midst of a conflict between SHODAN, the artificial intelligence antagonist of System Shock seeking mastery over humanity, and The Many, a flesh-based psychic hive mind led by the ship's corrupted AI. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to System Shock 2.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

96% User Score Based on 123 reviews

An erotic adventure through space with three very busty women as you try to save the day while enjoying the many pleasures of their company. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Last Hope.

58%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, atmosphere

66% User Score Based on 62 reviews

Critic Score 44%Based on 6 reviews

Experience retro 3D stealth action with modern effects, randomly generated missions, modern equipment, and local multiplayer! As a member of the counter terrorist Spy Drops team, you are tasked with neutralizing a threat that could plunge the world into digital darkness, while you unknowingly get tangled in a deeper conspiracy. Dropped behind enemy lines, your covert ops are to infiltrate infras… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Spy Drops.

40%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

44% User Score Based on 41 reviews

Within the Cosmos is a single-player first-person sci-fi RPG. The year is 2278. Humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. As a member of the United Earth Space Agency (UESA), you were one of 500 chosen for cryogenic sleep and launched aboard a starship to the secluded Adallio star system. This hidden refuge, far from the devastating war consuming Earth, was humanity's last hope for surviva… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Within the Cosmos.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

68% User Score Based on 698 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Fully-fledged Video Game Adaptation based on one of the most successful BOARD GAMES in recent years. Play as one of the survived crew members. Plan and make actions in turn-based SOLO or MULTIPLAYER modes. Be a team player or a traitor - Each scenario will be DIFFERENT! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nemesis Lockdown.

50%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

76% User Score Based on 17 reviews

Zero Below The Sun is a survival horror game inspired by the classics, with 90's retro aesthetic in full low-res 3D. Somewhere in Antarctica, danger lurks below the ice. In the throes of the... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zero Below The Sun.

A first-person sci-fi space horror where every mistake can be fatal. Derelict ships. Hostile lifeforms. No second chances. A nonlinear adventure and psychological horror where the player pieces together clues to understand what’s happening — and how to survive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warped - Space Horror.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, music

87% User Score Based on 238 reviews

Lazaret is an atmospheric first-person horror game. You play as a member of a rescue team called out to investigate a distress signal coming from a ship that disappeared 4 years ago. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lazaret.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

85% User Score Based on 1,266 reviews

Critic Score 69%Based on 4 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Station.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

83% User Score Based on 328 reviews

"Calm down. This is all normal. Well, it’s a new normal. There was a malfunction that we can’t fix yet, but with your help I can make symptoms bearable. We’re all in the same boat here and should help each other." "I’m Shelly, a lead scientist in General Education research facility. The job title is longer, but it’s not important. Here’s what I know so far, though." "The experience-sharing program… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Long Reach.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

92% User Score Based on 566 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

A VR survival horror roguelike. Trapped in a dying spaceship filled with horrors, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth. Cosmodread features a rich, tense and immersive atmosphere that will make you forget about the world outside the headset. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cosmodread.

99%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

99% User Score Based on 117 reviews

A refreshing twist on roguelite and storytelling, Endless Dark is a psychological horror game about the pressures of monotony and the purpose of existence. You, the Custodian, are a sentient machine onboard a sleeper colony ship, charged with keeping it intact. No combat, enemies, or NPCs await you - only a myriad of system failures and the decay of your own sanity as you whittle away the deca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endless Dark.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 2,679 reviews

Critic Score 82%Based on 7 reviews

Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Observation.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music

44% User Score Based on 121 reviews

Critic Score 57%Based on 3 reviews

Tartarus is an action/adventure game from first person perspective combined with text input. Developed by Abyss Gameworks and powered by Unreal Engine 4. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TARTARUS.

98%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

98% User Score Based on 113 reviews

The year is 20XX, the earth has been ravaged by nuclear wars and our only hope is the research shuttle Nostrami. Unfortunately the ship has been incommunicado for 48 hours now. That's were you... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Scumbags.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, stability

89% User Score Based on 331 reviews

Critic Score 89%Based on 1 reviews

Far into the future, in the year 1999: David, a systems operator, runs from his troubles by taking a job on a space station. After arriving, his mundane work turns into a struggle for his very life as he makes a shocking discovery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titan Station.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 9,188 reviews

A first-person cyberpunk exploratory horror RPG and sequel to System Shock (1994) in which a soldier wakes up in the starship Van Braun in the aftermath of a disaster and finds himself in the midst of a conflict between SHODAN, the artificial intelligence antagonist of System Shock seeking mastery over humanity, and The Many, a flesh-based psychic hive mind led by the ship's corrupted AI. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to System Shock® 2 (1999).

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, stability

81% User Score Based on 93 reviews

Critic Score 63%Based on 10 reviews

Downward Spiral: Horus Station lures players through a lost vessel abandoned by its crew. Solving the mystery of the space station will take wits and ingenuity as you fight or avoid dangers unknown. Use the ship's maintenance hardware - like bolt throwers, rail guns, and arc welders to take out threats, solve puzzles and find the truth of why Horus Station has been left drifting in space. Downwar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Downward Spiral: Horus Station.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

85% User Score Based on 1,095 reviews

You've barely managed to flee your exploding spaceship. Now in an old escape pod, you find yourself in the shoes of a technician, without any knowledge of the complex systems, around you, that are keeping you alive. Faced with all kind of cosmic dangers, how long will you survive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tin Can.

42%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

49% User Score Based on 183 reviews

Critic Score 32%Based on 7 reviews

You are John T. Longy, a night-watchman at JUPITER, a secret base, set in an old, partially abandoned research facility in a remote countryside location. JUPITER is the main laboratory of the OLYMPUS GROUP. The scientists there are conducting research on SPACE and TIME, but perhaps there is more to the experiments than meets the eye… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Albedo: Eyes from Outer Space.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

74% User Score Based on 2,198 reviews

Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of your citizens, all while dealing with the often harsh realities of an exotic alien world. On top of this, you’ll face the greatest challenge of all — keeping yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aven Colony.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay

69% User Score Based on 84 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 1 reviews

A classic COMEDY QUEST about being geeky and procrastinative in SPACE! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability

53% User Score Based on 74 reviews

The Archetype is a psychological-horror where you'll be in control (or not) of Archty's psychological aspects, like Fear, Despair, Anxiety, Sadness, Jealousy, Anger, Aggression, Libido, Envy, Guilt, Depression and Solitude. As you explore the 4 chapters of Archty's life (Childhood, Adolescence, Marriage and Death), you'll have to deal with his anxiety disorder and schizophrenia and problems like h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Archetype.

The Knot hangs ponderous, heavy - pulling taut the tangled threads of the Fabric Between Worlds. Tired, callused hands pick at the threads, easing the tangles, bit by aching bit. Slowly, deliberately, they pull at loose threads to scrutinize with weary eyes, as they mutter amongst themselves. Piles of threads form at their feet, growing ever larger, until the eldest amongst them finally speaks. ‘T… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to LOOM - Itchfunding.

BUILD YOUR OWN GALAXY! The Galaxy Builder Decks Series Galaxy Builder Decks are a series of system-neutral cards for worldbuilders and GMs to quickly create scifi settings and cultures right on your table. Pair Planet Trait cards with Planet cards for making planetary locations and encounters. Each deck is designed to work with others in the series to help fully flesh out your galaxy. I creat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Galaxy Builder Decks: Planet Traits.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 3,326 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 5 reviews

Experience the first sector of the journey as the Captain of the U.S.S. Voyager. In the demo, you can try out all the core systems of the game: make decisions, explore what-if scenarios, repair and customize your ship, explore a sector, research technologies, go on away missions, level up crew members, engage in combat, gather resources – and get a first look at the beginning of the story. Make … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, music

76% User Score Based on 70 reviews

A craft-based, isometric survival horror game with twisted monsters and warped reality. Scavenge and build to survive terrifying days and nights while using stealth and noise to fight enemies that stalk by sound. All styled with bold comic art and an '80s horror vibe. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to I Hate This Place.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music

87% User Score Based on 165 reviews

Inspired by classic western isometric RPGs, this is an intentionally short hardcore role-playing game set in space 20 years after a major conflict over asteroid mining. Roleplaying Multiple solutions Choice & Consequence Optional but unlimited violence Note: this is a stand-alone prologue for the full game. While it also serves the purpose of the demo version, it has the beginning, substantia… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Wreck.

52%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

85% User Score Based on 13 reviews

AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT ONLINE MULTI-PLAYERAirlock Arena is a local coop game, with all players on one screen. This means it can make use of STEAM's RemotePlay Together for online multiplayer. As this is game streaming, it has certian hardware requirements to run smoothly. We strongly recommend if your intention is to play online with friends, you download the demo first and make sure the game wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Airlock Arena: Profit or Perish.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 421 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 12 reviews

From the top of Megacity S1-9, the Sovereign Khan rules with fists of iron and flesh. Beneath the city’s rotting foundations, a vengeful warrior embarks on a journey to murder him. 5 years prior to the events of Slave Zero, Slave Zero X brings new life to a world where horrific, living machines known as Slaves are primed to become the latest tools of war in humanity’s long and bloody history. A se… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Slave Zero X.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

88% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Deadnaut: Signal Lost is a sci-fi horror turn-based roguelike where loyalty isn't earned - it's installed. Scavenge derelict ships and abandoned moons filled with hellish creatures, brutal AI and insanity storms. Gather gear and upgrades to fight or evade the hi-tech supersoldiers hunting you down. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadnaut: Signal Lost.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

87% User Score Based on 8,172 reviews

Critic Score 75%Based on 24 reviews

The Turing Test is a first person puzzler that explores the phenomena of consciousness and challenges the meaning of human intuition. Take control of Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA), and progress through a narrated story of introspection and morality whilst uncovering the hidden mysteries of Europa. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Turing Test.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding

90% User Score Based on 3,658 reviews

Critic Score 85%Based on 3 reviews

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Duskers.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, character development

92% User Score Based on 1,587 reviews

S.B.T.F. is a very hard arcade-style / rogue-like / perma-death first person shooter. You play as Marines who must brave dark, claustrophobic and terrifyingly intense Space Beast infested spacecraft in order to extract critical data and lucrative upgrades. Can you make it out alive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Beast Terror Fright.

81%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, atmosphere

82% User Score Based on 90 reviews

Critic Score 72%Based on 1 reviews

Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Sixed.

55%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

71% User Score Based on 28 reviews

A mining space station doesn't respond to communications. An investigator tries to find out what happened to the crew. Void Mine is a zero-gravity narrative action adventure full of danger and mystery. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oculto.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

84% User Score Based on 662 reviews

“Between the infinite worlds was infinite nothing. A void, a darkness between realities. But nothing is as crowded as is nothing. The House built itself in reaction to its own lack of existence.” A House of Many Doors is an indie RPG written and coded by Harry Tuffs, with art by Catherine Unger and music by Zach Beever. In A House of Many Doors you are an explorer, poet and spy, traversing and m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A House of Many Doors.