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2014PC, Steam Deck playable63 % positive11.99 €

You struggle to survive in Duga 40, a dying Siberian experimental city overrun by an alien parasite. Scarce food and brutal cold push you toward grim, morally compromised choices.

  • Resources and survival
  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Frozen State

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Frozen State special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Chernobylite

88 %Match

2021USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch81 % positive29.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Frozen State: a post-apocalyptic setting, scarce resources and survival as well as dread and tension.

A bleak survival horror adventure set in a photogrammetry-recreated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a physicist hunts for his vanished fiancée. You scavenge zones, build up a base, recruit companions and plan toward a final heist, with choices you can even rewrite reshaping the story.

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Pathologic 2

Resources and survival

As the healer Artemy Burakh, you struggle through a plague-ridden steppe town against hunger, relentless time pressure and scarce resources. Every decision leaves lasting consequences, and the bleak, surreal narrative never lets you rest.

Darkwood

Dark, serious atmosphere

Darkwood is a bleak top-down survival horror where you scavenge a eerie, partly randomized forest by day and barricade your hideout against horrors by night. Its surreal atmosphere and deliberately cryptic story create constant dread.

Pathologic

Resources and survival

A bleak survival-horror RPG set in a steppe town ravaged by plague. Over twelve days you play one of three outsiders, scrambling for scarce resources and truth in an uneasy, cryptic world that offers little reassurance.

Days Gone

Post-apocalyptic setting

As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Post-apocalyptic setting

An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.

Lone Survivor

Resources and survival

A 2D pixel-art psychological horror where you play a masked survivor in a plague-ridden city, managing hunger, sleep and your own sanity. You choose between sneaking past threats or fighting them, and the oppressive atmosphere and music stay with you.

Metro 2033

Post-apocalyptic setting

A claustrophobic first-person shooter set in Moscow's post-nuclear metro tunnels, where scarce ammo, gas mask filters and darkness turn every encounter into a fight for survival. Hidden moral choices quietly shape which ending Artyom reaches.

This War of Mine

Resources and survival

Instead of soldiers, you guide a group of civilians through a besieged city, maintaining your shelter by day and scavenging dangerous ruins by night. Harsh moral dilemmas between survival and humanity make it a haunting, unforgettable experience.

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