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2026PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable89 % positive17.99 €

A retro-style survival horror set in a ruined South Korea after a meteor strike, where mutated creatures roam. Scarce ammo, puzzles and gear upgrades deliver classic tension.

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  • Resources and survival
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

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2020PlayStation85 % positive19.50 €

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

A grim VR survival game set in flooded New Orleans, where you scavenge ruins, fight zombies in visceral hands-on combat, and make hard moral choices between rival factions.

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The Final Station

Post-apocalyptic setting

An atmospheric 2D side-scroller where you ride a train through a collapsing world, scavenge stations for supplies, fight off the infected, and keep your passengers alive. The shift between tense, ammo-scarce station raids and quiet train upkeep creates a bleak, oppressive mood.

Chernobylite

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

System Shock

Dark, serious atmosphere

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

Subterrain

Post-apocalyptic setting

A sci-fi survival game set in an underground Mars facility where you single-handedly manage resources, craft gear and fend off mutated creatures. Randomly generated levels and base upkeep create a tense, isolated atmosphere.

The Long Dark

Dark, serious atmosphere

A lonely, unforgiving survival experience in the frozen Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster, where cold, hunger and wolves are your real enemies. Its painterly visuals and quiet atmosphere turn every trek into a tense, often melancholic journey.

Sons of the Forest

Post-apocalyptic setting

Stranded on a remote island, you craft, build and fight to survive while cannibals and mutants hunt you. Play solo or in co-op, delve into dark caves, and fortify a base, with AI companions helping along the way.

Escape Dead Island

Dark, serious atmosphere

A zombie adventure set in the Dead Island universe, where journalist Cliff Calo investigates the outbreak's origins on a island, mixing melee combat, stealth and unsettling hallucinations. Its comic-style cel-shaded look and blurred line between reality and madness give it a distinct flavor.

State of Decay

Post-apocalyptic setting

A zombie survival game in an open world where you build up a home base, scavenge supplies and manage a roster of survivors with their own skills. Death is permanent for fallen characters, which gives every decision weight.

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