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Games like Obenseuer

2018PC, Steam Deck playable94 % positive24.49 €

You run a decrepit tenement building in a sealed-off quarantine district, balancing survival, upgrades and rent income while uncovering the dark secrets of the neighborhood.

  • Resources and survival
  • Choices with consequences
  • Economy and management
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Obenseuer

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

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Pathologic 2

91 %Match

2019USK 18PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified92 % positive33.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Obenseuer: scarce resources and survival, choices with consequences as well as a dark atmosphere.

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.

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Frostpunk

Economy and management

Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.

Pathologic

Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

Sunless Sea

Economy and management

As the captain of a steamship, you sail the dark underground sea of Fallen London, juggling fuel, supplies and your fraying sanity. It thrives on grim, literary storytelling, discovery and the constant risk of death.

Pathologic 3

Dark, serious atmosphere

As the rationalist doctor Dankovsky, you try to beat death itself in a strange town ravaged by plague. Its new twist is time manipulation, letting you revisit and alter key events across twelve days, in an oppressive, narrative-heavy blend of horror and survival.

This War of Mine

Economy and management

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.

Frostpunk 2

Economy and management

A society-management strategy game in a frozen world where you lead a growing city through factional politics, moral dilemmas and scarce resources. Every decision about laws and expansion has tangible consequences for your people.

Frozen Ship

Lots to discover

A first-person adventure that mixes survival, crafting and building with economic strategy and a narrative thread. Little is known about the game, so this rating relies mainly on the provided description.

Chernobylite

Dark, serious atmosphere

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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