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2016PC70 % positive12.99 €

A visual novel with strategic elements: after your colony ship crashes, you guide the survivors on an alien planet, manage scarce resources and make weighty decisions.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Resources and survival
  • Dialogue and role-playing
  • Economy and management
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In short: Games like The Next World

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

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Games where this is clearly part of it are left out, no matter how well the rest fits.

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The Alters

91 %Match

2025USK 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck verified90 % positive−55 % 34.99 € 15.74 €

Brings what grabs you about The Next World: choices with consequences, scarce resources and survival as well as emotional impact.

Stranded worker Jan clones alternate versions of himself, each shaped by a different life choice, and must manage them in a mobile base while racing a lethal sunrise. It's survival management fused with a thoughtful drama about identity and roads not taken.

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