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2026PC, Steam Deck verified92 % positive

A surreal 2006 first-person shooter in which you awaken as a man fighting through a Soviet-flavored world overrun by mutants and madness. The Absolute Edition brings the cult title to modern PCs with fixes and quality-of-life improvements.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Dread and tension
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
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In short: Games like You Are Empty: Absolute Edition

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes You Are Empty: Absolute Edition special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Hrot

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2023PC, Steam Deck playable96 % positive19.50 €

Brings what grabs you about You Are Empty: Absolute Edition: dread and tension, good gunplay as well as a dark atmosphere.

A 90s-style retro FPS set in a grim, brutalist socialist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s. Fast gunplay, key hunting and an oppressive atmosphere define the experience.

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Post-apocalyptic setting

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Sci-fi setting

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Dread and tension

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Dark Sector

Dread and tension

A grim third-person shooter where an infected operative fights through a decaying Eastern European city using the Glaive, a returning tri-blade weapon. It is the spiritual precursor to Warframe.

Half-Life 2

Sci-fi setting

A landmark first-person shooter that sends Gordon Freeman through alien-occupied City 17, blending seamless cutscene-free storytelling with physics-driven puzzles and the iconic Gravity Gun.

Bullet Witch

Post-apocalyptic setting

A Japanese third-person action shooter in which you play the witch Alicia, blending gunfire with destructive magic across a demon-ravaged post-apocalyptic world. The appeal lies in mixing firearms with spells like tornadoes and meteors.

Hollowbody

Post-apocalyptic setting

A short tech-noir survival horror set in an abandoned British city: as smuggler Mica you search for your missing partner with scarce resources. It mixes exploration, puzzles and gunplay in the spirit of classic PS1-era horror games.

Metro 2033 Redux

Post-apocalyptic setting

An atmospheric story-driven shooter set in the ruined Moscow metro tunnels after nuclear apocalypse. Scarce ammo, gas mask management and stealth sections create a tense survival-horror mood.

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