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You are locked in a maximum-security prison and must uncover a conspiracy, work the social web of fellow inmates, and plan your escape before time runs out. Your choices shape how the plot ends.
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The closest matches for Back to the Dawn are Undying, Pathologic 3 and Dead Static Drive. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Back to the Dawn special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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Bitten by a zombie and doomed, Anling spends her remaining days protecting her young son Cody and teaching him how to survive. A bleak, emotional post-apocalyptic adventure about parenthood and sacrifice.
91 % 34.99 €
Choices with consequences
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.
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A road-bound horror survival adventure where the world collapses around you, and your choices and friendships decide whether you fight, hole up, sneak, or drive away in a stolen car.
91 % 29.99 €
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A real-time thriller set in 1987 Britain: you sneak through a government building, eavesdrop and piece together evidence while the clock keeps ticking. Your choices and time management shape how the conspiracy unfolds.
91 % 10.99 €
Choices with consequences
A Lovecraftian horror adventure where you play student Walter Gilman, freely exploring Arkham to uncover the Witch House's secret before May Eve arrives. You choose your own approach as nightmares and madness close in.
91 % 39.99 €
Choices with consequences
A story-driven espionage RPG from the Disco Elysium studio: you play a tormented operative rebuilding a shattered spy network and unravelling a bloody conspiracy. Dialogue, choices and inner conflict take centre stage rather than combat.
90 % 14.99 €
Choices with consequences
An episodic narrative adventure set at a secretive 1793 estate, where dialogue duels, intrigue and a skill system shape how the conspiracy and murder mystery unfold. Choices carry lasting consequences and conversations play out like tense battles of wits.
90 % 12.49 €
Choices with consequences
As a Master of Spies you build a network of agents in the underworld, decipher letters, solve mysteries and run businesses. The hybrid of first-person and top-down views gives it a dense, experimental atmosphere.
90 % 16.99 €
Choices with consequences
As Detective Lucas you investigate strange cases in an alternate divided post-war city, using persuasion, deduction, time rewinding or violence. In the end you choose between justice and love.
90 % 19.50 €
Choices with consequences
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.