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2016PC28 % positive3.99 €

You wake with no memory on an island, searching for tools to escape while a mystery unfolds around the place and a child's photograph. It emphasizes exploration in an open sandbox environment.

  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

The closest matches for Better Late Than Dead are Escape From Lavender Island, The Free Ones and Lex Mortis. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Better Late Than Dead special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Escape From Lavender Island

93 %Match

2023PCSteam Deck playable97 % positive9.49 €

  • Open world
  • Lots to discover
  • Pure single-player experience

An indie third-person open-world exploration game where you play Zede Aksis, stranded on a mysterious island that mirrors a dream, searching for a way out.

The Free Ones

Focus on a single character

An adventure in which you play a prisoner trying to escape a mysterious island while uncovering its secrets. Little is known about the game, so this rating is cautious.

Lex Mortis

Dark, serious atmosphere

You explore a fully open island and its mysteries by day, but at night the enemies emerge and the nightmare begins. The day-night cycle shapes the whole mood of the game.

Eidolon

Open world

A quiet exploration and survival game set in an abandoned Western Washington around 2400, where you piece together the story of vanished people from journals and artifacts. It offers little hand-holding, but plenty of atmosphere, nature and curiosity-driven discovery.

The Last Keeper

Dark, serious atmosphere

As a lighthouse keeper on a remote island, you maintain machinery, work the radio and guide ships into harbor while eerie secrets of the island unfold. An atmospheric horror sim in the vein of Voices of the Void.

Radiation Island

Open world

A survival game set on a mysterious island in a parallel reality after the Philadelphia Experiment: you gather resources, craft gear, fend off threats and look for a way back to the real world.

Uayeb

Open world

You explore an open world inspired by the Mayan civilization in first person, solving puzzles and surviving along the way. The focus is on discovery and atmosphere.

Miasmata

Dark, serious atmosphere

As a plague-stricken scientist stranded on a remote island, you map the land yourself through triangulation, gather plants to craft medicine, and avoid a stalking creature that hunts you.

Inaccessible World

Focus on a single character

You take part in a single dangerous week-long hunt open to all comers, testing yourself against the world's most perilous quarry. Little is known about this indie title, so this rating is conservative.

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