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Games like Frozen State

2014PCSteam Deck playable63 % positive11.99 €

You struggle to survive in Duga 40, a dying Siberian experimental city overrun by an alien parasite. Scarce food and brutal cold push you toward grim, morally compromised choices.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Sci-fi setting

The closest matches for Frozen State are Lone Survivor, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners and Chernobylite. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Frozen State special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Lone Survivor

89 %Match

2012PC

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Dread and tension
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

A 2D pixel-art psychological horror where you play a masked survivor in a plague-ridden city, managing hunger, sleep and your own sanity. You choose between sneaking past threats or fighting them, and the oppressive atmosphere and music stay with you.

Chernobylite

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Post-apocalyptic setting

An atmospheric survival shooter set in the Zone around Pripyat, where you dodge anomalies, hunt artifacts and fight mutants and rival stalker factions. Its open hubs, consequential side quests and oppressive mood make it a cult classic.

Tunguska: The Visitation

Post-apocalyptic setting

A top-down survival horror shooter set in the hostile Tunguska Exclusion Zone, where you fend off mutants, bandits and rogue soldiers while managing scarce resources. It delivers a Stalker-like zone atmosphere in a compact indie package.

Soma

Post-apocalyptic setting

A harrowing combat-free horror journey through a ruined deep-sea research station that confronts you with unsettling questions about consciousness and identity. Its philosophical story lingers long after the credits roll.

Pathologic 2

Post-apocalyptic setting

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.

Days Gone

Post-apocalyptic setting

As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.

Darkwood

Challenging difficulty

Darkwood is a bleak top-down survival horror where you scavenge a eerie, partly randomized forest by day and barricade your hideout against horrors by night. Its surreal atmosphere and deliberately cryptic story create constant dread.

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