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2018PCSteam Deck playable59 % positive−80 % ~~29.99 €~~ 5.99 €

A grim dieselpunk RPG set aboard a vast, half-abandoned space ark, featuring a non-linear plot, free exploration and survival elements. The atmosphere is oppressive and the world full of mysteries.

Choices with consequences
Dark, serious atmosphere
Dread and tension
Deep systems to master

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The closest matches for InSomnia: The Ark are Chernobylite, System Shock 2 and UnderRail. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes InSomnia: The Ark special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Chernobylite

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2021PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch82 % positive29.99 €

Choices with consequences
Dread and tension
Dark, serious atmosphere

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.

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System Shock 2

Sci-fi setting

A landmark immersive sim horror RPG set aboard an infested starship, where scarce resources, flexible skill builds and the unforgettable AI SHODAN create relentless dread.

UnderRail

Deep systems to master

A punishing old-school isometric RPG set in a post-apocalyptic underground subway world, built around turn-based tactical combat and highly flexible character builds. Exploration, crafting and meaningful choices shape your survival.

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

Open world

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.

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster

Sci-fi setting

A sci-fi horror classic where you explore a derelict starship alone, scrape by on scarce resources and build your character like in an RPG. Nightdive's remaster polishes the tech and presentation while keeping the oppressive atmosphere and audio-log storytelling.

Fallout 3

Open world

A sprawling irradiated wasteland around Washington D.C. to roam freely, full of darkly funny stories and VATS-assisted gunfights. Moral choices shape towns, factions and the ending.

System Shock

Sci-fi setting

This remake of the cult classic leaves you alone on the Citadel space station, ruled by the deranged AI SHODAN. You explore sprawling interconnected levels, fight to survive, solve puzzles and piece together the story through audio logs in a bleak cyberpunk atmosphere.

BioShock 2

Choices with consequences

As Big Daddy Subject Delta you return to the decaying undersea city of Rapture, mixing drill, guns and plasmids in tense fights, including defending Little Sisters while they gather. Moral choices shape the ending of a surprisingly touching father-daughter story.

Pathologic

Choices with consequences

A bleak survival-horror RPG set in a steppe town ravaged by plague. Over twelve days you play one of three outsiders, scrambling for scarce resources and truth in an uneasy, cryptic world that offers little reassurance.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Open world

A punishing survival shooter set in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where deadly anomalies, mutants and rival factions wait around every corner. You scavenge for gear, hunt rare artifacts and make decisions that shape the story, all wrapped in a thick, oppressive atmosphere.