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2014 PCPlayStationXbox −80 % 9.99 € 1.99 € 10 days left 👍 77 % Mostly positive, 3,523 reviews on Steam

An atmospheric sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut on a seemingly abandoned planet, using a jetpack and robotic arm through platforming and puzzles while uncovering the mystery of earlier human visitors.

What defines Lifeless Planet:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

The closest matches for Lifeless Planet are Hypogea, The Way and Aspis. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Lifeless Planet special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Hypogea

95 %

2025 PC 9.75 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

A short, atmospheric 3D platformer about escaping a mysterious underground megastructure. It focuses on mood, exploration and platforming challenges.

The Way

Lots to discover

A pixel-art sci-fi platformer in the vein of Another World and Flashback: you travel to an alien planet seeking a way to bring a loved one back to life. Puzzles, platforming and exploration form the core.

Aspis

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric mystery thriller set in an alternate late-80s USSR, where you play a grieving scientist exploring a cybernetics institute and hopping between distorted realities of a simulation experiment.

Red Matter

Sci-fi setting

An atmospheric VR puzzle adventure in which you play an astronaut exploring an abandoned moon base in a retro-futuristic Cold War world. You solve hands-on environmental puzzles while uncovering a dark secret.

Deliver Us the Moon

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi adventure where you play a lone astronaut exploring abandoned lunar bases, solving environmental puzzles and uncovering what happened to humanity's last hope. Atmospheric and linear, focused on mystery and narrative rather than combat.

The Dig

Sci-fi setting

A classic LucasArts point-and-click adventure in which a team of astronauts uncovers the secrets of a vanished alien civilization on a distant world. Moody science fiction with clever puzzles and a memorable score.

Rivage

Lots to discover

Rivage is a sci-fi puzzle adventure where you wake as Miranda aboard a space station caught in a strange cosmic phenomenon. You explore the station, solve intricate puzzles and uncover what happened to your missing crew.

The Swapper

Lots to discover

An atmospheric puzzle platformer where you create clones of yourself and swap between them to solve puzzles on an abandoned space station. Its handcrafted, claustrophobic look and philosophical story about consciousness and identity set it apart.

The Solus Project

Lots to discover

You are stranded on an alien planet and must endure harsh weather, hunger and dangers while exploring caves and ruins in first person. The goal is to uncover the world's secrets and send a signal back to Earth.

Deliver Us Mars

Sci-fi setting

A story-driven sci-fi adventure on Mars where you play astronaut Kathy, using climbing, drone-assisted puzzles and exploration to uncover a family mystery and the fate of stolen colony ships. The focus is on atmosphere and narrative rather than combat.

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