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2018PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive24.49 €

You run a decrepit tenement building in a sealed-off quarantine district, balancing survival, upgrades and rent income while uncovering the dark secrets of the neighborhood.

Choices with consequences
Economy and management
Dark, serious atmosphere
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The closest matches for Obenseuer are Pathologic 2, Frostpunk and Frostpunk 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Obenseuer special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best alternative overall: Pathologic 2 90% match – Choices with consequences
Newest alternative: Pathologic 3 86% match – released 2026

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Pathologic 2

90 %Match

2019PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck verified92 % positive33.99 €

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.

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Frostpunk

Economy and management

Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.

Frostpunk 2

Economy and management

A society-management strategy game in a frozen world where you lead a growing city through factional politics, moral dilemmas and scarce resources. Every decision about laws and expansion has tangible consequences for your people.

Pathologic 3

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Pathologic

Strong, story-driven narrative

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.

Ashwalkers: A Survival Journey

Strong, story-driven narrative

You journey through a post-apocalyptic world where survival and a strong narrative drive the experience. Your choices carry consequences and shape where your path leads.

Survivalist

Lots to discover

As a self-centered hedge fund manager leaving your bunker after civilization collapses, you build a community in an open world. You scavenge, trade, farm and make morally weighty choices with consequences.

This War of Mine

Economy and management

Instead of soldiers, you guide a group of civilians through a besieged city, maintaining your shelter by day and scavenging dangerous ruins by night. Harsh moral dilemmas between survival and humanity make it a haunting, unforgettable experience.

Frozen Ship

Lots to discover

A first-person adventure that mixes survival, crafting and building with economic strategy and a narrative thread. Little is known about the game, so this rating relies mainly on the provided description.

Floodland

Economy and management

A city-building survival game set in a world flooded by climate change, where you scavenge resources, build a settlement and make hard choices to unite rival clans.