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2016PCPlayStationXbox76 % positive

A sci-fi survival game set in an underground Mars facility where you single-handedly manage resources, craft gear and fend off mutated creatures. Randomly generated levels and base upkeep create a tense, isolated atmosphere.

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

The closest matches for Subterrain are Tunguska: The Visitation, Athanasia and Fossilfuel 2. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Subterrain special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Tunguska: The Visitation

93 %Match

2021PCSteam Deck verified87 % positive14.79 €

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty

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.

Athanasia

Sci-fi setting

A survival horror shooter with immersive sim elements where you explore a mysterious facility and fend off predators from prehistory and the future using gear and wits. Its Metroidvania structure rewards exploration.

Fossilfuel 2

Pure single-player experience

An indie first-person survival horror where you fight and sneak through a flooded underground research facility while huge dinosaurs hunt you. Around twelve hours of exploration and survival tension.

System Shock

Sci-fi setting

A groundbreaking sci-fi first-person shooter with RPG elements: alone on Citadel Station, you explore bleak corridors, piece together the story through audio logs and face the murderous AI SHODAN. Its dense atmosphere and environmental storytelling shaped later immersive sims.

The Killing Antidote

Pure single-player experience

You play Jodi, a fearless investigative journalist exposing a pharmaceutical company whose virus creates monsters. An indie survival-horror shooter with scarce resources and a grim atmosphere.

Spirits of Xanadu

Sci-fi setting

You play a lone operative boarding the silent research ship Xanadu, exploring its eerie corridors in an atmospheric sci-fi shooter. It blends action with exploration and the mystery of what happened to the crew.

Into the Radius

Dark, serious atmosphere

An unforgiving VR survival shooter set in an anomaly-ridden exclusion zone. You scavenge, manage scarce inventory and physically handle realistic firearms, making every encounter tense.

Project: Mist

Sci-fi setting

An open-world survival horror set on an enigmatic island, where you build a base, craft traps and siege weapons, and fight colossal monsters with an upgradable gravity gun. The mystery of the giant wall drives your exploration.

Invasion 2037

Pure single-player experience

An indie survival game where you play a scientist in a world ravaged by aliens and a zombie-making virus, searching for a cure, managing a shelter and fighting to stay alive.

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