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A lonely, unforgiving survival experience in the frozen Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster, where cold, hunger and wolves are your real enemies. Its painterly visuals and quiet atmosphere turn every trek into a tense, often melancholic journey.
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The closest matches for The Long Dark are The Flame in the Flood, Permafrost and Cairn. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Long Dark special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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A raft journey down a procedurally generated river through a flooded, abandoned America, where you scavenge, craft and avoid predators. The survival struggle is backed by a moody folk soundtrack and a bold illustrated look.
90 % 24.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
Permafrost is an open-world survival RPG set in a never-ending winter, built around hunting, gathering, building and crafting. You must endure a harsh world and decide whether to ally with other survivors or dominate them. Little information is available on the game, so this rating is cautious.
89 % −30 %Lavish presentation
A survival climbing game where you can scale any rock face of Mount Kami, placing each limb yourself and carefully rationing pitons, food and stamina along your chosen route. From The Game Bakers, it pairs a striking art style with a personal story about ambition and sacrifice.
89 % −75 %Open world
A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.
88 % 23.79 €
Open world
You play a small slugcat in a decaying, unforgiving ecosystem, hunting for food and evading predators before the deadly rain arrives. The simulated wildlife, enigmatic world and steep difficulty make every escape feel unique.
86 % 19.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
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.
86 % 29.99 €
Open world
Pioner is an open-world first-person survival shooter set on an abandoned, Soviet-flavored post-apocalyptic island. It favors realism over health bars and levels, mixing PvE and PvP encounters in a dangerous, mysterious world.
85 % free
Open world
A single-player survival roguelike where you push through a freshly generated wilderness each run, managing weather, cold and terrain. Every journey becomes its own emergent story.
85 % 24.99 €
Dark, serious atmosphere
HighFleet blends a strategic campaign map, where you juggle fuel, supplies and fleet commanders, with frantic 2D aerial battles between huge airships. Its bleak dieselpunk look and merciless difficulty turn every campaign into a struggle for survival.
85 % −10 %Dark, serious atmosphere
You fix up a battered RV and roam a procedurally generated post-apocalyptic world, scavenging resources and upgrading your vehicle. Each trip plays out differently, and the goal is to survive as long as you can.