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Games like A Second Before Us

2017PC58 % positive

You play a nameless serial-numbered person in the last bastion of a shattered Earth, slowly uncovering the truth behind that world. A small, story-driven indie adventure with a bleak sci-fi mood.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for A Second Before Us are Cloud Climber, Some Distant Memory and Opus: Rocket of Whispers. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes A Second Before Us special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Cloud Climber

94 %Match

2020PC91 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about A Second Before Us: a post-apocalyptic setting, a dark atmosphere and a relaxed difficulty.

A small, atmospheric indie adventure in which you explore humanity's last monuments as one of the few survivors, coming to terms with a bleak future.

Some Distant Memory

Dark, serious atmosphere

As the Professor, you search the ruined wastes for the sunken city of Houston while a toxic algae bloom closes in on humanity's last colonies. Its strength lies in a quiet, melancholic story and the bond with the AI companion ARORA.

Opus: Rocket of Whispers

Strong, story-driven narrative

You wander snowy wastelands as survivors of a dying world, gathering rocket parts to send the dead off on a final journey to the stars. A calm, emotional narrative adventure with a moving soundtrack and a melancholic mood.

Paradise Lost

Dark, serious atmosphere

An atmospheric first-person narrative adventure in which you wander a vast underground bunker in an alternate post-war world, confronting grief, loss and retrofuturistic technology. The pace is slow and gameplay takes a back seat to the story.

Shardlight

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim point-and-click adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world, where a young woman infected with a deadly plague hunts for a cure in an oppressive society. Inventory puzzles and conversations drive the story.

Tacoma

Strong, story-driven narrative

Tacoma is a quiet narrative adventure on an abandoned space station, where you piece together the crew's fate through augmented-reality recordings. Its appeal lies in the small human details and the relationships between the characters.

The Old City: Leviathan

Strong, story-driven narrative

You wander as a reclusive sewer dweller through the decaying ruins of a long-gone civilization. The story unfolds almost entirely through the environment and your character's musings, with no combat at all.

Beautiful Desolation

Strong, story-driven narrative

An isometric point-and-click adventure set in a surreal, post-apocalyptic Africa, where two brothers uncover a family story after a mysterious monolith appears. Its strengths are atmosphere, a striking look and exploration.

Stella of the End

Accessible and relaxed

A kinetic visual novel by Romeo Tanaka and Key with no branching choices: transporter Jude escorts the gynoid Filia across a ruined world to the top of a space elevator. The focus is an emotional journey and the bond between the two.

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