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2025 PCPlayStationXbox 34.99 €

Stranded worker Jan clones alternate versions of himself, each shaped by a different life choice, and must manage them in a mobile base while racing a lethal sunrise. It's survival management fused with a thoughtful drama about identity and roads not taken.

What defines The Alters:

  • Choices with consequences
  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Lavish presentation
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The closest matches for The Alters are Chernobylite, The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Alters special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Chernobylite

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2021 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 29.99 € 👍 82 % Very positive, 14,340 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Lavish presentation
  • Sci-fi setting

A bleak survival horror adventure set in a photogrammetry-recreated Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where a physicist hunts for his vanished fiancée. You scavenge zones, build up a base, recruit companions and plan toward a final heist, with choices you can even rewrite reshaping the story.

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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Strong, story-driven narrative

A narrative sci-fi RPG where you play an artificial human, using a dice system to manage scarce resources and survive among the settlements of the Starward Belt. The sequel adds a customizable ship, recruitable crew and risky contracts that reward careful planning.

Crying Suns

Strong, story-driven narrative

As a fleet commander you cross a collapsed star empire in a roguelite built around tactical, pausable space battles. Each run reveals more of a story in the vein of Dune and Foundation.

Mass Effect

Choices with consequences

As Commander Shepard, you lead your Normandy crew across the galaxy chasing a rogue Spectre in a landmark sci-fi RPG built around its dialogue wheel, companion bonds and choices that carry into the sequels. Combat is real-time cover shooting with pausable squad powers.

Mass Effect 3

Choices with consequences

The emotional finale of Shepard's trilogy pairs tight cover-shooting and combinable squad powers with a galaxy-wide war effort, where choices carried across three games decide who lives, who dies, and which civilizations survive.

Mass Effect 2

Choices with consequences

Commander Shepard assembles a crew of specialists for a suicide mission, blending cover-based shooting with unforgettable companions and choices that decide who lives and dies.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone

Lavish presentation

A post-apocalyptic action RPG set in the open Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, where you craft weapons, recruit allies, court factions and shape the story through your choices. Bleak atmosphere, survival pressure and eerie creatures define the experience.

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