Games like Duskers
If you like Duskers (roguelike, horror and tactics), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
FTL: Faster Than Light
- In common: thinking and a challenge
When you have an hour and want to make tough decisions in a compact adventure.
Darkest Dungeon
- In common: thinking and a challenge
- Difference: more progression
When you want a tense tactical adventure and have an hour to plan an expedition.
Amnesia: The Bunker
- In common: a challenge and exploring
- Difference: less thinking
When you want to be properly scared in a short adventure: a first playthrough takes around five or six hours.
Wall World
- Difference: more progression
When you have between 20 minutes and an hour: that is how long each run lasts, and the campaign takes around 10 hours.
Outer Wilds
- In common: thinking and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, with at least an hour ahead of you. Every loop ends with a discovery.
ANIMAL WELL
- In common: thinking and exploring
- Difference: less management
When you feel like exploring and thinking calmly, letting curiosity guide the session.
The Long Dark
- In common: a challenge and exploring
- Difference: longer sessions
When you want slow-paced, atmospheric survival, the kind that makes you feel the cold.
Inscryption
- In common: thinking
- Difference: more story
When you want something different that makes you think and surprises you. Its chapters work well in sessions of one or two hours.
Alien: Isolation
- In common: a challenge and exploring
- Difference: less thinking
When you want to be properly scared and have the energy for sustained tension.
Mewgenics
- In common: thinking and management
- Difference: more progression
When you want a long game: Steam promises a 200+ hour campaign, and each expedition can take an hour or more.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Duskers
You send drones into derelict ships to scavenge scrap and fuel, seeing only what their cameras and sensors pick up. You command them by typing into a terminal: open doors, route power, tow things back. Lose them all and you're back at the start.
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