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A grim 2.5D side-scrolling survival horror about scavenging a parasite-infested spaceship, with a lengthy campaign but technical jank and an abrupt ending.

Somber Echoes
A single-player metroidvania action-adventure about a reborn tribune exploring a forsaken sci-fi vessel with god-given combat powers and upgrades.
2025-01-21
- Action
- Science fiction

Platform

Adventure

Fantasy

Indie

Side view

Historical

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Dead of Darkness

A single-player 2D pixel-art survival-horror action-adventure on a mysterious island, with creature encounters, traps, and puzzles; reviews are mostly positive, though some criticize the presentation and writing.

2025-01-23

Action
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Mystery
Drama

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Darkwater

Co-op extraction horror on an alien ice planet: pilot a submarine, fight abominations, and scavenge to survive — fun with friends but a bit flat, with roughly 4-6 hours of reviewer playtime.

2026-03-26

Action
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Endoparasitic 2

A limbless survivor drags through an infested arcship, crafting vaccines and ammo while battling eldritch creatures in a tense, punishing survival-adventure.

2024-10-01

Action
Science fiction
Horror
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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深空七号 Deep Space 7

A janky but fun indie third-person action-horror shooter set on a monster-filled space station, with resource scarcity, mystery-solving, and a self-aware tone.

2024-09-26

Action
Indie

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Dark Light

A post-apocalyptic cyberpunk action-platformer with hack-and-slash combat, metroidvania exploration, cyberware upgrades, and a roughly 30-hour campaign (among reviewer samples).

2022-09-29

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Side view
Role-playing (RPG)

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When the Light Dies

A dark Lovecraftian action roguelike about scavenging supplies and unlocking forbidden powers to fend off shadow horrors, with limited replayability.

2024-10-28

Action
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Historical

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Deadnaut: Signal Lost

A turn-based sci-fi horror roguelike about scavenging derelict ships and moons while fighting or evading supersoldiers, with a tense, short campaign that some find repetitive.

2023-03-28

Science fiction
Horror
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Genopanic

A linear pixel-art adventure-platformer with light combat and puzzles in a dark sci-fi space station, offering a compact ~8-hour experience.

2024-05-17

Action
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Indie
Side view
Arcade

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Nemesis: Lockdown

A tense board-game adaptation of alien-infested base survival with crafting, stealth, and betrayal, though reviewers cite a long tutorial and sparse online play.

2022-05-31

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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Warped - Space Horror

First-person sci-fi survival horror with fatal mistakes, nonlinear clue-hunting, and disorienting spacewalks; reviewers report a tense, isolating but brief and punishing experience.

2025-12-26

Action
Adventure
Indie

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Space Trench

A compact, single-player survival-horror roguelite FPS about salvaging scrap and fighting hordes in derelict spacecraft, with addictive mechanics and a short, replayable run length.

2026-01-02

Shooter
Action
First person
Horror
Indie