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A tense alien survival-horror adventure with stealth and co-op, drawing mixed reviews for its story and stealth, with runs around 6–8 hours.

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A compact sci-fi survival horror adventure with retro 3D visuals, puzzle-solving, non-linear story, and monster battles, playable in about six hours.
2024-09-26
- Action
- First person

Adventure

Horror

Survival

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Moons of Madness

A roughly 6-hour first-person cosmic horror adventure on Mars, mixing scientific exploration with Lovecraftian dread, puzzle-solving, and jump scares.

2019-10-22

First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Horror
Survival

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SPACE ACCIDENT

A roughly one-hour sci-fi adventure following an engineer's Jupiter colonization mission gone wrong, with atmospheric strengths and rough gameplay edges.

2022-02-10

First person
Science fiction
Puzzle
Adventure
Indie
Simulator

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Deliver Us Mars

A roughly 9-10 hour atmospheric single-player sci-fi adventure on Mars, blending exploration and puzzles with a mixed narrative and technical reception.

2023-02-02

Action
First person
Science fiction
Platform
Adventure
Survival
Third person
Indie
Mystery

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Still Wakes the Deep

A five-hour narrative horror set on a collapsing 1975 oil rig, focusing on atmosphere and story over outright scares.

2024-06-18

Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Fantasy
Indie
Stealth

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Dead Space

A terrifying sci-fi survival-horror remake set aboard a derelict ship, mixing atmospheric dread with action, in a campaign that took reviewers about 8–10 hours.

2023-01-27

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person
Role-playing (RPG)

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Alone in the Dark

A single-player action-adventure reimagining set in Derceto Manor, blending detective noir with Lovecraftian horror, simple one-button combat, and puzzle-solving, but slowed by a convoluted story and pacing.

2024-03-20

Action
Puzzle
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Third person
Mystery

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Aliens: Fireteam Elite

A cooperative third-person horde shooter in the Alien universe with character progression, offering a challenging ~9-hour campaign that franchise fans will enjoy.

2021-08-23

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Horror
Survival
Third person

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The Callisto Protocol™

A story-driven survival horror game on Jupiter's moon Callisto, where you fight monsters with stun baton and guns in a tense, moderate-length campaign.

2022-12-01

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Horror
Survival
Third person

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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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Aphelion

A roughly 12-hour single-player sci-fi adventure mixing frozen-planet exploration, parkour traversal, and stealth, with an atmospheric story that some love and others find paced like a chore.

2026-04-28

Action
Science fiction
Adventure
Third person
Stealth
Drama

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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss

A single-player Lovecraftian investigation game set in a deep-sea mining station, focusing on atmosphere, clue-finding, and puzzle-solving, with mixed reviews over its mechanics.

2026-04-16

First person
Science fiction
Thriller
Adventure
Horror
Mystery