Risen
Wash ashore on a harsh island full of monsters and factions, pick your path with sword, staff or magic and live with what your choices bring.
89% of 7,939 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$14.99
Games like ELEX
Hooked on the dark and cinematic side of ELEX? You might settle into these games easily.
Risen
A gritty open world RPG on the island of Faranga, where earthquakes shake the ground, monsters own the wilderness and every action has a consequence. Fight with a sword, learn staff fighting or become a mage, join a faction and claw your way from shipwrecked nobody to someone the island remembers. Over 60 hours of exploration.
Dark, Cinematic, Atmospheric
89% of 7,939 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$14.99Exoplanet: First Contact
Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls. Sometimes the right word makes a bigger impact than a big gun. Explore local culture and mysteries, and discover the harsh yet beautiful nature in this handcrafted singleplayer action RPG.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
73% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
A turn-based sci-fi RPG set in an alternate 1970s, where a giant Dome appears in the desert and swallows everyone inside. Join a wing of the CRONUS Corporation, explore its anomalous wasteland, and shape a story with real choices, factions and endings.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
76% of 4,205 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$29.99BIOMUTANT
A post-apocalyptic kung-fu fable where you play a mutated, talking animal in a lush, dying world. Mix martial arts, guns and mutant powers, build absurd weapons from scrap, and decide whether the Tribes unite or fall. A colorful, weird open world that rewards wandering.
Dark, Cinematic, Atmospheric
67% of 13,196 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 44$39.99GreedFall
A story-driven RPG about being a diplomat with a sword. Sail to the island of Teer Fradee, hunt a cure for a plague, and decide by word, trick or blade which factions rise and which fall. A rich plot, memorable companions and choices that genuinely shape how it all ends.
Dark, Cinematic, Atmospheric
75% of 18,568 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 94$34.99Dread Delusion
An open world RPG set on flying continents above a cursed, broken land. Explore mushroom forests and undead mausoleums, charm your way past fights, master strange magic, and let your choices reshape the world. Retro 3D looks, a rich story, and a world that rewards curiosity.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
90% of 5,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99Elin
A sandbox roguelike RPG where you live whatever life you pick: farm, fish, play music, steal, build a town, raise pets and children, delve into dungeons. It is deep, strange and unkind if you ignore its rules, and it rewards the curious with hundreds of hours of stories only you could have.
93% of 8,568 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,557$19.99Miasma Chronicles
A post-apocalyptic America torn apart by the Miasma, a force that twists the land into something unrecognizable. Elvis and his robot brother Diggs go looking for answers, sneaking through ruins and fighting careful turn-based battles. A story-rich tactical adventure with real twists, strange characters and a world worth lingering in.
Dark, Cinematic, Atmospheric
79% of 2,059 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$34.99Death Trash
A post-apocalyptic RPG where cosmic horrors long for humanity and meet punks with shotguns. Explore a handcrafted wasteland, talk, sneak, fight or befriend monsters, and shape the story your own way, alone or in local co-op.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
91% of 3,471 Steam reviews are positive$19.99Wasteland 3
Lead a squad of Desert Rangers into frozen Colorado, where a dying patriarch wants his three scheming children dealt with. Turn-based tactical fights, a squad of up to six Rangers you build yourself, and choices that reshape the whole territory. Dark, funny and full of consequences, with a friend along in co-op if you want one.
Dark, Cinematic, Atmospheric
84% of 17,359 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 226$39.99Eternal Strands
Eternal Strands is a third-person action game where fire, ice and telekinesis reshape every fight. Freeze a dragon's wings, hurl burning trees, climb giants to stab their weak spots. A colorful, story-driven fantasy where the elements obey you and creativity beats reflexes.
Cinematic, Atmospheric, Story-driven
87% of 1,698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$29.99Waste Walkers
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
Dark, Atmospheric, Story-driven
80% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
Cheaper than ELEX
Exoplanet: First Contact
Build your path in this alien world. Do a dirty job for food or become the one who makes calls.
73% of 231 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Waste Walkers
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle…
80% of 150 Steam reviews are positive$8.99
The Last Oricru - Final Cut
Enter a world beyond imagination with The Last Oricru - Final Cut.
67% of 563 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Dread Delusion
Wander strange floating continents, talk or fight your way past danger, and let your choices change a cursed land.
90% of 5,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
SpellMaster: The Saga
SpellMaster - The Saga is a story-driving action RPG inspired by the Gothic series.
41% of 413 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Elin
Farm, fish, steal or build a town in a strange open world that plays out differently every time.
93% of 8,568 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,557$19.99
Beyond Mankind: The Awakening
Beyond Mankind: The Awakening is an indie old school type RPG taking place in a post-apocalyptic world.
43% of 95 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Svarog's Dream
A soul drifting from body to body through a mythic open world, where every death reshapes the story and the ending is yours to decide.
89% of 906 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$21
Death Trash
An open-world action RPG on the wasteland planet Nexus, playable solo or with a friend on the couch.
91% of 3,471 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
UnderRail
Build your character your way and survive a grim underground world, one turn-based fight at a time.
86% of 6,433 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 121$14.99
Lawless Lands
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy…
88% of 109 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Hidden gems like ELEX
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint
An open world RPG about a strange island where everyone arrived chasing the same dream.
90% of 1,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
Scavland
Scavenge the wasteland for parts, build your own guns and push a little further each time, knowing ammo runs out faster than mutants do.
83% of 1,085 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 113$19.99
Eternal Strands
Battle giants and dragons with fire, ice and telekinesis, climbing towering foes to strike where it counts in a colorful, story-rich fantasy world.
87% of 1,698 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$29.99
Svarog's Dream
A soul drifting from body to body through a mythic open world, where every death reshapes the story and the ending is yours to decide.
89% of 906 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11$21
Elin
Farm, fish, steal or build a town in a strange open world that plays out differently every time.
93% of 8,568 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,557$19.99
Space Wreck
The biggest little RPG in the world. Post-apocalyptic retro space adventure with an extreme focus on role-playing and replayability.
89% of 173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$16.99
Dread Delusion
Wander strange floating continents, talk or fight your way past danger, and let your choices change a cursed land.
90% of 5,021 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 47$19.99
Drova - Forsaken Kin
A 2D action RPG where Celtic myth meets grim dark fantasy. You arrive in a world whose captured spirits are furious, pick a side between two…
93% of 9,658 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 122$24.99
Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
A mercenary fantasy action-RPG set in the war-torn Vale of Vahrin, where insect-like khraiax swarm the streets and something worse stirs below.
70% of 620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$34.99
AI LIMIT
Fight through the ruined streets of Havenswell as an immortal Blader, unravelling why civilization fell.
92% of 23,167 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 146$34.99
The Bloodline
Forge your own path through a brutal open-world fantasy, from village builder to sword-wielding visionary facing the Unforgiven.
82% of 3,813 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$19.99
Miasma Chronicles
Guide Elvis and Diggs through a land warped by the Miasma, sneaking past danger and fighting tense turn-based battles while a mystery slowly unfolds.
79% of 2,059 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$34.99
Newest games like ELEX
Scavland
Scavenge the wasteland for parts, build your own guns and push a little further each time, knowing ammo runs out faster than mutants do.
83% of 1,085 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 113$19.99
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint
An open world RPG about a strange island where everyone arrived chasing the same dream.
90% of 1,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 73$19.99
Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call
A mercenary fantasy action-RPG set in the war-torn Vale of Vahrin, where insect-like khraiax swarm the streets and something worse stirs below.
70% of 620 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$34.99
Colossus - Eternal Blight
Your brother is corrupted. The Blight is spreading. Only you can stop it.
93% of 73 Steam reviews are positive$11.19
Breath of Life
Breath of Life - a dark third-person action RPG. You are an Incarnation, born from the Void to tread where the dead cannot rest.
79% of 115 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$14.99
Duel Corp.
A Souls-inspired action RPG in a sandbox open world where an event gave everyone cursed immortality and raised the dead.
71% of 1,264 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99
Of Ash and Steel
An old-school open-world RPG on a once-prosperous island. You play Tristan, a shipwrecked cartographer with no map, no markers and no fighting…
66% of 6,208 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 135$29.99
The Outer Worlds 2
A satirical space RPG where your flaws are real, your companions argue back, and every choice reshapes the fight over the rifts.
72% of 8,691 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 285$69.99
Devil Spire Falls
A procedurally generated open-world action RPG where nothing is predetermined and everything is permitted.
94% of 1,150 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$14.99
Survive the Fall
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike.
65% of 606 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$24.99
AI LIMIT
Fight through the ruined streets of Havenswell as an immortal Blader, unravelling why civilization fell.
92% of 23,167 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 146$34.99
Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone
Explore the mysterious, beautiful, yet dark world of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone in this post-apocalyptic action-RPG.
62% of 532 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$39.99