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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 50 games similar to Event[0] down to the 14 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Somerville, Maniac Mansion and Tacoma top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Event[0].

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Event[0]

14 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Event[0]. Each one has been evaluated across 10 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1SomervilleClosest overall match

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-FiHorrorMelee

Steam👍 70%· 1.8KIGDB68· 6OC69· 76

Year 2022Dev JumpshipOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and visual 2d, while skipping setting space

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Event[0].

Released 6 years after Event[0].

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Steam Epic PS

#2Maniac MansionClosest on progression

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeHorrorSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 88%· 221IGDB90· 1

Year 1987Dev Lucasfilm GamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, fantasy world and visual 2d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals.

It predates Event[0] by 29 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#3TacomaClosest on tone

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 4.8KIGDB78· 16OC77· 86

Year 2017Dev FullbrightOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and setting scifi

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk, while skipping puzzle design

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationFantasy

Steam👍 96%· 173KIGDB79· 7

Year 2015Dev DON'T NOD · Feral InteractiveOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Linux

✓ Fits the narrative adventures cluster, with adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiExplorationCyberpunk

Steam👍 82%· 4.5KIGDB76· 11

Year 2014Dev Red Thread Games · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings setting cyberpunk, fantasy world and visual third person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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#6Tales from the Borderlands

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiMeleeThird Person

Steam👍 94%· 19KIGDB88· 11

Year 2014Dev Telltale GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems, visual novel storytelling and melee combat, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 90%· 3.1KIGDB80· 1OC70· 9

Year 2012Dev Daedalic Entertainment · Daedalic Studio WestOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 89%· 2.5KIGDB65· 3

Year 2013Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings visual 2d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-Fi2D

Steam👍 85%· 4.0KOC73· 20

Year 2016Dev Daedalic EntertainmentOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are narrative adventures — sharing adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

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Steam GOG Epic

#10Syberia 3

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GenreAdventureSubgenreNarrative Adventure

SoloNarrativeSci-FiHistorical2D

Steam👍 52%· 4.7KIGDB44· 8OC51· 54

Year 2017Dev Anuman Interactive · MicroidsOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: historical setting, visual 2d and visual third person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Event[0].

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Steam Xbox PS

#11A New Beginning - Final Cut

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiFantasyHistorical

Steam👍 75%· 2.1KRAWG👍 50%· 126MC72IGDB75· 2

Year 2012Dev Daedalic EntertainmentPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of narrative adventures: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: fantasy world, historical setting and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping horror tension

A point-and-click adventure from Daedalic Entertainment, A New Beginning is a story of time travel and ecological cataclysms. Presented in-game future is dark, mostly due to the fact that life is possible only deep underground, in caves and crevices.

Where it drifts furthest from Event[0]: visuals and setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Event[0].

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Steam GOG

#12Syberia

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