9 Games with a sci-fi setting like Lifeless Planet that you should try

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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 42 games similar to Lifeless Planet down to the 9 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. The Talos Principle II, Far: Lone Sails and Freedom Planet top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Lifeless Planet.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Lifeless Planet

9 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Lifeless Planet. Each one has been evaluated across 14 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.

#1The Talos Principle IIClosest overall match

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiPost-ApocalypticExplorationThird Person

Steam👍 95%· 13KIGDB90· 6

Year 2023Dev Croteam · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings linear, story-driven structure, visual first person and visual 3d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals.

Released 9 years after Lifeless Planet.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativePost-ApocalypticSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 95%· 26KIGDB78· 2OC80· 40

Year 2018Dev Okomotive · Assemble EntertainmentOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and fantasy world, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals.

Released 4 years after Lifeless Planet.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExploration

Steam👍 95%· 4.9KRAWG👍 77%· 77MC81IGDB82· 7OC81· 45

Year 2014Dev GalaxyTrail · MarvelousPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with punishing difficulty, cozy, relaxing feel and fantasy world, while skipping horror tension

Freedom Planet is a combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragon girl and her friends against an alien attack force.

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals and tone.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiSpace

Steam👍 84%· 1.7KIGDB73· 6OC76· 51

Year 2018Dev Toxic GamesOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation and visual first person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals.

Released 4 years after Lifeless Planet.

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Steam GOG Epic

#5CocoonClosest on setting

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SoloNarrativeSci-FiSpaceExploration

Steam👍 95%· 8.6KIGDB89· 5OC87· 73

Year 2023Dev Geometric Interactive · Annapurna InteractiveOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the puzzle-platformers cluster, with precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with linear, story-driven structure, visual isometric and visual 3d, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals.

Released 9 years after Lifeless Planet.

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Steam Xbox PS

#6ViewfinderClosest on tone

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 94%· 12KIGDB89· 3OC83· 94

Year 2023Dev Sad Owl Studios · ThunderfulOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings visual first person, while skipping horror tension

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals and setting.

Released 9 years after Lifeless Planet.

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GenrePlatformerSubgenrePuzzle-Platformer

SoloMeleeNarrativeSci-FiExploration

Steam👍 88%· 39KRAWG👍 83%· 2.4KMC81IGDB73· 6

Year 2008Dev Electronic Arts DICE · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of puzzle-platformers: precision platforming, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk and visual first person, while skipping horror tension

Refreshing look of Mirror’s Edge made this first-person action platformer recognizable even by people who have never played it before. The City of the “utopian” society is highly monitored by the totalitarian military groups.

Where it drifts furthest from Lifeless Planet: visuals and setting.

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