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More about this game →If Misery left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — shooter, strong narrative focus and procedural generation — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 14 attributes. Cry of Fear comes closest (67/100).
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The closest game to Misery is Cry of Fear — scoring 67/100 on our similarity scale. Streets of Rogue and Aliens vs. Predator follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Misery. 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.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting.
It predates Misery by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs
≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and sandbox freedom, while skipping deep simulation
Streets of Rogue is a rogue-lite about player choice, freedom, and anarchic fun. The game takes inspiration from fast-paced top-down rogue-lites like Binding of Isaac and Nuclear Throne, and adds free-form, experimentation-driven, emergent gameplay elements of RPGs like Deus Ex.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: visuals.
It predates Misery by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Its own twist: horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
Three separate campaigns — Marine, Alien and Predator — each rebuilding the game around a different body: the Marine's motion tracker and dread, the Alien's wall-crawling, the Predator's cloak and vision modes. The Marine campaign is the one that holds up. The other two are short and thin by comparison, and the multiplayer that carried it in 2010 is long dead.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and tone.
It predates Misery by 15 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, dark, oppressive atmosphere and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
The AI Director is the whole design: it places hordes and items based on how well you are doing, so no two runs of a campaign play the same and tension stays authored without being scripted. Four campaigns only, which is thin, and the sequel superseded it so completely that finding populated servers now takes patience.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: tone.
It predates Misery by 17 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Both are first-person shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, precision platforming and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
Portal 2 is a first-person puzzle game developed by Valve Corporation and released on April 19, 2011 on Steam, PS3 and Xbox 360. It was published by Valve Corporation in digital form and by Electronic Arts in physical form.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting.
It predates Misery by 14 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings third-person shooting, puzzle design and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and visuals.
It predates Misery by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with Metroidvania exploration, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and progression.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and deep simulation
≠ Stands apart with melee combat, setting scifi and setting space, while skipping adventure storytelling
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting.
It predates Misery by 31 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and survival mechanics
≠ Stands apart with horror tension, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy, while skipping deep simulation
DOOM 3 is a first-person shooter, the third installment in the series, serving as a reboot to the previous games. ###Plot As the game is set in a science fiction universe, the events span accordingly.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and progression.
It predates Misery by 21 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and tone.
It predates Misery by 8 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: third-person shooting, melee combat and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting and visuals.
It predates Misery by 13 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, melee combat and offline, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: visuals.
It predates Misery by 29 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: deep RPG systems and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting.
On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against very positive for Misery.
✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation
The Expendabros is a crossover game based on Broforce gameplay and featuring characters from The Expendables 3 movie. In the basis of both games lays the roast of the 90s movie cliches about unstoppable warriors, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and the others.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: visuals.
It predates Misery by 11 years, with what that implies technically.
✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling
≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, melee combat and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation
The Legacy of Star Wars Dark Forces™ and Star Wars® Jedi Knight lives on in the intense first-person action of Jedi Outcast. As Kyle Katarn, agent of the New Republic, use your Lightsaber and the full power of the Force to combat a new evil plaguing the galaxy.
Where it drifts furthest from Misery: setting.
It predates Misery by 23 years, with what that implies technically.
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