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We filtered the 43 games similar to The Suffering: Ties That Bind down to the 7 that fit the “Mobile” category. Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

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Within the “Mobile” category, the closest game to The Suffering: Ties That Bind is Half-Life 2: Episode One — scoring 64/100 on our similarity scale. Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Shadow Warrior Classic Redux follow close behind.

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The best games like The Suffering: Ties That Bind on Mobile

7 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to The Suffering: Ties That Bind. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode One
ShooterFPS
SoloDarkHorrorFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 96%· 31KRAWG👍 91%· 2.1KMC87IGDB87· 2
Year 2006Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~4hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics

A short follow-up focused almost entirely on Alyx as a companion — the AI and dialogue work is what it was really testing, and it holds up. Roughly four hours. It is the slightest of the three: much of it is dark corridors and elevator sequences, and it functions more as a bridge than as a game in its own right.

Genre100Game mode100Tone78Visuals72Setting53
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
ShooterFPS
SoloDarkHorrorFirst PersonRanged
Steam👍 97%· 41KRAWG👍 93%· 2.0KMC90IGDB70· 1
Year 2007Dev Valve Software · ValvePlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping survival mechanics

The strongest of the Half-Life 2 releases: open forest driving, the best encounter design in the series, and a Hunter fight that remains a high point of enemy AI. Roughly six hours. It ends on the cliffhanger that was never resolved, which for many is harder to sit with now than it was in 2007.

Where it drifts furthest from The Suffering: Ties That Bind: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Tone74Visuals72Setting43
Shadow Warrior Classic Redux
ShooterFPS
SoloDarkFirst PersonRangedMelee
Steam👍 90%· 3.6KRAWG👍 58%· 35
Year 2013Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Android · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics

Build-engine shooting from 1997 with the sprite work and level secrets that implies: dense, maze-like maps built for exploration rather than corridors. The weapon set is inventive. Its humour is dated and often crude in ways that land badly now, and the level design assumes patience for hunting switches most modern players lack.

Released 8 years after The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals72
Max Payne
ShooterFPS
SoloDarkThird PersonMeleeNarrative
Steam👍 89%· 16KIGDB74· 2
Year 2001Dev Remedy Entertainment · Gathering of DevelopersOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, strong narrative focus and linear, story-driven structure, while skipping survival mechanics

Genre100Game mode100Tone66Visuals64
PAKO 2
ShooterFPS
SoloDarkMeleeRangedCasual
Steam👍 95%· 414
Year 2017Dev Tree Men GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings racing gameplay, deep simulation and roguelike runs, while skipping survival mechanics

"Get in, get out, get paid." PAKO 2 is an arcade driving game where you explore vast cities as a getaway driver, perform robberies with your crew and shoot twin-stick style while escaping the law.

Where it drifts furthest from The Suffering: Ties That Bind: visuals and tone.

Released 12 years after The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

Genre100Game mode100Tone42Visuals0
ODDCORE
ShooterFPS
SoloFirst PersonRangedMelee
RAWG👍 89%· 27
Year 2018Dev Mobge · MOBGE YAZILIM GELISTIRME VE BILISIM TEKNOLOJILERI SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIOn iOS · Android · Nintendo

✓ Fits the first-person shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, ranged combat and melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics

Oddmar struggles with life in his village and is not worthy of a place in Valhalla. He is shunned by his fellow Vikings and must redeem himself of his squandered potential. One day he is offered an opportunity to prove himself, but at a price...

Released 13 years after The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals71
Firework
ShooterFPS
SoloMelee
Steam👍 93%· 43
Year 2015Dev Ivan Zanotti's MyMadnessWorks · Gamera GamePlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS

✓ Same family of first-person shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and melee combat, while skipping survival mechanics

Follow usWant to know how the game is progressing? Follow us here: DiscordWeibo About the GameFirework is an oriental horror puzzle game. The story takes place in a remote mountain village. An accidental fire at a funeral forces the police to re-investigate a closed case of massacre.

Released 10 years after The Suffering: Ties That Bind.

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