33 Dark games like Zoochosis 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 50 games similar to Zoochosis down to the 33 that fit the “Dark” category. Alone in the Dark, We Happy Few and Amnesia: The Bunker top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Zoochosis.

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The best dark games like Zoochosis

33 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Zoochosis. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1Alone in the DarkClosest overall match

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 40%· 1.5KIGDB45· 2

Year 2008Dev Eden Games · Atari InteractiveOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, horror tension and survival mechanics

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: world.

It predates Zoochosis by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#2We Happy FewClosest on visuals

iRank70

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 14KIGDB63· 10OC63· 112

Year 2018Dev Compulsion Games · Gearbox PublishingOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: world.

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#3Amnesia: The Bunker

iRank87

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 93%· 12KIGDB85· 4OC77· 97

Year 2023Dev Frictional GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: world and combat.

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#4The Darkness IIClosest on progression

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SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 92%· 21KIGDB77· 11

Year 2012Dev Digital Extremes · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping deep simulation

Quad-wielding combat: two guns plus two demon arms that grab, throw and tear, which makes fights faster and more physical than the first game. The comic-book art style holds up well. It is short — a single sitting for many players — and the darkness-and-light mechanic reduces most encounters to shooting out the same lamps.

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: game mode and world.

It predates Zoochosis by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 132KIGDB83· 12OC83· 173

Year 2019Dev 4A Games · Deep SilverOn Xbox · PS4 · Linux

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and horror tension

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, first-person shooting and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: setting.

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#6Resident Evil Village

iRank90

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 96%· 147KRAWG👍 91%· 1.1KMC83IGDB87· 15OC84· 216

Year 2021Dev CapcomPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings first-person shooting, shooter and stealth mechanics, while skipping deep simulation

Experience survival horror like never before in the eighth major installment in the storied Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village.

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: combat and world.

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#7Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Definitive Edition

iRank79

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 79%· 14K

Year 2021Dev Grove Street Games · Rockstar GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with adventure storytelling, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: shooter, third-person shooting and racing gameplay, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 46%· 6.1KIGDB10· 1

Year 2011Dev Running With Scissors · AkellaPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: horror tension, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with first-person shooting, shooter and third-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: world.

It predates Zoochosis by 13 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 83%· 20KIGDB77· 7OC77· 208

Year 2022Dev Tango Gameworks · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, horror tension and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with shooter, first-person shooting and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

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#10Hatred

iRank63

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 84%· 28KIGDB43· 3OC40· 30

Year 2015Dev Destructive CreationsOn Linux · PC · Switch

✓ Fits the open-world action games cluster, with horror tension, survival mechanics and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and third-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals and world.

It predates Zoochosis by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Control

iRank85

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 86%· 60KIGDB83· 15OC84· 183

Year 2019Dev Remedy Entertainment · 505 GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, horror tension and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings shooter, third-person shooting and first-person shooting, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals and world.

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#12I Am Alive

iRank69

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldHorrorExploration

Steam👍 69%· 2.9KIGDB69· 8

Year 2012Dev Ubisoft Shanghai · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Same family of open-world action games: survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, post-apocalyptic world and fantasy world, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals and world.

It predates Zoochosis by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#13Bully: Scholarship Edition

iRank82

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 84%· 41KRAWG👍 86%· 765MC72IGDB80· 3

Year 2008Dev Rockstar New England · Rockstar GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Xbox · Nintendo

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing adventure storytelling, deep simulation and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, sandbox world and visual third person, while skipping horror tension

Set in Bullworth Academy, a fictional British private school, this game tells about school bullying and the troublesome period of growing to adolescence. You assume the role of Jimmy Hopkins, a 15-year-old boy and a “problem child”, who was already kicked out of many schools for his misbehavior.

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals and world.

It predates Zoochosis by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

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#14Grand Theft Auto III

iRank89

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeDarkNarrativeOpen WorldExploration

Steam👍 87%· 15KRAWG👍 86%· 1.6KMC93IGDB95· 2

Year 2001Dev DMA Design · CapcomPlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of open-world action games: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, shooter and racing gameplay, while skipping horror tension

The one that established the template: a 3D open city with radio stations, missions on call and free roaming between them. Historically it matters enormously. It has aged the hardest of the era — no mission checkpoints, no map markers for much of it, a silent protagonist, and shooting that amounts to auto-aim and hoping.

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: visuals and world.

It predates Zoochosis by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Progression100Combat73World43

GenreActionSubgenreOpen World Action

SoloMeleeNarrativeDarkOpen WorldExplorationFirst Person

Steam👍 86%· 40KIGDB76· 20OC77· 113

Year 2016Dev Ubisoft Montreal · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are open-world action games — sharing survival mechanics, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: shooter, first-person shooting and deep RPG systems, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Zoochosis: setting.

It predates Zoochosis by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Progression67World55

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