Games Like Survive the Blackout

Survive the Blackout

Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.

★ THE PALE BEYOND ★ GODS WILL BE WATCHING ★ WAIT! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! PROLOGUE ★ PAPERS, PLEASE ★ WHO AM I: THE TALE OF DOROTHY ★ TRIGON: SPACE STORY ★ WAIT! LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL! ★ DEATH AND TAXES ★ DON'T ESCAPE: 4 DAYS TO SURVIVE ★ THE LONG JOURNEY HOME ★ SAVE KOCH ★ HELP WILL COME TOMORROW ★ WE ♥ IT 
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The Pale Beyond

89% 👍 OF 2.2K
About This Game

You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Ration the Crew
  • …Assign Crew Duties
  • …Scout the Ice
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Gods Will Be Watching

70% 👍 OF 2.9K
About This Game

Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Negotiate Hostage Standoffs
  • …Ration Crew Supplies
  • …Treat a Crew Infection
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Wait! Life is Beautiful! Prologue

87% 👍 OF 439
About This Game

W!LiB! Prologue allows you to try and live one day of Will's life in trying to save people on the legendary Suicide Bridge. Would you be able to find the right words? How many souls could you save in one day? And how would you feel if you're not good enough?..

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Papers, Please

97% 👍 OF 80K
About This Game

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …let a serial killer enter because the victim's father begs you to, so he can take revenge himself inside the country.
  • …spot a tiny mismatch, order a scanner, discover contraband taped to someone's back, and have guards arrest them on the spot.
  • …let the wrong person through and trigger an assassination or terrorist attack that changes what happens at the checkpoint next day.
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Who Am I: The Tale of Dorothy

92% 👍 OF 382
About This Game

Dorothy is a 14-year-old girl who has scars and pains as a child. Her trauma caused Dorothy to develop dissociative identity disorder, which split her into several personalities. Hold counselling sessions in Dorothy's dream, and bring back all the personalities into one.

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Trigon: Space Story

68% 👍 OF 1.4K
About This Game

Trigon: Space Story sees you take command of your very own spaceship. Carry out tactical battles, defend your vessel against space pirates, and escape from enemy territory. On your voyages, you’ll face a slew of tricky decisions in your quest to uncover the mystery of the galaxy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Pause Space Battles
  • …Assign Crew Stations
  • …Upgrade Ship Systems
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Wait! Life is beautiful!

74% 👍 OF 259
About This Game

W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicide, based on personal experience. This is a story about a void in the soul, about search and loss of the life purpose in trying to save oneself and others. This is a life that can be lived your own way. For any life is beautiful... isn’t it?

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Death and Taxes

86% 👍 OF 4.4K
About This Game

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Judge Human Files
  • …Defy Fate’s Orders
  • …Track World Conditions
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Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive

98% 👍 OF 2.8K
About This Game

Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fortify Before Night
  • …Scavenge for Supplies
  • …Solve Timed Puzzles
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The Long Journey Home

59% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Pilot Dangerous Landings
  • …Trade With Alien Species
  • …Keep a Crew Alive
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Save Koch

63% 👍 OF 152
About This Game

You are local mafia kingpin, Jeffrey Koch. Your empire in New Kandinski is in total chaos because an unknown Mastermind has decided to take your place. And they’ve planted a sleeper Mole inside your operation. It’s time to act, but you need to act smart.

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Help Will Come Tomorrow

80% 👍 OF 945
About This Game

In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Unite Divided Survivors
  • …Stretch Scarce Supplies
  • …Build a Winter Camp