Games Like Year Unknown

Year Unknown

A story-based exploration game about the very far future. With the help of two Artificial Intelligences, explore a universe conquered by humanity, uncover your purpose in it, and try to stop it from falling apart.

★ CONTROL, I'M NOT COMING BACK ★ ELEGY FOR A DEAD WORLD ★ THE INVINCIBLE ★ FORT SOLIS ★ KARMA: THE DARK WORLD ★ SATELLITE ODYSSEY: PROLOGUE ★ THE LONGEST WALK ★ VERDE STATION ★ FEAR THE UNKNOWN - DAVE STORY ★ THE STATION ★ REACHING FOR PETALS ★ EVERYBODY'S GONE TO THE RAPTURE ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Control, I'm Not Coming Back

98% 👍 OF 5.6K
About This Game

Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Move Without Reversing
  • …Meet Voyager 1
  • …Walk Through Shifting Worlds
REL May 29, 2026 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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The Invincible

88% 👍 OF 13K
About This Game

Rethink human’s dominion in The Invincible: a story-driven adventure set in a hard sci-fi world by Stanisław Lem. Discover planet Regis III as scientist Yasna, use atompunk tools looking for a missing crew and face unforeseen threats. Make choices in a philosophical story that’s driven by science.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Find Missing Crewmates
  • …Scan Alien Terrain
  • …Radio the Astrogator
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Fort Solis

66% 👍 OF 4.2K
About This Game

Answer the call from a mining base on Mars as engineer Jack Leary and search for the missing crew. Fort Solis will immerse you with cinematic visuals powered by UE 5 and voice acting of Roger Clark and Troy Baker. Explore the mining complex and reach climax of this narrative thriller experience.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Investigate a Mars SOS
  • …Explore a Mining Base
  • …Find Crew Recordings
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KARMA: The Dark World

91% 👍 OF 4.6K
About This Game

KARMA: The Dark World is a first-person cinematic psychological thriller set in a dystopian world where the Leviathan Corporation is omnipresent. The year is 1984, the place is East Germany, and things are not quite what they seem.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Suspect Memories
  • …Interview Accused Citizens
  • …Solve Surreal Puzzles
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Satellite Odyssey: Prologue

93% 👍 OF 1.0K
About This Game

Satellite Odyssey: Prologue is a short first-person story-driven adventure with horror elements. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of classic science fiction and retro-futurism inspired by Soviet sci-fi films. Your partner is Zarya, the artificial intelligence.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore the Empty Station
  • …Follow AI Zarya
  • …Find Logs and Tapes
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Verde Station

75% 👍 OF 351
About This Game

What do you trust most — what you see, what you're told, or your instincts? On a year long solo mission aboard Verde Station, you will test your wits and question everything, but you may not find answers. Welcome to solitude.

REL Dec 18, 2014 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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Fear The Unknown - Dave Story

84% 👍 OF 257
About This Game

This story is one of the rare accounts we've managed to document a tale from the few who have encountered UFOs and lived to tell the tale. Dave considers himself lucky, and maybe you will be too, if you dare to face the unknown and survive.

REL Jan 28, 2025 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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The Station

86% 👍 OF 1.1K
About This Game

The Station is a first-person sci-fi mystery set on a space station sent to study a sentient alien civilization. Assuming the role of a recon specialist, players must unravel a mystery which will decide the fate of two civilizations.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search a Silent Station
  • …Trace the Missing Crew
  • …Uncover Augmented Reality Logs
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

67% 👍 OF 2.2K
About This Game

Featuring a beautiful, detailed open-world and a haunting soundtrack, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is non-linear storytelling at its best.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Explore Empty Yaughton
  • …Follow the Strange Light
  • …Uncover Residents’ Memories