Games Like Heat Guardian

Heat Guardian

Hardcore top-down shooter in a world of eternal winter. Traverse frozen post-Soviet ruins in search of humanity’s last refuge. Brutal mutants, scarce ammo, and merciless nature will push your skills to the limit. No safe places — only relentless combat for survival.

★ SPACE BERET ★ EGYPT: OLD KINGDOM ★ THE LONG DARK ★ WITCH HUNT ★ S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: CALL OF PRIPYAT ★ PATHOLOGIC CLASSIC HD ★ RAIN WORLD ★ THIS WAR OF MINE ★ PATHOLOGIC 2 ★ ENDLING - EXTINCTION IS FOREVER ★ DEATH IN THE WATER 2 ★ PREDYNASTIC EGYPT ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Space Beret

52% 👍 OF 692
About This Game

Space Beret is a top down sci-fi shooter set in a "Starship Troopers" and "Crimsonland" inspired setting. In it, mankind is forced to fight hordes of horrible monstrosities in a desperate struggle for survival.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Fight Alien Hordes
  • …Survive Score-Chasing Waves
  • …Upgrade Guns With Drops
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Egypt: Old Kingdom

87% 👍 OF 1.3K
About This Game

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Unify Upper and Lower Egypt
  • …Choose Pyramid Designs
  • …Invoke Patron Gods
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The Long Dark

89% 👍 OF 123K
About This Game

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Map Frozen Regions
  • …Craft Fur Clothing
  • …Trap Rabbits for Food
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Witch Hunt

88% 👍 OF 2.4K
About This Game

Witch Hunt is a challenging horror themed hunting game that takes place in the 18th century. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Hunt with Flintlocks
  • …Track Supernatural Prey
  • …Explore Without Markers
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

96% 👍 OF 31K
About This Game

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat is the direct sequel of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. As a Major Alexander Degtyarev you should investigate the crash of the governmental helicopters around the Zone and find out, what happened there.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …outrun a lethal emission storm and dive into a ship or ravine for shelter as your screen flickers and the sky collapses.
  • …plant grenades under a pseudogiant while it's busy killing other stalkers, then finish it off with a shotgun.
  • …sneak into a dark building, spot multiple bloodsuckers sleeping, and creep past without waking the whole nest.
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Pathologic Classic HD

88% 👍 OF 4.6K
About This Game

Pathologic Classic HD is the Definitive Edition of the original Cult Classic Psychological First-Person Survival game. In this unforgettable experience, players control one of three unique characters as they try to save a mysterious town from a deadly plague that cannot be stopped.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Survive Twelve Days
  • …Trade Junk for Supplies
  • …Manage Hunger and Immunity
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Rain World

94% 👍 OF 57K
About This Game

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …get dropped as prey, then watch two rival lizards start fighting each other instead of eating you.
  • …get chased by a lizard, only for a dropwig to drop from the ceiling and grab the lizard mid-chase.
  • …trigger turf wars where predators block routes, steal each other's kills, and suddenly switch targets without anything being scripted.
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This War of Mine

94% 👍 OF 97K
About This Game

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …peek through keyholes, steal unseen, and hear the owners realize their medicine or food is missing.
  • …walk in on a soldier cornering a starving girl, intervene, kill him, take his gun, and limp home badly wounded.
  • …kill someone in panic, hear nearby civilians scream "You killed him!", and watch your own survivors spiral into depression or leave.
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Pathologic 2

91% 👍 OF 5.9K
About This Game

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …die and have the game remember it, permanently shrinking your maximum health, making you hungrier, and leaving the world worse off afterward.
  • …start at the end of the story, watch time freeze, and get offered a second attempt by a man who treats your failure like a stage play.
  • …sell steppe herbs for food, risk an infected neighborhood, boat across town, trade a child your straight razor for scrap, then sprint back to brew medicine before nightfall.
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Endling - Extinction is Forever

95% 👍 OF 3.6K
About This Game

As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever – in the real world and in this 2023 BAFTA award winning experience.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Feed Fox Cubs
  • …Hunt at Night
  • …Evade Human Threats
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Death in the Water 2

83% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Dodge and carve your way through swarms of terrifying sea creatures controlled by Death, a vicious giant mind-controlling Kraken that haunts your every move. Scavenge for hidden treasure to unlock weapons, and upgrades to help you in your fight for survival. Every dive reveals a new nightmare.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Search for Sunken Treasure
  • …Resupply Before Attacks
  • …Dodge Charging Sharks
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Predynastic Egypt

92% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Unify Ancient Egypt
  • …Build Hierakonpolis
  • …Balance Workers and Resources