Dead Space similar games & best alternatives

Dead Space

Android, iOS • 2023

Should you play it?

The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.

What works

  • Faithful and improved remake of classic
  • Excellent atmosphere and sound design
  • Engaging story and characters
  • Intense and strategic combat
  • Open exploration and progression

Things to keep in mind

  • Performance and stuttering issues reported
  • Some repetitive mission structure
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some minor bugs and glitches
  • Not suitable for players seeking relaxation

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Evil Within 2

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • The Evil Within

  • Dead Space (2008)

  • Metro 2033 Redux

More relaxing

Games that feels like Dead Space but with a more relaxing feel

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

  • Luna Abyss

  • STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order™

  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition

  • Somber Echoes

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Dead Space: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026