Death Trash similar games & best alternatives

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Death Trash

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2021

Should you play it?

Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.

What works

  • Unique post-apocalyptic setting and atmosphere
  • Engaging real-time combat with skill depth
  • Character customization and build variety
  • Local split-screen co-op support
  • Strong narrative and worldbuilding

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with limited content and slow updates
  • Some repetitive encounters and fetch quests
  • Lack of online multiplayer
  • Some skills underdeveloped or underused
  • Inventory and crafting systems could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Westerado: Double Barreled

  • Songbringer

  • Mana Spark

  • Forge Quest

  • Crea

  • Planet Centauri

Less social

Games that feels like Death Trash but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • FOUNTAINS

  • Drova - Forsaken Kin

  • Stoneshard

  • Chained Echoes

  • Cultivation Story: Reincarnation

  • Conquest Dark

More intimate

Games that feels like Death Trash but with more focus on close relationships

  • Primal Planet

  • UNSIGHTED

  • The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing: Final Cut

  • UnderMine 2

  • Sephiria

  • SWORN

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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).
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  • 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).

Death Trash: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026