Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden similar games & best alternatives

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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.

What works

  • Engaging tactical combat
  • Unique stealth mechanics
  • Interesting characters and humor
  • Atmospheric post-apocalyptic setting
  • Good audiovisual presentation

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear and short story
  • Limited replayability
  • Some ui and control clunkiness
  • Resource scarcity can be frustrating
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Every Day We Fight

  • Miasma Chronicles

  • Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

  • Hard West 2

  • Aliens: Dark Descent

  • King's Bounty: Armored Princess

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden but with less leadership over others

  • The Morrigan

  • The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

  • Somber Echoes

  • ENDER MAGNOLIA: Bloom in the Mist

  • Dark Light: Survivor

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

More social

Games that feels like Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • Gloomhaven

  • Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide

  • Redemption Reapers

  • Solasta: Crown of the Magister

  • Wasteland 3

More relaxing

Games that feels like Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden but with a more relaxing feel

  • Tower of Time

  • Edge Of Eternity

  • YAR: Forgotten Throne

  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

  • The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

  • Seven: Enhanced Edition

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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).

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation, Experimenting.

Last update: 03/08/2026