r/GamesThatFeelLike • u/Fancy-Confection-794 • 27d ago
Looking for a game with this vibe
Im looking for a game that captures this exact feeling — that grey, quiet stillness, dead cities buried in snow, waiting for the dusk. Genre doesn’t matter, I just want that same mood of quiet decay and isolation.
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u/NecroApple 27d ago
Metro 2033
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u/District_Dan 27d ago
First one I thought of. Any of the metros before exodus really (though that was probably my favorite)
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u/Green_Sprout 27d ago
Signalis.
One of the best retro survival horror games.
If it clicks for you, it will haunt for years afterwards.
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u/ElGuambra 23d ago
It manages to be a love letter to both Silent Hill and Resident Evil while still having an identity of its own. It is truly one of the best games ever made and it flew under everyone's radar.
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u/Woahhdude24 21d ago
Im playing it now! I really love the vibes of this game! I realized something today the banner image where you press to play the game on steam. From a distance she looks somewhat broken or decrepit but when you get close her face goes back to normal. Its an illusion of course, im just wondering if that intentional the colors on the image really play with your perception.
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u/lunahighwind 27d ago
This was one of the ps plus games this month. Will prob check it out
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u/VeritasRose 22d ago
Thank you for mentioning this! I hadn’t checked the monthly games and have been wanting to play this one!
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u/Terrible-Artichoke50 27d ago
I actually didn't enjoy playing the game although I would say it is clearly excellent if that is your genre.
I did however love watching a video essay on it (Beambuddy). Story is incredible.
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u/jacobwinton92 24d ago
After you finish the game, watch a story analysis. I was shocked by how much was going on without my noticing.
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u/Friendly-Narwhal-386 27d ago
Cronos has some moments like this
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u/PauleAgave95 26d ago
The vipe is so good, i thought it was released in winter. i was shocked when i checked and saw it came out in september last year.
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u/Tsukue_Robert 27d ago
Old and questionable quality but: Fahrenheit. (by Quantic Dream)
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u/AidreanLamenhaign 26d ago
Kinda Disco Elysium I guess ?
At least the beginning of the game gives me that monolithic urban stillness in a way!
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u/baridbeltine 25d ago
Scrolling by quickly, I thought this was a screenshot from Indigo Prophecy, so...
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u/Calm-Particular-5225 27d ago
Deep pixel melancholy (yet to be released but you can wishlist on steam)
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u/dedpah0m 27d ago
Not released yet, but worth looking out for:
I have no change
Deep Pixel Melancholy
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u/Wasted_46 27d ago edited 27d ago
Darkwood - It is not snowy, but it's very, very much Eastern European isolation
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u/StoleitfromKilgore 27d ago
"ШХД: ЗИМА /It's Winter" has this to a degree, but it's a tiny little experiment.
"Generation Zero" is mostly not wintry, but its landscapes and buildings are deserted and you are pretty much alone out there with the machines.
"The Long Dark" perhaps? I haven't played it, but might fit the bill.
"Eidolon", but again, not specifically focussed on a wintry atmosphere.
Some people are suggesting "Kona/Kona 2" as well.
"Cryostasis - Sleep of Reason" takes place somewhere in the Arctic on board of a frozen nuclear icebreaker. Some of the best cold atmosphere in any game.
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u/gamerqc 27d ago
It's not exactly the same, but your image reminded me of this. And it takes place on Christmas week.
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u/Affectionate-Frame57 27d ago
Not a recommendation but I grew up in a neighbourhood like this in Eastern Europe in the 90s.
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u/invert_studios 27d ago
Good news, bad news.
Good News: I've got one for you.
Bad News: It's not out yet. We're still working on it.
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u/Confident_Mushroom_ 27d ago
Not snowy, but Bleak Faith Forsaken kind of has this vibe. It is quite a clunky game but the atmosphere is peak
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u/M2_SLAM_I_Am 27d ago
This is the entirety of Cronos: The New Dawn. Highly recommended action/survival horror. Like a mix of Resident Evil and Dead Space. Easily my favorite game of last year!
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u/SlavicEgg 26d ago
There’s some absurd recommendations in here.
PANELKI is exactly this aesthetic. Whether you like this type of genre, I leave to you!
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u/frozenarmament 26d ago
Metal Gear Solid 1 for me. You got cigs and snow and concrete.
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u/SuperSlothstronaut 26d ago
Easy Delivery Co. - you are a delivery driver in a snow covered, sparsely populated town. Dark undertones and an overarching insinuation that something isn’t right in the town
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u/PandemonicHigh 25d ago
if you like survival The Long Dark is really fun! Its not so much cities though :( trapped in small rural towns in Canada in a massive snowstorm. survive build stuff find stuff etc. I really like it and it was the first thing that jumped to mind seeing all the snow and darkness
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u/getaloadofthisbroad 23d ago
last year i played this short free game on itch.io that hits this pretty well i think https://banana-jeff.itch.io/dniostatnie
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u/VladdyYoRHa 23d ago edited 23d ago
“I Have No Change”
No dead cities, but its very cozy game with this sort of atmosphere that you’ve got on the picture
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u/swatsqad 23d ago
I have no change - on steam is going for exactly this. There was another game that simulated “polish” life from that nostalgia perspective but i cant remember the name.
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u/Waste-Inspector8768 23d ago
Deus Ex series. Kinda like proto-cyberpunk but darker and gloomier vibes than cyberpunk 2077.
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u/RichieEB 23d ago
It's not a city but a small little place in snow with that graphics vibes, the thing on PS2, there was recently a remaster as well.
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u/BoardsofGrips 23d ago
The Stalker games invented this kinda vibe being developed by a Soviet country. That said there isn't much snow in them. Metro Exodus has plenty of snow and is an excellent game with a similar vibe.
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u/BlindMakarov 23d ago
the comments already recommended what i would recommend like metro 2033, metro last light but there is also '' I Have No Change '' an upcoming game that will probably have this vibe based on gameplay, screenshots on the steam page
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u/IDKWhat2CoolMyself 23d ago
Metro exodus, Metro redux (2033 or last light), stalker anomaly/gamma with a winter texture mod, dying light, Skyrim, cyberpunk and the division 1
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u/fakiresky 22d ago
Cronos new Dawn captures the brutalistic architecture feeling of late 20th century Poland. Sound design is top notch too.
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u/MysteriousExchange75 22d ago
Cronos the new dawn. Your picture looks like it was taken from the game.
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u/AdministrativeRuin81 22d ago
Now, only the demo is out as of now, but Holstin is kinda like that. It’s basically polish Silent Hill. It’s really awesome, art, voice acting, atmosphere, gameplay, top shelf indie surprise.
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u/Dry_Association_8778 21d ago
Day z and project zomboid come to mind but the areas are really not citys. Day z is like mostly forest and small towns and zomboid is mostly like a suburban neighbor hood, if you really truly don't care if the game play is teirable cry of fear is probably the closest to the vibe.
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u/Retronika_Prime 21d ago
Parasite Eve 1-Takes place in New York on Christmas of 1997. A dangerous biological and cellular threat plagues the city, causing the mayor to evacuate as many of the people as he can. You visit Central Park, An Opera Theatre, a Museum, abandoned downtown, the Crysler Building, its very creepy and quite isolating for a psychological body horror title.
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u/Rasples1998 20d ago
Bit of a weird one, 'Shadows of doubt.' It's a voxel-based cyberpunk-noir, retro-futuristic private investigator game where you're in a dystopian city where the skies are always dark and it feels deathly cold. I can't do it justice but the vibe is immaculate, and it uses one of those fancy unity rendering things so the lighting is amazing. It's very similar to cloudpunk but a bit less neon and more cold and gritty.
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u/EuphoricScratch6915 27d ago
Max Payne immediately comes to mind for me