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Games like CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story

If CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kill Yourself, Party Hard and Maneater — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its battle helicopter boss repeatedly, collect soviet propaganda items and endure slow weapon reloads. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story: 1986. Chernobyl disaster. The story that you will see in the game resembles a delusional dream of a man exhausted by radiation. But whether it is nonsense or the nightmarish reality of the Soviet era – you decide.

2019Indie2.99 USDWindowsby Mehsoft
CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story — Steam game cover
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Battle helicopter boss repeatedlyCollect soviet propaganda itemsEndure slow weapon reloadsBleakDarkTense

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Steam players who put hours into CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Kill Yourself

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Enough with games where death is a nuisance that must be avoided at all costs: in Kill Yourself, death is your goal! But beware, it won't be easy: you'll need to work hard to find all the different ways to end the guy's miserable life.

    2020IndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Second-strongest match for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Maneater

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Third-strongest match for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration and a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Ranked #4 for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Despotism 3k

    WHY THIS

    Shares a bleak mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Ranked #5 for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Humanity is enslaved by an AI… which is awesome, because we’re on the right side of the conflict. Exploit puny humans to extract power and build your own empire!

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Ranked #6 for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: Get ready for an electrifying mix between bullet hell and typing game! Turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of private exorcist Ray Bibbia!

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Critters for Sale

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Experience death from the comfort of your seat.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Ranked #8 for CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Underground Man

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

    2016IndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Mercury Man

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    The Mercury Man is an isometric game in the action genre with some adventure elements. It is set in the far grim dark future of its unique sci-fi world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Red Dead Redemption 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

    2019ActionAdventure59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Stalker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    The background story of "Stalker" is that a teenager encounters various events on the road following a young girl. The teenager(player) can selectively interact and give repairs / help due to these events. How you will lead to different ending. The game was developed during the Global Game Jam 2020.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Experience once again the iconic Rail Shooter released for Arcade back in 1987, now reinterpreted in a regular or VR version. The game captures the essence of the original game, immersing you in an action-packed atmosphere reminiscent of the non-stop action films of the 1980s.

    2023Action24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...

    2008ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. T.D.Z. 3 Dark Way of Stalker

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Atmospheric Stalker adventure in the post-Apocalypse world!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration and a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. TYRONE vs COPS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story on Steam right now. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.

    2022ActionIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Mehsoft

Other recommendable Steam games by Mehsoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. The Underground Man

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Another title from Mehsoft, the studio behind CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Moscow: somewhere in the near future. The city and perhaps the Earth's surface has turned into a radioactive ash. Those who decided that they could not exist in such conditions began to live under the ground.

    2016IndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Mercury Man

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Another title from Mehsoft, the studio behind CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    The Mercury Man is an isometric game in the action genre with some adventure elements. It is set in the far grim dark future of its unique sci-fi world.

    2018ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. CALL OF LDPR

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Another title from Mehsoft, the studio behind CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    I was an ordinary kid from Egorievsk and my life was going bad. But everything changed one fine moment, when my mate, nicknamed Ponos and i, were sucking beer on the bars. LDPR branch was opened in our yard.I also decided that since I can't do anything except jerk off, it's time to go into politics.

    2021ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kazakh Drive

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Mehsoft, the studio behind CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    You're a simple Kazakh driver. Take a trip along the highway that cuts through the gloomy landscapes of Central Asia full of Eastern wisdom. And be careful.

    2020IndieSimulationRacing1.99 USDSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Maneater

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas - a giant Shark! Terrorize the coastal waterways. Tear swimmers and divers limb from limb, give the humans a reason to fear you!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares open world exploration and a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Dodge bullets while typing exorcisms at the very same time: Get ready for an electrifying mix between bullet hell and typing game! Turn on both sides of your brain and jump into the adventure of private exorcist Ray Bibbia!

    2019ActionIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Hotline Miami

    WHY THIS

    Shares a dark mood with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story.

    Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.

    2012ActionIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story

How much does CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story cost?
CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story are Kill Yourself, Party Hard, Maneater.
Who developed CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story?
CHERNOBYL: The Untold Story was developed by Mehsoft.

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