Choose I Am Alive
Choose I Am Alive if it matches what drew you to this matchup. 1,300 Steam reviews back the pick.
I Am Alive vs Darker Skies: Remastered for PC
I Am Alive and Darker Skies: Remastered for PC both land in Action, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Adventure on Steam. I Am Alive (2012) is 11 years older than Darker Skies: Remastered for PC (2023). Both sit near 63% positive on Steam (I Am Alive: 1,300 reviews, Darker Skies: Remastered for PC: 11). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Darker Skies: Remastered for PC
Choose Darker Skies: Remastered for PC if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Darker Skies: Remastered for PC launched in 2023.
Both I Am Alive and Darker Skies: Remastered for PC sit in Action and Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (62.9% vs 63.6% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 I Am Alive |  Darker Skies: Remastered for PC | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2012 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | Price unknown | 2.39 USD |
| Steam reviews | 62.9% positive (1,300 reviews) | 63.6% positive (11 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Ubisoft Shanghaï | Steel Arts Software Ltd. |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure on Steam.
- I Am Alive (2012) is 11 years older than Darker Skies: Remastered for PC (2023).
- Both sit near 63% positive on Steam (I Am Alive: 1,300 reviews, Darker Skies: Remastered for PC: 11).
- I Am Alive is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Darker Skies: Remastered for PC has no Deck rating yet.
I Am Alive vs Darker Skies: Remastered for PC — FAQ
- Should I play I Am Alive or Darker Skies: Remastered for PC first?
- If you want chronology, I Am Alive (2012) came out before Darker Skies: Remastered for PC (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are I Am Alive and Darker Skies: Remastered for PC similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does I Am Alive run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — I Am Alive is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Darker Skies: Remastered for PC doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.