Games like Arctic alive
If Arctic alive is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kappa's Asylum, Survival: Lost Way and The Forest — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hyper realistic hygiene mechanics, atmospheric and bleak. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Arctic alive: Arctic alive - a simulator with elements of survival horror. The action takes place in Siberia on the research station "Arctic". There was something in what is necessary to understand the player. The world is open for exploration.
Players who liked Arctic alive also play
Steam players who put hours into Arctic alive 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.
Kappa's Asylum
WHY THIS
Top pick for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Arctic alive.
Kappa's Asylum is a survival horror game in which you control a YouTuber in an abandoned asylum to record a video.
Survival: Lost Way
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Second-strongest match for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
An open-world post-apocalyptic survival sandbox. Scavenge, craft, build, and survive solo or in co-op.
The Forest
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Third-strongest match for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Ranked #4 for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters is a Korean survival horror-adventure. Venture from your deserted school to survive the horrors of the night. Explore the surrounding Sehwa district and uncover the shadow realm's dark secrets. Use everything at your disposal to avoid a demoness hellbent on killing you!
Daylight
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Ranked #5 for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
You awake, trapped in an abandoned hospital. Your only source of light is your phone. You hit a dead-end and must turn around, but behind you lurks an eerie presence and strange noises... Experience Daylight, a procedurally generated psychological thriller for your PC.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Arctic alive.
Ranked #6 for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
MADiSON
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Ranked #7 for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
MADiSON is a first person psychological horror game that delivers an immersive and terrifying experience. With the help of an instant camera, connect the human world with the beyond, take pictures and develop them by yourself. Solve puzzles, explore your surroundings and most importantly, survive.
Rake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Ranked #8 for Arctic alive fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
Do ghosts exist? What about Bigfoot, Chupacabras,Rake or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? You play as Gordon Davis, a scientist,a traveller and an explorer of unknown creatures and unusual events.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Arctic alive at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~46% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic alive.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~72% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic alive.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~79% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic alive.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~86% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Arctic alive.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~57% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~43% under Arctic alive on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic alive.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Arctic alive.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Arctic alive.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Arctic alive.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Arctic alive.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Arctic alive.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
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More from Tort
Other recommendable Steam games by Tort, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Archipelago
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Another title from Tort, the studio behind Arctic alive. Shares Indie and Simulation with Arctic alive.
Archipelago - is a fun game about pirate adventures.
Silicone-2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Another title from Tort, the studio behind Arctic alive. Shares Action with Arctic alive.
Silicone-2 - a shooter with a first-person. In the story the player will have to quell the uprising of robots.
Caliper
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Arctic alive.
Another title from Tort, the studio behind Arctic alive. Shares Indie and Simulation with Arctic alive.
All or something is preventing and helping, freezing and melting, braking and slipping, glowing and fading. The devices are subordinated with the common laws of a puzzle. That, that is melted that will not be frozen and will not swim. But there is something unfired that drowning and freezing. The Ice bridges are not for the fire coals.
Frequently asked about Arctic alive
- Does Arctic alive work on Steam Deck?
- Arctic alive is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Arctic alive cost?
- Arctic alive is listed on Steam at 6.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Arctic alive?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Arctic alive are Kappa's Asylum, Survival: Lost Way, The Forest.
- Who developed Arctic alive?
- Arctic alive was developed by Tort and published by Conglomerate 5.
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