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Games like Affliction

If Affliction is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legacy of Mind, Hellgate Senigallia Remake and Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, bleak and dark. 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 Affliction: Affliction is a survival horror shooter designed to engage players with a thrilling storyline, surreal environments, merciless foes, a chilling atmosphere, and an unforgettable gameplay experience. Players must explore, scavenge, and fight in order to survive and live to tell the tale.

2018ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDWindowsby Corrosive Studios LLC
Affliction — Steam game cover
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Cold war science fiction settingEnvironmental storytelling through documents and cluesNarrative fragments must be pieced togetherAtmosphericBleakDark

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Steam players who put hours into Affliction 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. Legacy of Mind

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    A first-person horror RPG where nightmare and reality have merged. Hunt nightmare-born Umbrae and journey across forsaken lands where the strongest beasts claim dominion. Face Monarchs in brutal soulslike FPS combat and confront the mind that first gave flesh to the fear that hunts...

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Hellgate Senigallia Remake

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    An RPG-infused boomer-shooter with dark and mysterious tones, offering innovative gameplay with a nostalgic nod to the '90s. Get ready to blow everything up and turn enemies into cannon fodder before facing the massive end-level bosses!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Immerse yourself in Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack, a retro first-person rail shooter. Roam through famous cities - New York, London, Rio - against crazy zombies. Use pistols and rifles, develop a strategy to earn points and medals.

    2023ActionSportsStrategy5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. GNAW

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Something’s rotten in New Dino City, and it’s up to you to solve the mystery in GNAW. In this metroidvania, explore a pre-apocalyptic saurian civilization hurtling toward self-annihilation. Meet strange characters, fight off twisted critters, and rescue your beloved city from extinction.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Affliction.

    Ranked #5 for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.

    Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG59.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Mother Hub

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    A retro FPS with an artistically gritty setting from the early 2000's. Uncover futuristic weapons lost to time and face off against terrifying bosses. Do you have what it takes to stand against the darkness and save humanity from the brink of extinction?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure3.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. And All Would Cry Beware!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Affliction.

    90s-style shooter meets Metroidvania. Step through a portal to a mysterious alien world, and discover the fate of the Lost Expedition.

    2019ActionAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. super bad hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Affliction fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    The game uses physics engines, bullet time, and many parody types of enemies, such as sirens, toilet people, gun demons, superheroes emitting laser light, etc. It is a bit like the 3D version of 'Metal Slug' or the gun version of 'Blade and Sorcery', which is very exciting and interesting.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure4.89 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Affliction at current Steam store prices.

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action with Affliction.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Affliction.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Affliction.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Affliction on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

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 Affliction.

    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. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Affliction.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. 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 Affliction.

    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 ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

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

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Corrosive Studios LLC

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

  1. Waste Walkers

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Affliction.

    Another title from Corrosive Studios LLC, the studio behind Affliction. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Lawless Lands

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Affliction.

    Another title from Corrosive Studios LLC, the studio behind Affliction. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Disgraced

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Affliction.

    Another title from Corrosive Studios LLC, the studio behind Affliction. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    Disgraced is a unique samurai themed role playing game that allows players to lead a rebellion in a fight for freedom against a cruel and tyrannical Shogun in Feudal Japan.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Chaos Chain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Affliction.

    Another title from Corrosive Studios LLC, the studio behind Affliction. Shares Action and Indie with Affliction.

    A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Affliction

How much does Affliction cost?
Affliction is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Affliction?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Affliction are Legacy of Mind, Hellgate Senigallia Remake, Zombie Survivor: Undead City Attack.
Who developed Affliction?
Affliction was developed by Corrosive Studios LLC.

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