Games like Distrust: Polar Survival
Below are 15 hand-picked alternatives to Distrust: Polar Survival for fans of strategy, indie, adventure, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Distrust: Polar Survival also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About Distrust: Polar Survival: DISTRUST is an isometric survival adventure with procedural generation on an Arctic research station lost in the endless dark of a polar night. A story-rich fiction with multiple endings that suits both singleplayer fans and co-op enthusiasts.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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2Dark
Top pick for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!
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HOW
Second-strongest match for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
A psychological horror game where you play as a prisoner exploring the depths of a large and horrific medical facility. You must survive the many creatures and abominations inside and find all the secrets hidden within the strange new labyrinth.
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Solicitude Wake-up
Third-strongest match for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Immersive virtual reality horror survival game Solicitude Wake-up takes you to seemingly abandoned research facility. You wake-up in a dark operating room, laying down on operating table. You need to survive and find your way out.
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PARANOID
Ranked #4 for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Paranoid is a horror that tells the story of Patrick who has been living in isolation from the outside world for many years. One day he receives a phone call from his sister, who announces her visit more than a dozen years after she disappeared.
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Lethal Company
Ranked #5 for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
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Deadnaut
Ranked #6 for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Deadnaut is Screwfly Studios' second game and follow up to cult hit, Zafehouse: Diaries. Deadnauts, so named because they’re unlikely to return, must explore, investigate and fight their way through the derelict ships of dead civilisations. Every mission is unique and no two locations are the same.
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AMOK
Ranked #7 for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
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Trench Face
Ranked #8 for Distrust: Polar Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
Reviewers mention these as similar to Distrust: Polar Survival
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Don't Starve
Reviewers of Distrust: Polar Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
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This War of Mine
Reviewers of Distrust: Polar Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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The Long Dark
Reviewers of Distrust: Polar Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
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The Nothing
Reviewers of Distrust: Polar Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
The Nothing is a surreal and atmospheric action game with a new aesthetic, procedurally generated elements and perma-death - Designed for multiple short "runs", with endings based on the route you've chosen and the actions you've taken.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Distrust: Polar Survival at current Steam store prices.
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Solicitude Wake-up
Priced ~92% under Distrust: Polar Survival on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Immersive virtual reality horror survival game Solicitude Wake-up takes you to seemingly abandoned research facility. You wake-up in a dark operating room, laying down on operating table. You need to survive and find your way out.
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AMOK
Priced ~92% under Distrust: Polar Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Protagonist of the game is investigating the disappearance of people. The investigation leads him into an old house, and then it becomes a party to the strange and dangerous events.
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Trench Face
Priced ~77% under Distrust: Polar Survival on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Distrust: Polar Survival.
Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner. Every enemy varying in strengths and weaknesses. Escape the trench with your life.
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Frequently asked about Distrust: Polar Survival
- Does Distrust: Polar Survival run on Steam Deck?
- Distrust: Polar Survival is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Distrust: Polar Survival cost?
- Distrust: Polar Survival is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Distrust: Polar Survival?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Distrust: Polar Survival are 2Dark, HOW, Solicitude Wake-up.
- Who developed Distrust: Polar Survival?
- Distrust: Polar Survival was developed by Cheerdealers and published by Alawar.
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