Games like Fade to Silence
If Fade to Silence is your kind of game, the closest matches are How to Survive 2, Project Castaway and METAL GEAR SURVIVE — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Fade to Silence: Fade to Silence is a single-player and co-op survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world that is frozen in an eternal winter. Snow and ice have shaped a merciless landscape. Nature is corrupted. Monstrous creatures out of an Eldritch horror dream roam the frozen wasteland.
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Steam players who put hours into Fade to Silence 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.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Project Castaway
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Project Castaway is a survival crafting title set in the Pacific Ocean. Live the life of a stranded castaway, with only yourself - and the island's inhabitants - for company! Sail the ocean, hunt, explore unique islands and gather resources as you fight for survival.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
METAL GEAR SURVIVE builds upon MGSV’s stealth action gameplay with elements of exploration and survival creating a bold new experience. *An internet connection is required to play the game.
Osiris: New Dawn
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Ranked #4 for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Osiris: New Dawn is an unforgiving near future space survival game with a cinematic feel and elements of horror. Play as a Mission Specialist in single or multiplayer to build your planetary base, pilotable vehicles, and controllable drones as you explore a dangerous solar system far from Earth.
Smalland: Survive the Wilds
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Ranked #5 for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.
Nightingale
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Ranked #6 for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Ranked #8 for Fade to Silence fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
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The Long Dark
WHY THIS
Shares temperature management and an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Reviewers of Fade to Silence cross-mention this title as a similar play.
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.
NieR:Automata™
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Reviewers of Fade to Silence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
Outward Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Reviewers of Fade to Silence cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fade to Silence at current Steam store prices.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Don't Starve Together
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Fade to Silence.
Priced ~50% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Noita
WHY THIS
Priced ~73% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Persona 4 Golden
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Fade to Silence on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.).
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Fade to Silence.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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More from Black Forest Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Black Forest Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Destroy All Humans!
WHY THIS
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
The cult-classic returns! Terrorize the people of 1950's Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest their DNA and bring down the US government in the faithful remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities.
Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed
WHY THIS
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever. Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. You’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fade to Silence.
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a blistering hardcore platformer with contrasting worlds.
Rogue Stormers
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Fade to Silence.
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
An action packed platform shooter mashed-up with roguelike and RPG elements, crazy 3D graphics and co-op multiplayer for one to 4 players.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord
WHY THIS
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a fast-paced platformer that will plunge you into the heart of two opposing worlds.
Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back
WHY THIS
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
Watch Bubsy glide like a bat, jump like a jack rabbit, bounce like a red rubber ball and run…run Bubsy run. This is the Bubsy adventure you were born to play.
Giana Sisters: Dream Runners
WHY THIS
Another title from Black Forest Games, the studio behind Fade to Silence.
Race to the finish in Giana Sisters: Dream Runners, a fast-paced, head-to-head platformer for up to four players.
Frequently asked about Fade to Silence
- Does Fade to Silence run on Steam Deck?
- Fade to Silence 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 Fade to Silence cost?
- Fade to Silence is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Fade to Silence have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Fade to Silence supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Fade to Silence?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fade to Silence are How to Survive 2, Project Castaway, METAL GEAR SURVIVE.
- Who developed Fade to Silence?
- Fade to Silence was developed by Black Forest Games and published by THQ Nordic.
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