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Get personalized picks →Encased is an isometric turn-based RPG developed by Dark Crystal Games and published by Prime Matter, set in an alternative 1970s where a massive mysterious artifact called the Dome has been discovered in a remote desert. The game blends strategy, adventure, and RPG elements with deep character customization, companion management, and faction reputation systems. Players engage in dialogue checks, crafting, and stealth mechanics that reviewers highlight as paying off in meaningful ways. Players describe the experience as atmospheric, dark, immersive, and occasionally whimsical, with character builds that feel powerful and faction politics that matter to gameplay outcomes. Released in 2021, it supports solo play only and runs as playable on Steam Deck. It holds a 74% positive rating from over 2000 Steam reviews and costs $29.99 USD.
About Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG: A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
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Wasteland 3
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Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
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ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Prometheus Wept
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Prometheus Wept is a turn-based, party-based RPG set on a post digital apocalypse Earth. The game offers squad-level combat, branching dialogue with consequential choices, simultaneous battles between cyberspace and the physical world, along with deep character progression and crafting systems.
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ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
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Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
The Age of Decadence
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The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
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Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
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Fallout 4
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From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Wasteland Remastered
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The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.
Fallout 2: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game
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Fallout® 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. It's been 80 long years since your ancestors trod across the wastelands.
Wasteland 3
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Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
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Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.
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Forget about the rules, there are none here. Just you, your weapon and the endless, ominous wastelands waiting for you to plunge into them. So, are you ready to become a predator among predators? Then welcome to H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.. It will hurt, but damn it will be fun!
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Frequently asked about Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
- Does Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG run on Steam Deck?
- Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG 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 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG cost?
- Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG are Wasteland 3, ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game, Prometheus Wept.
- Who developed Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG?
- Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG was developed by Dark Crystal Games and published by Prime Matter.
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