14 Survival games like Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition does: dark, oppressive atmosphere, melee combat and horror setting. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with exploration and discovery.

If Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition worked for you because of dark, oppressive atmosphere, stealth mechanics and horror setting, the same is here. Both also lean on single-player focus and a first-person view.

If Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition worked for you because of strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and horror setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with exploration and discovery.

What carries over from Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. What it adds of its own: deep simulation and punishing difficulty.

It meets Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition on dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a first-person view. It sets itself apart with deep simulation and punishing difficulty.

It meets Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition on strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is an isometric view.

What carries over from Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: 2D presentation.

It comes from the same genre as Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition and shares strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings an anime aesthetic and an isometric view.

Its point of contact with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals — its own ground is 2D presentation.

It shares the essentials of what Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition does: strong narrative focus, stealth mechanics and horror setting. The common ground extends to a first-person view and single-player focus. It sets itself apart with multiplayer gameplay.

What brings it close to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition is strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, game mode and tone. To that it adds a first-person view. Its own ground is exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.

The thread back to Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition runs through strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals: this one brings a third-person camera.

Held in common with Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition: strong narrative focus, horror setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.

With Penumbra: Black Plague Gold Edition it shares dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. What it adds of its own: deep simulation and punishing difficulty.