Games like s.t.a.l.k.e.r
Closest overall match: S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (★ 3.9). Highest rated: Fallout: New Vegas at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Far Cry at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. What ties them together most: Singleplayer, Survival and First-Person.
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79%
1. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
Shares Inventory Management, Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror and Survival and 4 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, RPG
-
72%
2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Shares Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Survival and Horror and 3 more tags; same developer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 2, RPG
-
58%
3. Fallout: New Vegas
Shares Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; about 9h longer.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 84
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, RPG
-
57%
4. Fallout 3
Shares Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Horror, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 76%
- Shared genres
- 2, RPG
-
56%
5. How to Survive
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Survival, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 36%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
6. Borderlands
Shares Post-apocalyptic, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 7h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 68%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4, RPG
-
54%
7. Far Cry
Shares Survival, Horror, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 71%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
8. Doom 3
Shares Moddable, Survival Horror, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower.
- Year
- 2004
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
54%
9. The Outer Worlds
Shares First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; about 5h longer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4, RPG
-
54%
10. Metro 2033
Shares Based On A Novel, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror, Survival and Horror and 2 more tags; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
53%
11. Ys Origin
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
53%
12. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Shares Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; same developer; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 66%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4, RPG
-
53%
13. The Godfather: The Game
Shares Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
53%
14. Rage
Shares Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Horror, First-Person and Open World and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 79
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 63%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
53%
15. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
Shares Survival Horror, Survival, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; about 7h longer.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 85%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
53%
16. The Evil Within
Shares Survival Horror, Survival, Horror, Open World and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
52%
17. Prey (2006)
Shares Survival, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
52%
18. Crysis
Shares Moddable, First-Person, Open World and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 81%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
52%
19. Silent Hill Homecoming
Shares Survival Horror, Survival, Horror and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 64
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 67%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
-
52%
20. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Shares Moddable, First-Person and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 94%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
52%
21. F.E.A.R.
Shares Survival Horror, Horror, First-Person and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 88
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 82%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
-
52%
22. Darkwood
Shares Inventory Management, Survival Horror, Survival, Horror and Open World and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
-
52%
23. Dead Space (2008)
Shares Survival Horror, Survival, Horror and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 79%
- Shared genres
- 2, 4
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51%
24. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
Shares Moddable, First-Person and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 2, 3, 4
-
51%
25. Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
Shares Based On A Novel, Survival Horror, Survival, Horror and First-Person and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 69%
- Shared genres
- 2
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl?
On our similarity model, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky is the closest match to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl — shares Inventory Management, Moddable, Post-apocalyptic, Survival Horror and Survival and 4 more tags; same developer; rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
Which game like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is rated highest?
Fallout: New Vegas holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 2,658 players.
Are there games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on Nintendo Switch?
Yes — we found 12 games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on Nintendo Switch. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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