Games Like Distrust (2026)

Shared: Resource Management, Permadeath

A brutally honest survival sim where the Canadian wilderness is the only villain. No zombies, no jump scares, just cold math and bad decisions.

Shared: Permadeath, Procedural Generation

Completely free, permanently complete, and built by one person responding to a YouTube dare. If you have 90 minutes and a friend with a Steam account, there is no excuse not to try Muck.

Shared: Permadeath, Atmospheric Soundtrack

Few action games move this well and fewer still make dying feel this instructive. Dead Cells is the roguelite that converts roguelite skeptics, and it has years of post-launch polish behind it to prove it.

Shared: Resource Management, Permadeath

A brutal, no-zombies survival sim set in a frozen Canadian wilderness where poor planning kills you slower and colder than any monster would.

Shared: Permadeath, Resource Management

Permadeath, zero hand-holding, and a Tim Burton fever dream aesthetic: Don't Starve earns every hour it steals from you, but only if trial-and-error is your idea of a good time.