Games Like I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (2026)

Shared: Multiple Endings

The dating-sim wrapper is bait, and MiSide knows it. What starts as idle chores with an anime girl becomes a genre-hopping psychological horror that two developers built better than most studios manage with a full team.

Shared: tier:aaa, Multiple Endings

Gorgeous Ming Dynasty soulslike with some of the genre's most flexible build systems - but PC players should know the optimization is rough and late-game balance spikes hard.

Shared: tier:aaa, Multiple Endings

The neon is gorgeous, the Pizzaplex is genuinely unsettling at 3 a.m., and Glamrock Freddy might be the most endearing protector in recent horror gaming. Getting there, though, means wrestling with patchy saves, a map that lies to you, and animatronic AI that ranges from terrifying to completely absent.

Shared: Stress Management

Stress kills faster than swords here, and your Vestal will crack before your Leper lands a hit. Whether that loop hooks you or breaks you is the only question worth asking.

Shared: tier:aaa

Four years in early access forged something genuinely worth your time: a co-op survival builder that starts punishing and ends with you proudly steering a multi-story floating fortress. Solo players, brace for a rough first two hours.