Games Like Trench Tales (2026)

Shared: tier:indie

Four friends, one camera, and a procedurally generated underground full of things that want to kill you on film. Content Warning is the co-op horror bit that somehow became the social satire nobody asked for but everyone needed.

Shared: Open World Exploration

Crash-land on an ocean planet, then spend dozens of hours too scared to go deeper, but going anyway. Subnautica is survival-crafting with genuine dread and beauty.

Shared: Open World Exploration

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: Risk-Reward Progression

Daytime Palm City is breezy arcade racing; flip to night and suddenly you're gambling your hard-earned Rep against a rogue police task force with a grudge. The risk-reward tension is the best this series has felt in years.

Shared: Open World Exploration

If you want to strap C4 to a helicopter, tether it to a fuel tank, and watch both things detonate at once, Just Cause 3 is the only game doing that at this scale.