Prey similar games & best alternatives

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Prey

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

What works

  • High player agency and freedom
  • Deep immersive sim gameplay
  • Rich story and worldbuilding
  • Multiple playstyles and endings
  • Excellent atmosphere and audio design

Things to keep in mind

  • Some players find combat repetitive
  • Occasional bugs and technical issues
  • Story pacing uneven for some
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some frustration with backtracking

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • ADACA

  • Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree

  • Dishonored 2

  • CONTROL Ultimate Edition

  • BioShock™ Remastered

  • BioShock™

More intense

Games that feels like Prey but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Silly Polly Beast

  • The Evil Within

  • Haydee 3

  • Tormented Souls 2

Less expressive

Games that feels like Prey but with less self-expression and customization

  • GYLT

  • SCP: Fragmented Minds

  • Bendy and the Dark Revival

  • Shadow Complex Remastered

  • SiN Gold

  • System Shock

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Dishonored 2

  • Dishonored

  • Arx Fatalis

  • Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

  • DEATHLOOP

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Prey. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Prey. These titles are not in What to play next.

Prey: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026