SIGNALIS similar games & best alternatives

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SIGNALIS

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

A classic survival horror experience set in a dystopian future where humanity has uncovered a dark secret. Unravel a cosmic mystery, escape terrifying creatures, and scavenge an off-world government facility as Elster, a technician Replika searching for her lost dreams.

What works

  • Deep, immersive story and atmosphere
  • Engaging survival horror gameplay with puzzles
  • Unique retro-futuristic art style
  • Excellent soundtrack and sound design
  • High replay value with multiple endings

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited inventory causes frustrating backtracking
  • Combat aiming can be finicky
  • Story can be confusing and cryptic
  • Some puzzles poorly explained
  • Lack of in-game tools for arg elements

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Corpse Party

  • The Crooked Man

  • Yuppie Psycho: Executive Edition

  • The Boogie Man

  • You Will Die Here Tonight

  • Misao - 2024 HD Remaster

Less intimate

Games that feels like SIGNALIS but with less focus on close relationships

  • The Long Reach

  • Endoparasitic 2

  • Face It - A game to fight inner demons

  • Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity

  • Dino Crisis

  • The Way

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with SIGNALIS. 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 SIGNALIS. These titles are not in What to play next.

SIGNALIS: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026