The Alters similar games & best alternatives

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The Alters

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2025

Should you play it?

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

What works

  • Deep and original narrative
  • Unique clone mechanic and character dynamics
  • Engaging survival and base management gameplay
  • High replayability with branching story paths
  • Immersive visuals and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Stressful time pressure can be frustrating
  • Some bugs and occasional crashes reported
  • Limited player improvisation due to scripted events
  • Lack of manual save feature
  • Some ui and pacing issues especially in mid-game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

  • Yes, Your Grace 2: Snowfall

  • Dead In Vinland

  • Knights End

  • Frosthaven

  • The Pale Beyond

More violent

Games that feels like The Alters but with more combat and destruction

  • The Red Solstice

  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown

  • Path of Exile 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

  • Weird West: Definitive Edition

  • GTFO

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Frostpunk 2

  • Frostpunk

  • Anomaly: Warzone Earth

  • Anomaly 2

  • Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

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

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

Last update: 21/08/2026