Trench Tales similar games & best alternatives

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Trench Tales

2025

Should you play it?

Trench Tales is a third-person action game set in a strange, war-torn world. Inspired by early 20th-century themes, it offers open-ended exploration, combat encounters, and glimpses into a broken land shaped by endless conflict. Developed by a solo creator with community crowdfunding support.

What works

  • Unique and immersive wwi-inspired atmosphere
  • Challenging and skill-based combat
  • Frequent developer updates and community engagement
  • Open world exploration with secrets and lore
  • Weapon and character customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with bugs and performance issues
  • Clunky controls and ui roughness
  • Limited enemy ai and variety currently
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some players find progression and story underdeveloped

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Bleak Faith: Forsaken

  • Vigil: The Longest Night

  • Somber Echoes

  • Exoplanet: First Contact

  • AI LIMIT

  • Fallback

More intense

Games that feels like Trench Tales but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • Tormented Souls 2

  • Stygian: Outer Gods

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Metro 2033 Redux

  • The Evil Within

Less expressive

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

  • Lethe - Episode One

  • Ad Infinitum

  • Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

  • Echoes of the Living

  • INCISION

  • The Chant

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Trench Tales: 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 Exploration, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 21/08/2026