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24 alternatives to We Happy Few (Pre-Launch)
Survive in a drugged-out, dystopian English city in 1964
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. We Happy Few (Pre-Launch) launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I've seen some interests in (simulation) video games here on HN so I thought I'd share a short version of our story. More than 6 years ago, me and my friend from university were playing around with an idea of making a game we always wanted to play. We worked on it on weekends but the progress was quite slow, especially due to so many dead ends and wasted effort. Eventually however, we solidified our direction and decided to take the risk to resign from our well paid SWE jobs and work on it full time. It took more than a year but yesterday we have finally released it on Steam:…
2022 · its alternatives →
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FYI, I try to release something random on the 1st and 15th of every month, this was my latest. you can see my full list of projects on my twitter: https://twitter.com/lisperati/status/1543003744161484800
2022 · dreambookgame.com · its alternatives →
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A tactical, squad-based survival game set in the future
2015 · theredsolstice.com · its alternatives →
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Sunset▲69Experience a violent uprising from a penthouse apartment
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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A minimalist game about friendship and jumping
2015 · mikebithellgames.com · its alternatives →
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Dark and hilarious Victorian-Gothic RPG set in London
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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An action-based tactical adventure with 3 dwarven astronauts
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Apollo 72 ▲69A survival game in space after the apocalypse.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Out There▲91A simple, atmospheric FTL-like space survival game
2015 · outtheregame.com · its alternatives →
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Sheltered▲63Build a premo fallout shelter...or else.
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Dustbowl▲53If they had made the first Fallout like 5 years earlier...
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Survive by fending of monsters in this cute & funny game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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The game that took nearly 10 years to make
2016 · playstation.com · its alternatives →
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