Games that provide a "last man on earth" atmosphere.

[Jarch6]

Fragile Dreams on Wii was good for this. You may literally be the last man on Earth looking for the last woman on Earth.



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Forgot this game existed, what a throwback and a perfect reply for the barren ambience.

Minecraft Beta 1.2.02

EDIT: I know that Minecraft is already mentioned but this version specifically has: 0 beds, 0 villagers, very few generated structures

That lonely ambience was a big part of old Minecraft’s charm that has been completely lost come the Microsoft era of the game.

Zomboid.
Due to its pretty autistically recreated classic zombie movie feel.
Really feels lonely and depressing as fuck when playing alone, sometimes.

Probably the best to capture that feeling when it comes to zombie games, I remember especially feeling it way back when I first tried during those early Desura days.

Also I know it’s clowned on as peak zoomie bedwetter behavior (and I agree that it’s ridiculous if taken to the extreme), but a lot of old multiplayer games have that “liminal” vibe when exploring the map alone. I’m thinking about some of those ol’ Halo maps like Sandtrap/Sandox

 

[Lurkerish Kandor]

Teleglitch: DME has heavy isolation vibes. I've never finished it, but I keep coming back every couple years because very few things feel like Teleglitch.

As far as I know you are literally the last living human in an off world bioresearch facility, waking up after everything has gone south. Monsters, zombies, and abominable experiments are everywhere, as is some weird chromatic-abberation-void thats destabilizing reality. Traditional RogueLIKE gameplay, very tense and resource-starved crafting, and often you get to pick what your next stage will be (e.g. left teleporter for Plankton Farm, right teleporter for BioWaste Recycling). It also has no music that I can remember: instead, the soundscape is full of machinery that hums or trundles or crashes and scrapes, the sound of your own footsteps, and you'll be straining your ears to hear enemies' alert sound when they spot you.

This game was kinda Darkwood before Darkwood, being survival horror with the same top-down perspective, an even harsher line-of-sight mechanic, and a big focus on you just never really knowing what to expect. Crafting is way more fuckin interesting than Darkwood though, with a good number of gadgets, tools, and weapons (and their attachments) that you'll discover only when you have enough of the right types of crap to craft them. However, crafting an AP Panzerfaust or 70-round drum for your AR15 will not make you feel like a god: more like it'll make you a temporary glass cannon rather than just glass.

Literally the only complaint I have about this game is that the flashing and chromatic aberration on the eponymous end of level glitchy teleporters will probably give people seizures.

 

[Zenos Yae Viator]

Pacific Drive has 3 scientists on the radio rarely giving you guidance, but otherwise it's just you and your beloved shitty 80's era station wagon in a bizarre anomalous zone.

Has you constantly trying to work the quirks out of the car and maintaining and upgrading every aspect of it

 

[ChefKiss]

Shadow of the Colossus has one of the loneliest feeling game worlds
7 days to Die for the crafting survival type of game

 

[Problematic User Forever]

Outer Wilds

Once you leave your home planet you're only going to find 1 person on each planet.

 

[Judge Dredd]

A bit of an odd suggestion, and not one I've played. Coin Game.

Is an arcade simulator where you play claw machines, coin pushers, etc. for tickets.

The last man on earth thing comes from the fact that aside from a pet goose, everyone else is an egg shaped robot.

 

[Miller]

The Rookie levels in Halo 3: ODST.

 

[woduqu]

Fade To Silence is that game for me. There are still a handful of human NPCs, but you only see them in your shelter, so you'll be completely alone in this frozen hellscape for most of it. The problem is, I can't really recommend it. The game is full of things I would criticize in other games, mainly the repetitive and not very creative gameplay and a lack of enemy variety, which, at least on my opinion, can really drag the experience due to how samey everything ends up feeling.

It's still a cool game with a nice atmosphere and a really good story, but I can't deny that it could have been more.

I mostly just wanted to say that this is a really neat looking game that I'd never heard of before. What a shame that it was, apparently, rushed out the door and then abandoned. Unsure if I'd pick it up in view of that, but it is kinda tempting.

To give my own contribution, I'd say Metro since it's one of the best series of all time, but someone already mentioned it and you're not very alone. Still, it's so good. It's a lot better than Stalker (though I also like that) in my opinion.

I guess Stray (the cyberpunk cat game) counts as being alone as the only living thing, though the world is populated by androids that act rather human-like, so it's not really that lonely feeling.

Also, none of these have a character that is truly alone either, but I'll toss out a few more: the first two Bioshock games, the first Chernobylite (the second seems bad), and Days Gone (exploring on the motorcycle captures the feeling well).