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Games like The Thing That Happened
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like The Thing That Happened” means here
Looter ShooterThird-Person ShooterPost-apocalypticShooterAction RPGAction-Adventure
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
1
Tom Clancy’s The Division™
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter
71% of 96,733 reviews positive · 269 playing now
80%
match
2
Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter
79% of 36,027 reviews positive
80%
match
3
OUTRIDERS
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Post-apocalyptic
67% of 61,296 reviews positive
79%
match
4
EVERSPACE™ 2
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action RPG · Action-Adventure
86% of 13,063 reviews positive
78%
match
5
Warframe
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action RPG · Third Person
88% of 676,031 reviews positive · 54,121 playing now
77%
match
6
Defiance
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter
77% of 12,616 reviews positive
76%
match
7
Hyper Light Breaker
Early Access · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · Post-apocalyptic
53% of 3,983 reviews positive
76%
match
8
The Killing Antidote
Early Access · Third-Person Shooter · Action RPG · Zombies
88% of 7,807 reviews positive
75%
match
9
Project L33T: Founders Edition
Looter Shooter · Cinematic · Early Access · Realistic
48% of 686 reviews positive
75%
match
10
Defiance 2050
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Third Person
49% of 2,285 reviews positive
75%
match
11
Deadzone: Rogue
Looter Shooter · Early Access · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
82% of 16,564 reviews positive · 800 playing now
75%
match
12
Borderlands Game of the Year
Looter Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Action RPG · Shooter
90% of 31,889 reviews positive · 117 playing now
74%
match
13
The Last of Us™ Part I
Cinematic · Third-Person Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Action-Adventure
84% of 108,816 reviews positive
74%
match
14
DeadPoly
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
78% of 6,190 reviews positive
74%
match
15
鋼鉄戦記C21
Looter Shooter · Third-Person Shooter · Action RPG · Action-Adventure
68% of 136 reviews positive
74%
match
16
After the Fall®
Looter Shooter · Action-Adventure · Zombies · Post-apocalyptic
77% of 3,127 reviews positive
73%
match
17
METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version
Cinematic · Third-Person Shooter · Action-Adventure · 3D
89% of 6,989 reviews positive
73%
match
18
Anarchy: Wolf's law
Looter Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Realistic · Zombies
77% of 822 reviews positive
73%
match
19
UNCHARTED™: Legacy of Thieves Collection
Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Cinematic · Third Person
91% of 43,686 reviews positive
73%
match
20
REMNANT II®
Third-Person Shooter · Looter Shooter · Action-Adventure · Post-apocalyptic
82% of 68,553 reviews positive
73%
match
21
Resident Evil 4
Third-Person Shooter · Cinematic · Zombies · Action-Adventure
97% of 275,246 reviews positive
73%
match
22
Unturned
Looter Shooter · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies · Shooter
91% of 564,604 reviews positive · 11,910 playing now
73%
match
23
Zompiercer
Early Access · Action RPG · Post-apocalyptic · Action-Adventure
88% of 4,746 reviews positive
72%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to The Thing That Happened?
The closest matches to The Thing That Happened on Steam are Tom Clancy’s The Division™, Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2, OUTRIDERS, EVERSPACE™ 2, Warframe. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with The Thing That Happened's, and shared tags include Looter Shooter, Third-Person Shooter, Post-apocalyptic.
How are games like The Thing That Happened chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Looter Shooter, Third-Person Shooter, Post-apocalyptic count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches The Thing That Happened's. Popularity never affects the ranking.
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