The closest games to Dead Space Remake are Dead Space 2, The Callisto Protocol and Resident Evil 2. Below, 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Dead Space Remake, and what does not.
Dead Space works because of strategic dismemberment: shooting a necromorph in the head does nothing, and cutting its limbs off does everything. Add a HUD projected onto the suit so nothing ever interrupts the world, and one continuous connected ship, and you have the most sustained horror atmosphere in the genre.
Dead Space Remake released on the PlayStation 5. The list below is not restricted to that console — a recommendation is only useful if you can actually play it, so it spans generations and platforms.
The sequel, faster and more confident, and the best of the three.
By Dead Space's original director, and it looks extraordinary.
The other pillar of modern survival horror, and a better puzzle box.
Horror that unsettles by idea rather than by ammunition count.
A small indie that rebuilds classic survival horror exactly, in space.
One creature, no weapons that help, and unbearable tension.
Sci-fi horror as a roguelike, with superb combat.
The same station-as-a-character design, with an immersive sim underneath.
Survival horror welded to a detective story, and far stranger.
Several of these have their own page here: games like Resident Evil 2, games like Alan Wake 2.
Dead Space 2. The sequel, faster and more confident, and the best of the three.
Dead Space 2, The Callisto Protocol and Resident Evil 2 are the closest. The full list of Dead Space Remake similar games is on this page — 9 of them, each with the reason it is here rather than a genre tag that happens to match.
Yes — Alan Wake 2 is catalogued on the PS5 here. The PS5 list further down has more from that library.
Because the thing you liked about Dead Space Remake is not a property of the hardware. Restricting the list to one console would drop most of the good answers, so the picks above span platforms and eras. If you specifically want more from that library, the PS5 list further down is the place to start.
By hand, one game at a time, on what the source game actually does — its pacing, its movement, its difficulty, its tone. Genre tags alone put Dead Space Remake next to games that feel nothing like it, so they are not the basis for this list. Each pick carries the reason it is here so you can judge it yourself.
No. The whole list is on this page, free, with no sign-in and no email. We earn a small affiliate commission if you buy through a retailer link, which is what pays for the site.
If you already know what kind of answer you want, these are the same list cut by genre — and each one says what it leaves out as well as what it includes:
More from the PlayStation 5 library, each with its own recommendations page: