Situations

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Tags describing the situation, such as a catastrophe, getting lost, work incident, war, etc.

This is a container group; its children are:

ApocalypticFeatures an impending or on-going "apocalypse". (too short)1987 / 2020109 games
CatastropheDepicts a major unexpected disaster or events caused by it. (too short)1981 / 201324 games
Death on heelsPlayer can't stop moving for too long or they die for one reason or another. (too short)2008 / 20163 games
Everyone's deadThe protagonist and possibly few friends are the last survivors, or find themselves in a place or situation where everyone else is dead or shortly dead upon encountering them, though not counting hostile monsters or similar.1993 / 202370 games
From another timeThe protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their own time and flung into some other time period. Possible causes are magic, extended stasis sleep (e.g. cryogenic storage), time travel, and some others.1986 / 201718 games
From another worldThe protagonist of the story is somehow dragged from their home world, dimension or whatever and flung into an unknown world where they were summoned to or just accidentally stepped through a trans-dimensional portal and got stuck there.1981 / 2021212 games
Fuel crisisInvolves a fuel crisis crippling the world, with possibly the story's events being caused by it or otherwise related to it.1973 / 201420 games
HuntedPlayer is hunted by someone or something for a significant portion of the game. (too short)1982 / 202033 games
Interspecific conflictDepicts some form of conflict between two or more species. (too short)1983 / 2017195 games
OutbreakFeatures a major disease or viral outbreak. Or something that causes similar results. (too short)1972 / 2019120 games
Post-apocalypseThe story takes place in a world that had experienced almost complete annihilation that changed it utterly, in the aftermath of which the remaining people are trying to survive.1977 / 2022597 games
Resistance movementA resistance or similar movement is taking place during the story, possibly with the player helping or fighting it.1983 / 2020181 games
Sole survivorIn the game intro or early in the game itself the protagonist's group dies off for one reason or another and player takes control of some hapless soul who survived it, alone.1990 / 19976 games
StrandedThe protagonist is stranded in some remote and/or unknown place where he/she has no immediate or even known possible way back home.1981 / 2019252 games
SuppressionThe people are being suppressed or oppressed in one manner or another. (too short)1985 / 201662 games
Unexpected situation (too short)1986 / 201647 games
WarEither depicts a whole war, part of it, or events somehow directly caused by one. Regardless if the protagonist takes part in any military conflict.1970 / 2022990 games