Zone 28
Zone 28 is a rules light roleplaying game inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. The game has an emphasis on exploration¸ mystery¸ survival¸ character introspection¸ and a slow but inevitable creeping doom that corrupts and erodes until nothing remains. Players should not expect a happy ending for their characters. They are not heroes and danger lurks around every corner in the Zone.
Character creation is designed to be quick and simple¸ while still offering meaningful choices and sowing the seeds for a backstory that can easily be expanded upon and revealed over time. Players are further rewarded for doing this in the campfire phases that periodically break up the exploration and action.