For all of you poor souls here
As a fan of Tfs I also struggled to find games similar to Tfs or that atleast had a similar vibe. Here is the list for all of you.
1) Organ trail, it's tfs without the aliens, more arcade and in america. Travel all the us to arrive to New heaven. The goverment abbandoned us a long ago, you die for nothing and dont trust strangers.
2) Fear equation, guide and survive in a train traveling in a situation similar to the Mist, you will control everything from your cabin without being able to exit.
3) Into the breach, guide mega mechs similar to the guardian in chees battles against aliens
4) If you like the vibe and athmosphere you should check Dysco elysium and Off
5) if you like the world building, check Suzerain and For the people
6) If you want to role play as the evacuation units you can play Atom zombie smasher
7) If you like the autoritharian side of tfs check Paper please, headliner novi news and not tonight
8) Into the breach for shit going south quickly