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* ''{{Knytt}}''

** ''BeastMachines'' as well. Only now there are, at most, three bad guys at the same time. And they are in Cybertron. [[AssimilationPlot And everybody except the good guys is Megatron.]]

* While TheFilmOfTheBook ''The Quiet Earth'' is more or less post-apocalyptic, the last five minutes take place somewhere that most definitely isn't our Earth, that is seemingly uninhabited except for the protagonist, whose fate is unclear but awesome. Without spoiling, let's just say that the final theme is entitled [[AlienSky Saturn Rising]].

* ''[=~Blame!~=]''

** SuperMetroid, too- the opening sees you traverse an otherwise empty area, discover something, then BackTrack through the same, now populated, area.

* ''Noctis'' contains 70 billion stars, all procedurally generated. Precious few have life, and your character is the only surviving sentient being. There's no win condition, and no way of losing except against existentialist angst--just exploration, and wonder at the sheer ''emptiness'' of it all.

** Not to mention that two of the enemies are the zombies and the skeletons, which are both types of monsters that traditionally ''used to be people'', suggesting that there were once people, but they've all been killed or turned into horrible monsters and ''there are no other signs of civilized life ever having existed'', which is quite jarring [[MST3KMantra when you think about it for too long]].

** OrIsIt?

* BeastWars is kinda like this. There are less than 10 Maximals, and less than 10 Predacons, in a prehistoric Earth populated by primitive hominids.
** BeastMachines as well. Only now there are, at most, 3 bad guys at the same time. And they are in Cybertron. [[AssimilationPlot And everybody except the good guys is Megatron.]]

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* DrawWithMe takes place in one of these, though its implied that there is civilization in the area that we never see.

** Not to mention that two of the enemies are the zombies and the skeletons, which are both types of monsters that traditionally ''used to be people'', suggesting that there were once people, but they've all been killed or turned into horrible monsters and ''no other signs of civilized life ever having existed'', which is quite jarring [[MST3KMantra when you think about it for too long]].

** Not to mention that two of the enemies are the zombies and the skeletons, which are both types of monsters that traditionally ''used to be people'', suggesting that there were once people, but they've all been killed or turned into horrible monsters and ''no other signs that civilized life ever existed in the first place'', which is quite jarring [[MST3KMantra when you think about it for too long]].

* Cittàgazze in [[HisDarkMaterials The Subtle Knife]] appears completely uninhabited to Lyra and Will when they first arrive there.[[spoiler: Turns out it's sparsely inhabited only by children, the [[CosmicHorror Spectres]] having rendered the city's adults EmptyShells.]]

* The universe.

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* Current93's I Have a Special Plan For This World

* ''{{Metroid}} Prime''. ''Echoes'' and ''Corruption'' less so, because of friendly NPCs.

Wistfulness is an important factor. Overlaps with SceneryPorn/[[SceneryGorn Gorn]]

* ''{{Myst}}'', the trope namer

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* In Magic The Gathering there is an enchantment that makes your half of the game world (table) into one of these. You win the game if you have nothing in your hand or in play but that one card.

* {{Turgor}} (in English-speaking countries, ''The Void'', appropriately enough).

* ''[[EfATaleOfMemories Ef: A Tale Of Memories]]'' (less so in its sequel).

* Craig Harrison's ''The Quiet Earth''.

* ''The Crystal Key'' has a partially known background--an alien empire is [[OmnicidalManiac annihilating everything in its path]], and you're trying to contact the only civilization known to have held out against it even temporarily. However, most of the game essentially fits this, as the people you're looking for have long since vanished except for their {{Apocalyptic Log}}s, and enemy soldiers only rarely show up. The aura is quite deliberately a mix of exoticism and [[NothingIsScarier quiet menace]].