If you loved Dead Space I highly recommend checking a thrift store or something similar where you can find old Xbox original games and looking for RLH (Run Like Hell). In my opinion, that was the very first Dead Space. RLH has a lot of similar lore and mechanics, though some of it may feel dated today as the game came out in 2003.
Hell, just read the plot summary and tell me you don't see some similarities.
Mining surveyor and former war hero Nicholas Conner (voiced by Lance Henriksen), returns to his space station known as the Forsetti Station to find it overrun by a hostile, previously unknown alien species known simply as The Race. Most of the crew members are dead, Nick's fiancee Samantha is missing, and he soon discovers that the entire station is slowly degenerating into an alien hive. Using his war experience and a large arsenal of weapons, Nick must fight through a group of hostile enemies to locate survivors on the station who can help him find Samantha.
RLH is a hidden gem and I think that's why I loved Dead Space 1 so much. It felt almost like an homage to RLH.
See You Space Cowboy...