- #1 60 Parsecs!
97% matchVery Positive89% of 4,072 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Why similar: Wrestling 22.3% ★, Outbreak Sim 19.8% ★, Dark Humor 11.3%, Text-Based 9.8%, Life Sim 7%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game applies the frantic resource management and survival mechanics to a sci-fi setting.
- #2 Sheltered
96% matchVery Positive82% of 6,259 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.3%, Survival 31.7%, Management 14.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Difficult 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep survival management game where you must maintain a fallout shelter and keep your family alive against various threats.
- #3 This War of Mine
96% matchVery Positive94% of 97,235 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 50.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Management 15.6%, Strategy 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gritty, moral, and resource-heavy struggle of civilians trying to survive in a war-torn city.
- #4 Beholder
94% matchVery Positive92% of 30,706 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Dark Humor 43.5%, Point & Click 28.2%, Strategy 15.3%, 3D 8.6%, 2D 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game that forces you to make difficult moral choices while spying on your neighbors.
- #5 Sheltered 2
95% matchMixed45% of 2,203 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.4%, Survival 26.3%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Horror 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with more complex faction mechanics and deeper resource management for your shelter.
- #6 Beholder 2
94% matchVery Positive87% of 8,037 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Point & Click 50.3%, Strategy 33.4%, 2D 16.3%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the dark, choice-driven narrative of the original while focusing on climbing the ranks of a totalitarian government.
- #7 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
93% matchVery Positive88% of 3,146 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 50.3%, Survival 19.8%, Strategy 18.8%, 2D 6.3%, Horror 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that balances resource management with the dark humor of a zombie apocalypse.
- #8 SKYHILL
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,698 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Survival 33.2%, Point & Click 11.8%, Difficult 8.6%, Horror 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game where you must scavenge floor-by-floor to survive in a dangerous hotel.
- #9 Death Road to Canada
91% matchVery Positive93% of 10,331 reviews2016
Dev: Rocketcat Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!
Why similar: Survival 44.3%, Difficult 28.8%, Funny 17.6%, 2D 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines dark humor, road-trip exploration, and intense survival decisions in a zombie-infested world.
- #10 Papers, Please
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 79,495 reviews2013
Dev: Lucas PopePub: 3909
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.
Why similar: Point & Click 60.3%, Difficult 19.8%, Strategy 10.4%, 2D 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure simulation that tests your morality and attention to detail under strict government oversight.
- #11 Survive the Blackout
91% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Survival 17.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy survival game where your choices determine the fate of a group traveling through a post-apocalyptic landscape.
- #12 Fallout Shelter
89% matchVery Positive88% of 81,706 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.8%, Survival 28.3%, Management 19.1%, Strategy 8.3%, 2D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic base-building and management game set in the iconic post-apocalyptic Fallout universe.
- #13 Plague Inc: Evolved
89% matchVery Positive94% of 64,060 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 72.5% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Difficult 3.9%, Survival 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic simulation that flips the script by tasking you with managing a global outbreak.
- #14 Frostpunk
88% matchVery Positive93% of 135,886 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.8%, Survival 30.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Management 11.4%, Difficult 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Pits you against extreme environmental conditions where every decision impacts the survival of your society.
- #15 Mr. Prepper
87% matchVery Positive80% of 5,400 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Management 22.4%, Life Sim 21.5%, Point & Click 18.2%, Exploration 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the paranoia and preparation of building a bunker while evading the watchful eye of the state.
- #16 Do Not Feed the Monkeys 2099
86% matchMixed70% of 1,114 reviews2023
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Spy on strangers through security cameras, invade their privacy and discover their secrets in this digital voyeur simulator. Welcome to the future of The Primate Observation Club. Even in 2099 the rule about messing with your unlucky subjects still remains in this sequel: DO NOT feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Dark Humor 30%, Life Sim 25.3%, Management 18%, Funny 11.7%, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Expands the observation-based gameplay with a futuristic setting and even more complex moral dilemmas.
- #17 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
85% matchVery Positive94% of 12,520 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Dark Humor 31.3%, Point & Click 22.4%, Management 19.3%, Funny 11.5%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: A voyeuristic management game that forces you to balance your resources while observing the lives of others.
- #18 Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,334 reviews2018
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 59.7% ★, Difficult 10.1%, Dark Humor 10.1%, Strategy 6.1%, Funny 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced outbreak simulator that uses dark humor and strategy to spread chaos across the world.
- #19 Death and Taxes
84% matchVery Positive86% of 8,395 reviews2020
Dev: Placeholder Gameworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.8%, Point & Click 23.9%, Strategy 9.9%, 2D 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven simulation where your decisions as a reaper have significant, often dark, consequences.
- #20 Ascent of Ashes
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 302 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Immersive Sim 20.6%, Management 18.2%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-building survival game that requires careful management of resources and defense against raiders.
- #21 Reigns: Her Majesty
84% matchVery Positive83% of 1,299 reviews2017
Dev: NerialPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Reigns: Her Majesty is the revolutionary follow-up to the smash swipe ‘em up hit Reigns.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.7%, Dark Humor 19.3%, Dark Comedy 18.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Funny 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-based survival game where you must balance the needs of your kingdom through simple binary decisions.
- #22 The Escapists
82% matchVery Positive90% of 16,182 reviews2015
Dev: Mouldy Toof StudiosPub: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Escapists provides players the opportunity of experiencing a light-hearted insight into everyday prison life with the main objective being that of escaping!
Why similar: Difficult 28.2%, Strategy 24.4%, Survival 23%, 2D 13.3%, Funny 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on meticulous planning and resource gathering to execute a successful prison break.
- #23 Survivor Dieland
82% matchVery Positive95% of 234 reviews2021
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
You're gonna get yourself killed being out here all by your lonesome... There's monsters on this island! Besides, It's not always the beasts you should be afraid of... Beasts are easy to predict. They just want to kill and eat you. Humans are much harder... They'll pretend to be your friend first...
Why similar: Dark Comedy 19.9%, Dark Humor 16%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.5%, Life Sim 13.4%, Immersive Sim 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A choice-heavy survival game that focuses on the narrative consequences of your actions in a deadly game show.
- #24 Garbage
81% matchMixed65% of 1,189 reviews2021
Dev: HomebasedPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Experience the struggle which a homeless man goes through in a humorous manner. Primitive elements of contemporary life that we take for granted, such as staying warm, well-nourished, and hygienic, will become an issue.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 25.1%, Dark Humor 21.2%, Management 15.2%, Survival 13.6%, Life Sim 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A management and survival game that offers a unique, dark comedic take on the struggles of the homeless.
- #25 Don't Starve
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 113,056 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 67.1%, Difficult 13.7%, Exploration 10.4%, Horror 5.3%, 2D 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival game that emphasizes resource gathering and crafting in a hostile, atmospheric world.
- #26 Self-Isolation
80% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
Dev: Dymchick1
Windows
This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.
Why similar: Life Sim 42%, Horror 26.6%, Difficult 23%, 3D 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric survival game that captures the tension and isolation of living through a pandemic.
- #27 RimWorld
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 242,338 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.7 hrsMean: 264.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Survival 40%, Management 34%, Strategy 17%, 2D 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A complex colony management game where you must survive the elements and random events with a group of survivors.
- #28 Deep Sixed
81% matchVery Positive84% of 105 reviews2018
Dev: LRDGames, Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Deep Sixed is a roguelike space sim that will force you to use strategy, ingenuity and duct tape to keep your ship (and your skull) in one piece as you risk exploring a mysterious nebula protected by dangerous alien creatures.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 24.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Difficult 13.4%, Survival 13%
Why You'll Like It: A space-based survival game where you must manage complex ship systems while under constant pressure.
- #29 Not Tonight
79% matchVery Positive82% of 2,763 reviews2018
Dev: PanicBarnPub: No More Robots
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.
Why similar: Life Sim 79.1%, Difficult 13.9%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dystopian management game that explores the consequences of your choices in a post-Brexit Britain.
- #30 Unemployment Simulator 2018
76% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2026
Dev: Samuel LehikoinenPub: turbolento publishing
Windows · Linux
Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 31%, Dark Humor 27.2%, Life Sim 18.8%, Immersive Sim 16%, Horror 7%
- #31 Wasteland Bites
74% matchVery Positive95% of 424 reviews2026
Dev: CosmicDevPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wasteland Bites is a horror-based food truck sim. Cooking up questionable cuisine in your post-apocalyptic food truck is tough. Fending off mutants, UFOs, rabid dogs, and things lurking in the dark? That's the real challenge. A chaotic mix of cooking and survival in a long gone world.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Point & Click 15.1%, Horror 12.7%, Life Sim 11.4%
- #32 60 Seconds!
78% matchVery Positive85% of 11,675 reviews2015
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.
Why similar: Wrestling 17.3% ★, Outbreak Sim 15.4% ★, Dark Comedy 8.2%, Dark Humor 6.6%, Text-Based 5.6%
- #33 Five Nights at Freddy's 2
77% matchVery Positive94% of 25,828 reviews2014
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome back to the new and improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza! As always, Fazbear Entertainment is not responsible for death or dismemberment.
Why similar: Difficult 28%, Horror 27.3%, Point & Click 18.7%, Survival 17.5%, Strategy 8.4%
- #34 Beholder 3
77% matchMixed65% of 2,788 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 48.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Dark Humor 24%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Point & Click 20%, Management 15.8%, Strategy 10.2%
- #35 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
73% matchVery Positive82% of 12,507 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.4%, Dark Humor 23%, Life Sim 15.6%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Management 14%
- #36 Meteor 60 Seconds!
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,852 reviews2018
Dev: AvoCavo
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 12%
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Why similar: Funny 75.2%, 2D 24.8%
- #37 Quarantine Zombies
75% matchMixed58% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Stones Games
Windows
A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 44.3% ★, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Life Sim 9.7%, Dark Humor 9.6%, Survival 9.3%
- #38 Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse Ep2: Caged
75% matchVery Positive92% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.8%, Dark Humor 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 12%, Funny 8.9%
- #39 The Henry Stickmin Collection
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 58,327 reviews2020
Dev: PuffballsUnitedPub: Innersloth
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A choose-your-own-path where failing is more fun than succeeding.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43%, Point & Click 26.1%, Funny 23.4%, 2D 7.5%
- #40 Underchoice
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 32.5%, Difficult 20.2%, Strategy 9.8%
- #41 Kindergarten
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,404 reviews2017
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 54.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.
Why similar: Dark Humor 35.1%, Dark Comedy 28.5%, Funny 19.4%, Difficult 7%, Horror 5.2%
- #42 Extra Lives
73% matchVery Positive89% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: MDickie
Windows
See how long you can survive in a world full of brainless zombies and heartless humans! Find your place among hundreds of other characters spread across several warring factions, and battle to reclaim every corner of a sprawling city in real-time.
Why similar: Wrestling 34.5% ★, Outbreak Sim 30.7% ★, Dark Humor 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Horror 5%
- #43 How to Make an Atomic Bomb in Your Garden
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,242 reviews2026
Dev: karahan
Windows
An absurd backyard bomb-building simulator. Raise funds, plan your approach, hunt down rare parts, and assemble your atomic masterpiece while staying calm and avoiding suspicion from nosy neighbors and federal agents.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 30.8%, Dark Humor 30%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Management 11.1%, Life Sim 10.5%
- #44 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,727 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.9%, Point & Click 32.6%, Survival 15.4%, 2D 5.9%, Strategy 4.2%
- #45 Dark Moon
71% matchMixed48% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Management 27.3%, Survival 18.6%, Exploration 11.3%, Strategy 10.1%
- #46 Journey of a Roach
72% matchVery Positive89% of 2,086 reviews2013
Dev: KoboldgamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands.Lifeless? Not so much!Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world.Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface.
Why similar: Point & Click 67.1%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%
- #47 Not For Broadcast
69% matchVery Positive94% of 12,524 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 40.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.1%, Management 18.4%, Point & Click 18.2%
- #48 Kindergarten 3
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,787 reviews2025
Dev: Con Man GamesPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Kindergarten 3 is the long awaited threequel to the Kindergarten series! Explore a new school with old and new friends...and new ways to get ruthlessly murdered.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 34.6%, Dark Humor 29.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.2%, Funny 10.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #49 The Long Dark
69% matchVery Positive89% of 122,628 reviews2017
Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 47.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.
Why similar: Survival 51.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Exploration 15.3%, Difficult 8%, Strategy 3.5%
- #50 Scheming Through The Zombie Apocalypse: The Beginning
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,029 reviews2018
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Join Hank and Larry, two small defenseless animals, as they manipulate their way through the zombie apocalypse. Meet various characters and get them to scavenge for you while guiding them to "safety." Make life-or-death decisions, bargain, manage inventory, trade, and gamble.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Point & Click 20.6%, Dark Humor 15.2%, Funny 7.9%
- #51 Day Zero
68% matchVery Positive82% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Imdie Studios
Windows
Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Text-Based 16.9%, Survival 12.4%, Horror 8.6%
- #52 Shelter Manager
70% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, Management 17%, Survival 15.4%, Funny 8.6%
- #53 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
67% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38%, Choose Your Own Adventure 35.2%, Horror 18.5%, Survival 8.3%
- #54 Zafehouse Diaries 2
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 134 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Survival 18.1%, Management 13.4%, Horror 12.9%
- #55 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,329 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.9%, Survival 28.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Horror 13.5%
- #56 SubZero
63% matchVery Positive93% of 2,950 reviews2026
Dev: Joy Media LimitedPub: 凤麟工作室
Windows
A frozen apocalypse. Three unique survivors join you. Lead them through the icy wasteland! Zombie whispers, blizzards blur morality... Hope or doom? The fateful die burns in your grip.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 30.2%, Immersive Sim 27.1%, Strategy 9.2%
- #57 Turmoil
67% matchVery Positive93% of 16,016 reviews2016
Dev: Gamious
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Why similar: Management 37.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 34.5%, Strategy 17.6%, 2D 10.4%
- #58 Ashwalkers
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 198 reviews2021
Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24.1%, Survival 22.6%, Management 14.1%, 3D 5.9%
- #59 Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
66% matchVery Positive94% of 32,999 reviews2017
Dev: Scott Cawthon
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Start your own Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria with Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator!
Why similar: Horror 33.9%, Difficult 27%, Management 18.9%, Funny 10.6%, Strategy 9.6%
- #60 Dealer's Life 2
66% matchVery Positive85% of 4,167 reviews2022
Dev: Abyte Entertainment
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Your favorite pawn shop experience is finally getting a sequel! Haggle like your life depends on it in this funny tycoon game. You never know WHAT is gonna stumble through that door!
Why similar: Management 40.5%, Immersive Sim 33%, Funny 16.5%, 2D 10%