- #1 Infection Free Zone
97% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Base Building 14.9%, Zombies 14.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Colony Sim 13.5% ★, RTS 11.2%
- #2 They Are Billions
96% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8% ★, Base Building 16.8%, RTS 13.7%, Zombies 12.3%, Tower Defense 7%
- #3 Cataclismo
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.8% ★, RTS 12.1%, Zombies 10.5%, City Builder 10.3%, Base Building 9.8%
- #4 The Last Haven
96% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, City Builder 10.6%, RTS 10.5%, Strategy 9.6%
- #5 Grim Nights
94% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, RTS 18%, Zombies 15.3%, Tower Defense 15%, Survival 10.8%
- #6 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.5% ★, Base Building 11.6%, RTS 11.5%, Zombies 11%, City Builder 10.2%
- #7 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
93% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Survival 9.9%, City Builder 7.5%
- #8 After the Collapse
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3% ★, Base Building 14.4%, City Builder 13.3%, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #9 Endzone - A World Apart
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 13% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 10.8%
- #10 Diplomacy is Not an Option
90% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4% ★, Zombies 16.5%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 12.6%, RTS 10.2%
- #11 Surviving the Aftermath
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #12 Zombie Cure Lab
89% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7% ★, Base Building 10.2%, City Builder 9.6%, Zombies 9.5%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #13 Post-Apo Builder
89% matchMixed43% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: RTS 16.5%, Base Building 15%, City Builder 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Building 10.2%
- #14 From Glory To Goo
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.7% ★, RTS 13.9%, Base Building 11.4%, City Builder 10.5%, Zombies 9.6%
- #15 Rebirth evolution
88% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: City Builder 14.1%, Zombies 13%, RTS 12.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
- #16 Endzone 2
86% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #17 MIGLORN
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: WuzzyWizard
Windows
Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, RTS 15.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Tower Defense 14.2%, Building 13.6%
- #18 Night is Coming
85% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, RTS 17.2%, Base Building 12.1%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 8.6%
- #19 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 24.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Tower Defense 15.4%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #20 Darfall
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 470 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15% ★, RTS 14.5%, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Zombies 10.8%
- #21 Sheltered 2
84% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 10.7%
- #22 Colony Survival
82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9.4%, City Builder 8.7%
- #23 Ascent of Ashes
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 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: Colony Sim 22.9% ★, City Builder 14%, Base Building 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.6%, Building 9.2%
- #24 After Inc: Revival
80% matchVery Positive80% of 1,165 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Zombies 14%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #25 Oxygen
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #26 Alien Marauder
81% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: Vexan Studio
Windows
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3% ★, RTS 13.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Wargame 8.6%, Resource Management 8%
- #27 Last Outpost
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?
Why similar: RTS 22.7%, City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Zombies 16.1%, Tower Defense 15.7%
- #28 Black Forest
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2023
Dev: LemuriaPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: RTS 17.9%, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, Base Building 13.7%, City Builder 11.7%, Resource Management 11%
- #29 Minimalist Tower Defense
78% matchVery Positive95% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 15.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Wargame 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #30 Here Comes The Swarm
77% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2% ★, RTS 15.7%, Base Building 12.9%, City Builder 10.1%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #31 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
75% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 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: Zombies 25%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 13.3%, Military 11.5%
- #32 NecroCity
78% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3% ★, City Builder 17%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.2%, Zombies 9.1%
- #33 Age of Undead
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: RTS 24%, Zombies 15.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #34 Until We Die
76% matchMixed64% of 4,581 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 12.6%, Tower Defense 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #35 Night of the Dead
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,732 reviews2024
Dev: Jackto Studios
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!
Why similar: Zombies 22.4%, Base Building 18.5%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.8%
- #36 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 885 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Zombies 18.4%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #37 New Cycle
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #38 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
74% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, City Builder 12.9%, Zombies 12.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #39 BARRICADEZ
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
Windows · Mac
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
Why similar: Zombies 18.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Tower Defense 13.9%, Resource Management 13.2%, Building 11.2%
- #40 Dark Moon
73% matchMixed49% of 150 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: Colony Sim 25.4% ★, Base Building 16.2%, RTS 16.1%, Resource Management 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #41 Cepheus Protocol
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,512 reviews2020
Dev: Halcyon Winds
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
Why similar: RTS 20.1%, Zombies 17.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Building 10%
- #42 Embers of the Night
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Zombies 41.1%, Base Building 28.1%, Sandbox 21.1%, Simulation 7.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #43 Grim Realms
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Zombies 13.6%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #44 Going Medieval
68% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 9.7%
- #45 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
76% matchMostly Negative34% of 197 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: Strategy 64.3%, Simulation 35.7%
- #46 Becastled
68% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Colony Sim 18.2% ★, City Builder 16.9%, RTS 15.7%, Building 9%
- #47 Deep Among the Swarm
70% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Tower Defense 12%, Resource Management 11.9%, Survival 9.3%
- #48 Against the Storm
67% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 9.2%
- #49 Empires of the Undergrowth
67% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9.3%
- #50 Phoenix Hope
72% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5% ★, Base Building 15%, RTS 14.8%, Tower Defense 10.9%, Survival 9.6%
- #51 Scarecropia
69% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3% ★, RTS 11.9%, City Builder 11.1%, Wargame 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%
- #52 Z Dawn
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Survival 21.9%, Building 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Strategy 15.1%
- #53 Flesh Eaters
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 44.7%, RTS 17.7%, Survival 9.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%, Simulation 7.7%
- #54 pyramida
69% matchVery Positive84% of 743 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4% ★, City Builder 24.5%, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 15%, Survival 13.4%
- #55 YORG.io
68% matchVery Positive90% of 730 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
YORG.io is a game with an original twist on supply chains and zombies. Your goal is to build a base which survives the night which is when zombies attack. Build and upgrade defensive towers to protect your base and try to survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Zombies 26%, Strategy 18.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #56 Settlement Survival
66% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Building 11%, Base Building 8.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #57 Frostpunk
66% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Colony Sim 20.3% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #58 This War of Mine
67% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 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 32.6%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #59 City Defense Z
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Zombies 19.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%
- #60 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
69% matchMixed66% of 451 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 48%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17% ★, RTS 14.7%, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Zombies 10%