- #1 The Happy Hereafter
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 435 reviews2014
Dev: AlawarPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Welcome to The Happy Hereafter, a casual sim in which you guide the newly dead as they build an afterlife for themselves and their fellow lost souls. There will be no rest for the wickedly funny as you put them to work building a village to rival Paradise!
Why similar: Strategy 62.6%, Casual 37.4%
- #2 Ghoul Kid
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2016
Dev: Specter Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Play as Ghoul Kid, a mischievous ghost who possesses household objects to scare visitors to death. In this wave based game, Ghoul Kid cannot be seen by humans. Use your wits and abilities to manipulate household objects so you can scare people to death! Happy haunting!
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Casual 29.6%, Indie 21.5%
- #3 Skeleseller
94% matchVery Positive94% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Xtonomous
Windows · Mac · Linux
You're a skeleton shopkeep who hires adventurers to collect loot for you after your untimely demise. Send adventurers into battle, sell what they find, and build up your town in this laid-back idle game!
Why similar: Casual 46.6%, Strategy 31.8%, Indie 21.7%
- #4 Death's Life
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Umbu Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Now you’re the new apprentice for Death. And it's your job to help gather souls. Only thing is, you can't just go and kill people to get the souls, it has to look natural. Like an accident. And that means setting up bottles, knives, brooms, and other regular objects in such a way as to create deadly chain reactions.
Why similar: Casual 56%, Indie 44%
- #5 Necromancer Accountant
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 80 reviews2017
Dev: Artyom LaletinPub: Artyom Design
Windows
Necromancer accountant. Undead scourge tycoon simulation game.
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Casual 28.8%, Indie 21.7%
- #6 Death and Taxes
94% matchVery Positive86% of 8,138 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: Strategy 52.5%, Casual 28.4%, Indie 19.1%
- #7 Ghost Keeper
92% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…
Why similar: Strategy 65.3%, Casual 34.7%
- #8 Jump To Die!!
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: WnMStudio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Now you have a chance to operate your own company....of suicide!
Why similar: Strategy 69.5%, Indie 30.5%
- #9 Horror Tycoon
91% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Strategy 72%, Indie 28%
- #10 Go To Hell Must
90% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Easy S Studio
Windows
Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.
Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Casual 41.2%
- #11 Haunted House Renovator
91% matchMixed49% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: Image Power S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Become a paranormal renovator! Explore and renovate haunted locations as you deal with pesky spirits that have fun at your expense! Decide if you want to be mean or nice to banished entities, you can also adopt some! Restore old furniture and decorate the interiors as you see fit! Make a profit!
Why similar: Casual 60.9%, Indie 39.1%
- #12 Peace, Death!
87% matchVery Positive94% of 2,436 reviews2017
Dev: AZAMATIKA
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Peace, Death! is an arcade simulator with difficulties. In this game you play as the Reaper working for your boss, Death, and send clients to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.
Why similar: Casual 52.8%, Indie 47.2%
- #13 Ghostdream
89% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2016
Dev: ArkHousePub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
When you die, you normally have only one simple wish - to return and tell them - "Hey, guys - it's OK" But returning is not easy...
Why similar: Casual 58.2%, Indie 41.8%
- #14 Wayward Manor
89% matchMostly Negative35% of 81 reviews2014
Dev: Moonshark, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Neil Gaiman & Wayward Manor invite you to jump into the afterlife of a disgruntled ghost, trying to reclaim his house from its newfound owners.
Why similar: Casual 59.8%, Indie 40.2%
- #15 Retale
85% matchVery Positive94% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Grocery Guys
Windows
Experience working in retail with hardly any similarities to actually working in retail! Manage your time wisely to keep the shelves stocked, control the complaints of colorful and cranky customers, and be wary of the watchful eye of your manager to avoid being fired... or worse.
Why similar: Strategy 76.7%, Casual 13%, Indie 10.3%
- #16 Wraith: The Oblivion - Afterlife
86% matchMixed62% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You died in a mysterious seance and have become a Wraith, one of the restless undead. In this VR horror game, use your supernatural abilities to solve the mystery behind your death. But beware of the sinister Spectres lurking in the shadows...
- #17 Ghost Master: Resurrection
82% matchVery Positive86% of 349 reviews2026
Dev: Mechano Story StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of Gravenville, and solve puzzles to unlock mysteries in this strategic adventure game of resource management and supernatural mayhem.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #18 Hell Architect
84% matchMixed69% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: Strategy 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #19 Genesis of a Small God
83% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: Strategy 71.2%, Indie 28.8%
- #20 Supermarket Tycoon
86% matchMixed49% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Nicholas Rizzo
Windows
Ready to be a millionaire? broke? robbed? or finally receive the sweet release of death? Well Supermarket Tycoon is the game for you! Build up and manage your own super market and much much more!
Why similar: Strategy 70.4%, Indie 29.6%
- #21 Trainee Death Simulator
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,956 reviews2024
Dev: Bone Nail
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You will play as a Trainee Death, harvesting Souls to pay off your debt. Random choice events offer you various options: Lie in bed and slack off since the debt is endless anyway, Or follow your senior to earn some extra Souls, collecting outfits to switch up your style.
Why similar: Indie 51.7%, Strategy 48.3%
- #22 Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?!
84% matchMixed55% of 198 reviews2017
Dev: Daylight StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Holy Potatoes! What the Hell?! is a whacky hell-themed cooking management sim where you take on the role of a chef in an Afterlife populated by potatoes!
Why similar: Strategy 52.4%, Casual 24.6%, Indie 23%
- #23 Deck of Haunts
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #24 The Unholy Priest
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 381 reviews2025
Dev: Grejuva
Windows
Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #25 Death Coming/死神来了
80% matchVery Positive90% of 3,266 reviews2017
Dev: NEXT Studios
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
'Death Coming' is a non-linear puzzle game where you must harvest human souls ‘Final Destination’ style. However, pesky mortals are not your only problem, as the Agents of Light will do everything they can to stop you.
Why similar: Strategy 56.8%, Casual 34.3%, Indie 8.9%
- #26 Death Tractor
82% matchMixed70% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Exato Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
This totally serious, 100% accurate to life corn harvesting simulation experience will get your adrenaline pumping and nerves excited. You'll never be able to farm for corn in the same light again! How much corn will YOU harvest before your eventual death by tractor?
Why similar: Casual 59%, Indie 41%
- #27 Dice With Death
76% matchVery Positive93% of 690 reviews2026
Dev: Sea Glass Games
Windows
Dice With Death is a Dicebuilding Roguelike – Unfortunately you have already died. Fortunately, Death is up for some friendly competition. Collect new dice and relics, create damage stacking combos, and even cheat Death himself to emerge victorious.
Why similar: Strategy 82.7%, Indie 17.3%
- #28 First Day: Home Defender
81% matchMixed66% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: BadWolf GamesPub: HandMade Games
Windows · Linux
Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!
Why similar: Strategy 49%, Casual 29.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #29 Necrosmith 2
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,440 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #30 Indie Dev Simulator
79% matchMixed65% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: Egor MagurinPub: Indovers Studio
Windows · Mac
In this game, you're playing as game developer and encounter typical problems like eating and sleeping. You need to correctly allocate your time for human needs, hobbies and work, to live another day as indie developer.
Why similar: Strategy 69.5%, Indie 30.5%
- #31 Startup Panic
78% matchMixed55% of 280 reviews2022
Dev: AlgorocksPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Quit your job and build an exciting startup! Survive the tech bubble, compete with rival CEOs and expand your office from bedroom programmer up to the heights of global corporate sabotage! As long as you don't get hacked... or kidnapped...
Why similar: Strategy 62.9%, Casual 37.1%
- #32 Peace, Death! 2
74% matchVery Positive95% of 893 reviews2021
Dev: AZAMATIKA
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!
Why similar: Casual 86.9%, Indie 13.1%
- #33 ArsonVille
77% matchVery Positive84% of 192 reviews2016
Dev: SlaviticaPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A calming, relaxing, yet slightly disturbing casual game in which you attempt to completely burn down a village.
Why similar: Strategy 48.8%, Casual 29.8%, Indie 21.4%
- #34 Pirate Cove Simulator
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: Kool2Play
Windows
Pirate Cove Simulator will have you run a shop and tavern on the Island of the Damned, to get rich and buy your way out of the pirate afterlife. Trade with restless undead pirates, run your own distillery and turn local plants into potent drinks, search for hidden treasures, or just go fishing.
Why similar: Casual 56.6%, Indie 43.4%
- #35 Life Inc.
72% matchVery Positive91% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: Sergio Garcia
Windows
💼 Start broke. Build an empire. Climb the career ladder, invest in stocks and real estate, or launch your own business from scratch. Every decision shapes your destiny. Millionaire or bankrupt—you decide.
Why similar: Strategy 45.2%, Casual 29%, Indie 25.8%
- #36 Black Forest
73% 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: Strategy 64%, Casual 36%
- #37 MachiaVillain
75% matchMixed65% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Why similar: Strategy 68.8%, Indie 31.2%
- #38 众生
75% matchMixed60% of 486 reviews2018
Dev: 边境游戏工作室
Windows
You may go through ups and downs in this life, with emotional experiences from unknown events. That could be something excites you, lifts your spirit, or something saddens you, drowns you into bitterness. But whatever you may be through, you will be dead eventually and with a new life to start.
Why similar: Strategy 48.3%, Casual 30.5%, Indie 21.2%
- #39 First Day
76% matchMixed49% of 134 reviews2019
Dev: BadWolf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the first day of the rest of your life
Why similar: Strategy 68.9%, Indie 31.1%
- #40 Graveyard Keeper
71% matchVery Positive86% of 46,799 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #41 Knock on the Coffin Lid
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, Casual 26.8%, Indie 21.8%
- #42 Grim Realms
70% 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: Strategy 70.1%, Indie 29.9%
- #43 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
68% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
- #44 GhostControl Inc.
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 179 reviews2014
Dev: bumblebeePub: Application Systems Heidelberg
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Manage a team of ghosthunters and free London from paranormal terror in turn-based battles. Develop your own strategy and build your business well.
Why similar: Strategy 54.2%, Casual 32.9%, Indie 12.9%
- #45 Nihilist Simulator
72% matchVery Positive84% of 117 reviews2017
Dev: hyperboreanGamesPub: Back To Basics Gaming
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A game where your only goal is to die - Just like in real life!
Why similar: Casual 57%, Indie 43%
- #46 Honey, I Joined a Cult
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,875 reviews2022
Dev: Sole Survivor GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
It's time to start working towards that ultimate goal of enlightenment, faith and money…lots and lots of money! Become the ultimate tycoon - create, customise, and manage your own cult whilst listening to funky music. Welcome to Honey, I Joined a Cult!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #47 Exorcism Agency
66% matchVery Positive93% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: YINGGUO GAMEPub: NPC Entertainment
Windows
Raise Your Own Ghost Girl+Deckbuilding+Zuma-Style Match-3!Exorcism Agency is an innovative roguelike that finds joy in thrills.Ghosts are back,the human world is like hell,and you,as a top-tier exorcist,will venture into ghost-infested zones,using all kinds of mystical techniques to capture ghosts
Why similar: Strategy 58.3%, Casual 41.7%
- #48 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
70% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Casual 27.5%, Indie 14.2%
- #49 Astro Emporia
73% matchMixed50% of 95 reviews2015
Dev: Squirrelbot Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Astro Emporia is a CASUAL turn based randomised trading game where your objective is to make as much money in a limited amount of turns.
Why similar: Strategy 47.2%, Casual 32.1%, Indie 20.7%
- #50 Blood Bar Tycoon
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 781 reviews2025
Dev: Clever Trickster StudioPub: Clever Trickster Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!
Why similar: Strategy 62.8%, Casual 37.2%
- #51 Pixel Survivors
71% matchMixed65% of 293 reviews2016
Dev: Patagoniart
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Casual 29.5%, Indie 19.8%
- #52 Daily Chthonicle: Editor's Edition
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 169 reviews2016
Dev: Sinister SystemsPub: Sometimes You
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Try on the role of a Supernatural Newspaper Agency boss and editor. The world it takes place in is a dark and haunted one, with ghosts, zombies, monsters and even shapeshifting murderers, pretending to be human after they have stolen their victims' bodies or infiltrated the humanity.
Why similar: Casual 54.2%, Indie 45.8%
- #53 A Game of Humans
70% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: Strategy 75.7%, Indie 24.3%
- #54 Dungeon Tycoon
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,751 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #55 Legitimate Space Corp Simulator LLC
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: VHornet GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
NOW HIRING: Station Manager! Run a totally-legit* space biz in Sector 7-G. Farm alien crops, refuel shady ships, and sell dangerously edible snacks. Perks: gloves, oxygen insurance**, and mild relevance. No exp needed. Apply today! *Legit status not valid in all sectors. **Terms apply.
Why similar: Casual 100%
- #56 Coffin Rot Brewing Co.
69% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2020
Dev: Nooner Bear Studio LLCPub: Clique Games
Windows
Pick up where your father left off -- bartending for the undead! It's not all sloshing grog and wiping tables at this bar because your dad also left you a considerable debt, and someone's coming to collect...
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #57 Creo God Simulator
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: Strategy 67.1%, Indie 32.9%
- #58 Hell Grocery
68% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Hell Studio
Windows
This is a simulated business game with the theme of hell. The player will play the zombie girl to open a grocery store in the underworld. You can expand the store and decorate freely, and even hire employees to improve their skills.
Why similar: Casual 51%, Strategy 49%
- #59 Rebirth evolution
67% 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: Strategy 85.2%, Indie 14.8%