- #1 After Long Night
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: RTS 24.4%, Zombies 16.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #2 Zombie Commander
96% matchMixed67% of 52 reviews2018
Dev: Pok&Co
Windows
Zombie Commander is a strategy game about bringing the extinction of humanity by a zombies invasion, and lead the apocalpyse !
Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Zombies 18.6%, War 15%, Wargame 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%
- #3 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,619 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 25.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Tactical 10.3%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #4 Z Dawn
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Hex Grid 36.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Zombies 13.7%, Strategy 10%
- #5 Chromosome Evil
94% matchVery Positive82% of 356 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: RTS 21%, War 19.5%, Zombies 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #6 Dying Breed
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: RTS 21.3%, Action RTS 14.6% ★, War 14.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Zombies 11.3%
- #7 They Are Billions
93% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 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: Base Building 24.9%, RTS 24.2%, Zombies 17.2%, Real-Time with Pause 14.5% ★, Strategy 6.7%
- #8 Diplomacy is Not an Option
91% matchVery Positive86% of 12,512 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Real-Time with Pause 22.4% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Action RTS 12% ★, Base Building 12%, RTS 11%
- #9 Dead Age
92% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 49.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #10 Machinefall
90% matchNo user reviews82% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: by Jan Zizka
Windows
Machinefall is a post-apocalyptic real time strategy game set on a fully playable global map. Lead humanity’s last survivors as they build bases, gather resources, and wage massive battles against an overwhelming machine swarm. Progress through technological eras from Stone Age to Atomic Age.
Why similar: RTS 17.6%, Action RTS 16.4% ★, War 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8%
- #11 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
91% matchMixed57% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: RTS 50.3%, Zombies 26.4%, Strategy 23.3%
- #12 Age of Fear: The Undead King
89% matchVery Positive88% of 367 reviews2015
Dev: Leslaw SliwkoPub: Age of Fear
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Play as either Sir Edward, a noble Knight defending the Human Kingdom, or Krill, a wicked Necromancer with an unearthly lust for power! The Age of Fear series is a deep and complex turn-based strategy (full of humour!) that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 39.6%, Zombies 27.4%, Tactical 19.3%, Strategy 13.7%
- #13 Defence to death
89% matchMixed56% of 281 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 41.2% ★, RTS 14.7%, Zombies 13.3%, Base Building 8.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #14 Flesh Eaters
88% 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 54.5%, RTS 27.2%, Tactical 10%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
- #15 YORG.io 3
87% matchMixed68% of 342 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!
Why similar: RTS 44.5%, Zombies 24.5%, Strategy 17%, Resource Management 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #16 The Last Haven
86% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, RTS 18.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #17 Urban Strife
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 666 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Tactical 11.6%
- #18 War Of The Zombie
86% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2018
Dev: Van der Veer Games
Windows · Mac
War of the Zombie brings together the best of turn-based simulation and real-time strategic gameplay action across the entire world at the very start of a mysterious undead outbreak.
Why similar: Zombies 55.4%, Strategy 44.6%
- #19 State of Survival
84% matchMixed57% of 475 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 206.5 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Zombies 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 13.3%, Base Building 8.9%
- #20 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 39.5% ★, Zombies 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.9%
- #21 Tempest Rising
81% matchVery Positive87% of 11,874 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 56.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%, Action RTS 6.1% ★, War 6%
- #22 Nuclear Dawn
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,495 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: RTS 33.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 14%, Tactical 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%
- #23 Zombie Defense
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,171 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Why similar: Zombies 64.8%, RTS 20.7%, Strategy 13%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #24 From Glory To Goo
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,792 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Real-Time with Pause 29% ★, Action RTS 15.2% ★, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 9.7%, War 8.7%
- #25 Rabiez: Epidemic
83% matchMixed44% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #26 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 31.4%, Zombies 19.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Tactical 14.2%, Strategy 10.5%
- #27 Atom Zombie Smasher
80% matchVery Positive90% of 2,103 reviews2011
Dev: Blendo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%
The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.
Why similar: RTS 35%, Zombies 26.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #28 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 205 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: RTS 22.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Zombies 16.8%, Action RTS 15.1% ★, Resource Management 10.8%
- #29 Risen Kingdom
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 458 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 35.8%, Base Building 23.5%, Zombies 20.5%, Strategy 18.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #30 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,336 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: Zombies 52.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Strategy 14.7%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #31 Grim Nights
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,550 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: RTS 31.9%, Base Building 27.1%, Zombies 21.7%, Strategy 11.8%, Tactical 6.2%
- #32 Zombie Tycoon 2: Brainhov's Revenge
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 416 reviews2013
Dev: Frima StudioPub: Rocket Smash Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Pick your faction, Monster, strategy, and find out who gets to become King of the Undead!
Why similar: RTS 37.7%, Zombies 36.4%, Strategy 26%
- #33 Battlefall: State of Conflict
75% matchMixed60% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command one of three unique factions in a post-apocalyptic old-school RTS. Now featuring Patch 0.4.0 -- new mini-campaign and gamemodes."
Why similar: Action RTS 25.2% ★, RTS 22.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Wargame 10.4%
- #34 APOX
79% matchMostly Negative29% of 180 reviews2011
Dev: BlueGiant Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A Real-Time Strategy game with First-Person Shooter tactics.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #35 Kingdoms vs Zombies
73% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 33.3%, RTS 25.4%, Strategy 20.4%, Zombies 18.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #36 Doomsday: Odysseus Returns
74% matchMixed64% of 926 reviews2023
Dev: IGG SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 104.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Z-Virus Adventure upgrade! Defend the survivors' last shelter from the zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Base Building 20.7%, Strategy 19.8%, Wargame 17%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%
- #37 Army of Pixels
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Gergely Zsolnay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pixel strategy that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay. 17 factions from vampire queens to mechanical golems.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #38 Dead Grid
71% matchVery Positive94% of 512 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38.8%, Zombies 24.8%, Tactical 18.1%, Strategy 12.4%, 3D 4.8%
- #39 Wanna Survive
73% matchVery Positive93% of 304 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.8%, Zombies 27.1%, Tactical 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Strategy 8%
- #40 Infectonator: Survivors
74% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 64.8%, Strategy 23.3%, RTS 10.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Dead State: Reanimated
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,562 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 54.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Tactical 4.4%
- #42 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
71% matchVery Positive83% of 498 reviews2023
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!
Why similar: Action RTS 49.5% ★, Zombies 27.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Atmospheric 6.3%, 3D 4.2%
- #43 BARRICADEZ
72% 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: Real-Time with Pause 38.4% ★, Zombies 14.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #44 Outlive 25
67% matchVery Positive95% of 265 reviews2026
Dev: Continuum EntertainmentPub: CriticalLeap
Windows
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game. Choose between two factions, test your skills in three epic campaigns and engage in online battles with up to 16 players simultaneously.
Why similar: RTS 42.5%, Base Building 20.1%, War 16.3%, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #45 Cepheus Protocol
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,742 reviews2020
Dev: Halcyon Winds
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 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 31.9%, Zombies 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Base Building 7.7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #46 Infection Free Zone
67% matchVery Positive81% of 18,524 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.7 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 24.7%, Zombies 22.4%, RTS 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #47 Envy the Dead
72% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 46.3%, Strategy 19.3%, Tactical 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #48 Operation: Polygon Storm
68% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 24.7% ★, RTS 19.2%, Wargame 10%, War 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%
- #49 Home Wars
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,184 reviews2017
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.
Why similar: RTS 15.6%, Grand Strategy 14.5% ★, Action RTS 14% ★, War 10.4%, Base Building 8.2%
- #50 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
65% matchVery Positive82% of 13,070 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.4 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 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Military 13.4%, Resource Management 12.1%
- #51 Age of Fear: The Undead King GOLD
69% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2019
Dev: Leslaw SliwkoPub: Age of Fear
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as either Sir Edward, a noble Knight defending the Human Kingdom, or Krill, a wicked Necromancer with an unearthly lust for power! The game is a greatly expanded version of the series' first entry and adds multiple features such as open world, global events, faction bases, new units, and so on.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 50.6%, Zombies 32%, Strategy 17.3%
- #52 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
69% matchVery Positive86% of 2,047 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 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: Real-Time with Pause 32.2% ★, Zombies 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%
- #53 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,475 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 38.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #54 Neuroshima Hex
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Baked Games
Windows
Neuroshima Hex is a post-apocalyptic tactical game from the designers of Neuroshima, the board game. It is all about strategy and tactics on one hexagonal battlefield. The game offers many different units, technologies and special abilities that can be used for an effective strategy.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38%, Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Military 17.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #55 Trapped Dead
71% matchMixed41% of 791 reviews2011
Dev: Crenetic
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!
Why similar: Zombies 73.1%, Strategy 26.9%
- #56 Last Outpost
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 79 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 26.5%, Action RTS 23.1% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Zombies 15.4%, Tactical 8.9%
- #57 City Defense Z
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 322 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 22%, Base Building 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Tactical 14.2%, Resource Management 13%
- #58 Age of Fear: The Free World
68% matchVery Positive83% of 409 reviews2019
Dev: Leslaw SliwkoPub: Age of Fear
Windows · Mac · Linux
Age of Fear: The Free World is an introduction to a decade-old turn-based strategy series that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements. Choose your faction (Undead Legion, Human Kingdom or Greenskins Horde), build a unique army and embark on exploring the realm!
Why similar: Strategy 91.2%, Singleplayer 8.8%