- #1 Survival Log
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 933 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Zombies 12.7%, Inventory Management 12.3%, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%
- #2 Stay Alive: Apocalypse
96% matchMixed50% of 164 reviews2018
Dev: Mehan Games
Windows
You ever played a Sandbox Survival Zombie RPG? You heard it right. In "Stay Alive: Apocalypse" we will offer you an indie zombie survival game which is in a sandbox, random generated world and presents RPG elements.
Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 10.6%
- #3 First Day
96% matchMixed49% of 136 reviews2019
Dev: BadWolf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the first day of the rest of your life
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Zombies 17%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Survival 13.2%
- #4 Dead Age
95% 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 29.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 16%, Crafting 8.1%, RPG 8.1%
- #5 The Dead Await: Prologue
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 13%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Card Battler 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Base Building 10.5%
- #6 Winter Survivor Protocol
93% matchMixed70% of 189 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 30.2%, Post-apocalyptic 28.6%, Survival 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%, RPG 8.3%
- #7 Rebirth evolution
94% matchMixed64% of 138 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: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Zombies 17.8%, Survival 14.8%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #8 尸来运转-Lucky Zombie Survival
92% matchVery Positive88% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Kwing works
Windows
You knew in advance before the zombie crisis breake out, go to the supermarket to buy everything you need! Then stay at home and play your mobile phone in order to survive in this madness!
Why similar: Trading 14.9%, Zombies 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Crafting 11.6%
- #9 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
91% matchVery Positive92% of 265 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Zombies 19%, Inventory Management 17.6%, Survival 14%, Crafting 13.4%
- #10 The Last Caretaker
90% matchVery Positive86% of 12,951 reviews2025
Dev: Channel37 Ltd
Windows
Median: 19.7 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.
Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Crafting 17.5%, Resource Management 15.5%, Survival 15.3%
- #11 The Last Haven
91% matchMixed61% of 1,534 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 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #12 Junk Survivor
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 82 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Zombies 22%, Survival 16.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%
- #13 Dead State: Reanimated
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,561 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 42.4%, Survival 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, RPG 7.6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #14 Sheltered
88% matchVery Positive82% of 6,275 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 24.6%, Survival 22.9%, Base Building 22.9%, Resource Management 9.6%, Crafting 7.2%
- #15 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
87% matchVery Positive81% of 2,263 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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: Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Base Building 23.4%, Survival 18.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #16 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
85% matchVery Positive85% of 4,637 reviews2024
Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!
Why similar: Crafting 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 13.7%, Exploration 7.7%
- #17 ZIC: Survival
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Zombies 14.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Inventory Management 13.6%, Crafting 12.1%
- #18 Z Dawn
86% 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: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 18.4%, Crafting 17.9%, Zombies 14.3%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #19 Apocalypse Express
82% matchVery Positive82% of 271 reviews2026
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43.5%, Resource Management 23.9%, Roguelite 19.9%, Strategy 4.6%, 2D 4.3%
- #20 Bomb Vehicle Idle Clicker
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: RimmindGame
Windows
In Bomb Vehicle, players drive meticulously crafted battle vehicles across the wasteland, exploring and battling zombie hordes. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by a virus, players must gather scarce resources to upgrade their vehicles and weapons for survival and killing zombies.
Why similar: Inventory Management 47.3%, Resource Management 40%, RPG 9.1%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #21 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
84% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Crafting 17.3%, Survival 13.8%, Exploration 7.5%
- #22 Dustland Delivery
82% matchVery Positive88% of 1,274 reviews2024
Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!
Why similar: Trading 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 15.9%, Zombies 14.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #23 Life in Bunker
84% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Survival 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #24 Mr. Prepper
81% matchVery Positive80% of 5,432 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.9 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: Base Building 24.1%, Survival 20.9%, Crafting 18.7%, Resource Management 15.7%, Simulation 7.1%
- #25 Apocalypse Love Shelter
81% matchMixed65% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: AMEI Network Technology
Windows
Zombie apocalypse world! You built a shelter in advance, and countless girls wanted to enter your shelter for self-protection. Female neighbor, flight attendant, female boss, celebrity... All beings are equal before the end of time.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Survival 21.1%, Zombies 16.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 7%
- #26 As We Descend
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,363 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Card Battler 39.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Roguelite 20.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #27 Dead Engine
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Inventory Management 19.1%, Zombies 17.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 11%
- #28 The Rule of Land: Pioneers
80% matchMixed68% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Horgee GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.
Why similar: Inventory Management 16.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Crafting 13.6%, Resource Management 13.5%
- #29 The Dead Await
78% matchMixed70% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Zombies 12.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Inventory Management 11.5%, Card Battler 11.2%
- #30 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
76% matchVery Positive94% of 4,467 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 26.9%, Survival 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Crafting 15.3%, Exploration 6.2%
- #31 Pandemic Train
78% matchMixed59% of 251 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Survival 15.8%, Inventory Management 15.7%, Crafting 15%, Base Building 14.4%
- #32 Project Of Cooling The Earth
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: 人鱼工作室
Windows
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Resource Management 19.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 13.3%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #33 Infection Free Zone
74% matchVery Positive81% of 18,465 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 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Zombies 23.9%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 6%
- #34 Apocalypse Delivery Service
75% matchVery Positive94% of 148 reviews2024
Dev: Teamey
Windows
Apocalypse Delivery Service is an exciting survival and adventure game. You will enter a post-apocalyptic world where you play as a courier delivering packages. But don't think it will be easy! Your task is to find necessary items, survive, and most importantly, escape from the city.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 87.8%, Indie 7.6%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #35 Last Outpost
74% 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: Base Building 38.6%, Zombies 36.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Roguelite 11.4%, Singleplayer 2%
- #36 Gone: Survival
77% matchMixed44% of 316 reviews2020
Dev: Coden StudioPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gone Survival is a first-person survival game for one player. Where you have many opportunities and a completely open world
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Zombies 19%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 16.1%
- #37 After Inc: Revival
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,407 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Zombies 22%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #38 The Walking Trade
70% matchVery Positive87% of 2,727 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 15%, Zombies 8.7%
- #39 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
73% 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 34.8%, Zombies 32.3%, Simulation 9.8%, RPG 8.4%, Survival 7.9%
- #40 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
73% matchMixed68% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.6%, Base Building 26%, Strategy 16.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Simulation 6.3%
- #41 Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles
75% matchMixed57% of 202 reviews2017
Dev: RotatipyraPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Vendor Chronicles puts you in the shoes of a Vendor in post-apocalyptia! Manage your trade, set your defences, deal with locals and fight hordes of mutants in this new perspective on post-apocalyptic survival!
Why similar: Simulation 43.8%, Strategy 43.3%, Indie 12.9%
- #42 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
76% matchMostly Negative33% of 198 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 34.7%, RPG 30.3%, Simulation 27%, Indie 8%
- #43 Long Drive North: Co-Op RV Simulator
72% matchMixed43% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: Mindflair Games LTDPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows
Join the Early Access journey with this immersive driving-survival game. Explore the harsh American wilderness in the Long Drive North. Drive & repair your trusty RV, scavenge for parts, upgrade your vehicle, hunt & cook to survive; alone or with up to 4 players. SHARED RV MULTIPLAYER NOW AVAILABLE.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Crafting 26.1%, Survival 24.2%, Exploration 9.9%, Simulation 7.7%
- #44 After the Collapse
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 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: Base Building 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #45 Snow Ash
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 209 reviews2026
Dev: Ember StudioPub: Paras Games
Windows
Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and swirling snow, where will your journey lead?
Why similar: Trading 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Card Battler 14.5%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 12.9%
- #46 After Long Night
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 457 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: Zombies 21.4%, Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 13.7%
- #47 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
71% matchVery Positive81% of 1,014 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Survival 21.1%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 6%
- #48 Taora : Survival
70% matchMixed60% of 420 reviews2024
Dev: Tulpar Games
Windows
Taora is an open world survival game with unique character building and crafting. Build and upgrade your base, and survive the zombie apocalypse !
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Trading 18%, Crafting 17.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 14.6%
- #49 Caravaneer 2
69% matchVery Positive95% of 542 reviews2020
Dev: Dmitry Zheltobriukhov
Windows
A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.
Why similar: Trading 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Resource Management 18.2%, Survival 14.6%, Simulation 6.2%
- #50 ZED ZONE
68% matchVery Positive81% of 3,651 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Zombies 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Survival 17.8%, Crafting 16.5%, Roguelite 7%
- #51 Surviving the Aftermath
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,564 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.3%, Survival 20.5%, Base Building 19.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.3%
- #52 Zafehouse: Diaries
71% matchMixed68% of 443 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 32.1%, Survival 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 11%
- #53 They Are Coming
67% matchVery Positive90% of 630 reviews2023
Dev: OnHit Developments
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
They Are Coming is a hybrid game that combines roguelike, tower defense, and base building in a side-scrolling shooter format. It offers a straightforward gaming experience for pure enjoyment.
Why similar: Zombies 22.7%, Base Building 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Survival 15.7%, Resource Management 11%
- #54 Apocalypse: 2.0 Edition
71% matchMixed43% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Harley Game Studios
Windows
Apocalypse: 2.0 Edition is an extremely fast paced shooter, which mixes several modern mechanics into the classic zombie survival experience. This includes an economy; item looting; item management; quests; stats; and much more! Completely free with Steam.
Why similar: Zombies 44.2%, Indie 28.2%, Survival 27.6%
- #55 SimPocalypse
70% matchMixed68% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Resource Management 23.9%, Survival 19.2%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 7.9%
- #56 IDLE_DIRECTIVE
64% matchVery Positive87% of 428 reviews2026
Dev: Kevinfu510
Windows
Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.
Why similar: Trading 30.4%, Crafting 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Inventory Management 10.2%, Exploration 9%
- #57 Overland
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 573 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 51%, Survival 31.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Indie 1.6%
- #58 Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 79 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Crafting 26.7%, Simulation 22.2%, Survival 22.1%, Strategy 14.1%, Adventure 10.8%
- #59 Ascent of Ashes
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 303 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: Base Building 29.4%, Crafting 23.4%, Survival 22.2%, Exploration 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #60 City 20
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Scavenge, craft, and build to stay alive, while earning trust or sparking conflict with the NPCs and factions who shape your fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23%, Base Building 20.8%, Crafting 19.9%, Survival 17.7%, Exploration 6.4%