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  1. #1 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
    97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
    Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: Farming Sim 17.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Life Sim 11.6%

  2. #2 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    96% 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: Base Building 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 17.3%, Sandbox 12.5%, Crafting 10.1%

  3. #3 Surviving the Aftermath
    95% 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: Post-apocalyptic 35.8%, Base Building 24.1%, Survival 23.9%, Open World 9.9%, Isometric 4.9%

  4. #4 Denizen
    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 863 reviews2024
    Dev: Departure Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Make a living for yourself in a city full of opportunity while you meet a variety of locals, explore unique locations, and work your way to the top in this open-world life simulator.

    Why similar: Life Sim 22.2%, Sandbox 20.5%, Open World 18.8%, Survival 16%, Immersive Sim 7.9%

  5. #5 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 4,190 reviews2025
    Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

    Why similar: Hunting 20.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Open World 12.5%, Crafting 9.5%

  6. #6 Infection Free Zone
    93% 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 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Sandbox 14.9%, Survival 14.1%, Immersive Sim 9.1%

  7. #7 The Last Haven
    92% 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 32.7%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Survival 15.6%, Open World 9.9%, Crafting 9.2%

  8. #8 Kenshi
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
    Dev: Lo-Fi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

    Why similar: Open World 23.1%, Sandbox 21%, Survival 16%, Base Building 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%

  9. #9 ERRANTE
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 68 reviews2022
    Dev: Errant Interactive
    Windows

    This is an experimental project, a sandbox life simulator that gives you the power to suggest how the game should evolve, which features we should focus on, which slice of life to tell and everything you can imagine.

    Why similar: Life Sim 18.7%, Sandbox 18.7%, Base Building 18.5%, Open World 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%

  10. #10 New Cycle
    90% 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: Base Building 35.4%, Post-apocalyptic 33%, Survival 28.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  11. #11 DYSMANTLE
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,317 reviews2021
    Dev: 10tons Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

    Why similar: Hunting 21.2%, Base Building 17.5%, Open World 17.3%, Survival 16.5%, Crafting 15.1%

  12. #12 Sapiens
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Crafting 15.8%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Life Sim 14.8%

  13. #13 Polylithic
    88% matchMixed69% of 163 reviews2023
    Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Open World 15.8%, Sandbox 15.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Survival 14.9%

  14. #14 Fargone
    86% matchMixed69% of 559 reviews2022
    Dev: RedDot Games
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Fargone is an RPG-based survival game with a strong focus on creating a living, breathing world through dynamic events, and NPC interactions. Set in a fictional land known only as The Barrens, you must survive by any means, whether that be alone or by allying yourself with a faction.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.9%, Sandbox 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Crafting 15%, Survival 14.1%

  15. #15 Novus Inceptio
    87% matchMixed52% of 1,300 reviews2015
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Warning: This is an Early Access game! Welcome to an enigmatic world, where a new gaming experience in exploring, building and surviving is waiting just for you. Experience a sandbox world with survival elements, and join us in creating a full version of the game.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.4%, Sandbox 17.3%, Open World 16.8%, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 15.3%

  16. #16 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    86% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Survival 36.2%, Open World 24.8%, Sandbox 16.9%, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 3.4%

  17. #17 Green Project
    85% matchVery Positive80% of 1,437 reviews2020
    Dev: Zerone Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Post apocalyptic survival farming, green the world to survive !

    Why similar: Farming Sim 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, Survival 26.9%, Indie 8%, Singleplayer 1%

  18. #18 Junk Survivor
    83% matchMostly Positive72% of 78 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 21.5%, Survival 17.1%, Open World 17.1%, Sandbox 15.4%, Base Building 14.1%

  19. #19 Northern Lights
    84% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: MadGoat Studio
    Windows

    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

    Why similar: Hunting 18.2%, Open World 14.7%, Sandbox 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 13.8%

  20. #20 Oxygen
    82% 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: Base Building 25.4%, Sandbox 18.8%, Survival 17.2%, Crafting 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%

  21. #21 Floodland
    82% matchMixed56% of 1,062 reviews2022
    Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 16.9%, Farming Sim 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.5%

  22. #22 VEIN
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 9,542 reviews2025
    Dev: Ramjet Studios
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.2%, Open World 17.5%, Survival 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Sandbox 11.5%

  23. #23 Obenseuer
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,522 reviews2018
    Dev: Loiste Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.

    Why similar: Life Sim 35%, Survival 33.7%, Open World 22.3%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

  24. #24 Endzone 2
    79% 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: Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Base Building 23.1%, Sandbox 22.6%, Survival 20.2%, Procedural Generation 6.3%

  25. #25 ASTROBOTANICA
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2026
    Dev: Space Goblin Studio
    Windows

    Science-driven survival with a relaxing vibe. Farming, base building, crafting, animal taming, puzzle-solving, and exploration on Prehistoric Earth, where you arrive as an alien botanist who is very good at plant research, but... can't breathe oxygen.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 17.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Alternate History 13.9%, Open World 13%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.6%

  26. #26 Mist Survival
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 14,042 reviews2018
    Dev: Dimension 32 Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

    Why similar: Survival 29.3%, Open World 22.8%, Base Building 20.4%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%

  27. #27 Critter Cove
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 1,823 reviews2024
    Dev: Gentleman Rat Studios
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A deep, open world life sim and town building game set in a cozy post-apocalyptic paradise. Restore your town, sail across a mysterious archipelago, rescue animal pals. Hunt for relics and farm, fish & craft everything you need. Can you help turn Critter Cove into a thriving tourist town once again?

    Why similar: Farming Sim 31.9%, Sandbox 23.9%, Life Sim 22.1%, Open World 22%

  28. #28 Lost Scavenger
    80% matchMixed54% of 242 reviews2022
    Dev: Rockbee
    Windows

    How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Sandbox 15.9%, Survival 15%, Open World 13.6%, Crafting 12.8%

  29. #29 Flotsam
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Farming Sim 18.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 12.7%

  30. #30 Old Future: Post-Apocalyptic Times
    78% matchMixed64% of 55 reviews2022
    Dev: Frontline: Games Series
    Windows

    Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Crafting-survival Indie game. Explore at your own pace or team up with your friends in multiplayer. Early access game!

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Alternate History 16.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Open World 14.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.7%

  31. #31 Pathless Woods
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
    Dev: AniYa Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 20.7%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 16%, Open World 15.9%, Crafting 15.1%

  32. #32 NEO Scavenger
    77% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
    Dev: Blue Bottle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Survival 26.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Sandbox 10%

  33. #33 Urge
    75% matchVery Positive90% of 476 reviews2021
    Dev: EnDrew
    Windows

    Fight, build, explore, survive, while the dynamic player-caused hazardous fog is slowly changing the rules of the world around you.

    Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Sandbox 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Crafting 14.4%, Open World 14.2%

  34. #34 Ecopunk
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Zerone Games
    Windows

    Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.

    Why similar: Sandbox 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Hunting 17.1%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 15.1%

  35. #35 Nobody - The Turnaround
    74% matchMixed60% of 14,289 reviews2022
    Dev: U.Ground Game StudioPub: Thermite Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Nobody – The Turnaround is a life simulator set in a parallel world that echoes modern society. Manage your time and resources carefully, strive to find a way through difficult times, and overcome the predicament you find yourself in.

    Why similar: Life Sim 28.9%, Survival 20.9%, Sandbox 20.1%, Open World 17.3%, Choices Matter 6.7%

  36. #36 PostCollapse
    76% matchMixed57% of 133 reviews2018
    Dev: Ambiera
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    PostCollapse is a survival simulation game set after the collapse of civilization. Gather items from the ruins, construct tools, grow your own food, go fishing and hunting. Single player only. No Zombies.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Open World 14.2%, Survival 13.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Crafting 13.3%

  37. #37 Post-Apo Builder
    73% 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: Base Building 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 29.1%, Sandbox 24.3%, Crafting 15.2%

  38. #38 Start Over
    73% matchMixed62% of 375 reviews2024
    Dev: EY-Studio
    Windows

    Embark on an unpredictable survival journey in Start Over. Solo, co-op, online, explore diverse landscapes, craft through 4 tech tiers, encounter wildlife, and trade or raid for resources. Choose your path, defend against waves, and shape your destiny in a dynamic world. Are you ready to Start Over?

    Why similar: Base Building 23%, Sandbox 17.9%, Crafting 17.3%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 12.1%

  39. #39 The Wandering Village
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Farming Sim 18.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 14.2%, Life Sim 13.3%

  40. #40 DREADZONE
    72% matchMixed51% of 1,171 reviews2025
    Dev: Eshed
    Windows

    Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Open World 18.6%, Survival 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Crafting 16.4%

  41. #41 Survival: Fountain of Youth
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 4,270 reviews2024
    Dev: Odinsoft Inc.Pub: Twin Sails Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.

    Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 16.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 14.2%

  42. #42 Hold Your Own
    74% matchMixed68% of 574 reviews2017
    Dev: DistrictWare inc.
    Windows

    A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?

    Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Crafting 20.1%, Survival 19.2%, Open World 17.4%, Sandbox 17.1%

  43. #43 The Infected
    72% matchVery Positive85% of 6,893 reviews2020
    Dev: DigX Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    The Infected is a sandbox, first-person, open-world survival game. Build bases, craft, farm, hunt, and survive changing seasons. Choose whether to face the hybrid “Vambies” or turn them off for a pure survival experience.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.2%, Open World 19.2%, Crafting 18.1%, Sandbox 18%, Survival 16.9%

  44. #44 Space Haven
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Base Building 24.8%, Sandbox 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Survival 17.4%, Open World 16%

  45. #45 The Last Plague: Blight
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,349 reviews2024
    Dev: Original Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight

    Why similar: Base Building 29.2%, Sandbox 23.8%, Survival 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  46. #46 Ascent of Ashes
    70% 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: Base Building 23.2%, Survival 16.3%, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 16%, Immersive Sim 14.5%

  47. #47 Heat Death: Survival Train
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 660 reviews2024
    Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
    Windows

    Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Crafting 17.7%, Survival 15.9%, Open World 12.8%

  48. #48 Animallica
    71% matchMostly Positive70% of 904 reviews2022
    Dev: Animallica Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    In Animallica you are racing against extinction after a deadly virus ravaged the world. As the lone survivor of the last conservation center on Earth, the fate of every single animal and plant species lies in your hands.

    Why similar: Hunting 28.4%, Crafting 17.4%, Survival 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Open World 11.3%

  49. #49 My Time at Sandrock
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 28,280 reviews2023
    Dev: Pathea Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 39.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!

    Why similar: Farming Sim 23.8%, Life Sim 20.8%, Sandbox 16.1%, Crafting 14.6%, Open World 13%

  50. #50 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,083 reviews2025
    Dev: WinterSpring Games
    Windows · Mac

    Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 19.6%, Hunting 15.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Life Sim 14.7%, Survival 13.4%

  51. #51 MEMORIAPOLIS
    68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
    Dev: 5PM Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

    Why similar: Base Building 36.7%, Immersive Sim 27%, Procedural Generation 19%, Choices Matter 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

  52. #52 The Last Caretaker
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 9,793 reviews2025
    Dev: Channel37 Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 18.8 hrsMean: 30.9 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 24%, Sandbox 19.4%, Open World 18.7%, Crafting 18.1%, Survival 17.3%

  53. #53 Endzone - A World Apart
    69% 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: Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Survival 25.4%, Base Building 24.8%, Sandbox 10.9%, Procedural Generation 4%

  54. #54 Project Zomboid
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
    Dev: The Indie Stone
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

    Why similar: Survival 27.4%, Open World 20.5%, Sandbox 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Crafting 10.4%

  55. #55 Survive the Fall
    66% matchMixed69% of 656 reviews2025
    Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

    Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Open World 15.4%, Survival 15%, Crafting 14.6%

  56. #56 Dustland Delivery
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,154 reviews2024
    Dev: Neutron Star StudioPub: Lilith Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Survival 32.9%, Sandbox 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 30.5%, Indie 2.9%, Singleplayer 2%

  57. #57 After the Collapse
    67% 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: Base Building 23.8%, Sandbox 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 16.2%, Crafting 12.4%

  58. #58 Outbreak Island
    63% matchVery Positive80% of 906 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiny Magicians
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Survive on a remote Island, where a mysterious Outbreak awakens bloodthirsty monsters at night. Craft, build and defend your base in the brutal world of Outbreak Island, an open-world sandbox survival horror game.

    Why similar: Sandbox 21.2%, Survival 18.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Crafting 14.1%

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