- #1 Dead In Vinland
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,826 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 26.7%, Resource Management 17.6%, RPG 15.7%, Simulation 12.1%, Strategy 12%
- #2 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 18.1%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Futuristic 12.6%, RPG 8.7%
- #3 Dead In Bermuda
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,005 reviews2015
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
DEAD IN BERMUDA is a survival management game with RPG and adventure elements. Lead a team of 8 survivors from a plane crash. Assign them to tasks, gain experience, develop your survival skills, research and craft new items, explore the island and solve its mysteries.
Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 12.1%, RPG 12.1%, Management 9.8%
- #4 A Long Journey to an Uncertain End
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Crispy Creative
Windows
Explore the known and unknown galaxy with a ragtag crew of eclectic new friends in this narrative management space opera. You are a sentient spaceship, an outlawed commodity, and there's an entire galaxy between you and freedom…not to mention your abusive ex on your tail.
Why similar: Resource Management 18.9%, LGBTQ+ 15.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Management 8.6%
- #5 The Alters
94% matchVery Positive90% of 19,420 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.
Why similar: Survival 27%, Resource Management 19.9%, Management 15.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Futuristic 9.1%
- #6 SYMMETRY
94% matchMixed55% of 310 reviews2018
Dev: Sleepless ClinicPub: IMGN.PRO
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A research spaceship reaches an abandoned planet. Nothing is what it seems here and the situation quickly slips out of control. Can the crew manage to survive and get back home?
Why similar: Resource Management 20.8%, Survival 16.9%, Futuristic 13%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 7.6%
- #7 Out There: Oceans of Time
93% matchMixed55% of 236 reviews2022
Dev: Mi-Clos StudioPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Out There: Oceans of Time is a space exploration game that puts you at the helm of an interstellar mission of discovery spanning a vast and vibrant cosmos.
Why similar: Resource Management 21.4%, Survival 16.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.7%, Choices Matter 12.5%, RPG 7.8%
- #8 Stranded: Alien Dawn
91% matchVery Positive84% of 11,322 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Survival 31.7%, Resource Management 16%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 10.6%
- #9 Titan Outpost
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 99 reviews2019
Dev: The Boar Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.
Why similar: RPG 22.2%, Simulation 21.2%, Survival 14.1%, Choices Matter 13%, Adventure 11.8%
- #10 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,599 reviews2026
Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?
Why similar: Strategy 16.7%, Management 15.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15%, Futuristic 11.9%, Survival 10.5%
- #11 Terraformers
89% matchVery Positive88% of 3,737 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Resource Management 19.5%, Survival 19%, Choices Matter 14%, Futuristic 13.2%, Management 10.7%
- #12 Into the Stars
91% matchMixed40% of 541 reviews2016
Dev: Fugitive GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take the role of Captain in this Space Survival Simulation as you explore a massive star system in search of a new home for humanity. Outfit your ship, hand pick your crew and set off on a journey through an open-world where you must scavenge resources, shelter civilians and outrun a hostile alien force.
Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Simulation 26.7%, Strategy 23%, Adventure 9.3%, Space 7.7%
- #13 Shortest Trip to Earth
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,436 reviews2019
Dev: Interactive Fate
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.
Why similar: Resource Management 22%, Survival 19.2%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #14 60 Parsecs!
87% matchVery Positive89% of 4,092 reviews2018
Dev: Robot Gentleman
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
60 Parsecs! is an Atomic Space Age adventure of scavenge and survival. Keep your crew alive and ready for action. Make difficult choices, face soup shortages and other horrors of outer space. And maybe reach your destination. Or not.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 35%, Management 22%, RPG 15%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Strategy 13.3%
- #15 Space Haven
84% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Resource Management 24.1%, Survival 23.2%, Management 15.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.5%
- #16 The Long Journey Home
88% matchMixed59% of 1,932 reviews2017
Dev: Daedalic Studio WestPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Why similar: Simulation 21.7%, RPG 21.1%, Strategy 19.3%, Survival 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #17 Sky Caravan
86% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Studio Bravarda
Windows
Welcome to the Skyways, caravaneer. Complete missions, manage your ship’s resources and make tough decisions to keep your crew alive and happy. Or not. Choices have lasting consequences in this Text-Based RPG. You are the captain - and the clouds are waiting!
Why similar: Resource Management 19.2%, Choices Matter 18.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.2%, Management 13.3%, RPG 10.2%
- #18 MENACE
82% matchVery Positive91% of 13,267 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, RPG 15.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 13.3%, Sci-fi 12.5%
- #19 The Away Team: Lost Exodus
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2016
Dev: Underflow Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
In this interactive sci-fi adventure novel, you are the AI pilot of Earth's last interstellar ship, tasked with finding a home for your crew—the last remnants of humanity. Your choices will determine their fate, and your own.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.3%, Choices Matter 28.1%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Adventure 9.4%, Multiple Endings 8.6%
- #20 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
84% matchMixed63% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Strategy 44.9%, Aliens 21.9%, Tactical 15.2%, Simulation 6.1%, RPG 5.9%
- #21 Star Traders: 4X Empires
85% matchMixed63% of 82 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command of humanity’s last survivors and rebuild an empire in the stars. In this immersive turn-based strategy game, you will have to fight to protect your people, control rival factions, and unlock lost technology.
Why similar: Resource Management 24.6%, Management 19.4%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10.8%
- #22 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 741 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Survival 32.6%, Futuristic 22.1%, RPG 18.3%, Sci-fi 13.9%, Tactical 9.5%
- #23 Adaptory
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Resource Management 29%, Survival 25.4%, Simulation 15.2%, Management 12.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #24 Derelict Void
82% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Stirling Games
Windows · Linux
Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.
Why similar: Resource Management 37.2%, Management 16.6%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 14.3%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #25 Unclaimed World
83% matchMixed50% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Simulation 35.8%, Strategy 29.6%, Survival 23.4%, Sci-fi 10%, Indie 1.1%
- #26 Mercury Fallen
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 318 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Survival 25.4%, Futuristic 18.1%, Management 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Simulation 11.4%
- #27 The Pale Beyond
78% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Resource Management 25.1%, Survival 19.5%, Choices Matter 15.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12%, Simulation 9%
- #28 Space Prison
77% matchVery Positive84% of 288 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Survival 28.9%, RPG 18%, Simulation 17.3%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Strategy 14.9%
- #29 Into the Void
81% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2015
Dev: Mozg Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, RPG 22.3%, Adventure 18.6%, Tactical 10.7%, Space 10.1%
- #30 Between the Stars
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,495 reviews2024
Dev: Isolated Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Why similar: RPG 22%, Simulation 19.4%, Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Survival 10.2%
- #31 Interstellaria
79% matchMixed56% of 410 reviews2015
Dev: Coldrice Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Managing a fleet across a dangerous galaxy. Every star and planet holds untold riches and dangers. Each encounter will require skills in trading, diplomacy, and combat. Allocate power to engines, charge all weapons, and take on the worst the galaxy has to handle.
Why similar: Management 29%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Tactical 16.1%, Space 8%
- #32 The Captain
76% matchVery Positive93% of 328 reviews2021
Dev: Sysiac GamesPub: Tomorrow Corporation
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this retro-inspired adventure game you will have to race back home across the galaxy. Collect new friends on your journey. Make new enemies. You won't be able to save everyone. Who will you leave behind? Which civilizations will you save - or destroy - along the way?
Why similar: Choices Matter 27.7%, RPG 17.7%, Sci-fi 14.8%, Multiple Endings 14.8%, Adventure 9.8%
- #33 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 412 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Futuristic 22.2%, Tactical 14.7%, RPG 14.3%, Strategy 14%, Sci-fi 13.8%
- #34 Project Tarvotan
78% matchMixed58% of 74 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Simulation 36.9%, Space 8.1%, Indie 1.5%
- #35 Stellar Tactics
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
Why similar: RPG 33.2%, Sci-fi 21%, Tactical 20.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Space 7.7%
- #36 Stellar Orphans
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 143 reviews2024
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"
Why similar: Strategy 22.7%, Resource Management 21.4%, Survival 18.8%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Aliens 7.3%
- #37 Star Traders: Frontiers
75% matchVery Positive83% of 3,805 reviews2018
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.
Why similar: Management 24.9%, Sci-fi 20.6%, Simulation 18.9%, RPG 16.4%, Strategy 14.8%
- #38 Out There: Ω Edition
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,730 reviews2015
Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Resource Management 28.3%, Survival 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Strategy 10.6%
- #39 Ragnorium
73% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Survival 28.6%, Resource Management 24.8%, Choices Matter 14.3%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #40 Organs Please
72% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.5%, Choices Matter 14.5%, Survival 14.2%, Management 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.6%
- #41 Element Space
74% matchMixed55% of 296 reviews2019
Dev: Sixth VowelPub: Inca Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Why similar: Choices Matter 25.3%, RPG 19.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Tactical 15.7%, Sci-fi 15.6%
- #42 Depth of Extinction
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: RPG 36.3%, Strategy 31.8%, Sci-fi 23.9%, Singleplayer 8.1%
- #43 Underchoice
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Resource Management 22.2%, Choices Matter 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Multiple Endings 8.5%
- #44 The Pegasus Expedition
71% matchMixed63% of 390 reviews2023
Dev: Kalla GameworksPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Pegasus Expedition is a story-driven sci-fi grand strategy game set in a key moment for humankind’s survival. Facing an overwhelming threat at home, humanity sends expeditions to the Pegasus Galaxy in a desperate attempt to find a refuge for the population of Earth.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.3%, Futuristic 17.2%, Management 14.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.4%
- #45 Farlanders
69% matchVery Positive90% of 591 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Resource Management 29.1%, Survival 19.4%, Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%
- #46 Surviving Ceres
68% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Survival 32.2%, Simulation 17.1%, Management 17%, RPG 12.1%, Strategy 9%
- #47 Planet Stronghold
73% matchMixed59% of 118 reviews2014
Dev: Winter Wolves
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Planet Stronghold is a sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system. You take the role of a young, new recruit that somehow gets assigned to the most well-known, and well-defended, human outpost in the whole galaxy: Planet Stronghold.
Why similar: LGBTQ+ 22.7%, Futuristic 13.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, RPG 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #48 Survive the Blackout
71% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Survival 21.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Resource Management 13.9%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Simulation 11.5%
- #49 Maia
71% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Survival 27.3%, Management 16.4%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Sci-fi 13.3%
- #50 Dead Age
69% 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: Survival 32.7%, RPG 24.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Adventure 8.7%
- #51 Starship Inspector
70% matchMixed61% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Vedanta Team
Windows
Starship Inspector is a Space Roguelike in which every choice you make matters. Save a galaxy or rescue your crew member? Serve an evil empire or help an ancient tribe? You'll constantly have to make hard decisions and deal with consequences.
Why similar: Strategy 21.1%, Resource Management 16.5%, RPG 15.3%, Simulation 15%, Adventure 12.6%
- #52 Starcom: Nexus
67% matchVery Positive90% of 2,315 reviews2019
Dev: Wx3 Labs, LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Suddenly thrown into an unknown galaxy, you must explore, fight or befriend aliens and transform your ship from a small survey vessel into a powerful battlecruiser to unravel the mystery of the forces that brought you here and find your way home.
Why similar: RPG 31.8%, Sci-fi 29.3%, Adventure 15.6%, Space 15.5%, Story Rich 4.6%
- #53 Anoxia Station
66% matchVery Positive80% of 211 reviews2025
Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.
Why similar: Resource Management 31%, Survival 27%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 11.5%
- #54 Rencounter
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 35.8%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Story Rich 3%, Indie 1.8%
- #55 The Captain is Dead
68% matchVery Positive81% of 83 reviews2021
Dev: Thunderbox Entertainment
Windows · Mac
It’s the last 10 minutes of your favorite sci-fi TV show… except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead! This turn-based, survival/strategy puts you in the Captain's chair as you try to save your crew from being blown to bits by aliens...
Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Tactical 15.7%, Sci-fi 14.7%, Aliens 6.8%
- #56 Generation Exile
65% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Sonderlust Studios
Windows
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
Why similar: Survival 19.6%, Resource Management 16.7%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 10.7%
- #57 Dark Scavenger
68% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2014
Dev: Psydra Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dark Scavenger is a bizarre point-and-click RPG adventure with a focus on exploration, gaining loot, and meaningful choices. Filling the role of a powerful space traveler, you find yourself stranded on a mysterious alien planet. Will you save the world or just yourself?
Why similar: RPG 34.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.7%, Choices Matter 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Adventure 9.9%
- #58 The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
67% matchMixed67% of 440 reviews2023
Dev: Supercube
Windows
Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?
Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Resource Management 21.6%, Management 15.3%, RPG 11.1%, Simulation 10.3%
- #59 Exogate Initiative
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Resource Management 27.6%, Management 16%, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 11%, Tactical 9.8%