Games Like DRUDGE

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: Post-apocalyptic 44.5%, Simulation 34.1%, Management 13.8%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a brutal sandbox world where you can start as a slave and must fight to survive against overwhelming odds.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 70.7%, Atmospheric 13.3%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the crushing monotony and moral weight of performing mandatory work in a bleak, dystopian society.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Dark 36%, Atmospheric 33.8%, First-Person 21%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly oppressive atmosphere where managing your survival needs while adhering to a strict timeline is essential.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Simulation 35.3%, Dark 27.1%, Atmospheric 16.3%, 3D 9.3%, Violent 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Requires you to manage your life and resources under the constant surveillance and demands of a totalitarian state.

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: Life Sim 20.2%, Zombies 19.6%, Simulation 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tension of zombie-infested exploration and the weight of choices in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Zombies 53.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Simulation 19.1%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the definitive zombie survival experience with deep management mechanics and a constant sense of impending doom.

Trapped in a dark, Victorian city consumed by an ancient curse, you must plan your survival and daring escape using nothing but stealth, an arsenal of eccentric weapons, and your wit in this haunting adventure inspired by the immersive sims and survival horror greats of the late 90s and early 2000s.

Why similar: Exploration 21.9%, Dark 20.7%, First-Person 17.2%, Atmospheric 17.1%, PvE 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features a dark, Victorian-inspired atmospheric setting that emphasizes stealth and careful exploration in a hostile environment.

An immersive power fantasy simulator with tactical stealth elements set in a sewage infused garbage world

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.6%, Simulation 28.6%, First-Person 24.5%, Action 17.3%

Why You'll Like It: A surreal, dystopian immersive sim that captures the feeling of being a small, disposable cog in a grotesque corporate machine.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Simulation 47.5%, Violent 18.8%, Management 16.8%, Action 15.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Forces you to manage complex systems while surviving in a claustrophobic, terrifying environment beneath the ice.

Traverse punishing environments, looting, crafting and evading the constant threats to your life. The unprecedented levels of character customization and progression are your ultimate tools for survival.

Why similar: Zombies 47.9%, Violent 29.4%, Action 19.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a high-stakes prison island where managing your physical needs is as important as avoiding threats.

From the independent studio that brought you Contrast, We Happy Few is an action/adventure game set in a drug-fuelled, retrofuturistic city in an alternative 1960s England. Hide, fight and conform your way out of this delusional, Joy-obsessed world.

Why similar: Action 22.1%, First-Person 20.8%, Dark 17.4%, Exploration 17.2%, Atmospheric 15.1%

Why You'll Like It: Explores a dystopian society where you must blend in and manage your survival while uncovering the dark truth of your surroundings.

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 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Simulation 25.9%, Action 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused game that emphasizes scavenging and base-building in a world overrun by the undead.

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Dark 28.5%, Exploration 23%, Atmospheric 17%, Action 16.3%, Combat 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers an intense, top-down survival experience that relies on atmosphere and resource management to keep you terrified.

You wake up in a dark warehouse, tasked with packing orders while something lurks in the shadows. Work fast, stay safe, and protect your cat. He’s all you’ve got.

Why similar: Life Sim 34.4%, Simulation 19.3%, Dark 12%, Exploration 10.6%, First-Person 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-horror title that blends immersive-sim elements with a dark, claustrophobic atmosphere.

Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.

Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Simulation 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Action 12.2%, Combat 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines zombie survival with crafting and action-oriented combat in a gritty, post-apocalyptic landscape.

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: Zombies 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Simulation 19.7%, Management 8.7%, Dark 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to manage a base and explore real-world locations while defending against waves of infected.

Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 39.4%, Violent 26.2%, Dark 22%, Atmospheric 9.2%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, dark dungeon-crawler that punishes mistakes severely and forces you to make difficult choices to survive.

From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.

Why similar: Dark 26.9%, Exploration 21.5%, Atmospheric 17.2%, First-Person 15.7%, Action 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deeply atmospheric, narrative-driven experience that explores the psychological horror of being trapped in a hopeless situation.

Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

Why similar: Exploration 42.5%, First-Person 21.7%, Atmospheric 15.4%, Action 13.1%, Singleplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends exploration and resource management with a constant sense of vulnerability in an alien, underwater environment.

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Why similar: Exploration 24.8%, Simulation 19.2%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, First-Person 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the pure, unforgiving struggle for survival against the elements in a desolate, isolated world.

You come to your senses in a cell that looks like you are in some kind of prison. It's almost silent, but sometimes there are some sounds.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 32.4%, Investigation 15.1%, Exploration 12.8%, Simulation 11.3%, First-Person 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the exploration and investigation of a confined, dangerous environment.

Escape from Tarkov is the original extraction FPS where every raid is a gamble with death. Prep your raid, bleed, endure and fight through ruthless PMC players and Scavs, gain tactical advantage and cling to your loot — only extraction decides if you live or lose it all.

Why similar: Simulation 43.5%, First-Person 20.4%, Action 18.6%, PvE 17.4%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the high-stakes tension of scavenging for gear and extracting from dangerous, zombie-adjacent combat zones.

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

Why similar: First-Person 23.4%, Atmospheric 22.5%, Management 19.9%, Action 19.4%, 3D 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: Uses a job-simulation framework to deliver a surreal and unsettling horror experience.

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: Zombies 44.3%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Action 16.9%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines inventory management and base-building with intense, zombie-focused combat.

Start from nothing and rise to the top as you expand your criminal empire in Drug Lord Tycoon.

Why similar: Simulation 41.6%, Action 15.9%, First-Person 15.3%, Management 15.2%, 3D 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features management and simulation elements set within a dangerous, crime-ridden world.

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: Zombies 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Simulation 18.4%, Action 11.3%, PvE 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gritty, scavenging-heavy gameplay required to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

A short, unique survival-farming-base-building-tycoon-horror game where you must survive through washing dishes. Explore mysterious depths, manage resources, and unravel a cryptic narrative. In DWS, a chore becomes a journey to freedom.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 34.7%, Simulation 25.2%, Exploration 11.2%, Management 7.2%, First-Person 6.4%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Why similar: Life Sim 34.5%, Simulation 19.1%, Zombies 19%, Management 7.7%, First-Person 7%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!

Why similar: Life Sim 33.1%, Simulation 22.1%, Zombies 19.4%, Action 9%, First-Person 5.5%

The town of Besmirch starves. Stave off the hunger as the latest farmhand in this survival horror farming sim, earning the trust of paranoid townsfolk under the thumb of the corrupt Baron. Tend to both your farm and the town while avoiding unholy terrors that come in the night.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 40.3%, Dark 19.2%, Exploration 17.4%, Management 12.3%, Combat 8.8%

Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

Why similar: Life Sim 30%, Simulation 18.1%, Zombies 17.4%, Action 7.8%, Atmospheric 7.6%

Too long in this prison, time to get out of here. Pull the carpet and start digging with a teaspoon. Watch out for the guard, sell him the junk you find. Trade toilet paper with the prisoners. Get better items and improve your stats. Expand the tunnel, use glow sticks and dynamite. Will you escape?

Why similar: Life Sim 36%, Simulation 22.1%, Exploration 12%, Dark 6.9%, First-Person 6.5%

A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.

Why similar: Dark 39.8%, Exploration 36.6%, Atmospheric 19.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.

Why similar: Zombies 26.4%, Simulation 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Exploration 15.2%, First-Person 10.7%

DeepWeb Simulator is a simulation game where you will get lost in the dark corridors and experience the thrill of illegal trade. Place ads, make secret deals and build your criminal empire in the illegal world of the deep web.

Why similar: Life Sim 37.7%, Simulation 22.2%, Dark 13.8%, Management 9.1%, Action 8.3%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Simulation 19%, Exploration 18.3%, Atmospheric 14.3%, Action 11.4%

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: Simulation 35.4%, Post-apocalyptic 29.2%, Management 14%, Violent 9.9%, Combat 8.6%

Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its secrets and earn cash by collecting resources. Spend your money on buying various trinkets and instruments that will help you along the way to earn even more profit.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 61.6%, First-Person 15.1%, PvE 13.2%, 3D 10.1%

Your house needs a deck. You have a hammer. Freedom is $1,000,000.

Why similar: Life Sim 58.9%, Management 13.6%, First-Person 12.9%, 3D 9%, Relaxing 5.6%

A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?

Why similar: Life Sim 48.5%, Dark 30.1%, Simulation 20.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Survive in a harsh and dangerous world after an alien invasion. Gather resources, craft equipment, fight mutants and massive monsters, use weapons, vehicles and robots, explore territories, defend strongholds and fight for survival.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 37.4%, Zombies 22.6%, Dark 16.3%, Exploration 13.9%, Action 10%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Life Sim 33.4%, Simulation 21.7%, Dark 19%, Atmospheric 11.5%, Action 5.8%

"I awaken once again. Shackled. Beaten. Broken. And yet there is hope. An opportunity..." Enter the darkness of The Tower. A unique, constantly expanding dungeon crawling experience. Gather your senses and find your way through the hellish corridors of your prison.

Why similar: Simulation 58.8%, Action 31.4%, Indie 9.8%

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: Zombies 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Exploration 16.5%, First-Person 13%, Atmospheric 8.5%

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: Simulation 37.2%, Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Management 15.8%, Zombies 10.2%, 3D 5.4%

You are trapped in an endless labyrinth. You must find hidden resources scattered throughout the labyrinth to craft your own sword. Overcome the dangers of the labyrinth with your crafted sword, survive, and escape.

Why similar: Life Sim 27.6%, Dungeon Crawler 25.5%, Simulation 20.5%, Exploration 11%, Combat 6.1%

You are wetware, working a mysterious job.

Why similar: Simulation 32.4%, Exploration 23.1%, First-Person 17.8%, Atmospheric 15.9%, 3D 10.8%

Step into the melancholic world of a Russian doomer, living in the bleak confines of a typical post-Soviet Khrushchev. Your life is a cycle of addictions, mundane work, and endless introspection, set against the backdrop of a provincial town that time forgot.

Why similar: Life Sim 50.5%, Exploration 17.3%, First-Person 11.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, 3D 7.7%

Immerse yourself in the bleak world of a doomer, lost within the gray walls of a post-Soviet Khrushchyovka. Work, bad habits, and endless self-reflection define his reality

Why similar: Life Sim 38.7%, Simulation 23.7%, Exploration 13.2%, Atmospheric 10.4%, First-Person 5.6%

The Slaverian Trucker is a Survival/Truck/Life simulator game. Make enough money to survive and expand your wealth in the harsh semi-post apocalyptic lands of Slaveria, doing legal and illegal work, while maintaining, fixing, building, repairing, tuning your trucks, cars and other vehicles.

Why similar: Simulation 41.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Exploration 19.1%, First-Person 8.1%, 3D 6.1%

As one of many kidnapped and enslaved Probants of the Project 13 Group... You need to find Anomalies through your Walk. If you not obey and report , you will be stuck in it forever.

Why similar: Simulation 34.9%, Exploration 19%, First-Person 13.4%, Action 11.5%, Atmospheric 9%

Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

Why similar: Simulation 24.8%, Dark 23.7%, Exploration 14.7%, Atmospheric 11.4%, First-Person 11%

Social welfare survival horror based on real events. Endure emotional pain and societal pressure. Stay entertained. Survive the routine and become the hero of your studio apartment—battle inner demons, hide skeletons in the closet, and most importantly… keep the bathroom clean.

Why similar: Life Sim 54.5%, Simulation 31.5%, Atmospheric 8.9%, Indie 3%, Singleplayer 2.1%

You're hired to dig up graves at a local church, looting valuables while demonic activity escalates. You must find and return all the burnt bones to stop the demonic activity. Each night you will dig for valuables to find bones, fend off growing corruption, and survive to solve the mystery.

Why similar: Dark 28.6%, Exploration 21.4%, First-Person 20.1%, Simulation 19.8%, 3D 8.2%

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Life Sim 48.6%, Simulation 21.9%, First-Person 11.6%, Management 11.1%, Relaxing 5.3%

You tried to escape prison but got caught. Instead of prison, they gave you a debt. Manage a toll booth on a desert highway. Check passports, take payments, and decide who passes. Grow fruit, mix mocktails, sell drinks, and dodge the cops. The only way to earn freedom is by paying off your debt.

Why similar: Life Sim 38.8%, Simulation 21.6%, Exploration 10.4%, Action 8.8%, First-Person 8%

Hard Times is an extreme urban survival game where you have to put yourself into the shoes of a homeless man, taking on all the challenges that daily survival places in the great metropolis of indifference.

Why similar: Simulation 57.5%, Action 24.2%, Indie 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Management 5.4%