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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Survival, Resource Management, Simulation, Strategy.

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Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Crimson Stone Games
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
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    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Survival 12.5%, Resource Management 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%

  2. #2 Starfall Deck
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vespertine Game
    Windows

    Construct humanity's last refuge in a vertical tower-city amidst deadly storms. In this rogue-lite city builder, manage scarcity by day and strategically play your deck to expand by night. The storm is coming—play your cards right to keep Hope alive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Card Battler 16.8%, Card Game 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 9.7%

  3. #3 SAND CRUISER
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 3 Duckz
    Windows

    Build, crew and command a colossal landcruiser across a dying desert world. By day you scavenge and produce; by night you defend against a swarm from the deep, roused by your own heat and vibration. Stop moving, and you become prey.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Vehicular Combat 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Survival 11.1%, Base Building 8.2%

  4. #4 Oxygen Not Included
    95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 14%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 6.3%

  5. #5 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    94% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 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: Colony Sim 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.2%, Resource Management 6.5%

  6. #6 Tabletop Survivors
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rens Studio
    Windows

    Tabletop Survivors is a turn-based roguelike card RPG driven by random events, where every playthrough tells a new story. You will survive and fight in a zombie apocalypse, making difficult choices and writing your own survival journey.

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  7. #7 Survival Bunker
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Df Games Studio
    Windows

    Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.

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  8. #8 Forsaken: Year One
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kymera Games
    Windows

    Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.

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  9. #9 Wasteland Train: Conductor
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jinye
    Windows

    Wasteland Train is a 2D train management strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic rail network. Command an expanding mobile base, trade between isolated cities, recover crystal cores, develop technology, and survive raids, broken tracks, acid rain, and toxic fog.

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  10. #10 Ecopunk
    90% matchVery Positive83% of 133 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: Colony Sim 38.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Survival 11%, Management 8.9%, Base Building 8.5%

  11. #11 The Blighted Frontier
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sly Game Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Survival 9.2%, Resource Management 7.8%

  12. #12 Snow Ash
    89% 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?

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  13. #13 Never Secure
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Blank Page Games
    Windows

    In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.

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    87% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 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.

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  15. #15 Doomsday Train
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PAOGE
    Windows

    Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.

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  16. #16 Stranding Echoes
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mend Games
    Windows

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    86% matchVery Positive82% of 6,278 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.

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    84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    83% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    82% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    82% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    81% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows

    A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.

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  24. #24 Deep In Snow
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PimpGameStudio
    Windows

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  25. #25 Order: The New Dawn
    80% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outer Space Workshop
    Windows

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  26. #26 Idyll
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IdyllWorks
    Windows

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  27. #27 Hello World
    79% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Agency
    Windows · Linux

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  28. #28 Irondrive
    78% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Alessandro Le Mura
    Windows

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  29. #29 Under the Rust
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rotten Byte Games
    Windows

    Under the Rust is a tactical UI-based bunker simulation. Take control of the C.O.R.E. system, manage life support resources, assign personnel, and survive the post-apocalyptic decay.

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  30. #30 Endzone 2
    76% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    78% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    77% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    76% matchNo user reviews
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    74% matchMixed47% of 161 reviews2025
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    Windows

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    75% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    73% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

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  37. #37 Tree House Colony
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

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  38. #38 Frostpunk
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  39. #39 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
    72% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    75% matchMixed55% of 831 reviews2019
    Dev: Devs on a Boat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Resource Management 11.8%

  42. #42 Underground Nomads
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Funzen Games
    Windows

    You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.

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    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Max Karnaukh
    Windows

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  44. #44 Space Haven
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Breadpan
    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 169 reviews2024
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    Windows

    Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!

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    70% matchNo user reviews2027
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    71% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

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  50. #50 Galaxy Scavengers
    68% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Team Asterisk
    Windows

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    69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

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    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
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    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    69% matchVery Positive88% of 82,508 reviews2017
    Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    68% matchMixed60% of 413 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2025
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    66% matchNo user reviews
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    69% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
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    67% matchMixed63% of 4,629 reviews2021
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    Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

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