Games Like Dust Raiders

Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 25.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Driving 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the core loop of managing a crew and vehicle in a dangerous post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!

Why similar: Trading 29.6% ★, Economy 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Management 14.7%, Simulation 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistics of transport and management in a harsh wasteland, echoing the trading elements of the seed game.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 41.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Strategy 9.9%, Top-Down 8.1%, Exploration 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features tactical vehicular combat and exploration across a desolate landscape, closely matching the aesthetic and gameplay of Dust Raiders.

Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, 2.5D 20.4%, Economy 19.8%, Management 18.3%, Top-Down 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the management and tactical combat aspects of surviving as a raider group in a post-apocalyptic setting.

A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.

Why similar: Trading 31.1% ★, Economy 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, 2.5D 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A focus on trading, economy, and managing a caravan through a post-apocalyptic world makes this a perfect thematic match.

Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.

Why similar: Trading 30.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Economy 16%, Hand-drawn 13%, Simulation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines trading, exploration, and survival in a hand-drawn wasteland that feels very similar to the seed game's world.

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 34.6%, RTS 20.3%, Management 16%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This open-world sandbox offers unparalleled depth in managing a crew and surviving in a brutal, lawless desert environment.

Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

Why similar: RTS 29.4%, Economy 22.3%, Management 17.2%, Top-Down 13.4%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: While set in a different era, the focus on managing a complex economy and logistics chain is a strong mechanical parallel.

Combine deadly racing, deckbuilding, and roguelite style to get car battles unlike anything before! Choose a driver, car, weapons, and sponsors to overcome tactical encounters. Adapt to an ever-changing race to come out on top and earn entry into the last safe haven on the Divided States of America.

Why similar: Combat Racing 31.3% ★, Vehicular Combat 26.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes vehicular combat and tactical decision-making in a wasteland setting, perfect for fans of the seed game's combat.

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: Post-apocalyptic 51%, Management 22%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Indie 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on resource management and survival, requiring players to make tough decisions to keep their crew alive.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Strategy 36%, Top-Down 24.4%, Simulation 16.2%, Indie 14%, Adventure 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: While set in space, the core mechanics of managing a crew and maintaining a vehicle under constant threat are highly relevant.

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 58.9%, Strategy 24.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based survival game focuses on the tactical movement and resource management of a group traveling through a ruined world.

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: Real Time Tactics 39.9%, Management 24.9%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Exploration 11%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a colony-sim experience that forces players to manage resources and defend their base in a post-apocalyptic world.

Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 42.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29%, Strategy 14.9%, Combat 7.1%, Action 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical real-time game that captures the combat and exploration elements of a wasteland setting.

Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 26.1% ★, Combat Racing 24.1% ★, Driving 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Combat 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game leans into the high-octane vehicular combat and post-apocalyptic atmosphere found in Dust Raiders.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 53.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 31.7%, Strategy 14.6%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG provides a deep, narrative-driven experience centered on managing a squad in a post-nuclear environment.

Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.1%, Management 21.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Adventure 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that captures the gritty, post-apocalyptic aesthetic and squad-based combat of the seed game.

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: Post-apocalyptic 36%, RTS 19.5%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on base-building and resource management in a post-apocalyptic setting, emphasizing the struggle for survival.

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.6%, Strategy 16.4%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides tactical, turn-based combat that rewards careful planning and squad management.

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: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, RTS 22.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.1%, Management 10.8%, Top-Down 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game centers on the construction and management of a settlement, capturing the logistical challenges of a post-apocalyptic world.

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: Management 46%, Simulation 25.1%, Strategy 20.5%, Action 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: It requires intense crew management and vehicle maintenance in a hostile environment, mirroring the tension of the seed game.

Space Raiders in Space is a wave defense roguelike mixing squad management and tower defence mechanics. Command your almost competent crew to loot weapons and supplies, build defenses, and fight their way through the Bugpocalypse.

Why similar: RTS 46.8%, Strategy 19.2%, Top-Down 17.8%, Action 8.1%, Indie 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a humorous but strategic take on managing a group of survivors against overwhelming odds.

Desert Law is a new spin on the traditional real-time strategy that immerses players into a post-apocalyptic world where gasoline is the new world currency.

Why similar: RTS 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 32%, Strategy 30.7%

Why You'll Like It: This classic-style strategy game features vehicular combat and RPG elements in a post-apocalyptic desert.

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 48.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 16.5%, Management 11.6%, Exploration 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-building game that forces players to manage resources and deal with the hazards of a post-apocalyptic world.

Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 51.4%, Adventure 27%, Indie 21.6%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven strategy game that explores the harsh realities of life and trade in a post-apocalyptic world.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Management 48%, Strategy 23%, Simulation 21.7%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate management simulator that allows you to build and maintain a crew in a harsh, unpredictable environment.

Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Real Time Tactics 27.2%, RTS 26.4%, Strategy 13%, Indie 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical roguelite features ship management and crew oversight in a dying universe, sharing the seed game's strategic focus.

Vendor Chronicles puts you in the shoes of a Vendor in post-apocalyptia! Manage your trade, set your defences, deal with locals and fight hordes of mutants in this new perspective on post-apocalyptic survival!

Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Simulation 33.9%, Action 16%, Indie 15.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the trading and management aspects of surviving in a desolate wasteland.

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: RTS 35%, Management 26.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Indie 4.3%

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42.9%, Economy 17.7%, Management 15.8%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and tactical combat, focusing on the survival of a small group in a demon-infested wasteland.

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Management 35.5%, Strategy 29.8%, Exploration 26.5%, Action 8.1%

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 22.1%, RTS 22.1%, Management 20.7%, Economy 19.3%, Strategy 6.9%

Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.4%, Management 21.5%, Combat 11.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Exploration 11%

Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.

Why similar: Strategy 53%, Action 24.3%, Indie 22.7%

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!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37%, Management 27.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Simulation 6.9%, Action 6.1%

Snow Ash is a post-apocalyptic, wasteland-themed card-based trading and survival game. In this snow-covered world, you’ll take on the role of a messenger, braving blizzards to deliver goods between scattered shelters. In the biting cold and swirling snow, where will your journey lead?

Why similar: Trading 35.4% ★, Vehicular Combat 24.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Strategy 8.2%, Exploration 5.3%

Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.3%, Strategy 18.9%, Economy 17.7%, Top-Down 12.3%, Management 11.2%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.9%, Top-Down 20%, Combat 13.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Action 9%

Brave the challenging conditions of Alaskan life in the definitive trucker simulator. Be the master of your own destiny as you take jobs, transport cargo and experience a sense of freedom on foot and in your cab.

Why similar: Driving 44%, Management 21.6%, Exploration 12.3%, Simulation 11.4%, Adventure 6.4%

The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 37.5%, RTS 35.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Management 12.2%

Assume command of a battle fleet and deploy immediately to the Dust Zone, commander. Our main food supply station has gone dark and the United Earth Nations (UEN) needs to know why in this 4X RTS space sim. Manage your ships, control space stations, and watch your back.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 47%, Strategy 15.6%, RTS 15.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Combat 5%

An indie space-sim and strategy game featuring ship and fleet combat mixed with RTS elements. Complete contracts and Claim sectors for your faction in the near-future, where resource exploiting corporations are in a state of constant conflict over territory control.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.5%, RTS 23.8%, Vehicular Combat 21.4% ★, Strategy 8%, Combat 6.4%

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: Real Time Tactics 27%, Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Economy 22.9%, Exploration 8.6%, Combat 8.4%

Dune Strider is an Adventure-Strategy Game in which you, the player, take command of a merchant controlling a Sand-Barge in a desert and use it to travel and explore the land around you. The road to settlements to sell your goods is filled with dangers and opportunities. Can you handle it?

Why similar: Trading 44.3% ★, Economy 23%, Vehicular Combat 10.8% ★, Exploration 9.9%, Strategy 9.2%

A vehicular shooter with roguelike elements, offering a wild take on an alternate future of the Soviet Union. Build your combat vehicle and show nature who's boss!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42.6%, Top-Down 19.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Combat 11.7%, Action 5.7%

Step into the extraordinary, dystopian world of Dark Future, filled with danger, chaos and adventure. A game of both action and strategy unlike any other, featuring a unique time dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions on the dangerous highways of this world.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 28.3% ★, RTS 21.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Driving 9.8%

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Strategy 13.1%, Top-Down 8.4%

Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Vehicular Combat 26.6% ★, Management 12.4%, Top-Down 11.9%, Combat 8.9%

In Salvagers, you command a small crew of greedy explorers that land on abandoned space stations that litter the galaxy, and it's your job to loot them for anything worth a credit. Scrap tech, lost weapons, forgotten treasures - everything has a price.

Why similar: RTS 40.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 7%

Abyss Raiders: Uncharted is an action tower defence game, set in a future where robots are the dominant species in the universe. You will need to survive waves of fierce enemies whilst searching for the ancient ruins that have the power to prevent the second apocalypse.

Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, Adventure 17.8%, Action 15.2%, Indie 13.6%

Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).

Why similar: RTS 24.7%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Vehicular Combat 21.9% ★, 2.5D 17.2%, Strategy 8.3%

Miner's Mettle is a artillery-based real-time strategy game. Control a fleet of artillery-trains on an isolated and lawless mining planet. You'll need accurate shooting and tactical prowess to return safely with precious resources!

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 30.2% ★, RTS 24.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 8.1%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 54.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Indie 11.3%, Action 5.8%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: RTS 62.5%, Strategy 20.6%, Combat 12.7%, Indie 4.2%

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 48.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 34.5%, Strategy 17.2%

Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.

Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Real Time Tactics 31.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Action 5.6%, Indie 5.1%

Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

Why similar: RTS 36.8%, Management 22.1%, Economy 17.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 11.1%

Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.

Why similar: Management 52.7%, Top-Down 23.9%, Strategy 23.4%

Ride giant turtles and aim your weapons at hordes of enemies chasing you while you gather as many resources as you can. Pick your upgrades carefully and create strong builds to survive the long road to the Outpost!

Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Combat 27.6%, Adventure 20.1%, Action 19.4%