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  1. #1 Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days
    97% matchMostly Positive76% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: WinterSpring Games
    Windows · Mac

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    Why similar: Text-Based 23.6%, Crafting 21.5%, Survival 21.1%, Strategy 14.2%, Adventure 10.2%

  2. #2 Card Survival: Tropical Island
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,951 reviews2022
    Dev: WinterSpring Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.

    Why similar: Survival 33.1%, Crafting 23.7%, Text-Based 18.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Indie 8.4%

  3. #3 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
    96% 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: Survival 38.6%, Crafting 23%, Base Building 18.8%, Indie 14%, Adventure 5.6%

  4. #4 Survive the Blackout
    95% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
    Dev: Baby Bison Games
    Windows

    Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.

    Why similar: Survival 29.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Indie 16.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

  5. #5 Zafehouse: Diaries
    94% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
    Dev: Screwfly Studios
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

    Why similar: Survival 46.2%, Strategy 26.4%, Indie 24.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  6. #6 Dead In Vinland
    94% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
    Dev: Ishtar Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 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 48.4%, Strategy 19%, Indie 16.5%, Adventure 7.8%, Crafting 3.5%

  7. #7 UnReal World
    93% matchVery Positive95% of 1,350 reviews2016
    Dev: Sami Maaranen (creator)Pub: Enormous Elk
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

    Why similar: Survival 35.7%, Crafting 30.6%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 9%, Adventure 4.4%

  8. #8 Winter Survival
    91% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

    Why similar: Survival 38.5%, Base Building 29.2%, Crafting 23.3%, Adventure 5.7%, Singleplayer 3.4%

  9. #9 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
    92% matchMostly Positive77% of 220 reviews2018
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.

    Why similar: Survival 43.7%, Indie 30.1%, Strategy 21.3%, 2D 4.9%

  10. #10 Among Trees
    90% matchMixed68% of 2,216 reviews2021
    Dev: FJRD Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Escape to an enchanting, living sandbox surrounded by wildlife and nature. Scavenge materials and craft tools to turn your small cabin into a warm, well-supplied home. Survive by fishing, cooking and growing your own food. Be careful though, the forest is as dangerous as it is wonderful.

    Why similar: Survival 35.9%, Crafting 27.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Indie 8.9%, Adventure 5.3%

  11. #11 On My Own
    91% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2016
    Dev: Beach Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 27%

    Craft your own tools and manage your resources in this tranquil survival adventure. Charming naturescapes and original music frame your quest to conquer the mountain as you endeavor to make the most of your “one wild and precious" life.

    Why similar: Survival 46%, Crafting 38.3%, Adventure 6.6%, 2D 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.6%

  12. #12 The Hermit Chronicles
    89% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2023
    Dev: WinterTent Studio
    Windows

    The Hermit Chronicles is a 1st-person survival horror game set in a deep forest. Assuming the role of a hermit, you will have to get food, scout your neighborhood, and search for resources to make gear. But after the sun goes down, you'll have to survive for real...

    Why similar: Survival 35.9%, Crafting 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.6%, Adventure 6.1%

  13. #13 Echo of the Wilds
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 195 reviews2014
    Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.

    Why similar: Survival 39%, Crafting 35.3%, Indie 11.8%, Adventure 5.8%, 2D 5.1%

  14. #14 Wilderness
    88% matchMostly Negative28% of 86 reviews2020
    Dev: Horizon Studios
    Windows

    Survive in the wild nature by playing as an animal or as a human. Play as an animal and survive by your own or build a herd to stay protected. Have babies and protect them from predators. Play as a human and craft items, build a house, customize your character and more.

    Why similar: Survival 35.9%, Crafting 25.9%, Base Building 22.1%, Indie 8%, Adventure 6%

  15. #15 City 20
    85% matchMostly Positive73% of 161 reviews2024
    Dev: Untold Games
    Windows

    Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.

    Why similar: Survival 26.6%, Base Building 22.2%, Crafting 22%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.6%, Indie 9.1%

  16. #16 Survive In Russia
    86% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Alexander Sablin
    Windows · Mac

    Survive in Russia is a survival quest in Russia. You will be available a selection of characters. Each of them presents survival mode and story mode. Only on your choice will depend on the life of the character.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 34.9%, Survival 32.7%, Indie 15.6%, Text-Based 8.4%, Adventure 6.2%

  17. #17 Lantern Forge
    87% matchMixed54% of 284 reviews2014
    Dev: Hearthfire Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Lantern Forge is a sandbox survival game with building, crafting, and RPG elements. Mine and forage for resources to build a home, plant crops, and craft weapons and armor. Then venture out to explore the wilderness, find hidden dungeons and temples, fight unique monsters, and collect the treasures they guard.

    Why similar: Survival 42.3%, Crafting 40.5%, Indie 9.5%, Adventure 7.7%

  18. #18 Craft Hero
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2022
    Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

    Why similar: Crafting 27.8%, Survival 27.4%, Base Building 25.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Indie 5.4%

  19. #19 Hold Your Own
    86% 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: Survival 31.2%, Crafting 29.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 4.4%

  20. #20 The Tribe Must Survive
    84% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac

    The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

    Why similar: Survival 42.9%, Base Building 36.1%, Strategy 17%, Singleplayer 4%

  21. #21 The Long Dark
    81% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
    Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: Survival 63.1%, Crafting 21.4%, Indie 5.4%, Adventure 4.1%, Strategy 3.2%

  22. #22 Zafehouse Diaries 2
    83% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2017
    Dev: Screwfly Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

    Why similar: Survival 33.7%, Crafting 28.2%, Base Building 26.6%, Strategy 11.5%

  23. #23 The Gold River Project
    79% matchMixed67% of 526 reviews2026
    Dev: Fairview Games Inc.
    Windows

    The Gold River Project™ invites you and your friends on an open world camping trip gone wrong. Alone or together, you must explore, craft, build, and survive the increasingly harsh environments of the Pacific Northwest wilderness as you uncover the experiment trapping you inside.

    Why similar: Survival 40.2%, Crafting 33.5%, Indie 15.5%, Adventure 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%

  24. #24 Unveil
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2016
    Dev: Particle Studios
    Windows

    Experience Survival in it's purest form. Unveil delivers a rich recreation of Nature with a deep simulation of Weather, Body, Flora & Fauna, Fire and more.

    Why similar: Survival 74.1%, Indie 25.9%

  25. #25 Insurmountable
    80% matchMostly Positive79% of 947 reviews2021
    Dev: ByteRockers' GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

    Why similar: Survival 33.3%, Text-Based 29.2%, Indie 14.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Adventure 5.8%

  26. #26 Surviving Ceres
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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 34.4%, Crafting 32%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  27. #27 Life in Bunker
    82% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
    Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

    Why similar: Survival 38.8%, Base Building 28.1%, Strategy 16.7%, Indie 9.6%, Crafting 5.4%

  28. #28 Frost Survival VR
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
    Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
    Windows

    Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

    Why similar: Survival 39.5%, Base Building 31.2%, Crafting 29.3%

  29. #29 Rebirth of Island
    81% matchMixed52% of 101 reviews2016
    Dev: Yo_Serjio
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Survive, adapt, and research in the New World, with its rules, dwellers, and their laws. Head the colonization of these locations and ensure the independence and security of your population.

    Why similar: Survival 29.8%, Crafting 22.1%, Indie 19.8%, Strategy 18.2%, Adventure 7.5%

  30. #30 Retreat To Enen
    79% matchMixed61% of 401 reviews2022
    Dev: Head WestPub: indie.io
    Windows

    Base building simulator 1500 years in the future. Journey to the Island of Enen to forage, craft, build, hunt, meditate, and explore across three vast biomes. Discover secrets and create the retreat of your dreams. With over 160 unique items to gather, craft, and build, every home will be unique.

    Why similar: Survival 32.4%, Base Building 25.6%, Crafting 24.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Adventure 4.1%

  31. #31 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
    75% 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: Crafting 31.7%, Survival 24.8%, Base Building 21.5%, Indie 13%, Adventure 5.1%

  32. #32 The Flame in the Flood
    78% matchMostly Positive76% of 7,256 reviews2016
    Dev: The Molasses FloodPub: CD PROJEKT RED
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    A rogue-like river journey through the backwaters of a forgotten post-societal America. Forage, craft, evade predators.

    Why similar: Survival 55.7%, Crafting 22.3%, Indie 12.9%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%

  33. #33 Home Behind
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 6,095 reviews2016
    Dev: TPP Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe?

    Why similar: Survival 51.1%, Indie 19.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Adventure 11.5%, 2D 2.2%

  34. #34 NEO Scavenger
    76% 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: Survival 52.9%, Crafting 25.7%, Indie 10.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Adventure 1.6%

  35. #35 Temporian
    76% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: ChallAcc
    Windows · Linux

    Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?

    Why similar: Survival 38.6%, Text-Based 27.3%, Crafting 24.2%, 2D 6.4%, Singleplayer 3.5%

  36. #36 Mr. Prepper
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 5,315 reviews2021
    Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

    Why similar: Survival 34.4%, Crafting 25.9%, Base Building 25.6%, Indie 8.5%, Adventure 3.9%

  37. #37 Winter Burrow
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 2,666 reviews2025
    Dev: Pine Creek GamesPub: Noodlecake
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Winter Burrow is a cozy woodland survival game about a mouse returning home to restore their childhood burrow. Explore, gather resources, craft, knit warm sweaters, bake pies and meet the locals.

    Why similar: Crafting 33%, Survival 32.9%, Base Building 24.1%, 2D 5%, Adventure 3.2%

  38. #38 Craft Hero - Prologue
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 157 reviews2022
    Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

    Why similar: Crafting 28.8%, Base Building 24%, Survival 23.5%, Indie 7.8%, Strategy 7.7%

  39. #39 Wayward
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 1,349 reviews2016
    Dev: Unlok
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

    Why similar: Survival 46.7%, Crafting 35.7%, Indie 9.7%, Adventure 4.1%, 2D 3.9%

  40. #40 Skogdal
    71% matchVery Positive98% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: Erlend Kirkeboe
    Windows

    A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…

    Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Indie 25.6%, Adventure 21.9%, Singleplayer 9.1%

  41. #41 Northern Lights
    74% 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: Survival 50.4%, Crafting 43%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 3.3%

  42. #42 Evergreen - Mountain Life Simulator
    72% matchMixed63% of 107 reviews2023
    Dev: Somnambulist Games
    Windows

    Evergreen is a simulation game about leaving the stress of the city behind and starting a new life in a mountain valley.

    Why similar: Base Building 71.6%, Crafting 17.2%, Singleplayer 11.2%

  43. #43 The Last Haven
    71% 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 30.4%, Survival 23.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Indie 13.5%, Crafting 12.7%

  44. #44 Erzurum
    73% matchMixed40% of 4,947 reviews2021
    Dev: Proximity Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Erzurum is a winter survival game which you will struggle against freezing temperatures, the wild nature, hunger and thirst.

    Why similar: Survival 50.6%, Crafting 41.8%, Adventure 5.2%, Singleplayer 2.4%

  45. #45 Lost Scavenger
    73% 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: Survival 42.1%, Crafting 32.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 25.5%

  46. #46 Backwoods Town
    69% matchVery Positive94% of 193 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii Prots
    Windows

    Backwoods town is an atmospheric forest survival simulator. Build your base, grow crops, fight bosses and rebuild the destroyed settlement, finding all its inhabitants along the way.

    Why similar: Survival 81.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Indie 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  47. #47 Project Of Cooling The Earth
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2024
    Dev: 人鱼工作室
    Windows

    Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.

    Why similar: Survival 42.5%, Base Building 38.9%, Strategy 12.7%, 2D 5.9%

  48. #48 Age of Survival
    72% matchVery Negative12% of 245 reviews2025
    Dev: Silky Sullivan
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Age of Survival is survival simulation crafting game from Silky Sullivan. Your player has been stranded on an island not far off of the coast of Africa where you will encounter many creatures, and players alike.

    Why similar: Survival 44.3%, Crafting 25.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Indie 9.3%, Adventure 4.2%

  49. #49 ReFactory
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2022
    Dev: AIVIK LLCPub: BIVAK LLC
    Windows

    Build, explore, fight! ReFactory is a 2D strategy game with a focus on construction and logistics where you build an automated mega-factory on an alien planet.

    Why similar: Crafting 26.1%, Base Building 25.5%, Strategy 17.1%, Survival 14%, Indie 11.8%

  50. #50 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
    66% 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: Base Building 37.3%, Survival 32.4%, Crafting 30.4%

  51. #51 Ascent of Ashes
    68% 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: Survival 31.6%, Crafting 28.1%, Base Building 27.6%, Strategy 12.7%

  52. #52 Farthest Frontier
    64% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Survival 42%, Base Building 39%, Strategy 19%

  53. #53 Crafting Town
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
    Dev: Musa GUNGOR
    Windows

    Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

    Why similar: Crafting 48.4%, Base Building 27%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 8.1%, 2D 4.4%

  54. #54 Forest Camp Story
    68% matchVery Positive84% of 217 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

    Why similar: Strategy 60%, Indie 22.9%, 2D 12.9%, Singleplayer 4.2%

  55. #55 Alaskan Road Truckers
    67% matchMixed62% of 3,202 reviews2023
    Dev: Road Studio S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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: Survival 63.3%, Indie 21.3%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 5.7%

  56. #56 King of Dragon Pass
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 550 reviews2015
    Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.5%, Text-Based 22.4%, Interactive Fiction 22.1%, Strategy 17.6%, Adventure 5.7%

  57. #57 Outpath
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Crafting 35.3%, Base Building 31.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 5.3%

  58. #58 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    67% 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: Survival 34.9%, Base Building 28.5%, Crafting 18.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Indie 5.1%

  59. #59 Pathless Woods
    65% 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: Survival 30.1%, Crafting 30%, Base Building 23.1%, Indie 8.7%, Strategy 5.3%

  60. #60 Cabin Fever
    66% matchVery Positive96% of 480 reviews2021
    Dev: Steamy Buns GamesPub: Sad Panda Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    An off-grid cabin. A tech-savvy loner. One ray of sunshine in a bleak, ruined world. Cabin Fever is a slice-of-life visual novel with meaningful player choices, multiple endings to explore, and a story that will touch your heart.

    Why similar: Interactive Fiction 60.9%, 2D 13.6%, Singleplayer 10.3%, Indie 9.4%, Adventure 5.8%

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