- #1 鸢之歌-Singing Iris
97% matchVery Positive88% of 580 reviews2021
Dev: WindField Games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
《鸢之歌》是一款涵盖末日元素的养成类视觉小说游戏,讲述了一名感染者与一名人造天才科学家以及一名背叛人类的少女之间发生的故事;在这个时代什么是正确的事情?拯救世界?亦或者不惜代价的活下去?我们都将在一次又一次的选择里见证这一切。
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.6%, Visual Novel 32.2%, RPG 20.7%, Adventure 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a similar visual novel structure and post-apocalyptic setting that emphasizes character-driven storytelling.
- #2 Apocalypse Love Shelter
96% matchMixed65% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: AMEI Network Technology
Windows
Zombie apocalypse world! You built a shelter in advance, and countless girls wanted to enter your shelter for self-protection. Female neighbor, flight attendant, female boss, celebrity... All beings are equal before the end of time.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Dating Sim 18.3%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Survival 12.6%, Zombies 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival mechanics with dating-sim elements in a post-apocalyptic environment, mirroring the seed game's unique genre blend.
- #3 Ashwalkers
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 196 reviews2021
Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Survival 16.9%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Emotional 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a strong focus on survival, resource management, and difficult narrative choices in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #4 Roadwarden
94% matchVery Positive94% of 4,990 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
Why similar: Text-Based 39.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.6%, RPG 16.1%, Visual Novel 8.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An exceptional text-based RPG that focuses on survival and narrative choices in a hostile, desolate world.
- #5 ICY: Frostbite Edition
95% matchVery Positive86% of 401 reviews2017
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 25.6%, Survival 20.8%, RPG 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RPG that relies heavily on text-based storytelling and complex decision-making in a frozen, unforgiving world.
- #6 Citizen Sleeper
94% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Text-Based 34.5%, Interactive Fiction 30.5%, RPG 14.7%, Story Rich 14.3%, Adventure 6%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy survival game that uses text-based interactions to explore themes of existence and survival in a bleak future.
- #7 Epimutation
93% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
Dev: Barbieronpa
Windows · Mac · Linux
399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival Horror 14.8%, Visual Novel 12.8%, Thriller 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the interactive fiction and visual novel horror elements found in the seed game.
- #8 Pathologic 2
91% matchVery Positive92% of 12,002 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Survival Horror 22.8%, Survival 19.3%, Dark 14.6%, Story Rich 14.5%, RPG 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers an intensely immersive and desperate survival experience where narrative choices and resource management are equally critical.
- #9 Survive the Blackout
92% 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 Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.4%, Survival 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival strategy game that forces players to make difficult moral choices to keep their group alive.
- #10 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
91% matchVery Positive81% of 1,009 reviews2019
Dev: HuaYiTianXinPub: DigiPotato
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.
Why similar: Zombies 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 17.6%, Survival Horror 15.2%, RPG 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates survival and zombie-apocalypse mechanics with a deep, story-driven campaign.
- #11 Project Of Cooling The Earth
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 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: Post-apocalyptic 39.8%, Visual Novel 24.2%, Survival 18.8%, RPG 9%, Story Rich 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends resource management with visual novel elements to tell a story about survival in a changing climate.
- #12 This War of Mine
89% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 49.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Emotional 16.7%, Story Rich 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the emotional weight of surviving in a broken world through a mix of resource management and narrative-driven events.
- #13 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,673 reviews2018
Dev: SIGONO INC.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rocket of Whispers is an award-winning post-apocalyptic adventure that follows two survivors on a journey to launch a space burial for the lost souls of their desolate world. Help them search the snowy wasteland for supplies and the courage to say goodbye.
Why similar: Emotional 21.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Visual Novel 17.3%, Story Rich 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, story-rich post-apocalyptic adventure that focuses on exploration and character connection.
- #14 The Pale Beyond
87% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: Survival 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Emotional 18%, Dark 15%, Story Rich 13%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused survival game where your leadership and choices determine the fate of your crew in a harsh, isolated environment.
- #15 Diving Disorder-下潜症
88% matchVery Positive93% of 143 reviews2021
Dev: Lingtan Studio
Windows
Diving Disorder is an AVG on wasteland theme. Players will play the role of a refugee who are struggling to survive after a global disaster, together with a white-haired girl suffering from narcolepsy, exploring the truth of the doomsday and the old world in memory.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 39.6%, Post-apocalyptic 36.7%, First-Person 14.6%, Adventure 7.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, post-apocalyptic interactive fiction game that mirrors the atmospheric, text-heavy nature of the seed.
- #16 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
86% matchVery Positive80% of 348 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Visual Novel 18.7%, RPG 13.2%, Story Rich 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that incorporates card-battler mechanics and exploration.
- #17 Lost Scavenger
86% matchMixed54% of 243 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: Post-apocalyptic 51.3%, Survival 33.8%, RPG 14.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that emphasizes the harsh reality of scavenging in a post-apocalyptic sandbox.
- #18 逆光迷途 Lost in Darklight
85% matchMixed52% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Beijing Changyou Chuangxiang Software Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: Changyou.com HK Limited
Windows
Themed on urban suspense, Lost in Darklight is a live action interactive game. A retired ace soldier, four girls, a hidden chamber at home, genetic cloning tech... Experience interactive VR panoramic evidence searching with this game and decide your own ending. Every choice you make is crucial!
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34%, Emotional 19%, Interactive Fiction 18.9%, RPG 13.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A lore-rich, choose-your-own-adventure style game that emphasizes narrative depth and immersive storytelling.
- #19 Last Message
84% matchVery Positive89% of 177 reviews2021
Dev: JamesGamesNZ
Windows
Use an in-game computer to chat with friends to stay connected and help each other. Explore your 'empty' apartment building for items to assist them and uncover lost messages.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Zombies 17.4%, Text-Based 16.8%, Emotional 15.3%, Thriller 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich simulation game that focuses on emotional narrative and singleplayer exploration.
- #20 筮灵 SHILING
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 275 reviews2024
Dev: WindField GamesPub: Mammorize
Windows
国产本土新怪谈恐怖游戏——幽魂社前社长在直播中突然失踪,销声匿迹数月后发来诡异消息,将你引入离奇的规则世界。走不出的吞人楼栋、满员即死的午夜巴士、地图上不存在的村庄,还有勾魂剧院、吃人公司……世界的“暗面”等待探索,怪谲的谜题等待揭露。
Why similar: Thriller 19.5%, Word Game 17.4%, Visual Novel 13%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Dating Sim 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that explores psychological horror and mystery, fitting for fans of the seed game's darker narrative elements.
- #21 Empathy: Path of Whispers
84% matchMixed60% of 219 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel NightPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
Why similar: Story Rich 42.2%, Adventure 38.3%, First-Person 19.5%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich adventure that focuses on exploring the memories of a lost world.
- #22 The Banner Saga
81% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: RPG 46.7%, Story Rich 30%, Adventure 15.3%, Singleplayer 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical survival with a heavy emphasis on narrative consequences and character-driven storytelling.
- #23 Z-End
83% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2017
Dev: Smart Tale GamesPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Z-End is a multiple choice narrative game. During the zombie apocalypse, you'll encounter the mysterious Faye while searching for new members.What secrets is she hiding? Will she join you? Will you be able to overcome the danger of this world?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 74%, Adventure 26%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward post-apocalyptic adventure game that focuses on the struggle for survival.
- #24 Waste Walkers
82% matchVery Positive80% of 215 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Lore-Rich 21.4%, Survival 18.7%, Survival Horror 18.6%, RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic CRPG that features deep character customization and survival-focused gameplay.
- #25 Birds Watching
78% matchVery Positive90% of 267 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Ortica
Windows
Singleplayer psychological horror game about bird watching. Explore the mountains, find and observe all the birds. Seek their help. Be honest. Be ruthless. They are watching.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Lore-Rich 30.2%, Dark 18.7%, Story Rich 11%, Adventure 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A psychological horror game set in a post-apocalyptic world that emphasizes exploration.
- #26 Songs of Life
79% matchVery Positive82% of 135 reviews2025
Dev: DreamStepPub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Famine and war have ravaged the land, leaving it in ruins. Step into the shoes of three legendary physicians—Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing, and Dong Feng—and harness surgery, potions, and divine powers to restore order, end the chaos, and uncover the conspiracy behind the epidemic.
Why similar: Word Game 39.8%, Interactive Fiction 22.8%, Visual Novel 18.7%, Story Rich 10.7%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that offers a more stylized, cartoon-like approach to storytelling.
- #27 Survivor's guilt
80% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: あみそ組
Windows
A great earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2 occurred. The day when rescue arrives is unknown. Make full use of your smart phone and the supplies you have left, and continue to fight against the hunger and fear that is attacking you.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 20.9%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 16%, Visual Novel 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person survival game that emphasizes resource and inventory management in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #28 Avian Enigma
79% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Aako Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Avian Enigma is a sci-fi visual novel game featuring in a world where birds have become extinct. The story begins with a young man working in a factory accidentally saves a bird. Soon, a girl who has a mysterious relationship with birds appears in front of him. A romance with a tiny twist begins.
Why similar: Word Game 22.1%, Incremental 15.6%, Text-Based 13.9%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Thriller 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction RPG that uses word-game mechanics to build its narrative.
- #29 The Withering
81% matchMixed49% of 370 reviews2019
Dev: CM Softworks
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Have you ever thought or imagined how our world would look like after an apocalyptic event? What would we do if some of us were to survive? What world would we live in and what challenges would we face? What would you do?
Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Survival 15.8%, RPG 11.3%, Survival Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that combines zombie survival themes with RPG elements.
- #30 Winter Survivor Protocol
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: RECAST
Windows
Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!
Why similar: Zombies 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.6%, RPG 14%, Adventure 11%, Survival 9.5%
- #31 Songs of Rats
77% matchVery Positive80% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Tesseract GamesPub: Salient Games
Windows · Linux
The Wreckage resounds with the echoes of countless songs, filling the air of a constantly shifting maze where bravery and sacrifice are key to staying alive. Then, without warning, one song goes silent. Will you step into this dicey labyrinth and uncover its secrets in this minimalist and dark RPG?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.5%, Text-Based 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Visual Novel 12.8%, RPG 9.8%
- #32 女儿国的诅咒 The Curse of Womanland
75% matchVery Positive94% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: 符离游戏(FuliGames)
Windows
A romance-adventure text-based game themed around the Land of Women. You will travel to the Land of Women, meet the mysterious young lady Jian Ling, and gradually uncover the bloody and dark secrets behind this realm. Death, resistance, or degeneration? Everything depends on your choices.
Why similar: Word Game 27.1%, Dating Sim 19%, Interactive Fiction 15.7%, Visual Novel 12.6%, Lore-Rich 8.2%
- #33 Town Of The Dead Life 死寂之城
78% matchMixed68% of 166 reviews2021
Dev: Binary Brew Studios
Windows
《Town Of The Dead Life》 is an independent game with the background of eschatology. Players will play the role of one of the few surviving humans in the end of the world, surviving in difficult conditions and trying to change the fate of the world.
Why similar: Zombies 31.5%, Post-apocalyptic 30.3%, Survival 19.5%, RPG 10.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #34 The Weeping Swan: Ten Days of the City's Fall
73% matchMixed59% of 8,400 reviews2026
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A visual novel of brutal beauty and tragic love. You wake up trapped inside your own dark fantasy, Lion Camel Kingdom. To escape a ten-day demon massacre, you must survive and recover your memories to solve the mystery of a drowned Yangzhou courtesan.
Why similar: Word Game 26.9%, Interactive Fiction 18.1%, Dating Sim 14.6%, Visual Novel 12%, Survival 10.9%
- #35 Time Space Rebuild
74% matchMostly Positive81% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: INNOVATION DREAM
Windows · Mac
In "Time Rebuild", human civilization stands on the brink of destruction. You will become a time-traveling hero, embarking on a journey to save the world while encountering and bonding with women of vastly different appearances and personalities.
Why similar: Dating Sim 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #36 The Day Of Survival
76% matchMixed45% of 96 reviews2024
Dev: xHARDHeMPuS
Windows
The Day Of Survival Immerse yourself in a post-apocalyptic world where every decision is crucial. "The Day Of Survival" is a thrilling survival game that challenges players to explore a harsh, unforgiving landscape filled with zombies and enemy soldiers.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.2%, Zombies 20.8%, Survival 15.7%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 11.6%
- #37 汉尘:腐草为萤
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 405 reviews2025
Dev: 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
“The last day of Han dynasty”It is a survival simulation business game based on the background of the end of the Han Dynasty in China. From the perspective of ordinary people, you can spend a difficult but warm time, and keep warm together with the characters you know in the troubled times.
Why similar: Survival 53%, RPG 29.7%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #38 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
76% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Emotional 22.4%, Visual Novel 18.8%, Dark 14.9%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #39 Ascent of Ashes
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 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 100%
- #40 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
71% matchMixed55% of 102,825 reviews2025
Dev: LeenzeePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 23.5 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
Why similar: Dark 36.8%, RPG 23.9%, Story Rich 20.9%, Adventure 11.9%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #41 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
72% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: LunarHillz
Windows
RECORD_DrowsyVortex is a post-apocalyptic exploration-focused RPG set in the future era of Space Immigration. It is one piece of recorded data transmitted from Planet Drowsy Vortex centuries later, offering an immersive experience of a local post-disaster survivor's weird and memorable story.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Lore-Rich 22.1%, Visual Novel 17.5%, RPG 13.1%, Story Rich 9%
- #42 Homicipher
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,997 reviews2024
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Homicipher is a language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 23.4%, Text-Based 16.7%, Thriller 14.9%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Visual Novel 12.4%
- #43 残世界的鸢尾花
73% matchVery Positive83% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: 2D_猫Pub: ParasGames
Windows · Mac
《残世界的鸢尾花》是一款近未来都市废土风的RPG游戏,讲述了三个素不相识的残世界幸存者结伴逃离“沃姆市”时发生的一连串故事。
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Emotional 25.1%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, RPG 11.8%
- #44 Ghost Road Awakening
72% matchVery Positive84% of 92 reviews2023
Dev: Ghost Road Game StudioPub: Luna Infinity Games
Windows
“Ghost Road” is the first installment in the Ghost Road series of games, and is a visual novel game about the myth of ghosts and monsters in the Chinese underworld. The player plays the role of the Ghost Detainer in the underworld to investigate the past deeds of the three female leaders.
Why similar: Word Game 16.8%, Emotional 13.7%, Zombies 13.3%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Visual Novel 11.8%
- #45 Noch
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Go alone (or with a friend) to find the girl who destroyed the world. An ominous surreal first-person adventure full of dangerous monsters and secrets of the deceased world
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Thriller 17.5%, Survival 11.8%, Dark 11.8%
- #46 Story Of the Survivor
75% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Kamil SzczepanikPub: Akamari Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Story of the Survivor is an action RPG that takes place during a zombie apocalypse. Surviving isn't going to be easy, and zombies aren't the only things to worry about. You must also eat and drink to survive as well as avoid other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Survival 19.1%, RPG 17.6%, Adventure 10%
- #47 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
71% matchVery Positive99% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Randumb Studios
Windows
From the creators that brought you The Test Trilogy & many other experiences, comes Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator. Will you survive in the new world? Or will you become just another victim to looters, bandits, or worst of all... The Voracious Dead. There's only one way to find out...
Why similar: Zombies 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Visual Novel 16%, RPG 9.3%
- #48 Arrogation: Unlight of Day
70% matchVery Positive81% of 274 reviews2023
Dev: Corax_Studios
Windows
Arrogation: Unlight of Day is a psychological horror game set in World War II. You will play as a lone reporter searching for his lost family in an abandoned village from 80s China. Beyond darkness, you will find nightmarish creatures and secrets from the long lost Imperial Japanese Army.
Why similar: Survival Horror 18.2%, Zombies 16.9%, Thriller 16.2%, Lore-Rich 14.8%, Survival 9.4%
- #49 Homicipher: Demo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,631 reviews2023
Dev: 八名木GamesPub: Gamera Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Homicipher is a female-targeted language deciphering and exploration ADV based on the concept of "romance with horror men." The protagonist, who has wandered into another world, interacts with non-human beings to decipher their language while striving to escape.
Why similar: Word Game 25.6%, Text-Based 19.1%, Thriller 17.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.5%, Dark 10.1%
- #50 FALL
68% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: 谭浩翔
Windows
In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!
Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Survival 17.6%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #51 缚戎人:唐建中十三年
67% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)Pub: 思维度工作室(Sharewedo Studio)
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text adventure game of the mid Tang Dynasty, where players can experience the story of a lonely city in the Western Regions during the Tang Tibetan War in the 13th year of Jianzhong by the 'bound barbarians'. Witness the growth and helplessness of characters and the rise and fall of the era.
Why similar: Word Game 28.3%, Dating Sim 20%, Interactive Fiction 19.7%, Visual Novel 14.8%, RPG 7.7%
- #52 NEO Scavenger
69% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 45.8%, Survival 37.3%, RPG 13.1%, Adventure 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #53 The Last Haven
68% matchMixed61% of 1,529 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: Post-apocalyptic 53.9%, Survival 27.1%, Zombies 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #54 End of Lines
68% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Visual Novel 24.9%, Interactive Fiction 20.3%, Story Rich 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 12.8%
- #55 March of the Living
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Machine 22Pub: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.
Why similar: Zombies 26.1%, Survival Horror 22%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 15.6%, RPG 8.4%
- #56 Dustbowl
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 123 reviews2015
Dev: The Pompous Pixel
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47%, RPG 22.9%, Survival 16.7%, Adventure 13.4%
- #57 The Uncertain: Light At The End
69% matchMixed64% of 1,195 reviews2020
Dev: ComonGamesPub: META Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Uncertain is a story-driven adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Humanity disappeared from the face of the Earth and has been replaced by robots. Together with Emily, one of the survivors, you will have to witness how people try to live in a world ruled by robots.
Why similar: Emotional 51%, Story Rich 27.2%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 7.1%
- #58 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,695 reviews2019
Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.3%, Survival 16.4%, Thriller 12.2%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 9.7%
- #59 Myths of Rules
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,032 reviews2023
Dev: Sugarcane Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This is a text-based adventure puzzle game, where you must struggle to survive in a world filled with ghosts and urban legends. While collecting clues, you'll uncover the truth behind the world and find the way out. The game features a wealth of levels, unconventional rules, and a touch of horror.
Why similar: Word Game 62.7%, Text-Based 14.7%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #60 Aftermath
65% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
The story of a soldier left alone in a bunker.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, Interactive Fiction 29.4%, Emotional 17.5%, Survival 16.5%, Adventure 3.7%