- #1 鸢之歌-Singing Iris
97% matchVery Positive88% of 572 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 32.3%, 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 16.6%, Dating Sim 16.4%, Interactive Fiction 12.6%, Drama 12.1%, Survival 11.3%
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 195 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%, Interactive Fiction 18.7%, Survival 16.8%, Survival Horror 16.4%, Emotional 8.6%
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 4,905 reviews2022
Dev: Moral Anxiety StudioPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 38.3%, Interactive Fiction 19.9%, RPG 15.5%, Visual Novel 8.2%, Story Rich 8%
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 400 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 25.7%, Survival 20.7%, RPG 17.9%, Visual Novel 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%
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 Epimutation
94% matchVery Positive95% of 63 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 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival Horror 13.3%, Thriller 11.5%, Visual Novel 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: Matches the interactive fiction and visual novel horror elements found in the seed game.
- #7 Citizen Sleeper
93% matchVery Positive93% of 9,761 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 34.8%, Interactive Fiction 30.3%, RPG 14.6%, 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.
- #8 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 adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.3%, Survival 21.5%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Dark 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven survival strategy game that forces players to make difficult moral choices to keep their group alive.
- #9 Delivery from the Pain:Survival / 末日方舟:生存
91% matchVery Positive81% of 1,006 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 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 17.5%, Survival Horror 15.3%, RPG 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates survival and zombie-apocalypse mechanics with a deep, story-driven campaign.
- #10 Pathologic 2
91% matchVery Positive92% of 11,869 reviews2019
Dev: Ice-Pick LodgePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.4 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 22.7%, Survival 19.2%, Dark 14.7%, 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.
- #11 Project Of Cooling The Earth
90% 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: Post-apocalyptic 39.7%, 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 OPUS: Rocket of Whispers
89% matchVery Positive92% of 1,649 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 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 21%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Visual Novel 18.3%, Story Rich 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: An emotional, story-rich post-apocalyptic adventure that focuses on exploration and character connection.
- #13 This War of Mine
89% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 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 42.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Emotional 14.7%, Drama 13.2%, Story Rich 7.2%
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.
- #14 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 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Drama 14.3%, First-Person 12.5%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A first-person, post-apocalyptic interactive fiction game that mirrors the atmospheric, text-heavy nature of the seed.
- #15 The Pale Beyond
86% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 23.4%, Interactive Fiction 20%, Emotional 18.2%, Dark 15%, Story Rich 12.9%
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.
- #16 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
86% matchVery Positive82% of 338 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 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Visual Novel 18.6%, RPG 13.1%, Story Rich 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: An RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world that incorporates card-battler mechanics and exploration.
- #17 Lost Scavenger
87% 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: Post-apocalyptic 51.3%, Survival 33.9%, 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% matchMixed51% of 82 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 34.2%, Emotional 19.2%, Interactive Fiction 18.8%, RPG 13.4%, 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 17.5%, Zombies 17.1%, Text-Based 17%, Emotional 15.5%, Thriller 15.3%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich simulation game that focuses on emotional narrative and singleplayer exploration.
- #20 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 42.3%, Adventure 38.1%, First-Person 19.6%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric, story-rich adventure that focuses on exploring the memories of a lost world.
- #21 The Banner Saga
81% matchVery Positive89% of 15,850 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 59.5%, Story Rich 32.4%, Adventure 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical survival with a heavy emphasis on narrative consequences and character-driven storytelling.
- #22 Songs of Life
80% matchVery Positive82% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: DreamStepPub: 2P Games
Windows
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: Interactive Fiction 28%, Drama 26.2%, Visual Novel 22.9%, Story Rich 13.2%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A visual novel that offers a more stylized, cartoon-like approach to storytelling.
- #23 Z-End
83% matchMixed57% of 53 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 74.1%, Adventure 25.9%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward post-apocalyptic adventure game that focuses on the struggle for survival.
- #24 Birds Watching
79% matchVery Positive92% of 177 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 31.2%, Lore-Rich 30.5%, 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.
- #25 Waste Walkers
82% matchVery Positive81% of 212 reviews2015
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 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 24.3%, Lore-Rich 21.7%, Survival 18.6%, 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.
- #26 Survivor's guilt
81% 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 21%, Survival Horror 20.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, 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.
- #27 筮灵 SHILING
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 270 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 22.9%, Interactive Fiction 15.2%, Visual Novel 15.2%, Dating Sim 15.1%, Clicker 11.7%
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.
- #28 The Withering
82% matchMixed49% of 369 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%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Survival 15.9%, RPG 11.3%, Survival Horror 10%
Why You'll Like It: An indie adventure game that combines zombie survival themes with RPG elements.
- #29 Avian Enigma
78% matchVery Positive87% 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: Clicker 19.1%, Text-Based 18%, Interactive Fiction 17.2%, Thriller 13.3%, Visual Novel 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction RPG that uses word-game mechanics to build its narrative.
- #30 汉尘:腐草为萤
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 400 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 37.2%, Drama 29.8%, RPG 20.8%, Adventure 6.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #31 RECORD_DrowsyVortex
76% matchVery Positive100% of 51 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 27.4%, Lore-Rich 18.9%, Drama 15.5%, Visual Novel 14.8%, RPG 11%
- #32 The Day Of Survival
77% matchMixed46% of 92 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 20.7%, Survival 15.7%, Dark 13.5%, First-Person 11.6%
- #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 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 30.3%, Survival 19.6%, RPG 10.9%, Adventure 6.7%
- #34 BlightFog
75% matchVery Positive87% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Zakroutil
Windows
Journey across a dying world. Manage your resources. Build relationships with anthropomorphic characters. Find a new home or become a fuel drinking madman.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Lore-Rich 20.4%, Visual Novel 15.4%, Dark 11.5%, RPG 9.6%
- #35 Time Space Rebuild
74% matchMostly Positive82% 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 19.7%, Interactive Fiction 19.1%, Visual Novel 12.4%, First-Person 8.4%
- #36 Ascent of Ashes
74% 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 100%
- #37 Zombie Apocalypse Survival Simulator
75% 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 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival Horror 19.9%, Visual Novel 16.1%, RPG 9.3%
- #38 Story Of the Survivor
77% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Kamil SzczepanikPub: Akamari Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
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 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Survival 19.2%, RPG 17.7%, Adventure 10%
- #39 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 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 46.1%, Survival 16.4%, Thriller 12.3%, Story Rich 12%, Adventure 9.7%
- #40 FALL
72% 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 33.8%, Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Survival 17.6%, RPG 10.4%, Adventure 4.9%
- #41 残世界的鸢尾花
73% matchVery Positive83% of 58 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 24.8%, Emotional 21.3%, Drama 16.1%, Interactive Fiction 13.5%, Story Rich 10.2%
- #42 End of Lines
73% matchVery Positive94% of 64 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 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 22%, Story Rich 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 13.7%
- #43 WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
70% matchMixed55% of 101,516 reviews2025
Dev: LeenzeePub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 30.0 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 37.1%, RPG 23.8%, Story Rich 20.7%, Adventure 11.8%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #44 末日竟在我身边 - Zombies Everywhere
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2021
Dev: LU QI
Windows
When you are holed up alone in a room for 100 days, your food and strength are running out. Outside the corridor, the Walking Dead are walking around. From time to time, there are screams of pain and terror. If there is a future at the end of the world, what will you do on the 101st day?
Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, Survival 14.9%, Drama 14.8%, RPG 8.6%
- #45 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: Post-apocalyptic 54.8%, Survival 27.6%, Zombies 15.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #46 Last Broadcast
71% matchVery Positive80% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: The Disc JockeysPub: USC Games
Windows
An experimental narrative game set at a radio station at the end of the world. Host your last show as the sun turns red and the world burns down.
Why similar: Interactive Fiction 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Story Rich 20.7%, Adventure 10.4%, First-Person 8.8%
- #47 BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 684 reviews2020
Dev: THE BROTHERHOOD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION is an isometric, point & click adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic future. Explore an unscene landscape, solve puzzles, meet new friends and make powerful enemies, mediate conflicts and fight for your life as you unravel the secrets of the desolate world around you.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.9%, Lore-Rich 38.3%, Story Rich 14.7%, Adventure 8.1%
- #48 Noch
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Fair Games StudioPub: Sad Horse studio
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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%, Thriller 17.6%, Survival Horror 17.6%, Dark 11.8%, Survival 11.8%
- #49 Aftermath
69% matchVery Positive100% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Deeppink manPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
The story of a soldier left alone in a bunker.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.6%, Interactive Fiction 25.4%, Emotional 15.3%, Survival 14.2%, Drama 13.8%
- #50 S.H.E.L.T.E.R. - An Apocalyptic Tale
69% matchVery Positive88% of 769 reviews2021
Dev: Winterlook Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A post-apocalyptic, adults only Visual Novel, where you and your choices will shape the future of humanity and those around you. Engage in meaningful relationships with the characters or bring them to depravity.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Dating Sim 18%, Drama 15.5%, Interactive Fiction 14%, Visual Novel 11.3%
- #51 Survivor Strain - Season 1
66% matchVery Positive96% of 198 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Baker
Windows
In this story-focused adult visual novel you will try to survive and adapt to the new world, creating and protecting your faction of survivors in this new world. Fight the infected, experience romance, fight other factions, and protect your group.
Why similar: Zombies 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Visual Novel 13.3%, Survival 11.2%, Drama 11%
- #52 Apocalipsis
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 513 reviews2018
Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 44.9%, Story Rich 20.3%, Dark 18.7%, Adventure 10.6%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #53 Homicipher
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 7,818 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: Text-Based 21.9%, Thriller 19.6%, Interactive Fiction 16.9%, Visual Novel 16%, Dark 11.9%
- #54 少女的求生之路
68% matchVery Positive87% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: 绅士游戏工坊
Windows
This is an apocalyptic RPG adventure survival game. Players want to play the girl who survives in the apocalyptic world. Can the girl keep her virginity in the attack of cruel monsters? It all depends on you
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.3%, Zombies 20.4%, Drama 14.6%, RPG 11.1%, Survival 10.1%
- #55 The End of You
67% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2024
Dev: Memory of God
Windows
The End of You is a short, emotional narrative game about love lost, the ghosts of the past, and the painful crawl towards closure.
Why similar: Emotional 25%, Drama 23.4%, Dark 17.1%, Dating Sim 14.3%, Story Rich 10.7%
- #56 Dread Flats
64% matchVery Positive85% of 1,372 reviews2025
Dev: Ghostcase
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
This is a first-person Chinese horror game, players will go to a murder building, uncover the truth of the murder, find the missing people..
Why similar: Thriller 33%, Survival Horror 24.6%, Dark 13.4%, First-Person 11.1%, RPG 8.8%
- #57 7Days Origins
67% matchVery Positive86% of 342 reviews2021
Dev: Buff Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 23.1%, Interactive Fiction 20.5%, Visual Novel 15.7%, Drama 15.2%, Dark 11.4%
- #58 Ashes
70% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2017
Dev: FurGoldGames
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Chaos and devastation devoured the last sparkles of life. Surviving is the main task.
Why similar: Survival 58.6%, Adventure 41.4%
- #59 March of the Living
68% 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%, Survival Horror 22%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 15.7%, RPG 8.4%
- #60 Aground Zero
65% matchVery Positive82% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Fancy Fish Games
Windows · Linux
The world has ended. You are deep underground, and all alone with a cheery AI companion. You will have to mine and build to survive, and search for other survivors to help you. Will you be able to reach the surface? And what will you find when you get there?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42.2%, Survival 21.3%, First-Person 18.6%, RPG 18%