- #1 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
97% matchVery Positive85% of 4,559 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: Farming Sim 38%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Simulation 16.9%, Survival 16.1%, Indie 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the core theme of rebuilding and farming in a post-apocalyptic setting with a charming, cozy aesthetic.
- #2 Graveyard Keeper
96% matchVery Positive86% of 52,820 reviews2018
Dev: Lazy Bear GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 27.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and manage a medieval graveyard while facing ethical dilemmas and making questionable decisions. Welcome to Graveyard Keeper, the most inaccurate medieval cemetery sim of the year.
Why similar: Simulation 51.1%, Pixel Graphics 28.6%, Indie 18.3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: Features similar pixel-art visuals and a dark, humorous tone while focusing on management and crafting mechanics.
- #3 Atomicrops
96% matchVery Positive92% of 6,194 reviews2020
Dev: Bird Bath GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
Why similar: Farming Sim 47.2%, Survival 20.4%, Simulation 14.5%, Indie 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines intense post-apocalyptic survival with fast-paced farming mechanics in a hostile, ruined world.
- #4 Forager
95% matchVery Positive90% of 43,424 reviews2019
Dev: HopFrogPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The highly popular and quirky "idle game that you want to actively keep playing". Explore, craft, gather & manage resources, find secrets and build your base out of nothing! Buy land to explore and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 39.3%, Survival 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Indie 8.5%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a satisfying 2D loop of gathering, crafting, and expanding your territory in a vibrant, pixelated world.
- #5 No Place Like Home
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 4,066 reviews2022
Dev: Chicken LauncherPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!
Why similar: Farming Sim 54%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Simulation 19.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique mechanic of cleaning up a polluted, ruined world to make it habitable again through farming.
- #6 DYSMANTLE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,423 reviews2021
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 25.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Survival 62.8%, Simulation 24.4%, Indie 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the post-apocalyptic survival and crafting elements with a focus on clearing debris and reclaiming the land.
- #7 Littlewood
93% matchVery Positive93% of 6,802 reviews2020
Dev: Sean YoungPub: SmashGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The world has already been saved. Now it's time to rebuild your town, learn new hobbies, and forge lifelong friendships in this peaceful and relaxing RPG.
Why similar: Farming Sim 53.3%, Simulation 32.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the rebuilding of a world after a great catastrophe, emphasizing community and peaceful development.
- #8 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
92% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 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: Post-apocalyptic 40.3%, Survival 36.3%, Simulation 18.3%, Indie 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that forces you to manage survivors and build a base in a world overrun by demons.
- #9 Don't Starve
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 112,640 reviews2013
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
Why similar: Survival 76.6%, Indie 13.2%, Simulation 9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a much grittier survival experience that centers on crafting and resource management in a dark, unforgiving environment.
- #10 Project Zomboid
91% matchVery Positive94% of 450,585 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 83.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Survival 52.2%, Post-apocalyptic 28.9%, Simulation 12.6%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive post-apocalyptic survival game that requires deep resource management, farming, and base-building to stay alive.
- #11 Kynseed
90% matchVery Positive83% of 3,685 reviews2022
Dev: PixelCount Studios
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Embark on a lifetime of adventure in a beautiful world of creativity and intrigue. Raise a family, customise your farm, run a business, craft items, and battle some marvellously malevolent monsters.
Why similar: Farming Sim 61.9%, Simulation 20%, Indie 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features a beautiful pixel-art style and focuses on life-sim mechanics, crafting, and building a legacy over generations.
- #12 Clanfolk
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Farming Sim 56.2%, Simulation 23.7%, Indie 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival colony-sim that emphasizes managing the needs of your people and farming in a harsh, atmospheric environment.
- #13 World End Diner
89% matchVery Positive93% of 422 reviews2025
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Run a diner on the last island in the world after the destruction of humankind! For the cute animals and robots that survived, cook delicious food, run a farm, explore the forest, and create the best diner!
Why similar: Farming Sim 43%, Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Simulation 22.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Indie 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on the theme of managing a restaurant in a post-apocalyptic world, blending simulation with resource gathering.
- #14 Roots of Pacha
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,441 reviews2023
Dev: Soda Den
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The charming and relaxing stone-age farming sim where you live in a thriving community exploring the wonderful world of Pacha. Discover "ideas," domesticate crops, befriend animals, and help your village grow. Play co-op with friends or explore the early days of civilization in single-player.
Why similar: Farming Sim 59%, Simulation 17.8%, Indie 14%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the communal aspect of farming and developing technology from the ground up in a primitive, nature-focused setting.
- #15 Sun Haven
87% matchVery Positive81% of 24,867 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Sprout Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build your farm and relationships with townsfolk, or forge ahead on a quest of magic, monsters, and dragons. Level up through a skill tree in 8 person multiplayer, or adventure solo!
Why similar: Farming Sim 70.7%, Simulation 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed farming sim that offers deep RPG elements and world-building similar to the progression found in Green Project.
- #16 Mr. Prepper
86% matchVery Positive80% of 5,365 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 51.2%, Simulation 36.9%, Indie 10.8%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the survivalist aspect of post-apocalyptic life, requiring extensive crafting and base-building to prepare for the unknown.
- #17 DEADCRAFT
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 38.5%, Survival 36%, Simulation 24.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A unique survival game that allows you to farm zombies to help you survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
- #18 Last Wood
85% matchMixed67% of 584 reviews2022
Dev: JustUsGameLab
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In Last Wood, it is an oceanic world after the Fall. You will guide several survivors in the ocean from pieces of rafts, survive, build rafts, defense the threats, explore the unknown world, even have their offsprings, and find the truth of the world.
Why similar: Simulation 46.3%, Survival 35.4%, Indie 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: A survival simulation that tasks you with building and managing a base on the ocean after a global catastrophe.
- #19 Atrio: The Dark Wild
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 596 reviews2023
Dev: Isto Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.
Why similar: Survival 50.5%, Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, Simulation 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that emphasizes automation and crafting in a dangerous, post-apocalyptic wilderness.
- #20 Grimshire
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,830 reviews2025
Dev: Acute Owl Studio
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
Why similar: Farming Sim 53%, Survival 26%, Simulation 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art farming sim that leans into a darker, more atmospheric aesthetic while maintaining cozy gameplay loops.
- #21 One Lonely Outpost
83% matchMixed59% of 645 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Farming Sim 62.7%, Simulation 16%, Indie 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Singleplayer 1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi farming sim that focuses on colonizing a barren alien planet, mirroring the terraforming goals of Green Project.
- #22 Wildmender
82% matchVery Positive84% of 2,150 reviews2023
Dev: Muse GamesPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
Why similar: Farming Sim 53.2%, Simulation 24.3%, Survival 21.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the rewarding process of restoring a desert landscape into a lush garden through careful resource management.
- #23 Gleaner Heights
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 376 reviews2018
Dev: Emilios Manolidis
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Experience the old-school charm of classic farming games with the suburban gothic atmosphere of certain 90's TV shows, along with contemporary game mechanics. Farming, crafting, combat, romantic relationships and mysterious events await!
Why similar: Farming Sim 64.4%, Simulation 21.1%, Indie 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A farming sim with a darker, more mysterious narrative tone that differentiates it from standard cozy games.
- #24 Stardew Valley
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 1,008,001 reviews2016
Dev: ConcernedApe
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Why similar: Farming Sim 64.2%, Simulation 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Indie 7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential farming simulator that provides the core loop of cultivation and community building found in Green Project.
- #25 Ecopunk
80% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40%, Survival 27.3%, Simulation 26.9%, Indie 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes environmental management and restoration in a post-apocalyptic world.
- #26 Terraria
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,524,255 reviews2011
Dev: Re-Logic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 33.5 hrsMean: 150.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Why similar: Survival 68.8%, Pixel Graphics 18.1%, Indie 12%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D sandbox game that offers immense depth in crafting, building, and survival against increasingly difficult threats.
- #27 My Time at Sandrock
78% matchVery Positive88% of 28,550 reviews2023
Dev: Pathea Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Indie 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic crafting and building sim that tasks you with restoring a desert town to its former glory.
- #28 Sunkenland
78% matchVery Positive81% of 23,216 reviews2023
Dev: Vector3 Studio
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?
Why similar: Survival 61.4%, Post-apocalyptic 38.6%
Why You'll Like It: A water-world survival and crafting game that focuses on scavenging and building a base in a flooded post-apocalyptic future.
- #29 Life in Bunker
82% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 36%, Simulation 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Indie 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival sim where you manage the daily operations of an underground bunker after the world ends.
- #30 Craftopia
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 20,035 reviews2020
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Craftopia is the brand new multiplayer survival action game made in Japan. We combined many features we find enjoyable, such as hunting, farming, hack-and-slash, building, automation to develop this game.
Why similar: Survival 89.9%, Indie 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that blends farming, automation, and exploration in a vast, post-apocalyptic-adjacent setting.
- #31 The Last FARMER
77% matchMixed57% of 305 reviews2024
Dev: GeekonPub: Midnight Games
Windows
"The Last Farmer" is not just a tale of survival; it's a journey of restoration. Amidst the sprawling deserts of a forgotten Texas, your farm becomes a symbol of hope and persistence.
Why similar: Farming Sim 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31.6%, Survival 25.7%, Simulation 5.4%
- #32 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
75% matchVery Positive90% of 777 reviews2025
Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!
Why similar: Farming Sim 43.8%, Survival 29.9%, Simulation 26.3%
- #33 Doloc Town
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,325 reviews2025
Dev: RedSaw Games StudioPub: Logoi Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Doloc Town is a cozy pixel-art farming simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Build your dream farm from scratch and explore this mysterious wasteland. Harvest, plant, build, and uncover the untold stories of this forgotten land.
Why similar: Farming Sim 43.6%, Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #34 Backwoods Town
74% matchVery Positive94% of 200 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: Farming Sim 60.5%, Survival 32.6%, Simulation 4.7%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #35 Farm for your Life
77% matchVery Positive82% of 639 reviews2014
Dev: Hammer Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.
Why similar: Farming Sim 54.5%, Simulation 20.9%, Survival 18.5%, Indie 5.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #36 Farming Life
76% matchMixed66% of 214 reviews2021
Dev: ▲ Pyramid GamesPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Are you tired of corporate life? Create your own farm! Plant vegetables and fruits, harvest crops, employ workers, take care of animals. Buy farm equipment, manage employees and just relax!
Why similar: Farming Sim 56.7%, Simulation 26.4%, Indie 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #37 The Islander
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 427 reviews2018
Dev: Boxhead Bros.
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The Islander is a fast building/farming game set somewhere in an exotic Polynesia. Plant crops, bushes and trees, build livestock pens, but don’t forget to make it look classy by adding various decorations.
Why similar: Farming Sim 62.6%, Simulation 20.9%, Indie 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #38 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Why similar: Farming Sim 46.4%, Survival 28.7%, Simulation 23.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #39 Plantation Simulator
73% matchMostly Negative26% of 449 reviews2026
Dev: FzzyBzzy
Windows
Plantation Simulator is a simple farming simulator where you motivate friends with kisses to pick your crops! Maintain a beautiful farm by repairing fences to keep friends focused. Choose multiple crops to grow and enhance upgrades to maximize your success!
Why similar: Farming Sim 47.3%, Simulation 33.1%, Dark Comedy 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Indie 4.3%
- #40 Cute Farmer Life
72% matchVery Positive98% of 154 reviews2023
Dev: SE32
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cute Farmer Life is a small indie farm game. Grow, craft and collect resources in a game designed to relax and enjoy the moment. Discover the secrets of the small town you have moved to.
Why similar: Farming Sim 55.9%, Simulation 25.7%, Indie 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #41 Seeds of Calamity
70% matchVery Positive83% of 321 reviews2026
Dev: Laborious Lark StudiosPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Take part in healing after the Great Calamity. Tend your farm, complete quests for the villagers, and explore dungeons filled with challenge and treasure in this cozy, solo-developed farming sim. Build a new life in a recovering world with your fluffy Spellbook Companion.
Why similar: Farming Sim 64.4%, Simulation 24.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #42 Robert on Earth
70% matchVery Positive88% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: RemrofsnartPub: 2P Games
Windows
Awaken as Robert, an adorable lost robot in a machine-ruled wasteland. Grow bizarre robo-crops like gears and lightbulbs, craft gadgets, upgrade yourself with teleportation powers, and explore ruined cities to uncover Earth's dark secrets. Cozy farming meets post-apoc adventure!
Why similar: Farming Sim 44.9%, Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Simulation 20.9%
- #43 Roboplant
72% matchMixed65% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Rebelpug
Windows · Linux
In a future not too far away, humans are finally able to harvest food on alien planets. Embark on a new journey with your team of robots called Beebop 179. Build and manage a hydroponic farm, grow delicious plants and survive the mysterious challenges of outer space.
Why similar: Farming Sim 65.9%, Simulation 25.2%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #44 Another Farm Roguelike
71% matchVery Positive82% of 465 reviews2022
Dev: Zabbo Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
Why similar: Farming Sim 63.7%, Simulation 25.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #45 Surviving Ceres
70% matchVery Positive87% of 138 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: Farming Sim 41.8%, Survival 31.3%, Simulation 26.8%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #46 Blossom: The Seed of Life
67% matchVery Positive89% of 884 reviews2026
Dev: Pebbledust GamesPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Terraform a dead planet back to life in this open world survival crafting game. Explore ruins, gather resources, print machines, drive modular vehicles, grow forests, biomes, and ecosystems. Create life and make it thrive with your own hands.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 53.7%, Survival 44.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #47 Project Explore
73% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Fern Nigro
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A 2D sandbox survival game designed for creators, players, and everyone else.
Why similar: Survival 51.7%, Simulation 32.1%, Indie 16.2%
- #48 Winter Survivor Protocol
68% 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: Post-apocalyptic 43.7%, Simulation 31.9%, Survival 17.1%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #49 PUMPKIN PANIC
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,727 reviews2024
Dev: Bilalaika
Windows
COME TO THIS COZY FARM! Plant crops, take care of the plants, go fishing, or whatever you prefer, but have a good time! But be carefull, they say that strange things are happening in the area...
Why similar: Farming Sim 64.7%, Simulation 20.6%, Indie 13%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #50 8-Bit Farm
71% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Farming Sim 59.6%, Simulation 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #51 Micro Macro Farm
69% matchVery Positive82% of 163 reviews2023
Dev: Diego Schram Games
Windows
Micro macro farm is a small relaxing and cozy game about farming. Plant seeds, harvest them and create products. Make money and gain experience to unlock more seeds, buy machines and expand your garden.
Why similar: Farming Sim 61.5%, Simulation 30.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #52 Pocket Harvest
69% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Farming Sim 60.9%, Simulation 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #53 Terrafactor
67% matchNo user reviews90% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: randy
Windows
You have one job — feed The Hole. Harvest the land with your hands. Then build machines to do it for you. Craft more advanced technology... then feed it to The Hole.
Why similar: Farming Sim 57.9%, Simulation 30%, Survival 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.2%
- #54 Harvest Life
71% matchMixed51% of 270 reviews2017
Dev: bumblebeePub: familyplay
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Show your mettle as both an aspiring organic farmer and a part-time adventurer. And then you might be in for a romantic happy ending.
Why similar: Farming Sim 65.1%, Simulation 25.8%, Indie 8.7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #55 Outpath
65% matchVery Positive93% of 2,948 reviews2023
Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Why similar: Farming Sim 53.4%, Simulation 27.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #56 Sheltered
68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Survival 40.9%, Post-apocalyptic 39%, Simulation 9%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #57 The Last Plague: Blight
64% matchVery Positive89% of 1,393 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Survival 52.9%, Post-apocalyptic 45.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #58 My Time at Portia
65% matchVery Positive92% of 44,122 reviews2019
Dev: Pathea GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa's neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
Why similar: Farming Sim 55.6%, Simulation 22.4%, Survival 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%, Indie 5.6%
- #59 Survival Vacancy
68% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Survival 43.3%, Simulation 39.4%, Indie 17.3%