- #1 Decision: Red Daze
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Survival 18.6%, Zombies 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Building 12.6%, Old School 10.6%
- #2 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Zombies 20.4%, Crafting 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #3 Survivor Squad
96% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 30.3%, Survival 22.7%, Crafting 13%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #4 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Crafting 13.9%, Old School 12.2%, Sci-fi 10.2%
- #5 Zelter
94% matchMixed47% of 1,975 reviews2020
Dev: G1 PlaygroundPub: SuperGG.com
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
All the horrors of zombie apocalypse in adorable pixelated form! Craft, explore and rescue people in a city overrun by the zombie horde. Good luck, survivors!
Why similar: Zombies 20.7%, Survival 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Building 16.5%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #6 Sheltered
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,286 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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 27%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.8%
- #7 Z Dawn
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Crafting 18.4%, Survival 18.2%, Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Zombies 10.4%
- #8 Infectonator: Survivors
92% matchMixed67% of 1,169 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
Why similar: Zombies 31.6%, Survival 25.2%, Pixel Graphics 13%, RPG 8.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #9 Flesh Eaters
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Zombies 33.4%, RPG 18.5%, Indie 15.9%, Survival 13.4%, Retro 7.2%
- #10 Dead Age
91% matchVery Positive82% of 5,612 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Survival 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, RPG 14.5%, Crafting 10%
- #11 Urban Strife
89% matchMostly Positive70% of 698 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Crafting 18.5%, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 17.7%, Tactical 10.6%
- #12 Subterrain
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,399 reviews2016
Dev: Pixellore Inc
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?
Why similar: Survival 27.4%, Crafting 22.7%, Zombies 14.9%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Procedural Generation 6.2%
- #13 Shardpunk
88% matchVery Positive93% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 19.1%, Resource Management 17.7%, Crafting 17%, Retro 11.3%
- #14 SKYHILL
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,780 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...
Why similar: Survival 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Zombies 14.9%, Crafting 12.7%, RPG 7.1%
- #15 Regenesis
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.7%, RPG 18.1%, Tactical 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Strategy 10.3%
- #16 Obenseuer
86% matchVery Positive94% of 1,854 reviews2018
Dev: Loiste Interactive
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Obenseuer is an urban survival RPG game, where you become a property manager of a rundown unfinished tenement building, in an isolated quarantine district of Obenseuer. Maintain and upgrade your tenement for rent, uncover the secrets of this infamous district and grow your wealth with your craft.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.8%, Survival 24.5%, Building 18.5%, Resource Management 13.8%, RPG 12%
- #17 The Highrise
86% matchMixed56% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: Studio Hatch Co., Ltd.
Windows
THE HIGHRISE is a first-person survival game set in a high-rise building that has been sealed off by an alien monster invasion. Gather resources to make fighting weapons and survival tools. You must find and send a rescue signal at the end of your desperate survival.
Why similar: Crafting 37.3%, Survival 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Exploration 11%
- #18 March of the Living
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Machine 22Pub: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.4 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 16.8%, Survival 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Old School 10.9%, Retro 9.4%
- #19 Sphere - Flying Cities
84% matchMixed50% of 243 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Crafting 15.4%, Survival 15.2%, Dystopian 14.7%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 12.8%
- #20 Romestead
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,129 reviews2026
Dev: BeartwigsPub: Three Friends
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rome has fallen! Rebuild civilization in this action-adventure survival game for 1-8 players. Fight hordes of the walking dead, build settlements, restore the Roman gods... or kick back and farm with friends.
Why similar: Crafting 23.7%, Survival 18.6%, Building 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, RPG 9.5%
- #21 Beacon of Neyda
82% matchVery Positive91% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Creative Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%
- #22 Rebirth evolution
83% matchMixed64% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19%, Survival 18.2%, Zombies 16%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 12.8%
- #23 Envy the Dead
84% matchMixed66% of 245 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 24.8%, RPG 16.9%, Survival 15.7%, Crafting 13.5%, Tactical 9.5%
- #24 Waste Walkers
82% matchVery Positive80% of 217 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: Crafting 24.4%, Survival 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, RPG 10.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #25 Until We Die
81% matchMixed63% of 4,634 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Survival 30.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Building 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #26 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
80% matchVery Positive87% of 448 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Survival 14.5%, Dystopian 13.3%, Zombies 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Tactical 10.2%
- #27 ZED ZONE
79% matchVery Positive81% of 3,703 reviews2023
Dev: Leven LiuPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Survival 17%, Zombies 16.7%, Crafting 16.4%, Building 14.7%
- #28 Nayati River
79% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: Worlds To Play
Windows
A single-player game of adventure and survival, set in a vast region infested with the dead. Build an autonomous camp, manage a community of survivors, look for the many who are missing, fight ferocious hordes, and unravel the mysteries of the legend of Nayati River!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Crafting 21.3%, Zombies 21.1%, Building 13.1%, Survival 11.6%
- #29 Entity Researchers
78% matchVery Positive89% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-C
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Dystopian 17.1%, RPG 12.8%, Exploration 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #30 Dead Engine
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Zombies 25.2%, Survival 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #31 Cataclysm: The Last Generation
76% matchVery Positive90% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: Worm Girl
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 17%, Zombies 17%, Crafting 16.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%
- #32 Dungeon Settlers
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,361 reviews2026
Dev: CanOpener
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.
Why similar: Survival 33%, Resource Management 23.9%, RPG 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Strategy 9.9%
- #33 Ragnorium
78% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Survival 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Resource Management 20.7%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #34 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,050 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 20.7%, Zombies 19.6%, Building 18.2%, RPG 9.8%
- #35 Dead State: Reanimated
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 35.6%, Survival 28.9%, RPG 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Strategy 4.5%
- #36 After the Collapse
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Crafting 17.3%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #37 The Last Haven
74% matchMixed61% of 1,537 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 25.1%, Survival 17%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 11.8%, Crafting 10.8%
- #38 Night Raider
72% matchVery Positive85% of 1,974 reviews2024
Dev: TSUKUYOMIC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.7%, Exploration 11.6%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #39 Post-Apo Builder
74% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Building 27.8%, Crafting 21.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Tactical 6.5%
- #40 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 915 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Resource Management 20.8%, Survival 20.2%, Crafting 19%, Building 18%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%
- #41 Entity Researchers: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Newbuild-CPub: G-DEVS.com
Windows · Linux
You just got hired by EIRI; researching and battling the Visitors, a dark sci-fi RPG with themes of exploration and survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Dystopian 19.3%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, RPG 11.8%, Exploration 10.2%
- #42 Dead Pixels
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,425 reviews2012
Dev: CSR-Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A toxic waste spill finds its way into the water supply, causing the recently deceased to rise from their graves. Now it's up to you to blast your way through the hordes of undead if you're going to escape the city. On the way to your rescue, you'll search stores and houses for supplies, and trade with other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 41.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Survival 14.3%, Retro 9.7%, RPG 5.6%
- #43 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Crafting 14.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Building 10.1%
- #44 City 20
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Scavenge, craft, and build to stay alive, while earning trust or sparking conflict with the NPCs and factions who shape your fate.
Why similar: Crafting 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Survival 22.6%, PvE 14.6%, Exploration 7.5%
- #45 The Dead Await
69% matchMixed69% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Crafting 17%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Resource Management 15.5%, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 14.8%
- #46 No One Survived
68% matchMixed64% of 7,844 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Play Studio
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
Why similar: Survival 25.2%, Zombies 18.7%, Crafting 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Building 12.6%
- #47 Rebirth of Island
73% matchMixed52% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Yo_Serjio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
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 18.3%, Crafting 16.7%, Resource Management 14.9%, RPG 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #48 BARRICADEZ
71% matchVery Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
Windows · Mac
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
Why similar: Crafting 15%, Zombies 14.2%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%
- #49 Survival Log
66% matchVery Positive83% of 3,044 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Resource Management 18.7%, Survival 17%, Zombies 16%, Crafting 13.3%
- #50 The Rule of Land: Pioneers
70% matchMixed68% of 335 reviews2023
Dev: Horgee GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.
Why similar: Crafting 18.1%, Resource Management 16.8%, Survival 16.6%, Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14%
- #51 Into The Haze
71% matchMixed57% of 130 reviews2021
Dev: MSOFT
Windows
Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Crafting 23.5%, Survival 22.3%, Zombies 20.8%, Exploration 7.3%
- #52 Ascent of Ashes
68% matchMixed70% of 306 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: Crafting 25.5%, Survival 23.3%, Building 23%, PvE 13.4%, Exploration 8.2%
- #53 Survival Vacancy
70% 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: Crafting 24.2%, Building 21.9%, Survival 19.8%, Resource Management 19.7%, Strategy 6.4%
- #54 Forever Skies
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 9,059 reviews2025
Dev: Far From Home
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
Why similar: Crafting 19.8%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Building 14.6%, Resource Management 13.8%
- #55 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.
Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Crafting 15.5%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Resource Management 12%
- #56 iZolated
68% matchMixed69% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
iZolated - This is a post-apocalyptic 2D action game with elements of survival and RPG, which throws you into a harsh open world where the slightest mistake costs you your life. Find equipment, engage in fights, and prove that you are the top of the food chain in this chaos!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Crafting 15.2%, Zombies 14%, Survival 13.2%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #57 Salvagers
67% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Tomasz Banaś
Windows · Linux
In Salvagers, you command a small crew of greedy explorers that land on abandoned space stations that litter the galaxy, and it's your job to loot them for anything worth a credit. Scrap tech, lost weapons, forgotten treasures - everything has a price.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, RPG 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.9%, Zombies 11.4%, Retro 10.7%
- #58 Deadzoned
65% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 24.5%, Sci-fi 22.1%, RPG 13.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Exploration 9%
- #59 DREADZONE
67% matchMixed51% of 1,239 reviews2025
Dev: Eshed
Windows
Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.
Why similar: Crafting 21.1%, Survival 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Building 16.8%, Zombies 15.9%
- #60 Neon City Riders
69% matchVery Positive81% of 68 reviews2020
Dev: Mecha Studios
Windows
Explore a decaying futuristic city in this action adventure experience. Search for items, unlock superpowers, recruit companions, and free every turf from ruthless gangs to unite the people once again.
Why similar: RPG 47.3%, Pixel Graphics 26.9%, Indie 18.8%, Singleplayer 7%