Games Like Infection Free Zone

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 24.9%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Zombies 15.9%, RTS 11.7%, City Builder 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for real-time strategy base-building and defending against massive, overwhelming zombie hordes.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Survival 10%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game masterfully combines city-building with intense survival management where every decision impacts the survival of your citizens.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct thematic match that tasks you with building a colony in a post-apocalyptic world while managing resources and environmental hazards.

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 9.2%, Colony Sim 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on rebuilding society after a global catastrophe, emphasizing resource management and infrastructure development in a hostile environment.

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Base Building 15%, Zombies 14%, Colony Sim 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate base-building with tactical defense, perfect for those who enjoy the fortification aspects of Infection Free Zone.

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Base Building 21.5%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, City Builder 10.4%, Survival 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of colony simulation and tactical combat against demons and zombies in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Zombies 41.3%, Survival 22%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on individual survival, its deep base-fortification and management systems offer the most realistic zombie apocalypse experience available.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: City Builder 22%, Base Building 20.3%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Management 10%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep colony management and multi-level base-building mechanics that allow for creative defensive structures.

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: City Builder 14.5%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Outbreak Sim 13.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Zombies 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic city-scale survival game that captures the essence of reclaiming urban territory from zombies block by block.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Zombies 31.4%, Base Building 30.7%, Survival 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Sandbox 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on base management and survivor recruitment in a persistent, open-world zombie apocalypse.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 14.7%, Survival 9.3%, Management 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive colony simulator that provides endless emergent storytelling and complex survival management challenges.

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

Why similar: Base Building 37.3%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Survival 15.6%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D survival colony sim where you must build a base and defend your survivors against alien threats and environmental disasters.

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Base Building 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original's survival mechanics with more complex political and societal management in a frozen wasteland.

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Colony Sim 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that focuses on industrial development and societal survival after a solar flare.

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 29%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 17%, Survival 9.4%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based city-builder that forces you to manage a fragile colony while dealing with constant survival threats.

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 28.5%, Base Building 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A somber, high-stakes survival game that emphasizes the human cost of scavenging and managing a shelter in a war-torn city.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Base Building 24%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, RTS 17.9%, Survival 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends colony management with open-world survival, allowing you to build communities and interact with other factions.

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, City Builder 14.2%, Strategy 9.2%, RTS 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused survival game that tasks you with building a base and managing survivors in a post-apocalyptic world.

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

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 17%, Colony Sim 15.6%, RTS 12.5%, Management 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep city-building experience with a strong emphasis on survival against disease, weather, and raiders.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: City Builder 38.9%, Colony Sim 29.3%, Survival 8.7%, Strategy 7.2%, Sandbox 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational city-survival game that requires careful resource management to keep your population alive through harsh winters.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Management 10.2%, Survival 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces you to adapt to constantly changing conditions and resource scarcity.

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: Base Building 32.4%, Post-apocalyptic 29.9%, Survival 17.7%, Management 9%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic disaster management game where you must keep your family alive inside a bunker while scavenging for supplies.

Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the post-apocalyptic city-building formula with improved mechanics for exploration and resource gathering.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, City Builder 17.9%, Colony Sim 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that tasks you with building and managing a spaceship, focusing on internal base layout and crew survival.

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 10.4%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that emphasizes managing resources and population needs in a challenging environment.

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Base Building 15%, City Builder 14.3%, Colony Sim 13.9%, Zombies 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12%

Why You'll Like It: A unique colony sim where you must manage both human survivors and the infected, attempting to cure them rather than just destroying them.

Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

Why similar: Zombies 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Management 9.9%, Immersive Sim 6.5%

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 50.9%, Survival 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Strategy 7%, Base Building 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes the management of a shelter and the difficult social dynamics of survivors during a zombie outbreak.

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: Zombies 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, RTS 17.7%, Sandbox 10.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS that pits you against a rapidly spreading infection, requiring strategic containment and base defense.

Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 20.3% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Colony Sim 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Zombies 13.2%

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Zombies 27.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Management 12.7%, Survival 12.1%, Immersive Sim 8.6%

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder that requires managing multiple small colonies on cliffs to survive a post-nuclear world.

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Base Building 14.9%, Zombies 14.3%, City Builder 13.9%, Colony Sim 13.4%, RTS 11.2%

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 8%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic colony-building game where you manage a base in a hostile environment, focusing on self-sufficiency and survival.

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: City Builder 19%, Base Building 19%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Sandbox 6.9%

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Base Building 25.5%, Colony Sim 23.3%, RTS 11.2%, Survival 6.3%

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Why similar: City Builder 40.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Colony Sim 9.5%, Management 8.2%, Sandbox 6.9%

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: Zombies 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Outbreak Sim 23.7% ★, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.3%

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Base Building 17.8%, City Builder 15.9%, Zombies 14.8%, Colony Sim 13.4%, RTS 10.2%

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: Outbreak Sim 19.6% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, City Builder 12.7%, RTS 10.3%

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Management 9.5%

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 20.7%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Management 10%, Sandbox 8.3%

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 28.9%, Base Building 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 9.9%

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 16.1%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Zombies 12.7%, RTS 12.1%

Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

Why similar: Base Building 20.4%, Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, RTS 7.6%

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: City Builder 17.5%, Outbreak Sim 16.1% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Zombies 13.8%

VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.

Why similar: Zombies 24.4%, Base Building 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 7.2%

Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Base Building 18.2%, Management 14.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 8.1%

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 32.9%, Base Building 22.3%, Outbreak Sim 19.3% ★, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%

Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.8% ★, Colony Sim 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Time Management 8.6%

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: Base Building 31.8%, City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 15.8%, RTS 13.8%, Strategy 8.4%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: City Builder 19%, Base Building 18%, Zombies 14.2%, Colony Sim 12.7%, RTS 12.5%

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

Why similar: City Builder 41.8%, Colony Sim 27.3%, Survival 9.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Sandbox 4.7%

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: City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 20.1%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Management 9.5%, Survival 8.3%

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: Base Building 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Survival 12.3%, Management 9.9%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Zombies 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Management 10.4%, Time Management 9.7%

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Base Building 22.4%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Survival 11.3%, Management 8%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: City Builder 27%, Base Building 22.2%, Zombies 18.3%, RTS 17.1%, Strategy 7%

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Colony Sim 16.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Management 8.1%

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: Zombies 30.7%, Base Building 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.8%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 4.3%