- #1 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
97% matchMostly Positive78% of 217 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: City Builder 17.9%, RTS 17.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Tower Defense 13.2%, Zombies 12.6%
- #2 Infection Free Zone
96% matchVery Positive81% of 18,697 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Base Building 22.7%, Zombies 18.8%, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 6.4%
- #3 Thronefall
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,759 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Tower Defense 21.9%, Action RTS 14.8% ★, Minimalist 10%, Base Building 9.7%
- #4 They Are Billions
95% matchVery Positive85% of 51,491 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 24.2%, RTS 22.2%, Zombies 14.7%, Tower Defense 14.6%, City Builder 12.5%
- #5 Tower Dominion
94% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.2%, RTS 21%, Base Building 16.2%, Roguelike 9.9%, Tactical 8.7%
- #6 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 24.8%, Tower Defense 24.4%, Zombies 14.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Tactical 10.4%
- #7 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,665 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.6% ★, RTS 21.6%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Base Building 14.9%, Tactical 8.2%
- #8 Diplomacy is Not an Option
92% matchVery Positive86% of 12,713 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Base Building 17.6%, Zombies 17.3%, RTS 15.1%, Action RTS 14.8% ★, Tower Defense 11.8%
- #9 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
91% matchVery Positive82% of 13,388 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 50.6%, Base Building 32.8%, 3D 8.9%, Combat 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #10 The Last Haven
91% 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: Base Building 31.5%, City Builder 23.3%, RTS 19.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Zombies 7.4%
- #11 Last Stand: Defense
90% matchVery Positive84% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: RTS 25.9%, Tower Defense 21%, City Builder 20.6%, Minimalist 7.8%, Strategy 7%
- #12 Outpost: Infinity Siege
89% matchMixed65% of 13,643 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.6 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, Tower Defense 28.5%, Base Building 25.5%, Strategy 8.1%, 3D 6.3%
- #13 Until We Die
89% 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: Base Building 36%, Tower Defense 35.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #14 Signal Zone
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Norafox Studio
Windows
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, Base Building 21%, Action RTS 17.3% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #15 City Defense Z
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 328 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
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: Tower Defense 21.3%, Base Building 18.5%, Zombies 17.7%, Roguelike 13%, Tactical 11.2%
- #16 Becastled
86% matchVery Positive82% of 5,625 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: City Builder 28.5%, Base Building 27.5%, RTS 23.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 4.8%
- #17 Decision: Red Daze
86% 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: Zombies 25.4%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Base Building 22%, Isometric 14.9%, Strategy 4.7%
- #18 Defensurvivor
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 108 reviews2024
Dev: SignatureGamez
Windows
DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!
Why similar: RTS 27.1%, Tower Defense 23.9%, Base Building 20.3%, Zombies 8.5%, Roguelite 7.4%
- #19 Acid Planet
84% matchVery Positive80% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.4% ★, RTS 20.7%, Tower Defense 19.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelike 7%
- #20 From Glory To Goo
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,844 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: RTS 18.7%, Action RTS 17.4% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Tower Defense 14.4%, Base Building 13.4%
- #21 Bee Island
83% matchVery Positive87% of 1,715 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Play solo or in co-op with friends, take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
Why similar: City Builder 16.3%, Action RTS 16% ★, RTS 14.5%, Tower Defense 13.1%, Base Building 11.2%
- #22 Creeping Dusk
84% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: PolyShroom
Windows · Linux
Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Base Building 21.3%, Tactical 10.9%, Isometric 9.5%, Strategy 9%
- #23 Tower Factory
82% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: RTS 18.6%, Tower Defense 15.2%, City Builder 14.8%, Action RTS 14.6% ★, Base Building 11.8%
- #24 After Long Night
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
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: RTS 25.7%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Zombies 16.1%, Tower Defense 12.6%
- #25 Aurora Defense
81% matchMixed61% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, RTS 19.1%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #26 Wool at the Gates
79% matchVery Positive92% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Action RTS 18.3% ★, Tower Defense 17.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #27 Monsters are Coming!
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,892 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Isometric 15.2%, Roguelite 6.6%
- #28 Grim Nights
80% matchVery Positive88% of 1,552 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.7%, RTS 22.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Zombies 14.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #29 Surviving the Aftermath
79% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 51.3%, Base Building 21.8%, Strategy 14.6%, Isometric 5%, Tactical 3.8%
- #30 Minimalist Tower Defense
77% matchVery Positive95% of 1,872 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Base Building 23%, Minimalist 16.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Combat 4.9%
- #31 New Cycle
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 45.4%, Base Building 27.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Difficult 9.3%, 3D 5.2%
- #32 The Ember Guardian
76% matchVery Positive83% of 297 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Minimalist 13%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #33 Rift Riff
76% matchVery Positive95% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.3%, RTS 19.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Action RTS 13.8% ★, Minimalist 10.8%
- #34 Dead Engine
75% 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: Base Building 27.6%, Zombies 24.4%, Roguelike 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #35 Kingdoms vs Zombies
74% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Tower Defense 23.2%, RTS 17%, Strategy 13.6%, Zombies 11.8%
- #36 NecroCity
77% matchMixed50% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Base Building 19.7%, Isometric 13.8%, Zombies 10.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #37 Axom: Conquest
74% matchVery Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Tower Defense 19.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Isometric 11.8%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #38 Cepheus Protocol
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,768 reviews2020
Dev: Halcyon Winds
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: RTS 43.2%, Zombies 28%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Tactical 7.1%
- #39 The Last Spell
73% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Tactical 16.4%, Roguelike 11.6%, Strategy 10%
- #40 The Last Stand: Aftermath
73% matchVery Positive81% of 6,818 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 71.9%, Roguelite 18.8%, 3D 6.4%, Singleplayer 3%
- #41 Nordhold
70% matchVery Positive87% of 3,393 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Tower Defense 20.5%, Base Building 15.3%, RTS 13.8%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #42 Northend Tower Defense
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,461 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.1% ★, Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 16%, Tactical 11%, Strategy 7.7%
- #43 Cataclismo
70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 34.8%, RTS 30.4%, Base Building 24.5%, Strategy 9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #44 Zombie Cure Lab
71% matchMixed68% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: City Builder 28.5%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Zombies 20%, Strategy 7%
- #45 Endzone - A World Apart
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,043 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 60.1%, Base Building 24.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Difficult 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #46 YORG.io 3
73% matchMixed68% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.6%, RTS 22.3%, City Builder 21.9%, Zombies 11.5%, Minimalist 9.7%
- #47 Red Rocket Defencism
68% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2026
Dev: tiny cactus studio
Windows
You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Action RTS 15.1% ★, RTS 14.9%, Base Building 11.4%
- #48 Warlords Under Siege
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 482 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.7% ★, City Builder 22.3%, RTS 18.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Roguelike 7.4%
- #49 Risen Kingdom
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 458 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Zombies 15.2%, Strategy 14.8%
- #50 Here Comes The Swarm
68% matchVery Positive86% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Action RTS 19.6% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Tower Defense 15.3%
- #51 outpost4
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
Build your mobile outpost and combine over 20 weapons with 100+ items to create unique builds. Grow stronger against endless enemy hordes, conquer new planets, and experience the thrill of evolving from desperate survival to overwhelming firepower.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.2%, Roguelike 19.3%, City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #52 Ascent of Ashes
69% 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: City Builder 38.8%, Base Building 29.9%, Isometric 20.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #53 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
65% matchVery Positive92% of 15,563 reviews2026
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 79.1% ★, Zombies 9.3%, Roguelike 5.8%, Roguelite 3.3%, 3D 2%
- #54 After Inc: Revival
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,512 reviews2026
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: City Builder 38.5%, Zombies 23.6%, Base Building 21.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Roguelite 7.3%
- #55 Rebirth evolution
71% 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: City Builder 29.1%, RTS 23.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Zombies 17.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #56 Outpost
69% matchVery Positive87% of 796 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Base Building 23.7%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelite 9%
- #57 Dying Breed
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: SarnayerPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Golden-age RTS classic. Fast-paced action & strategic decision-making, battling evil arch-enemies, zombies, and retro-futuristic technologies. All to a '90s electro-metal soundtrack and FMV live-action cut scenes.
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Action RTS 17% ★, Zombies 13.6%, Tactical 10.3%
- #58 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
67% matchVery Positive82% of 205 reviews2025
Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot in this exciting "Tower Defense-on-wheels zombie survival roguelite" game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Zombies 21.7%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 10.4%, Strategy 10%
- #59 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
67% 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: Base Building 52.8%, City Builder 32.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #60 Warpips
65% matchVery Positive87% of 5,222 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Tactical 10.2%, Strategy 8%