- #1 Rebuilt: Last Settlement
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Night Farm Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage the last farmhouse settlement in a zombie-infested city. Grow food, craft weapons, send teams to scavenge, and defend your settlement every night from relentless zombie hordes until you are strong enough to escape.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, Zombies 19.1%, Survival 14%, Base Building 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #2 Oxygen Not Included
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 15.5%, Resource Management 7.6%, Building 5.1%
- #3 Rows Of Earth
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Zombies 20.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 13.1%, Simulation 8%
- #4 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
95% 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: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Sandbox 6%
- #5 Sheltered 2
94% matchMixed45% of 2,222 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Colony Sim 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #6 Colony Survival
94% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 15%, Zombies 10.4%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #7 Zombie Motel 96
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OFFtheREAL
Windows
ZOMBIE MOTEL 96 is a tycoon at the end of the world. You check in, ration, quarantine, evict, scavenge and shoot to keep a roadside motel running. Every guest is one more gun on the fence, one more mouth to feed, one more noise the horde can hear. So, manager: how many people, for how many weeks?
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Zombies 19.2%, Survival 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 8.6%
- #8 Dwellers of Terra
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: McJz
Windows
A first-person survival colony sim. Scavenge, craft and repair a broken colony. Recruit survivors to help you produce valuable resources and defend against a constant barrage of deadly attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Zombies 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%
- #9 Ecopunk
91% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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: Colony Sim 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 9.3%, Base Building 9%
- #10 State of Decay: YOSE
91% matchVery Positive82% of 13,199 reviews2015
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Survival 20.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Open World 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #11 Galaxy Scavengers
90% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 15.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #12 The Blighted Frontier
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 10%, Zombies 8.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #13 Broken World
88% matchMixed61% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: N777
Windows
"Broken World" is an exciting post-apocalyptic low-poly game where players have to survive in a world overrun by zombies and chaos. Build and strengthen your shelters, fight various threats and explore a dangerous world full of secrets and dangers.
Why similar: Zombies 17.5%, Survival 16.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Open World 10%
- #14 State of Decay
89% matchVery Positive85% of 17,512 reviews2013
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.
Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Survival 21.1%, Open World 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Base Building 9.1%
- #15 Squad Zero
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 22.6%, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #16 Road of a Survivor
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Konithir
Windows
Road of a Survivor is survival horror, just not for you. Scavenge by day, build ugly defenses, fuel the car and load whatever still fires. At night the dead follow noise and light to your base. Let them. They came looking for food and found a problem.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Zombies 15.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #17 404 Survivor
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YSLJ Studio
Windows
The horde is coming. 404 Survivor is a top-down post-apocalyptic survival game focused on scavenging, crafting, and base building. Gather resources and fortify your base by day, then defend against growing zombie hordes by night. Every night could be your last.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Survival 15.1%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Open World 9.1%
- #18 Space Haven
83% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #19 SuperColony
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Base Building 17%, Survival 14.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 7.7%
- #20 Embark
85% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 7.1%, Open World 5.7%
- #21 After Long Night
82% 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: Colony Sim 23%, Zombies 17.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #22 TFM: The First Men
84% matchMixed59% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Base Building 20%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 6.7%, Open World 6.4%
- #23 Junk Survivor
82% matchMixed70% of 83 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Open World 9.4%
- #24 State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
81% matchVery Positive83% of 70,161 reviews2020
Dev: Undead LabsPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.9%, Survival 21.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Open World 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #25 Survival Z
81% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Survival Z is an action-adventure game with survival elements, set in a semi-open world inspired by Brazil. Collect and manage resources, level up, hunt and eliminate all infected and other enemies scattered across the map, trade with merchants, and upgrade your arsenal.
Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 16.3%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #26 Infection Free Zone
79% 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: Zombies 21.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Survival 9.9%
- #27 Oxygen
80% 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: Colony Sim 25.1%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #28 Ocean Punk
78% matchVery Positive80% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #29 They Are Billions
78% 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: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 22.8%, Zombies 19.5%, Survival 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%
- #30 Idyll
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 17.5%, Simulation 6.3%, Management 5.9%
- #31 Nuclear Crawler
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 22.1%, Management 8.8%, Building 8%, Open World 6.8%
- #32 HullRats
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 14.8%, Management 8.2%, Open World 8%
- #33 Settletopia
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 7.5%
- #34 SeaColony
74% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 15%, Sandbox 8.1%, Management 7.8%
- #35 Worlds Explorers
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 8.6%, Management 8.6%
- #36 Goblin Colony
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quench Forge
Windows
Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 11.1%, Resource Management 9%, Management 8.5%
- #37 Oxygen: First Breath
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. 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 keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Base Building 18%, Survival 14.3%, Resource Management 8.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%
- #38 Underground Nomads
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 15.6%, Building 7.5%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #39 Ratopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 13.5%, Building 7.5%, Management 7.3%
- #40 SAND CRUISER
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3 Duckz
Windows
Build, crew and command a colossal landcruiser across a dying desert world. By day you scavenge and produce; by night you defend against a swarm from the deep, roused by your own heat and vibration. Stop moving, and you become prey.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #41 Surviving the Aftermath
73% 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: Colony Sim 27.2%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #42 Starship Colony
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 14.3%, Sandbox 7.6%, Management 7.6%
- #43 The Last Haven
72% 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 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Survival 13.9%, Colony Sim 9.6%, Zombies 7.7%
- #44 Red Dust Colony
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Base Building 19%, Survival 15%, Resource Management 8.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #45 Zombie Colony
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Zombies 25.7%, Survival 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, Simulation 6.6%
- #46 Never Secure
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Survival 18.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #47 The Old Forge
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ToF Studio
Windows
Explore a open world inspired by 1990s Poland. Scavenge, build, craft and dig your way through forests, villages and industrial ruins surviving the zombies, harsh weather and the constant fight for food, warmth and safety.
Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Survival 18.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Open World 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%
- #48 Endzone 2
68% matchMixed67% of 1,085 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Colony Sim 28%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #49 KingForge
68% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: ElykraGames
Windows
Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Open World 11.5%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #50 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: afterglow games
Windows
Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Survival 14.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Simulation 11.4%
- #51 Stonedeep
71% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 13.4%, Resource Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7%
- #52 Edge Islands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 7.9%
- #53 VEIN
66% matchVery Positive88% of 12,706 reviews2025
Dev: Ramjet Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.4%, Survival 19%, Base Building 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Open World 11.8%
- #54 Lost Heaven Station
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #55 Dwarf Things
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 13.6%, Simulation 8.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #56 Maia
70% matchMixed44% of 1,065 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Survival 16.4%, Base Building 13%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #57 Doomsday Train
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PAOGE
Windows
Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Zombies 11.1%
- #58 Survival Bunker
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Df Games Studio
Windows
Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 17.6%, Base Building 8.3%, Building 7.8%
- #59 ZIC: Survival
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
Dev: Megame LLC
Windows
ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Zombies 14.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Survival 9.9%