- #1 Tempest Rising
97% matchVery Positive87% of 12,034 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 56.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Base Building 7.9%, Action RTS 7% ★, War 5.3%
- #2 Surviving the Aftermath
96% 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 32.1%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #3 They Are Billions
96% 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: RTS 25.7%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 16.8%, City Builder 13.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #4 The Last Haven
95% 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: City Builder 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, RTS 16.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Strategy 13.2%
- #5 Infection Free Zone
94% 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 26.6%, RTS 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Base Building 14.3%
- #6 Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
94% matchVery Positive83% of 4,511 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Wargame 27%, Real Time Tactics 23.4%, Strategy 9.3%, 3D 4.4%
- #7 From Glory To Goo
93% 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: Action RTS 21.7% ★, RTS 18.1%, City Builder 15.3%, Colony Sim 12.5%, War 9.6%
- #8 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
92% matchMostly Positive74% of 5,000 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: RTS 35.2%, Real Time Tactics 21.7%, Base Building 14%, War 12.7%, Strategy 8%
- #9 Battlefall: State of Conflict
91% matchMixed60% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command one of three unique factions in a post-apocalyptic old-school RTS. Now featuring Patch 0.4.0 -- new mini-campaign and gamemodes."
Why similar: Action RTS 23.2% ★, RTS 18%, Wargame 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Real-Time 10.8% ★
- #10 ALL WILL FALL
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 26.2%, Colony Sim 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 6.4%
- #11 Reignfall
91% matchVery Positive89% of 424 reviews2018
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, City Builder 30.1%, RTS 20.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #12 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
89% 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: RTS 16.5%, City Builder 15.9%, Colony Sim 13.2%, Action RTS 12.9% ★, Real-Time 12% ★
- #13 Post-Apo Builder
89% 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: RTS 23.4%, City Builder 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%
- #14 Endzone - A World Apart
87% 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 39.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 8.6%
- #15 Cliff Empire
86% matchVery Positive87% of 4,378 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 32.8%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #16 reconquest
88% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 67.6%, Strategy 32.4%
- #17 After the Collapse
86% 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: City Builder 28.5%, Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
85% matchVery Positive84% of 14,720 reviews2015
Dev: Planetary Annihilation Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Why similar: RTS 37.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, War 17%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #19 After Long Night
84% 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 20.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Wargame 10.2%, Base Building 8.3%
- #20 Iron Harvest
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 16,007 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 45%, War 20.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Real-Time 9.5% ★
- #21 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
83% 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 31.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Base Building 16%, City Builder 15.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #22 Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 14,402 reviews2011
Dev: Gas Powered GamesPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 50.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The last days of man are at hand.. Two years after the Infinite War the once great warring nations now lie in ruins, and humanity’s hope for a brighter future is nothing but a bitter memory. A new, seemingly unstoppable enemy, supported by the zealots of The Order, now seeks to eradicate mankind: UEF, Aeon Loyalist, and Cybran alike.
Why similar: RTS 60.6%, Strategy 16.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Real-Time 7.5% ★, War 3.8%
- #23 Heart of the Machine
80% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: City Builder 32.4%, Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10.7%, Strategy 9.1%
- #24 Darfall
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 505 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
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: RTS 21.1%, City Builder 19.7%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 13%, Base Building 9.3%
- #25 New Cycle
81% 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 28.6%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 8.9%
- #26 Diplomacy is Not an Option
79% 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: Colony Sim 21.8%, Action RTS 21.7% ★, RTS 17.3%, War 12.1%, Base Building 12%
- #27 Desynced
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,067 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, City Builder 29.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #28 Earth 2160
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,563 reviews2006
Dev: Reality Pump StudiosPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.
Why similar: RTS 42.3%, Real-Time 25.5% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 2.9%
- #29 Cataclismo
78% 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 25%, RTS 22.9%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8.3%
- #30 ICBM
79% matchVery Positive91% of 1,931 reviews2020
Dev: SoftWarWarePub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
ICBM is a real-time strategy game of nuclear destruction. Research new technologies, build up your nuclear stockpile and use a combination of ships, planes and missiles to strike at the heart of your opponents’ cities while keeping your population safe from harm.
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, War 21%, Real Time Tactics 20.8%, Base Building 8.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #31 City States: Medieval
77% matchMixed63% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
You are the leader of a city-state in high medieval Europe. Expand your city through deep city-building systems, build a trade empire across the known world, and lead men to war to defend trade routes in a high-stakes struggle of global strategy and brutal warfare.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.8% ★, RTS 20.9%, City Builder 18.4%, Wargame 13.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #32 Machine Mind
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 601 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Action RTS 45.5% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Building 11.2%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 8.6%
- #33 Age of Undead
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: RTS 22.5%, Action RTS 20.7% ★, War 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%, Base Building 7.8%
- #34 Here Comes The Swarm
74% 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: Action RTS 25.5% ★, RTS 21.7%, City Builder 16.6%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Base Building 9.4%
- #35 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
76% matchMixed61% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar pug studio
Windows · Mac
A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, RTS 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Wargame 14.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%
- #36 TFC: The Fertile Crescent
75% matchVery Positive89% of 402 reviews2024
Dev: Wield InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.9% ★, City Builder 19.3%, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Real-Time 8.7% ★
- #37 Empires of the Undergrowth
73% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.1%
- #38 Industries of Titan
76% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 7.9%
- #39 Ascent of Ashes
74% 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 26.7%, Colony Sim 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.2%
- #40 Starship Troopers: Terran Command
73% matchVery Positive87% of 12,051 reviews2022
Dev: The ArtistocratsPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
Why similar: RTS 37.9%, War 15%, Strategy 12.4%, Wargame 12.1%, Real-Time 10.3% ★
- #41 Survive the Fall
73% matchMixed67% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30%, Post-apocalyptic 26.3%, Base Building 21.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Tactical 9.5%
- #42 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
72% 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 34.5% ★, RTS 26.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 7.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #43 The Crust
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 21.1%, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #44 Retro Commander
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 374 reviews2023
Dev: Noble Master LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Retro Commander is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy wargame (RTS).
Why similar: RTS 34%, Wargame 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #45 Endzone 2
70% 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: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 22%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Real-Time 9.8% ★, Base Building 9.3%
- #46 Gods of the Fallen Land
72% matchVery Positive82% of 119 reviews2017
Dev: Crow's Key Studios
Windows
Gods of the Fallen Land is an action-strategy game centered around base building and villager management. Take on the role of a leader trying to rebuild humanity in a broken and dangerous world. Lead your followers into battle and make strategic decisions on what to develop and build to survive.
Why similar: RTS 50.5%, Strategy 29.9%, Base Building 19.7%
- #47 Homeseek
71% matchMixed66% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: TrapticsPub: iterco
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Real-Time 14.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 10.6%
- #48 Oxygen
70% 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: City Builder 28.2%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Building 7.7%
- #49 Repterra
68% matchVery Positive91% of 141 reviews2026
Dev: Chute AppsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
Why similar: RTS 23.6%, City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 15.9%, Action RTS 10.8% ★, Base Building 10.1%
- #50 Scarecropia
68% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Action RTS 21% ★, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 14.4%, Wargame 13.1%, Colony Sim 11.7%
- #51 ReEarth
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Jiangzuogongfang Shanghai Game Co.,Ltd
Windows
ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!
Why similar: RTS 26.8%, Wargame 18%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, War 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #52 Operation: Polygon Storm
69% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.1% ★, RTS 19.1%, Wargame 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, War 8.1%
- #53 Frostpunk
67% matchVery Positive93% of 137,667 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 33.9%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Strategy 7.6%, RTS 7.1%
- #54 PERIMETER: Legate Edition
67% matchVery Positive93% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: K-D LabPub: Association K-D Lab
Windows · Linux
Perimeter is a real-time strategy game with a destructible world. Utilize the environment for resource gathering and defense against enemies. Immerse yourself in the millennia-spanning history of the Chains of Worlds and lead a faction in the struggle for survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 43.2% ★, RTS 35.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Base Building 4.9%, 3D 4.6%
- #55 Last Train Home
65% matchVery Positive87% of 5,548 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
Why similar: RTS 30.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, War 14.9%, Wargame 12.6%, Strategy 10%
- #56 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
67% matchMixed68% of 439 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
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: Colony Sim 38.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Strategy 17.7%, Base Building 12.9%, 3D 5.2%
- #57 Going Medieval
63% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: RTS 23.9%, City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Base Building 10.6%
- #58 Deep Among the Swarm
66% matchVery Positive87% of 141 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: RTS 32.9%, Action RTS 19.2% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #59 Eyes of War
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 329 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode. Build your castle, lead your army, and dominate the map. Eyes of War invites you to epic battles of the medieval era!
Why similar: RTS 28.1%, Wargame 20.8%, City Builder 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Base Building 7.9%