- #1 Commander: Zombie Wars
97% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a gripping turn-based tactical game in a zombie-infested world. Choose survivors or zombies. Gather resources, recruit allies, and strategize against the undead or join the undead. Shape custom maps, and decide the fate of the world. Join the fight now!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 24% ★, 4X 23.5% ★, Tactical RPG 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Sandbox 8%
- #2 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: 4X 21.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, Outbreak Sim 15% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #3 After Inc: Revival
96% matchVery Positive80% of 1,165 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 25.7% ★, 4X 21% ★, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%, Roguelite 5.7%
- #4 Star Zeal 4x
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Akuu Digital Entertainment
Windows
Star Zeal is a space based 4x strategy and rpg hybrid. A mixture between a procedural, open ended RPG and a space civilization builder. Go on an adventure with your character and their faction whilst making friends, enemies and exploring a vast galaxy.
Why similar: 4X 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.4% ★, Strategy RPG 12%, Tactical RPG 10.4%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #5 Void Ascendancy
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: lijohnttle Studio
Windows
Void Ascendancy is a UI-driven space empire simulation where you colonize planets, manage specialized worlds, and build interstellar trade networks across a procedurally generated star cluster.
Why similar: 4X 37.7% ★, Colony Sim 26.8% ★, Simulation 11.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 10.6%
- #6 Askara
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Askara is a rogue-like turn-based tactics game, you choose how long each run takes, from a half an hour, to a few days if you want to! Multiple layers of mechanics mesh together to ensure that every run will be unique. It is easy to pick up, but will take years to master.
Why similar: 4X 33.6% ★, Strategy RPG 18.7%, Tactical RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, RPG 7.5%
- #7 Zombie Colony
93% 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 29.2% ★, Outbreak Sim 28.2% ★, Zombies 10.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 7.1%
- #8 1492 - Colonization of the New World
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salty Olives
Windows · Linux
Chart your nation’s rise in 1492 Colonization of the New World, a turn-based strategy game where you explore, settle, trade, and lead your colonies to independence amid rival empires and native alliances during the Age of Discovery.
Why similar: 4X 39.2% ★, Colony Sim 28.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 8.5%
- #9 Jurassic Clans
91% matchMostly Negative39% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac
Jurassic Clans sets in a world where dinosaurs co-exist with humans. Ensure your people thrive in this dangerous world by surviving and evolving your tribe. Search for resources to expand your village, research technologies, defend your people from predators and prepare for the upcoming apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, 4X 19.2% ★, Tactical RPG 15.9%, Sandbox 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #10 Rise And Grind!
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AkdumanDev
Windows
We call you to survive in a world that only wakes you up once a year. Wake up, collect, build, expand, be prepared for dangers, and sleep for one year! Each awakening brings a new adventure, an opportunity to become stronger!
Why similar: 4X 32.3% ★, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Building 6.6%
- #11 Defense Legend 5: Survivor TD
90% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Gcenter GamePub: 130 Game Studio
Windows
Build a defense strategy to protect the peace.
Why similar: 4X 46% ★, Tactical RPG 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 4.2%
- #12 Order: The New Dawn
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29% ★, 4X 25.2% ★, Sandbox 10.3%, Building 7.5%, Management 6.1%
- #13 Entropy Department
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
A facility-building management sim with a physics-fueled sandbox: build the labs, run the shifts, direct your goal-driven staff, and stop anomalies from turning one mistake into a collapse. How long can your facility survive its own research?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.2% ★, Colony Sim 26.8% ★, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 9%
- #14 The Vanguard Expanse 4065
88% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Cryo Sleep Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Forged over 9 years, The Vanguard Expanse 4065 is a deep, text-based incremental 4X RPG that refuses to hold your hand. Survive a procedurally evolving universe. Build massive industries, command fleets, or rule the black market. It is difficult, rewarding, and you play however you want!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30% ★, Strategy RPG 19%, Tactical RPG 14.4%, RPG 10.6%, Strategy 10.1%
- #15 Zombie Survival
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Dragon Games Inc.
Windows
This is the first game where the theme is literally zombie survival. No Humans Allowed, except as the main course. An apocalyptic city building survival game where you grow the zombie horde and take over the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.9% ★, Colony Sim 30.3% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Zombies 5%
- #16 Edge Islands
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 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 32.6% ★, Sandbox 12%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.7%
- #17 Quarantine
86% matchMixed60% of 435 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 61.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 7%, Survival 5.2%
- #18 Brew or Die
84% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Crooked RoadPub: LT-Games
Windows
Brew or Die – an RPG game with TBS elements, where potion brewing is a matter of life, duty, and... possible wealth!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.3%, Tactical RPG 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Sandbox 16.3%, RPG 12%
- #19 Warranted Humanity
84% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.1% ★, Colony Sim 20.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Zombies 7.4%, Survival 6.3%
- #20 Hero Generations: ReGen
85% matchMixed60% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An innovative Roguelike / 4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, and raise a child before you die to build a great legacy. ReGen is an amazing complete remake, redesigned, re-imagined, and packed with 100s of new features.
Why similar: 4X 32.6% ★, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Roguelite 8.5%, Sandbox 8%
- #21 Exodus: The Colonization of Space
82% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Artex
Windows · Linux
Colonize a galaxy in 256 colors! In this RiscOS gem from 1997, the fate of human civilization lies in your hands. Travel the stars, claim uninhabited planets or fight over them against your alien opponents. Your ultimate chance to relive the original experience, on the PC for the first time ever.
Why similar: 4X 31.1% ★, Colony Sim 27.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 10%
- #22 Ashes & Blood
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Small Strategy
Windows · Mac
Ashes & Blood is a fantasy strategy RPG with fast paced tactical battles and a 4X sandbox campaign. Break the rules, build absurd combos, exploit the world, and unlock even more chaos with each run. Turn based strategy has never been this unhinged.
Why similar: 4X 36.2% ★, Strategy RPG 17.6%, Tactical RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Roguelite 7%
- #23 A Planet of Mine MasterMine Edition
82% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2025
Dev: Tuesday Quest
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy! Choose your winning gang, mastermine resources, and build your base and tools to boost your technology and conquer space! Unless your neighbors don’t see it that way… Trade, peace or clash: your planet, your choice!
Why similar: 4X 40.3% ★, Colony Sim 29.3% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 9.1%, Sandbox 4.3%
- #24 Underfoot Queens
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ElVillano
Windows · Linux
Underfoot Queens is an ant themed 4x where you will lead your species across generations. Explore, forage for food, expand your colony, fight off competitors, and survive the elements on your path to evolution. In the end, only the most adaptable species will survive.
Why similar: 4X 34.1% ★, Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Sandbox 6.2%, Management 5.8%
- #25 Moonlit Nights
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umut Bora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Moonlit Nights is a base management game set in a zombie apocalypse world. Form raiding parties and send them out to gather supplies, deal with mysterious visitors, and make difficult choices. How many days can you survive, or can you be freed and return to your normal life? Make your choice wisely.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.1% ★, Colony Sim 28.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Zombies 5.9%, Post-apocalyptic 4.6%
- #26 Master of Luna
79% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: 4X 45.6% ★, Strategy RPG 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Tactical RPG 6.7%
- #27 Wild West Pioneers
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!
Why similar: 4X 29.6% ★, Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 7.7%, Simulation 6%
- #28 Mystical Conquests
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pierre "Morm" ChamponPub: MormWare
Windows · Mac
A turn-based strategy RPG in which you lead a group of survivors in a world where the forces of evil are trying to destroy every civilization. Expand your realm, learn new technologies, train your soldiers, fight enemy hordes, and try to save the world!
Why similar: 4X 34.8% ★, Tactical RPG 16.5%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Sandbox 10%
- #29 Infection Free Zone
76% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 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: Outbreak Sim 27.7% ★, Colony Sim 19% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Zombies 9.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #30 Outland Kingdoms
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Strategy RPG 17.1%, Tactical RPG 16.2%, Building 8.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #31 Shelter Manager
78% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2021
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Sandbox 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #32 Plague Inc: Evolved
77% matchVery Positive94% of 59,582 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 60.7% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 11%, Zombies 5.6%, Post-apocalyptic 3.6%
- #33 Cloud Exiles
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yi Xian Sheng Ji
Windows
Rescue survivors and construct cities in the clouds in this post-apocalyptic simulation and role-playing game. Escape from frenzied zombies and a mysterious mist permeating through the air.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 22.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.4% ★, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Zombies 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
- #34 Wayward Valley
74% match6 user reviews71% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: PixelPulse Studio
Windows · Mac
Die in your world, awaken in Wayward Valley. Build a village, craft gear, and battle through the Tower in this turn-based RPG where grinding equals glory. Warning: Serious grinding required. Your second life starts now, Hunter!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 20.7%, Tactical RPG 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Colony Sim 14.3% ★, Building 7.8%
- #35 Isolated Island: After the flood
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZHANG FAN
Windows
Survive in a world drowned by disaster. Explore by day, hide by night, fight zombies, scavenge resources, build your shelter, and trade with other factions. Your survival, your strategy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Zombies 7.8%
- #36 Freezing WHAT IF...
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: BuilderSoftPub: TrinityGames
Windows
Experience an alternate world of Freezing in Freezing WHAT IF..., a fan fiction game that reimagines the world of the popular manga Freezing as a multiverse with an alternate history! A game strategy simulation + turn-based battle system awaits you!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16.9%, Tactical RPG 16.4%, Comic Book 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Cartoon 11.2%
- #37 Orc Colony
75% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3% ★, Strategy 13%, Simulation 12.6%, Sandbox 8.4%, Building 7.5%
- #38 Sorcerer King: Rivals
75% matchMixed63% of 408 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Tactical RPG 15.5%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #39 Grim wanderings 2
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 81 reviews2021
Dev: Ellinia games
Windows · Linux
This game combines a deep role-playing system inspired by classic board games and a full-fledged 4X strategy
Why similar: 4X 33.2% ★, Tactical RPG 16.4%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Building 7.6%
- #40 The Black Bahr
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zeynova Production
Windows
The Black Bahr is a sandbox colony simulation RPG blending ocean exploration, crew management, and dynamic faction politics. Freely chart your course as a pirate, merchant, or honorable captain, shaping your destiny across the open seas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Sandbox 15.2%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.6%
- #41 Hidden Harbor 2 Top-Down 3D
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: AztechPub: Azerbaijan Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the objects that are hidden on the map.
Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Outbreak Sim 27.3% ★, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Simulation 6.1%, Strategy 6.1%
- #42 Z Dawn
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Roguelite 9.3%, Building 7.8%
- #43 Corona Simulator
72% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Phodex Games
Windows
"Corona Simulator" is a sophisticated mixture of challenging strategy game and frighteningly detailed virus simulation. As a global pandemic leader, you must skillfully manage nations' resources, make tough decisions, and impose drastic measures to combat the deadly coronavirus.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #44 Hero Generations
73% matchMixed55% of 224 reviews2015
Dev: Heart Shaped Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
Why similar: 4X 46.9% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, RPG 9.1%, Simulation 6.7%
- #45 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
70% matchMixed69% of 434 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: Outbreak Sim 48.5% ★, Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%, Simulation 3.3%
- #46 Pennon and Battle
69% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: PB StudioPub: Luckycalf
Windows
"Pennon and Battle" is a turn-based strategy war game. As a lord, you will play a crucial role in the revival of the kingdom! Lead heroes and armies to expand territory in Ruachland, utilize tactics and magic to eliminate enemy forces, and create your own legend!
Why similar: 4X 35.5% ★, Tactical RPG 17.2%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #47 SuperColony
70% 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 36.8% ★, Sandbox 13.8%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.6%
- #48 Sheltered 2
71% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 33.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Survival 8.4%, Strategy RPG 8.2%
- #49 Constant Pressure
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ganduspl
Windows
After a nuclear disaster, you must take cover in an abandoned bunker. Play with friends, gather supplies by day and fight fearsome creatures by night.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.7% ★, Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 8.2%, Simulation 7.2%
- #50 Splinter Colony
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Cast and Wrought Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A modern recreation of the 1994 4x strategy game, Reunion. After many generations of being separated from Earth, the colony is self-sufficient enough to develop a mission to reconquer and reunify Earth.
Why similar: 4X 47.7% ★, Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Simulation 4.4%
- #51 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
68% matchMixed61% of 436 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?
Why similar: 4X 40% ★, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Tactical RPG 11.5%, Building 7.4%, Management 5.6%
- #52 DUSK OF WAR
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: oedipe games
Windows
DUSK OF WAR is a base-building game with resource and human management in a post-apocalyptic world where resources are limited. The game is played in real time and allows you to alternate between base management phases and real-time tactical combat.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 30.7% ★, Colony Sim 28.4% ★, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.5%, Building 6.5%
- #53 Eldrador® Creatures
69% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Independent Arts Software GmbHPub: Wild River Games
Windows
Go into combat together with your favourite Eldrador® Creatures in the Battle of the 4 Worlds and defeat the other factions so that you can call the powerful Superweapon your own and rule over Eldrador!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 26%, Tactical RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Cartoon 11.2%
- #54 Resilient
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNRDEV
Windows
Begin with a handful of survivors after a 17th-century zombie apocalypse and build a growing colony. Shape its organic layout, establish production chains, define ideologies, and pass laws. Thrive by day, defend by night, and test your colony’s resilience against the undead.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.3% ★, Colony Sim 25.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Zombies 7.8%, Building 7.6%
- #55 State of Survival
67% matchMixed57% of 454 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 184.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, Outbreak Sim 35.4% ★, Strategy 8.7%, RPG 7.1%, Zombies 5.8%
- #56 I Am Zombie
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarmZombie
Windows
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 57.7% ★, Strategy RPG 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Simulation 9%, RPG 5.1%
- #57 Paleon
66% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.8% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 10%, Building 9.5%, Survival 9%
- #58 Project RR
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STUDIO NEMO
Windows
Project RR is a tactical RPG that seamlessly blends turn-based domain management and exploration with unique real-time combat. Guided by an ancient prophecy, develop your domain, lead your legions, and recruit and nurture heroic allies. Restore peace to the continent of Arcarnia.
Why similar: 4X 34.8% ★, Strategy RPG 18.5%, Tactical RPG 17.2%, Management 7.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #59 War and Magic: Kingdom Reborn
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GOAT Games
Windows
A free 4X wargame combining real-time and turn-based tactical gameplay. Quick strategy game that’s easy to pick up, but winning depends on your strategy!
Why similar: 4X 40.5% ★, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Tactical RPG 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%