Games Like NEO Scavenger

Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32%, Procedural Generation 18%, Survival 16.8%, Roguelike 11%, Open World 9%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based roguelike that shares the complex world-building and procedural exploration found in NEO Scavenger.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.1%, Turn-Based 28.4%, RPG 14.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Open World 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging turn-based CRPG set in a claustrophobic, dangerous post-apocalyptic underground world.

The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike taking place in the ancient North, iron-age Finland. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmos and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Survival 18%, Perma Death 12.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Crafting 10%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival roguelike that focuses on realistic wilderness living, crafting, and the struggle against nature.

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.9%, Survival 20.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, RPG 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal turn-based roguelike with a realistic injury system and tactical combat that demands careful preparation.

You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Turn-Based 14.2%, Roguelike 13.9%, Crafting 13.9%, Grid-Based Movement 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival roguelike with a heavy focus on crafting, scavenging, and interacting with a procedurally generated environment.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 42.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Open World 9.4%, Sandbox 8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers the most immersive scavenging and survival simulation, requiring careful planning and resource management to survive a zombie apocalypse.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Survival 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Open World 12.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An unforgiving sandbox survival RPG where you must scavenge, trade, and fight to survive in a vast, hostile wasteland.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 25.8%, Survival 22.5%, Sandbox 7.8%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that captures the bleak atmosphere and tactical combat of a post-nuclear wasteland.

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.3%, Perma Death 17.3%, Roguelike 14.5%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Difficult 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based extraction roguelike that emphasizes intense inventory management and tactical survival in a sci-fi setting.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Survival 23%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Roguelike 11.9%, Crafting 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival game that emphasizes careful planning, scavenging, and managing resources to reach a safe zone.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.8%, Survival 40.2%, Open World 9.2%, Strategy 4.6%, Indie 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down extraction survival game that focuses on scavenging gear and managing resources in a dangerous post-apocalyptic environment.

Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.

Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Turn-Based 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that focuses on managing a shelter and making difficult decisions during scavenging runs.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.3%, Turn-Based 33.7%, RPG 12.4%, Survival 6.8%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep tactical turn-based combat and meaningful choices in a classic post-apocalyptic setting.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 41.1%, Post-apocalyptic 36%, Crafting 7.1%, RPG 4.7%, Strategy 4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the desperate resource management and survival of a family unit within the confines of a bunker.

A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.7%, Survival 22.6%, Roguelike 15.5%, Inventory Management 13.1%, Crafting 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike survival experience that leans into deep simulation and the brutal reality of post-apocalyptic life.

Navigate your scrappy ship through the boneyard in search of valuable parts in abandoned vessels. Use salvage to upgrade your ship, or sell it for cash to pay down your mounting debt, or restock fuel, air, or food. Fly and role-play aboard your dream spaceship in this hardcore noir space-sim.

Why similar: Survival 26%, Difficult 18%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Roguelike 14.8%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore simulation of scavenging and surviving in derelict spaceships, focusing on detailed mechanical and social interactions.

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Difficult 13%, Open World 11.1%, RPG 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features harsh survival mechanics and resource management in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world where every decision matters.

Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Survival 28.8%, Inventory Management 14.8%, Grid-Based Movement 13.7%, RPG 10%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that emphasizes exploration, resource scarcity, and claustrophobic combat.

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.7%, Turn-Based 28.5%, Survival 22.5%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival strategy game that forces difficult choices during a desperate road trip across a ruined world.

Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33%, Perma Death 24.3%, Roguelike 16.8%, Difficult 11.5%, RPG 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, deep turn-based roguelike that rewards tactical thinking and character building.

True Roguelike. Turn-based shooter. Permadeath. Tribute to the sci-fi classics of the Golden VHS era. Successor to DRL. Just you and your gun against hordes of horrors and monstrosities. Give them hell to the rhythm of heavy metal.

Why similar: Roguelike 34.9%, Turn-Based 31.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.2%, RPG 7%, Procedural Generation 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides fast-paced, turn-based roguelike combat that captures the intensity of tactical survival in a sci-fi setting.

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

Why similar: Survival 29.8%, Turn-Based 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic survival game that focuses on the planning and management of survivors in a zombie-infested environment.

A fun, fast, light-hearted, turn-based RPG, where the tradition of old school dungeon-diving games meets the sci-fi Sword of the Stars universe!

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.5%, Perma Death 17.8%, Crafting 12.7%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelike 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike dungeon crawler that emphasizes crafting and resource management to survive increasingly difficult floors.

Time moves forward only when you do in the dungeons of WazHack. Think your way out of problems instead of just spamming 'attack' and 'drink healing potion'.

Why similar: Roguelike 23.6%, Perma Death 23.2%, Turn-Based 19.8%, RPG 13.9%, Procedural Generation 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique side-scrolling roguelike that offers a tactical, turn-based experience with deep mechanics.

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Survival 22.7%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, RPG 10.6%, Roguelike 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that blends scavenging and base management with tactical combat encounters.

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Survival 31.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, Sandbox 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting where you must survive demonic threats.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Survival 49.1%, Sandbox 18.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Roguelike 6.2%, Procedural Generation 6%

A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 50.1%, Survival 23.7%, RPG 17.2%, Indie 5.9%, Adventure 3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic adventure that captures the bleak, lonely atmosphere of a dying world.

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.6%, Survival 35.5%, Strategy 6.5%, RPG 5.2%, Hex Grid 4.8% ★

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the resource management and base-building mechanics of the original with added survival depth.

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: Turn-Based 23.2%, Survival 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Hex Grid 13.4% ★, Crafting 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game focused on managing a group of survivors and scavenging in a zombie wasteland.

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 43%, Crafting 18.8%, Roguelike 9.5%, Perma Death 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time survival game that shares the claustrophobic, scavenging-focused gameplay and resource management of NEO Scavenger.

Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Perma Death 13.6%, Procedural Generation 12.5%

How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Survival 18.8%, Perma Death 14%, Crafting 9.4%, Hex Grid 9.3% ★

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Survival 38%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Crafting 10.7%, RPG 8.1%, Open World 7.8%

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: Survival 35.2%, Post-apocalyptic 32.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Open World 9.5%, Strategy 6.7%

ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27%, Survival 24.1%, Turn-Based 21%, Sandbox 7.9%, Open World 7.8%

Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?

Why similar: Survival 22.5%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Perma Death 15.3%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 10.8%

Echo of the Wilds is a puzzly narrativy adventure, featuring randomised wilderness survival. Explore and survive this mysterious tale of wilds. Gather resources to build gear and sustain yourself, learning new skills, lore and the intertwining interactions between the various areas, seasons, and weather.

Why similar: Survival 38.7%, Crafting 22.7%, Sandbox 12.3%, Roguelike 10.9%, Open World 9.7%

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: Post-apocalyptic 35.7%, Survival 31.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, RPG 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!

Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, RPG 11.8%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 6.8%

Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, Perma Death 19.9%, Roguelike 15.7%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Difficult 9.9%

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.3%, Survival 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Roguelike 11%, Procedural Generation 10.6%

Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

Why similar: Survival 28.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27.8%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 9.8%, Open World 9.3%

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.5%, Survival 19.7%, Perma Death 17.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Roguelike 5.4%

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.3%, Roguelike 24.8%, Perma Death 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, RPG 7.6%

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 53.7%, Inventory Management 28.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.3%

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

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Survival 21.2%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Crafting 12.8%, RPG 9%

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: Sandbox 23.1%, Open World 20.7%, RPG 20.2%, Realistic 17.7%, Strategy 12.5%

World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Why similar: Survival 36.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Roguelike 13.2%, Crafting 7.9%, RPG 5.2%

Enter a dark wasteland and fight mutants to survive.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Turn-Based 26%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Open World 7.7%

Test your luck and cunning in this exciting RPG as you craft, cast, and pillage your way through Lord Dredmor's Dungeons.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.9%, Roguelike 33%, Perma Death 13.8%, RPG 8.9%, Crafting 3%

HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.1%, Survival 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Difficult 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%

Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, Perma Death 22.6%, Roguelike 14.7%, Difficult 10.8%, RPG 7.6%

DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.

Why similar: Survival 32.9%, Turn-Based 27.1%, RPG 12%, Perma Death 10.9%, Strategy 6.3%

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 53%, Roguelike 19.5%, RPG 12.4%, Open World 8%, Indie 3.2%

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.4%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Survival 12.8%, RPG 11.1%, Strategy 6.8%

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 46.9%, Crafting 15.3%, Perma Death 12.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Roguelike 5.9%

Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.5%, Survival 22.3%, RPG 8.6%, Crafting 8.5%, Hex Grid 8.2% ★

The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?

Why similar: Survival 21.9%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Roguelike 15.8%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Difficult 9%