Games Like Once Upon a Time… After the End

Creates potions with plants gathered in the woods, discover new ways to make potions and sell those potions to stores

Why similar: Trading 26.2%, Crafting 16.2%, Resource Management 14%, Management 10.5%, Inventory Management 10.2%

Story-driven RPG with survival elements. Open seamless world, first person view. Adventures on an island where intelligent life has been destroyed by a zombie virus.

Why similar: Loot 14.1%, Inventory Management 12.6%, Survival 12.4%, Time Management 12.3%, Crafting 10.8%

A hybrid 2D/3D adventure game pitting the player against countless dangers on a cross-country journey. Manage your resources and keep your party alive!

Why similar: Inventory Management 20.1%, Trading 18.2%, Time Management 11.3%, Crafting 10.1%, Survival 9%

Explore a brutal medieval world inspired by Welsh folklore, gather what you can, and return before nightfall.

Why similar: Inventory Management 18%, Time Management 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Crafting 12.3%

OBEY OR ESCAPE You can follow the rules and survive another day.You are a defective clone trapped inside a brutal prison where every day follows a strict routine. Play alone or with up to 4 players as you obey the guards, complete your shifts, stay in order, and avoid suspicion.

Why similar: Perma Death 23.3%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 13.7%, Loot 13.2%, Inventory Management 11.9%

Once #1 on both TapTap New Releases and Exclusive Charts, this post-apocalyptic comfort survival game is now on Steam. One-time purchase, no ads, focusing on survival simulation, RV stockpiling and roguelike reincarnation to deliver a relaxing wasteland experience with full preparation and no fear.

Why similar: Trading 16.4%, Inventory Management 16%, Resource Management 15%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 12.4%

How would you react when facing a near-death experience? Despair? Perseverance? ... Maybe sorrow? Face your inner demons while trying to gather resources and keep your body alive in this run survival game as hard as life itself.

Why similar: Perma Death 21.1%, Time Management 15.7%, Survival 14.6%, Resource Management 13.6%, Crafting 13.3%

In BARDA, it won't be your sword that saves you. It's how you pack your bag. But hunger, fatigue and madness will take up space! Do your best as you climb an ever-changing mountain to spread the ashes of your grandfather, improve your base camp, and try again.

Why similar: Inventory Management 22%, Loot 20.6%, Perma Death 19.7%, Resource Management 14.2%, Survival 11.5%

Travel and trade in a demon-haunted post-apocalypse. Each playthrough features a new character and a partially randomized world. Between playthroughs, the world around you will grow and develop in response to your actions. Be prepared to make hard decisions.

Why similar: Trading 29.5%, Perma Death 18.4%, Resource Management 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Time Management 10.8%

Do not stray off the path. Ashes of Alice is an atmospheric, PSX-style narrative survival game where the world has already ended. Follow a fading blood trail through a desolate, ash-choked landscape, piecing together the final moments of humanity before your vision goes dark for good.

Why similar: Perma Death 30.3%, Survival 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Resource Management 14%, Inventory Management 9.2%

Trapped by a massive ₩200,000,000 debt from a housing scam, you discover a mysterious portal to the otherworld. Your mission: buy goods in the real world, sell them for huge profits in the otherworld, and pay off your debt. You only have 30 days to earn it all back and start a new life!

Why similar: Trading 33.4%, Resource Management 18.8%, Time Management 17%, Dialogue Heavy 14.4%, Management 7%

The Witchmade Shop is a witch shop simulator in a provincial town. Listen to the stories of visitors, take orders, brew potions (trying not to poison the one who will use it), earn money, buy ingredients, and everything in a circle.

Why similar: Trading 31.1%, Time Management 20.8%, Crafting 14.2%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.6%

Medieval Alchemist is an alchemist survival game set in the medieval period. Survive against the challenges of nature, collect ingredients, produce potions, sell non-essential ingredients in the bazaar, develop your character and build your living space by hiring workers.

Why similar: Trading 24.9%, Inventory Management 16.4%, Crafting 15%, Resource Management 14.7%, Survival 12%

Hire miners and help them to extract ore using different tools. Try to control the chaos of the workflow. Trade in the market. Improve your buildings. Craft items. Manage resources wisely to stay profitable.

Why similar: Trading 17.8%, Resource Management 15.7%, Perma Death 14.4%, Time Management 12.3%, Inventory Management 11.8%

A free-to-play 2D sandbox MMORPG inspired by classic old-school MMOs. Train skills, battle powerful bosses, master combat styles, trade in a player-driven economy, and grind your way to greatness on PC and mobile.

Why similar: Inventory Management 20.7%, Survival 16.1%, Crafting 15.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, Exploration 8.6%

Craft items in this high-pressure resource management game to get enough gems to last until tomorrow. By combining resource management, crafting, and roguelike elements the pressure is on the whole time you play!

Why similar: Inventory Management 20.9%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 13.4%, Management 10.2%

Escape an evil witch's manor while completing her daily tasks!

Why similar: Time Management 18.7%, Inventory Management 14.1%, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 12.5%, Management 10.8%

On a secluded medieval, awake in a small village surrounded by wildlife nature and bandits and many challanges. Evolve your land in search of new adventures.

Why similar: Trading 23.7%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 15.2%, Loot 10.7%, RPG 7.8%

Your task is to keep the house warm by carrying wood chips to the heater. Brave the cold, engage in ice fishing for survival and see how long you can endure the cold challenge!

Why similar: Resource Management 30.5%, Time Management 30.3%, Perma Death 23.2%, Survival 15.1%, Singleplayer 1%

A co-op roguelite experience set in an apocalyptic world, where cooperation with your partner is the key to continued survival.

Why similar: Perma Death 26%, Trading 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Inventory Management 9.3%, Survival 8.3%

Violent Nature is an open world survival game set in a small town after an interdimensional invasion. Manage your status and limited resources as you fight weaponized creatures and push back the spread of cracks to the other side.

Why similar: Survival 17.7%, Inventory Management 17.1%, Loot 16%, Perma Death 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%

The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.

Why similar: Inventory Management 18.1%, Resource Management 16.3%, Time Management 15.9%, Survival 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%

Race an exploding volcano in this high-risk extraction survival. Rescue survivors, manage scarce resources, survive fire anomalies, and carve escape routes through ash and lava. Bring them back alive, before the island buries you.

Why similar: Inventory Management 17.3%, Loot 14.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.8%

Evil Next Door is a game about survival in a small post-Soviet town called Ensk suffering from a deadly epidemic. Switch between characters, go out for supplies and build a shelter for your people.

Why similar: Perma Death 18.4%, Loot 17.4%, Survival 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Crafting 11.6%

Uncover the lost histories and legends of the mysterious Legumi in a stressfully relaxing survival RPG like none other.

Why similar: Inventory Management 31.2%, Time Management 24.8%, RPG 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%, Survival 6.1%

A cozy crafting and workshop-management game about mining rough gems, restoring them by hand, brewing potions, forging fine pieces, and growing a humble workshop into a master artisan atelier.

Why similar: Trading 21.8%, Inventory Management 19.5%, Crafting 18.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, Management 10%

Guide your survivor in this exploration game with random generation, where every moment could be your last.

Why similar: Perma Death 32.3%, Survival 20%, RPG 12.2%, Inventory Management 11.8%, Exploration 10.9%

Explore and survive in this 2D game set in the urban legend of the “backrooms,” with a wealth of objects, entities, levels, and sublevels at your disposal. Will you be able to survive and escape, or will you be trapped forever in this new reality?

Why similar: Survival 30.7%, Crafting 23.2%, RPG 14.5%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 7%

It was a dark and stormy night when the helicopter had to make an emergency landing on an isolated island. Unfortunately for them, fate had a cruel twist in store. As the storm progressed, the chopper was violently tossed and turned until it landed on an isolated island shrouded in mystery.

Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Resource Management 22.6%, Loot 21.7%, Crafting 20.5%, Adventure 4.7%

Iron Contract is a solo 2D management game where you run an industrial defense company. Manage contracts, suppliers, stock, reputation, buildings and production capacity as your company grows from a small local operation into a stronger industrial actor.

Why similar: Trading 29.9%, Inventory Management 26.5%, Resource Management 22.8%, Management 17.4%, 2D 2.2%

Step into the shoes of a nameless exile left to die on a Mediterranean island in this first-person horror adventure. Explore an open world of haunting beauty, craft your weapons, and confront threats emerging from the depths of the island at dusk.

Why similar: Inventory Management 21.9%, Survival 17.3%, Resource Management 16.6%, Crafting 15%, Action-Adventure 8.9%

Burntime is a remaster and expansion of Max Design's post-apocalyptic strategy game 'Burntime' from 1993. It includes improvements like doubled resolution and wide screen support.

Why similar: Trading 23.4%, Inventory Management 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, RPG 13.5%, Resource Management 10.8%

Hermit is a Hardcore Third-Person Open-World Fantasy RPG. Explore with your Donkey at your side as you navigate dungeons, cast spells, brew potions, hunt monsters, and traverse a vast medieval landscape while uncovering the terrible secrets of a group of magic-wielding outlaws.

Why similar: Survival 17.9%, Inventory Management 14.4%, Resource Management 14.4%, Crafting 14%, RPG 9.3%

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: Inventory Management 18.3%, Survival 16.5%, Time Management 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Crafting 11.3%

Idly gather and manage resources to repair what's left of a decaying world. Scavenge forgotten ruins, meet scattered survivors, and push back against the inevitable collapse. IDLE_DIRECTIVE is a grid-based inventory and resource management idle game.

Why similar: Trading 31.8%, Loot 18.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Inventory Management 9.7%, Exploration 8.8%

Unleash the power of ancient strategy in this exciting jokenpo-based adventure. Wood conquers stone, stone shatters metal, and metal obliterates wood. Master the art of wield the perfect weapon for each battle.

Why similar: Loot 21.3%, Resource Management 20.9%, Inventory Management 20.3%, Crafting 16.9%, Exploration 8.3%

An action roguelite where you find your way through an ever-changing maze, choose combat abilities, and grow stronger with each run. Break through a maze that shifts between day and night, and reach the Demon King after repeated challenges.

Why similar: Survival 21.5%, Inventory Management 14.8%, Action-Adventure 11.3%, Resource Management 11%, Exploration 10.5%

Night Frontier is a survival-management game about building a camp, preparing squads, and sending them into a dangerous and cursed wasteland. Gather resources, craft equipment, manage injuries and disease, and decide how much risk your people can survive.

Why similar: Inventory Management 17.8%, Resource Management 15.9%, Survival 14.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%

Life can be tough as a medieval courier. Explore a colourful environment as you plan your daily deliveries, select cards to help optimise your route and purchase upgrades to increase efficiency!

Why similar: Inventory Management 22%, Time Management 20.9%, Resource Management 19.3%, Management 14.3%, Exploration 9.6%

Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!

Why similar: Time Management 19.5%, Resource Management 14.8%, Loot 14.3%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 10.4%

After inheriting your grandmother's old shop, you must learn the subtle art of potion-making. Balance the effects of your brew using a variety of ingredients and tools and discover the intricacies that the magic of science has to offer!

Why similar: Inventory Management 24.9%, Time Management 23%, Resource Management 18.8%, Management 13.8%, Dialogue Heavy 12.3%

Stranded on a small island, you must gather, build, and automate to survive and turn a humble camp into a thriving, self-sustaining base.

Why similar: Survival 23.6%, Resource Management 22.1%, Inventory Management 18.3%, Crafting 17.4%, Exploration 8.1%

The life that we knew has changed, The Chaos took control of the streets. Experience a post-apocalyptic world where your survival skills are crucial.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Survival 23.7%, Trading 16.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Action-Adventure 9.3%

Become the ultimate Guild Master in a pixel art world! Manage your guild, craft epic gear, uncover a vast bestiary, and recruiting a diverse team of adventurers and workers. Prepare your heroes for battle and unravel the mystery surrounding your missing king!

Why similar: Inventory Management 23%, Crafting 19%, Resource Management 18.9%, Management 11.9%, RPG 7.8%

A relaxing game about space exploration that can be played full screen or at the bottom of your screen. Trade, fight, mine and salvage your way through a procedurally generated galaxy. Let the game idle while your autopilot handles business and builds your fortune.

Why similar: Trading 20.5%, Inventory Management 16.3%, Loot 15.6%, Time Management 14.9%, Resource Management 13.6%

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: Inventory Management 23.6%, Survival 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Resource Management 16.6%, Adventure 5.7%

Remains is a hardcore mix of platformer, 2D-shooter and roguelike with RPG elements. Travel around a post-apocalyptic world and explore its various corners, communicate with locals and help them, level up and fight enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons and magic.

Why similar: Perma Death 30%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Loot 17%, Exploration 9.5%, Action-Adventure 8.7%

When Chi finds her eggs are stolen by sneaky snakes, she is forced to leave everything behind to bring them home. A brave journey that begins with a personal mission and escalates into something far bigger. Guided by unlikely allies, Chi must face enemies far greater than she imagined.

Why similar: Trading 21.2%, RPG 15.1%, Exploration 13.6%, Action-Adventure 12.5%, Crafting 10.2%

A 2D pixel roguelike where a tiny hero tries to escape from a hotel. Choose a class, explore rooms, collect items, craft powerful weapons, and defeat enemies in turn-based battles. Each run is unique and full of surprises.

Why similar: Perma Death 19.4%, RPG 15.8%, Loot 14.6%, Resource Management 13.1%, Survival 11.6%

Immerse yourself in an Idle Simulation Tycoon RPG like no other, where you are tasked with managing a thriving item shop, crafting legendary gear for customers, commanding mighty heroes to loot rare artifacts & blueprints all while challenging top-ranked shopkeepers in an epic business adventure!

Why similar: Trading 25.4%, Time Management 17.8%, Inventory Management 15.3%, Crafting 14%, Management 8.8%

THE DEAD RISE - Direct a group of survivors in a turn-based strategy survival game. Use survivor abilities, scavenge for resources, all while navigating a warped reality strewn with inexplicable phenomena. Come nightfall, undead seek the living. Can you survive, UNDEADLY?

Why similar: Perma Death 21.9%, Time Management 16.5%, Survival 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Crafting 10.5%

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Perma Death 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Inventory Management 13.3%, Crafting 12.3%

Trade by day. Eat, sleep, and survive by night. Lose everything with a single bad decision. Neo Capitalist is a financial survival roguelite where the richer you get, the harder the system fights back. Play in a realistic stock market simulation or in a dystopian cyber-punk world.

Why similar: Trading 29%, Perma Death 22.5%, Time Management 16%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 13.3%

First-person leak-wrangling survival. Catch ceiling drops in containers, dump them into the drain, and don’t drown. Chase high scores in the garage or survive a 4-room house run, with wizard boons between levels.

Why similar: Perma Death 25%, Time Management 20.9%, Resource Management 19.9%, Survival 17%, Management 12.7%

Rotate the grid and break groups of boxes to move your character, loot items and avoid enemies. Explore places with different loot and levels. Recycle items to get materials and craft new ones until you fix the radio and ask for help. A Rogue-lite Survival Explore Looting Crafting game.

Why similar: Inventory Management 26%, Survival 19.3%, Loot 17.1%, Crafting 11.3%, Management 8.8%

Idle RPG Strategy game where you gather resources, battle creatures, and upgrade your gear. Master 10+ skills to create items you can equip or sell. Your journey never stops, even offline. No Microtransactions, No P2W, just pure idle fun.

Why similar: Trading 21.5%, Inventory Management 19.1%, Loot 17.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Crafting 11.2%

Kind Heart Survivors is a space survival adventure that challenges you to survive on an unknown planet. Explore, gather resources, craft items, cook abundantly, and prove that you can survive anywhere in the galaxy.

Why similar: Inventory Management 29.8%, Survival 22.5%, Crafting 20.5%, Exploration 11.4%, Management 3.9%

Hearts Gone Black is a top-down zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open world. Manage your base and survivors, scavenge, gather resources, craft equipment, and defend against infected while endure a broken world where weather, hunger, sanity, and moral choices can slowly wear you down.

Why similar: Inventory Management 19.6%, Survival 19.5%, Resource Management 15.8%, Crafting 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%

Create immense wealth, build a rebel army, and overthrow the crown in this medieval economic strategy game. Trade daily, invest wisely, bribe royal scouts to stay hidden, and rally fellow nobles to survive clashes against the King's forces.

Why similar: Trading 30.4%, Inventory Management 21.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Crafting 12.2%, Management 10.6%

Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Trading 16.5%, Loot 15%, Inventory Management 14.7%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.2%