- #1 Last Train Home
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,336 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Trains 44.4% ★, War 14.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Survival 9.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #2 The Final Station
96% matchVery Positive87% of 9,414 reviews2016
Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.
Why similar: Trains 41.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Survival 19.1%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Story Rich 4.9%
- #3 Voidtrain
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 9,612 reviews2025
Dev: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.
Why similar: Trains 42.2% ★, Survival 12.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Crafting 11.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #4 Heat Death: Survival Train
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 696 reviews2024
Dev: Mass Game DevsPub: LightOnDevs
Windows
Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!
Why similar: Trains 32.2% ★, Crafting 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Survival 13%, Base Building 12.5%
- #5 Frostrain
94% matchVery Positive93% of 2,734 reviews2024
Dev: STEWDIOPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Be the last train conductor roaming the postapocalyptic frozen world! Expand, strengthen, and build synergies on your train. The promised land beyond the toxic zone awaits you and your passengers.
Why similar: Trains 57% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Roguelike 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 5.8%
- #6 Zompiercer
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,489 reviews2020
Dev: DDDimanN
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Take control of the train which will become your haven on the rails. Collect resources, craft equipment, construct a cozy house on railway cars, and travel through the carefully handcrafted locations to explore the story of a zombie apocalypse world.
Why similar: Trains 43.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 12.6%
- #7 Frostrain 2
93% matchVery Positive92% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: nemonan
Windows
Become the last conductor and rule over the final train society in a frozen world. Gather, expand, and forge your train while building powerful synergies with mighty artifacts. Your position—and the safety of your passengers—now rests in your hands.
Why similar: Trains 48.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Roguelike 8%, Strategy 7.5%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #8 Apocalypse Express
92% matchVery Positive82% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: Llamaware Studios
Windows
Conduct, upgrade and repair your train through endless waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting. In this action management roguelike, the player decides to embark on a journey through the wasteland looking to fulfill the dream of seeing the remains of the outside world.
Why similar: Trains 59.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Roguelike 9.6%, Action 3.9%, Strategy 3.6%
- #9 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
91% matchVery Positive94% of 4,448 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 24%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Roguelike 13.1%
- #10 Surviving the Aftermath
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,548 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 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: Post-apocalyptic 26%, Survival 21.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 9.9%
- #11 Infection Free Zone
90% matchVery Positive81% of 18,136 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.3 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: Base Building 26.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25%, Survival 15.8%, Sandbox 11.5%, Strategy 9.6%
- #12 This War of Mine
89% matchVery Positive94% of 97,235 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 24.9%, War 16.7%, Base Building 8.9%, Crafting 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #13 Stranded: Alien Dawn
89% matchVery Positive84% of 11,117 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Survival 24%, Crafting 16.2%, Inventory Management 11.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #14 Pacific Drive
87% matchVery Positive83% of 26,210 reviews2024
Dev: Ironwood StudiosPub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face the supernatural dangers of the Olympic Exclusion Zone with a car as your only lifeline in this driving survival adventure! Scavenge resources, load up your trusty station wagon, and drive like hell to make it through alive.
Why similar: Survival 18.9%, Crafting 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #15 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
86% matchVery Positive89% of 9,053 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Crafting 20.2%, 2.5D 20%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Atmospheric 9.1%
- #16 The Last Haven
88% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Survival 15.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Crafting 8.4%
- #17 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,886 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Trains 44.5% ★, Inventory Management 13.8%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Exploration 5.2%
- #18 Trackline Express
84% matchVery Positive88% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Bubblebird Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a thrilling journey through an unforgiving desert. You'll need to gather scarce resources and utilize your strategic and management skills to build a little train capable of overcoming attacks and fires.
Why similar: Trains 60.1% ★, Survival 18%, Crafting 9.6%, Strategy 7%, Action 3.1%
- #19 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
82% matchVery Positive82% of 12,507 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Atmospheric 10.6%
- #20 Bounty Train
85% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,721 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
Why similar: Trains 75.4% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 10.3%, Indie 1.4%, Action 0.8%
- #21 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
84% matchVery Positive81% of 2,258 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: Survival 21.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Crafting 12.1%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #22 Choo Choo Survivor
83% matchVery Positive85% of 588 reviews2023
Dev: GTGD
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Drive your train to safety while shooting down endless hordes of zombies blocking your way. Upgrade your weapons and abilities and become absurdly powerful!
Why similar: Trains 69.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Roguelike 10.7%, Action 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #23 Mr. Prepper
82% matchVery Positive80% of 5,400 reviews2021
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
Why similar: Survival 23.6%, Base Building 20.8%, Crafting 18.8%, 2.5D 11.9%, Simulation 8.2%
- #24 Dead Age
81% matchVery Positive82% of 5,598 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Strategy 13%, Crafting 11.9%, Simulation 9.4%
- #25 Decision: Red Daze
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 889 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Base Building 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Action 7.3%, Strategy 6.6%
- #26 Trans-Siberian Railway Simulator: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive90% of 1,148 reviews2024
Dev: PentaclePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Take control of a Soviet locomotive and embark on a dangerous journey along the world's longest railway line. Face mafia rivals, bandits, wild animals, constant breakdowns, severe frosts, hunger, and... a hangover. How far will you get before your supplies run out?
Why similar: Trains 44.2% ★, Inventory Management 15%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10.3%, Exploration 5.6%
- #27 NEO Scavenger
80% matchVery Positive90% of 5,389 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 26.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Crafting 13.8%, Inventory Management 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
- #28 The Last Plague: Blight
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,423 reviews2024
Dev: Original Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Last Plague: Blight is an authentic survival experience rooted in realism and immersion. Endure the hazards of a brutal open world and uncover the origins of a mysterious disease. You are humanity’s final hope in ending the Blight
Why similar: Base Building 21.2%, Crafting 19.5%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Sandbox 14.4%
- #29 SKYHILL
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 5,698 reviews2015
Dev: MandragoraPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 32.9%, Post-apocalyptic 24.1%, Roguelike 12.7%, Crafting 11.6%, Simulation 6%
- #30 Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,205 reviews2025
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.1%, Sandbox 20.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 10.1%, Exploration 9.4%
- #31 Quarantine
79% matchMixed60% of 437 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 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: Survival 37.5%, Strategy 31.7%, Simulation 19.3%, Atmospheric 7.3%, Indie 4.3%
- #32 Frostpunk
76% matchVery Positive93% of 135,886 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Survival 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #33 OxyRail
73% matchVery Positive81% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: OxygenTech Limited
Windows
Oxygen Train is an open-world survival train game. Wake up in a world lacking oxygen. Chop trees, mine, gather resources, upgrade your unique train. Survive by planting, fishing, farming, exploring, fighting. Build your train kingdom. Supports 1-8 online co-op.
Why similar: Trains 42.9% ★, Survival 14.8%, Sandbox 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Crafting 9.3%
- #34 Life in Bunker
77% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.
Why similar: Survival 23.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Sandbox 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Strategy 11.8%
- #35 Fear Equation
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2016
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Fear Equation is a turn-based horror strategy game where you play the engineer of a modified freight train, built to protect its occupants from a deadly fog that brings their nightmares to life. Survival depends on analysing passengers' dreams, crafting defenses, upgrading, scavenging and resource management.
Why similar: Trains 40.6% ★, Survival 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #36 Until We Die
75% matchMixed63% of 4,614 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Survival 27.2%, Base Building 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Strategy 12%, Atmospheric 8.1%
- #37 The Last Stand: Aftermath
73% matchVery Positive81% of 6,661 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Survival 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Crafting 16.6%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Action 4.7%
- #38 Locomotive 115
73% matchVery Positive93% of 134 reviews2024
Dev: Bucket of Fish
Windows · Mac
It's difficult to know how many locomotives have been swallowed by the suffocating blizzards of the Widow's Run. Cursed with creeping tales of things that lurk in the dark and overshadowed by frequent casualties, it now stands as your only path forward. Will you be able to survive?
Why similar: Trains 36.5% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Story Rich 13.4%, Atmospheric 12%, Action 10.4%
- #39 Help Will Come Tomorrow
74% matchVery Positive80% of 930 reviews2020
Dev: Arclight CreationsPub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.
Why similar: Survival 23.6%, Choices Matter 16%, Roguelike 12.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #40 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
74% matchMixed60% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Crafting 20.3%, Survival 18.2%, Exploration 10.2%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #41 Survive the Blackout
75% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Survival 21.2%, Choices Matter 12.1%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 8.9%
- #42 The Last Train
71% matchVery Positive97% of 472 reviews2023
Dev: CarbonteaPub: Eternal Dream
Windows
In the barren wasteland on the brink of extinction, the last Train departs, supposedly carrying its passengers in search of a place where they can survive. A creature named Eilf boards the Train, determined to travel to Spring - the station that has been said to have vanished.
Why similar: Trains 62.8% ★, Survival 8.9%, Story Rich 8.7%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Exploration 8.4%
- #43 MEAT TRAIN
71% matchVery Positive95% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Kiwiforge
Windows
Meat Train is a FPS game where you operate a train thats uses MEAT for FUEL. Explore a wasteland where everything wants you dead, scavenge for weapons and loot. Upgrade the train and attempt to destroy an evil AI megafactory.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 61.4%, Exploration 26.2%, Action 12.4%
- #44 Train World
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 99 reviews2023
Dev: Turn Point Games
Windows
Become a railroad pioneer in Train World - a railway simulator that spans centuries as you design, manage, and operate your own train network. Start at the dawn of railroad technology and evolve into a complex, modern railway company.
Why similar: Trains 60.5% ★, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Inventory Management 6.2%
- #45 RailGods of Hysterra
71% matchMixed55% of 337 reviews2025
Dev: Troglobytes GamesPub: Digital Vortex Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a co-op survival journey for 1-5 players through a post-apocalyptic Lovecraftian world! Command and evolve a living, monstrous train, craft weapons, build a mobile base, gain powers, and face the Great Old Ones. Explore an ever-changing world, hold on to your sanity, and ascend to godhood!
Why similar: Survival 23.1%, Base Building 22.9%, Crafting 22.5%, Sandbox 13.6%, Exploration 9.2%
- #46 Plague Inc: Evolved
70% matchVery Positive94% of 64,060 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Strategy 35%, Simulation 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Sandbox 7%, Survival 6.7%
- #47 Railroads & Catacombs
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 408 reviews2025
Dev: MadRailsPub: IndieArk
Windows
In this exciting Card Building Roguelike game you create your cards from scratch adding different upgrades. Build your train, explore the Labyrinth and survive. Discover infinite synergies. How far will you go?
Why similar: Base Building 58.3%, Strategy 21.1%, Roguelike 20.6%
- #48 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
67% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2025
Dev: BobPub: Ginormocorp Incorporated
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Choices Matter 13.9%
- #49 City 20
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.
Why similar: Alternate History 18%, Crafting 14.5%, Survival 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Base Building 13.2%
- #50 Junk Survivor
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 81 reviews2023
Dev: Neojac Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Junk Survivor is a zombie post-apocalypse game where you loot, craft, build and farm in a struggle to survive. With a vast map to explore, a robust skillset to unlock this customizable sandbox awaits the adventurer. How long before you die!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Survival 20.8%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Base Building 12.2%
- #51 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
69% 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: Post-apocalyptic 33.3%, Strategy 26.9%, Base Building 26.2%, Simulation 8.6%, Indie 3.1%
- #52 THRESHOLD
66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,295 reviews2024
Dev: Julien EveilléPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In a lonely station atop a mountain, a train rumbles its precious cargo to places unknown. Now is your shift. Keep the pace. Uncover a mystery. Fight for your last breath. The air is thin up here.
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.8%, Atmospheric 21.2%, Exploration 20.1%, Story Rich 19%, Indie 4.6%
- #53 Shadows of Kurgansk
70% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2016
Dev: Yadon StudioPub: Gaijin inCubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!
Why similar: Survival 29.3%, Crafting 18.1%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%
- #54 The Walking Trade
64% matchVery Positive87% of 2,577 reviews2026
Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Crafting 18.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Survival 16.1%, Base Building 14.9%
- #55 Oxygen
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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: Base Building 19.7%, Survival 18.7%, Crafting 15%, Sandbox 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #56 Survive the Fall
66% matchMixed68% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Survival 20%, Base Building 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Crafting 18.5%, Exploration 8.4%
- #57 Underchoice
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Inventory Management 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 8.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #58 Plague: London 1665
66% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: WASD Games
Windows · Mac
Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.3%, Inventory Management 23%, Simulation 17.9%, Story Rich 12.6%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #59 Stories from the Outbreak
66% matchVery Positive81% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?
Why similar: Survival 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Roguelike 14.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Story Rich 7.9%