- #1 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
97% matchVery Positive84% of 3,319 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Auto Battler 54.3%, Roguelike 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Strategy 7%, 2D 4.7%
- #2 Quarantineer
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 reviews2021
Dev: Papaonn
Windows · Mac
For the glory of Motherland, the truth shall never be revealed. None of us expected this, Yet history is repeating itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Wargame 21.4%, Dystopian 17.3%, Military 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%
- #3 ArmaCulture
96% matchVery Positive89% of 209 reviews2021
Dev: RageForDragons
Windows
ArmaCulture is an indie factory-builder RPG set in the midst of a bitter, industrialized war between two nations in a fictional world similar to our own. The game combines illustrated character art with stylized pixel art to create a unique and dark historic atmosphere.
Why similar: Wargame 36%, Anime 19.5%, Visual Novel 18.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%
- #4 FREEDOM WARS Remastered
95% matchMixed70% of 1,327 reviews2025
Dev: Dimps CorporationPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Born into a one-million-year prison sentence, you must survive deadly missions to earn any hope of freedom. Die in prison or live on the battlefield. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Dystopian 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Character Customization 19.4%, Anime 18.6%, PvE 6.1%
- #5 Pax Autocratica: Prologue
94% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Multiverse
Windows
Free stand‑alone Prologue. Shape a grand colony where every life bends to your will. Feel the weight of absolute power as you decree laws, then march into chaos, leading squads in roguelite FPS battles from brutal skirmishes to large-scale battlefields. Play Sector One now & wishlist the full game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.8%, Military 14.2%, PvE 12.4%, Character Customization 9%, Action 3.5%
- #6 Punk Wars: Prologue
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Dystopian 16.7%, Strategy 16.6%
- #7 Punk Wars
93% matchMixed61% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Why similar: Wargame 34.8%, Dystopian 31.7%, Post-apocalyptic 24%, Strategy 9.5%
- #8 Fallstreak: Requiem for my Homeland
92% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2020
Dev: Centicerise Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
A death march to the end of the world. Can humanity's lost future be reclaimed?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.4%, Anime 27.5%, Visual Novel 25.9%, Military 17.2%
- #9 Idle Atomic
91% matchMixed62% of 460 reviews2021
Dev: Checkbox EntertainmentPub: Iron Horse Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 106.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Idle Atomic is an Incremental Idle RPG in a post-apocalyptic world. Level up skills, refine your salvaged materials and hunt mutant creatures to survive!
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.8%, Idler 25%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, PvE 5.4%
- #10 Claws & Chaos
90% matchMixed66% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Parhelion Studio
Windows
Claws & Chaos is an auto-chess-style battler featuring quirky creatures in dire circumstances. Build your team and hone your skills while battling across both story and PvP modes. Will you earn your place on the Ark?
Why similar: Auto Battler 46.9%, Creature Collector 35.9%, Strategy 8.4%, 2D 5%, Action 3.8%
- #11 War of the Human Tanks
91% matchVery Positive86% of 542 reviews2014
Dev: Yakiniku BanzaiPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
War of the Human Tanks is a story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks.
Why similar: Alternate History 22.8%, Dystopian 20.2%, Military 17.2%, Anime 16.5%, Visual Novel 11.9%
- #12 Apocalypse Slave x Warlord
89% matchMixed69% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Noxurtica
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic setting where zombies, raiders, and military fascists have taken over, you can either take the role of a warlord or a slave and roleplay surviving. Depending on the route you choose, you'll have different goals and objectives.
Why similar: Visual Novel 33.3%, Anime 26.1%, Pixel Graphics 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, 2D 9.2%
- #13 Creatures Of War
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 60 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Entertainment
Windows
Embark on a survival horror saga set in a treacherous world ruled by primal terrors. Scour for invaluable treasures, fortify your arsenal to combat evolving threats, and unravel the chilling mystery shrouding Delta squad's fate. Can you survive amidst the lurking jaws of the ancient predators?
Why similar: Gun Customization 78.4%, Action 11.1%, 2D 10.5%
- #14 Wartorn
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 148 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.
Why similar: Roguelike 55.7%, Strategy 29.7%, Action 14.7%
- #15 Black & White
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 740 reviews2023
Dev: 零创游戏(ZerocreationGame)
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
"Black & White" is a dystopian visual novel + war chess game: black and white, sensibility and reason, freedom and order: follow your beliefs and join your camp.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.7%, Roguelike 22.7%, Visual Novel 21.6%, Anime 18.1%, Strategy 14.9%
- #16 Pawn of the Dead
88% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Aslan Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Chess variation with unique twist: Black turns White into undead like themselves
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #17 MementoMori
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 481 reviews2025
Dev: Bank of Innovation, Inc.
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dive into a World Where Sorrow Meets Beauty
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.2%, Idler 23.9%, Anime 15.6%, PvE 8.4%, 2D 4.9%
- #18 Time Walker: Dark World
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,492 reviews2023
Dev: HeartfunPub: Leyo Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Time Walker Dark World is a roguelike auto-battler with strategic combat. Players will need to adjust their formations, plan their resources, acquire loot, and upgrade skills to defeat formidable enemies and vicious bosses.
Why similar: Auto Battler 48%, Character Customization 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Anime 9.1%, Strategy 7%
- #19 Voidsayer
84% matchMixed69% of 108 reviews2025
Dev: Pavel AuseitasauPub: indie.io
Windows
The world has fallen into darkness, cursed by the Abyss. You are one of the many hapless survivors at risk of being consumed. Unlike others, you have a chance to fight back. Voidsayer is a dark monster tamer jRPG. Assemble your monster team, take on eldritch horrors, and return hope to the world.
Why similar: Creature Collector 60.2%, PvE 23.1%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 5.2%
- #20 Beacon of Neyda
81% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Ghost Creative Studio
Windows · Linux
In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39.6%, Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Strategy 17.8%, 2D 9.7%, Action 7.8%
- #21 Godless Tactics
83% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Strategy 78.8%, 2D 21.2%
- #22 Chromosome Evil
82% matchVery Positive83% of 351 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 48.5%, Pixel Graphics 29%, Strategy 22.5%
- #23 Burned Land
84% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: Anime 45.7%, Strategy 30.1%, 2D 17.1%, Action 7.1%
- #24 Valefor
81% matchMixed68% of 151 reviews2024
Dev: Valefor Ltd
Windows
A Tactical Auto-Battler set in a Dark Fantasy world- complete with Roguelike Dungeons, a PVP Arena, Crafting and Kingdom Building.
Why similar: Auto Battler 62%, Roguelike 21%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 5.9%
- #25 Rebornia - MMORPG 2D
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 153 reviews2020
Dev: DM CORE
Windows · Linux
In "Rebornia," humans are reborn with angelic and demonic powers after a catastrophic war. Join six unique heroes in their quest to restore peace and harmony. Battle mythical creatures, and decide the fate of the world in this epic adventure. Will you choose salvation or destruction?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.3%, PvE 33.9%, Pixel Graphics 20%, 2D 9.8%
- #26 Duloga
80% matchVery Positive85% of 71 reviews2022
Dev: Snack
Windows
a reverse space shooter where you choose who lives and dies. can you survive 7 nights?
Why similar: Dystopian 39.1%, Arcade 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 23.7%, 2D 10.1%
- #27 Grim Realms
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 68.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 6.3%
- #28 Twilight Wars
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: Comrade Bear Games
Windows
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
Why similar: Roguelike 53.4%, Strategy 29.1%, 2D 17.5%
- #29 Until We Die
79% matchMixed64% of 4,594 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: Colony Sim 42.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 4.6%
- #30 Random Legion
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Stardust Light Studio
Windows
This is a auto battler game with both casual and strategic attributes.Players will take on the role of the leader, expanding the team, learning talents and skills, strengthening equipment, transforming soldiers and other ways to combat power, breaking through random levels, ultimately to win game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.9%, Creature Collector 24.8%, Wargame 19.9%, Roguelike 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #31 Buriedbornes - Dungeon RPG
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,407 reviews2022
Dev: Nussygame
Windows
The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.1%, Roguelike 35.6%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, 2D 8.4%
- #32 War of the Human Tanks - ALTeR
79% matchVery Positive95% of 99 reviews2015
Dev: Yakiniku BanzaiPub: Fruitbat Factory
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Human Tanks - ALTeR is the much-awaited second installment of the War of the Human Tanks series, and sequel to War of the Human Tanks. This time you assume command of the enemy of the first game, the Royal Army, and fight back for all you hold dear!
Why similar: Wargame 29.2%, Alternate History 16%, Dystopian 15.9%, Military 13.5%, Anime 10.8%
- #33 Auto Cell: Game of Life
76% matchVery Positive87% of 68 reviews2021
Dev: 日辰星火
Windows
Auto Cell run in a two-dimensional grid world. Each grid can be regarded as a small life. It has two states: survival or death.
Why similar: Auto Battler 71.9%, Strategy 22.2%, 2D 5.9%
- #34 Pixel Starships
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,939 reviews2023
Dev: SavySoda
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Pixel Starships is an FTL-style online sci-fi strategy builder and management game with a competitive PVP tournament. Set in the retro galaxy, your role is to explore space, meet aliens, and develop your ship, crew and AI. The game contains deep strategic and 4x elements. PSS is community-driven.
Why similar: Wargame 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Roguelike 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Anime 12.1%
- #35 Dark Deity
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,017 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: Anime 32%, Character Customization 23.2%, Pixel Graphics 23%, Strategy 15%, 2D 6.7%
- #36 Clockwork Cleanup
71% matchVery Positive100% of 383 reviews2025
Dev: David Stears
Windows
Clockwork cleanup is a auto-battler game where your actions are dictated by tiles of various shapes placed in a grid. Defeat waves of enemies to save the factory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 51.5%, Roguelike 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.6%, Strategy 10.2%, PvE 5.8%
- #37 Dystopian Pet Simulator
71% matchVery Positive98% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: dinca.team
Windows
A grim exploration-driven pet simulator set in a broken world. Master platforming, optimize pet modifiers, upgrade your body, and advance through a dystopia where survival comes at a cost.
Why similar: Creature Collector 52.2%, Dystopian 47.8%
- #38 Blasted Road Terror
76% matchVery Positive81% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, Pixel Graphics 34.6%, Action 22.9%
- #39 Hentai Killer: Girls & Chess
75% matchMixed68% of 109 reviews2021
Dev: PlatSTUDIO
Windows
Game in which you have to assemble your beautiful team of girls and put them on the battlefield in a strategic autobattler.
Why similar: Auto Battler 36.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Anime 17.3%, PvE 14.4%, Arcade 9.6%
- #40 Dungeon Exiles
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Gronkins
Windows
Conquer the darkness in Dungeon Exiles, an autobattler roguelike set in a dark fantasy world. Descend into the procedurally generated dungeon, level up, unlock synergies and acquire powerful items as you fight for survival and slay the bosses.
Why similar: Auto Battler 54.3%, Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, 2D 5.8%
- #41 Castle Empire
74% matchMixed54% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Empire falls eventually. Build your own empire and conquer the world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Wargame 31.4%, Military 14.9%, Strategy 9.3%, PvE 5.9%
- #42 Heros and Monsters: Idle Incremental
73% matchMixed69% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: Mathew Perry
Windows
Auto Battler, Incremental, Idle Game
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.7%, Idler 25.5%, PvE 16.6%, Strategy 7%, 2D 4.2%
- #43 Automon
72% matchVery Positive92% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Gral
Windows
Fast-paced auto-battler. Fight, capture and upgrade Automons, build a diverse party, battle bad Bosses and become the Automon Champion!
Why similar: Auto Battler 54.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Strategy 10.7%, PvE 9.4%, Roguelike 8.4%
- #44 Salvagers
71% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Tomasz Banaś
Windows · Linux
In Salvagers, you command a small crew of greedy explorers that land on abandoned space stations that litter the galaxy, and it's your job to loot them for anything worth a credit. Scrap tech, lost weapons, forgotten treasures - everything has a price.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.2%, Strategy 21.2%, Action 11.8%, 2D 10.7%
- #45 Brutal Orchestra
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,025 reviews2021
Dev: Talia bob MairPub: Hellbent Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brutal Orchestra is a Turn-Based Roguelike Strategy Game. You died, someone killed you. You are in Purgatory and you will never escape. Make a deal with the "demon" Bosch and set off into Purgatory finding all manner of demented friends and foes on your quest to get petty revenge.
Why similar: Roguelike 41.1%, Pixel Graphics 26.3%, Strategy 21.3%, 2D 11.3%
- #46 Lost Scavenger
73% matchMixed54% of 243 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
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 47.2%, Character Customization 28.2%, Roguelike 24.6%
- #47 Quasimorph
68% matchVery Positive83% of 6,125 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Dystopian 42%, Roguelike 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Strategy 12.1%
- #48 Ascent of Ashes
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.5%, Character Customization 17.1%, PvE 16.6%, Strategy 10.7%
- #49 PROTOTYPE原型
70% matchVery Positive83% of 162 reviews2023
Dev: Veronika OrfeevaPub: Nikita Kryukov
Windows
A cinematic techno-thriller about the fate of the intermediate links of progress.
Why similar: Dystopian 31.6%, Visual Novel 21%, Anime 21%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, 2D 7.2%
- #50 Void War
66% matchVery Positive94% of 3,693 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Roguelike 45.3%, Strategy 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, 2D 9%
- #51 Kiloton
68% matchVery Positive97% of 106 reviews2025
Dev: Jack MorehartPub: spacemann's games
Windows · Mac
A sardonic take on nationalism and the Cold War though a minimalist and fast paced RTS. Scheme your way through a highly replayable campaign, or conduct some "diplomacy" on your "friends" in multiplayer.
Why similar: Wargame 47.8%, Dystopian 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Military 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #52 Post Human W.A.R
72% matchVery Positive84% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: Studio ChahutPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Post Human W.A.R is a turn-based tactical strategy game, set in an absurd post-apocalyptic world. At the dawn of our third millennium, mankind went extinct. Mutated animals, household robots converted for warfare, and monkeys in tracksuits battle it out to decide the fate of the human heritage!
Why similar: Strategy 56.4%, Post-apocalyptic 43.6%
- #53 Cult of Persona
68% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: North Capital Lions
Windows
Craft your strategy to outsmart your foes in the top-down marble game "Cult of Persona." Build a formidable army and gather unique cards that embody historical figures from World War II. Immerse yourself in tactical gameplay as you harness the strengths of these personas to secure victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 36.1%, Wargame 31.9%, Military 13.2%, PvE 12.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #54 Warlords Battleground: Extraction
66% matchVery Positive86% of 482 reviews2026
Dev: 绝汪
Windows
Search, fight, escape, flip your fate! In a Three Kingdoms world split across thirteen provinces, form a pact with the Dragon Maiden and explore war-torn fragments. Loot, battle, manage your gear—each run is a high-stakes gamble where your ending is yours to write.
Why similar: Wargame 46.9%, Anime 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Action 7.7%
- #55 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: Colony Sim 52.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Dystopian 15%, Strategy 14%
- #56 One's Own Exile
65% matchVery Positive100% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Updog Software
Windows
Follow Sybil in her pursuit for survival, having to sacrifice everything - her culture, her identity, her values - to achieve a single objective: escape from a place that is constantly trying to kill her. A short game about persecution and identity.
Why similar: Dystopian 38.6%, Visual Novel 32.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.9%, 2D 3.3%
- #57 Phoenix Hope
70% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.3%, Pixel Graphics 19.8%, Strategy 14.5%, 2D 6.3%
- #58 Organs Please
66% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Dystopian 51.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Strategy 14.3%, 2D 8.6%
- #59 Kaigrad
67% matchVery Positive93% of 329 reviews2021
Dev: Offline Games Group
Windows · Linux
Kaigrad - is a non-linear visual novel in the genre of dark fantasy. The action takes place in a world where Light comes only from people, animals and all living things. The darkness is near. You have to find out what happened here, who is to blame for this and try to fix it!
Why similar: Dystopian 61.3%, Visual Novel 38.7%
- #60 Rising Army
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Arkbits
Windows
Rising Army is a strategy auto-battler game where you can train and equip every single troop, upgrade your camp, and recruit new warriors. Experience a campaign in an open world and take on epic battles.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.9%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Wargame 21.6%, Character Customization 7.9%, Military 7.8%