Games Like Quarantine Zone: The Last Check

Take over the duties of a border guard inspector in a communist country of the 80's. Smuggling, corruption and forgery are the order of the day here. Be vigilant and earn the respect of your superiors.

Why similar: Realistic 19.1%, Management 16.7%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, First-Person 14.8%, Simulation 14.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features direct gameplay parallels in checkpoint screening, vehicle inspection, and managing a border post under pressure.

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: Zombies 28.8%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Management 9.9%, Immersive Sim 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines city-wide zombie defense with strategic resource management and base building in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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: Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Management 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the brutal reality of resource management and difficult moral choices while surviving in a war-torn, post-apocalyptic environment.

Congratulations. The October labor lottery is complete. Your name was pulled. For immediate placement, report to the Ministry of Admission at Grestin Border Checkpoint. An apartment will be provided for you and your family in East Grestin. Expect a Class-8 dwelling.

Why similar: Simulation 51.6%, Multiple Endings 18.4%, Atmospheric 16%, Singleplayer 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for checkpoint management, where every decision about who to let through carries heavy moral and survival consequences.

You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?

Why similar: Dark Humor 28.9%, Choices Matter 26.2%, Simulation 14%, Atmospheric 10.7%, Multiple Endings 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Centers on surveillance and screening mechanics, forcing players to make tough choices about the lives of those they monitor.

Person of European Heritage #112: Welcome to Relocation Block B, your new home. Your designated role is 'Bouncer'. Work hard, stay out of trouble, and we might let you stay in the UK.

Why similar: Life Sim 54.6%, Simulation 36.3%, Multiple Endings 5.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A dystopian checkpoint management game that mirrors the tension of screening individuals in a collapsing society.

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: Zombies 53.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Building 8%, Realistic 7.7%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: The most realistic zombie survival simulation available, emphasizing deep resource management and the constant threat of infection.

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: Post-apocalyptic 31.9%, Resource Management 23.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 9.4%, Management 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in high-stakes resource management where every policy decision directly impacts the survival of your settlement.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Zombies 49%, Base Building 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Simulation 5.3%, Atmospheric 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an immersive open-world zombie survival experience with a heavy focus on community management and base defense.

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: Post-apocalyptic 29.8%, Base Building 22.2%, Zombies 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Simulation 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused base builder that tasks players with managing a settlement in a harsh post-apocalyptic world.

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: Post-apocalyptic 37.8%, Base Building 24.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 11.9%, Building 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that forces players to manage a bunker and make difficult choices about who to let inside.

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game centered on defending a survivor outpost against waves of zombies while managing resources.

Usually everyone is unemployed here. But by chance you got a job. You'il work for the state.Everyone in your family is sick or unemployed, only you can help them. You're an immigrant officer.

Why similar: Simulation 86.3%, Multiple Endings 7.3%, Singleplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Directly mirrors the checkpoint screening gameplay loop, requiring players to inspect documents and manage a border crossing.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Zombies 38.5%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Building 11%, Simulation 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person zombie combat with extensive base building and fortification mechanics to hold back the undead.

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: Zombies 74.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Base Building 3.1%, Simulation 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that emphasizes community management, resource gathering, and the social consequences of the undead apocalypse.

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Zombies 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Military 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes base building and resource management to survive the undead threat.

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 34.9%, Base Building 23.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Management 9.8%, Simulation 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management game set during a supernatural apocalypse that requires balancing base building with survival.

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building game that adds a unique twist by focusing on curing zombies rather than just eliminating them.

A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!

Why similar: Dark Humor 25.4%, Choices Matter 17.5%, Management 17.3%, Resource Management 15.1%, Simulation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A surveillance-based simulation that requires careful observation and ethical decision-making regarding the subjects you monitor.

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 40.4%, Base Building 25.5%, Choices Matter 22.3%, Simulation 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival simulation that focuses on community building and managing the needs of survivors in a hostile world.

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: Zombies 26.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim strategy game that involves reclaiming territory and managing survivors in a zombie-infested city.

Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 57%, Choices Matter 22%, Simulation 12.6%, Singleplayer 4.4%, First-Person 4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an immersive first-person perspective on zombie survival, emphasizing scavenging and difficult moral choices.

Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive

Why similar: Zombies 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Dark Humor 12.5%, Base Building 9.8%, Management 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management simulation that fits the post-apocalyptic theme by focusing on shop-keeping and customizing gear for survivors.

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: Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Base Building 26%, Simulation 18.7%, Management 14.4%, Resource Management 12%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game focused on the daily management and survival of a community living inside a bunker.

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: Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Choices Matter 21.6%, Resource Management 17.6%, Simulation 12.1%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie title that highlights the importance of inventory management and moral choices in a survival context.

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 24.6%, Management 14.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Immersive Sim 10.2%, Building 9.8%

In this 2D, short narrative-based game, you assume the role of the Grim Reaper... on an office job. Your job is to decide which people are going to live or die. The consequences of your choices are yours to bear, while the mystery of your incarnation awaits revelation!

Why similar: Choices Matter 43%, Simulation 24.8%, Multiple Endings 13.7%, Atmospheric 13.4%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven screening game where your decisions about who lives or dies have significant consequences.

Buy an abandoned gas station and restore it to its full glory. Renovate, upgrade and expand upon the offered services to keep up with your clients demands.

Why similar: Simulation 18.3%, Base Building 17%, Management 16.8%, Realistic 14.1%, Building 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: While less focused on zombies, it provides a deep management and simulation loop centered on running a remote facility.

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: Zombies 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26.5%, Choices Matter 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

Why similar: Zombies 26%, Life Sim 12.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Management 11.9%, Building 9.8%

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: Simulation 80.8%, Atmospheric 19.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-based outbreak simulation that requires managing resources to contain a global pandemic.

Manage the night shift of an ER during the apocalypse, solo or with friends online: Diagnose patients. Design and grow your hospital, and defend against the undead while treating the living. If you're a creator, connect the game to Twitch and make the audience your patients for even more fun!

Why similar: Zombies 20.5%, Dark Humor 13%, Life Sim 9.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Immersive Sim 9.6%

Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.

Why similar: Zombies 34.4%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Base Building 15.3%, First-Person 10%, Simulation 9.9%

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: Zombies 62.5%, Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Simulation 5.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled survival game that focuses on resource management and making tough choices during a zombie outbreak.

Once you get tangled with the mob, you will forever be a part of the mob. At least they pay a decent salary and all you have to do is clean up after their dirty work, but you know what you’re doing. So clean crime scenes, earn as much money as you can, and get ready for the next mission.

Why similar: Simulation 29.4%, First-Person 20.6%, Life Sim 16.9%, Realistic 16.7%, Atmospheric 9.8%

A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Zombies 13.9%, Dark Humor 12.8%, Life Sim 11.6%

Zombie Diner — In a post-apocalyptic world, you run the only diner for the undead. Cook grotesque meals, serve hungry zombie patrons, and blast those who lose patience. Survival, management, and dark humor all on the menu!

Why similar: Zombies 19.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Life Sim 9.1%, Resource Management 9%, Immersive Sim 8.2%

Explore a drowned Earth, restore lost systems, and raise the last human seeds in this first-person survival-crafting adventure. Build, scavenge, defend, and launch humanity back to the stars.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 12.3%, Immersive Sim 11.4%

Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

Why similar: Zombies 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 8.5%

Run your own supermarket! Stock shelves, set your prices, take payments, hire staff, expand your store, handle shoplifters, and design your layout. Purchase goods from online or local markets around town, and personally deliver online orders to your customers.

Why similar: Management 20.9%, Simulation 20.3%, Life Sim 11%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Resource Management 9.8%

Check it, clean it, sort it, ship it. Welcome to the life of a cash cleaner. Take jobs from underworld contacts and clean some cash. Just don't try to leave...

Why similar: Dark Humor 19.6%, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Life Sim 14.5%, Management 14%, Resource Management 13.1%

Build and run your own waterpark. Design slides, send guests flying with ragdoll physics, manage staff, and fully customize your park. Turn total madness into a five-star empire in this first-person management simulator!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.8%, Management 15.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Life Sim 13.8%, Building 11%

Zoochosis is a bodycam horror simulation game. You’re a zookeeper. Identify infected mutant animals, make a vaccine and cure them. Will you save all of them and survive?

Why similar: Realistic 28.1%, Choices Matter 18%, First-Person 12.4%, Simulation 12.1%, 3D 9.8%

Inspect and process parcels and packages in this parcel inspection simulator! Receive and sort deliveries, examine labels for mistakes, and automate to maximise warehouse efficiency. Upgrade and expand your warehouse to build your parcel empire!

Why similar: Immersive Sim 12.6%, Management 11.7%, Life Sim 11.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Resource Management 9.9%

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Cook delicious food and keep an eye on the mood of the visitors. Create a unique atmosphere for unforgettable adventures!

Why similar: Resource Management 15.2%, Base Building 14%, Management 13.8%, Immersive Sim 12.7%, Life Sim 12.7%

Manage your very own video store in the early 90s! Rent, sell, decorate and expand your business from the ground up and relive the golden ages of video rentals!

Why similar: Resource Management 19.3%, Management 18.4%, Immersive Sim 17.3%, Simulation 13.6%, Building 10.2%

Zombie apocalypse world! You built a shelter in advance, and countless girls wanted to enter your shelter for self-protection. Female neighbor, flight attendant, female boss, celebrity... All beings are equal before the end of time.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Zombies 17.8%, Immersive Sim 13.9%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Resource Management 9.3%

Dreadzone is a survival game set in a deadly quarantine zone. Scavenge for resources, craft tools, build shelter, and survive against dangerous animals, zombies, mutants, and other survivors. Explore the zone where desperation drives everyone to do whatever it takes to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 25%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 9.4%, First-Person 8.8%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Zombies 52.1%, Base Building 30.6%, 3D 9.4%, Combat 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator - Prologue!

Why similar: Zombies 33.3%, Life Sim 15.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, First-Person 6.8%

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: Zombies 37%, Simulation 29.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Realistic 8%, Singleplayer 4.6%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 11.2%

WARNING. Stay inside. Lock your doors. Close the blinds. Only let humans in. Eliminate all Visitors. An anxiety horror about paranoia in the End of Times.

Why similar: Choices Matter 37.1%, First-Person 18.2%, Atmospheric 14.8%, Multiple Endings 11.6%, Simulation 11.4%

In a near future, the world has been devastated by a virus turning humanity into zombies. You are Iron Corps, the last defense of civilization traveling the world to find resources, help people and find answers. Will you survive long enough?

Why similar: Zombies 56.8%, Military 24.1%, Simulation 19.1%

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 26.4%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Realistic 9.9%, Resource Management 8.8%

Play as one of the bidders for abandoned warehouses and uncover hidden treasures! Storage Hunter is a garage auction simulation game. Bid, win, and sell for profit! Become the king of storage auction.

Why similar: Immersive Sim 18.3%, Resource Management 18.1%, Management 16.7%, Realistic 15.2%, First-Person 11.3%

Undead Inc. is a high-risk, high-reward resource management simulator where you establish and manage a local subsidiary of the Endswell Medical Corporation. Build, manage staff, conduct research, and trade in both cutting edge medical treatments and bleeding edge bioweapons.

Why similar: Zombies 53%, Simulation 33.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Singleplayer 2.6%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Zombies 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23%, Resource Management 14.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 12.2%

This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

Why similar: Life Sim 21%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Simulation 15.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Atmospheric 13.8%

Can you survive a zombie apocalypse? Day Zero is a text-based survival game where choices determine fate and ethical and moral decisions matter. Every choice shapes the story. Are you ready to test your limits in a zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Emotional 9.4%, Simulation 7.3%