- #1 Deep Among the Swarm
97% matchVery Positive88% of 138 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.8% ★, RTS 13.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Base Building 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #2 Wasteland Train: Conductor
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jinye
Windows
Wasteland Train is a 2D train management strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic rail network. Command an expanding mobile base, trade between isolated cities, recover crystal cores, develop technology, and survive raids, broken tracks, acid rain, and toxic fog.
Why similar: Trains 31% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #3 Railroad Tycoon 3
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,246 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Railroad Tycoon 3 features 25 scenarios challenging players to recreate magnificent feats of railroading history from around the world. Players can lay track (including tunnels and overpasses), pick from over 40 locomotives from early steams to modern bullets, choose to haul over 35 types of cargo in a dynamic economy, and participate in...
Why similar: Trains 41.2% ★, Management 26.6%, Real-Time with Pause 13.5% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 4.1%
- #4 The Last Haven
95% 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: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #5 Sheltered
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 24%, Survival 23.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 10.7%, Management 10.6%
- #6 New Cycle
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,809 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 10.8%
- #7 Life in Bunker
94% 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 20.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 11.7%
- #8 Dark Moon
92% matchMixed49% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Management 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Base Building 13.5%, RTS 12.2%
- #9 Train Station Simulator
91% matchMixed57% of 256 reviews2017
Dev: Appliks Apps Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Train Station Simulator is a station builder and manager game. Create and maintain your dream station! Ride the rails and operate your ultimate grand central empire!
Why similar: Trains 46.5% ★, Management 18.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Base Building 5.8%
- #10 Eternity
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firedrake GamesPub: Ground Control Studios
Windows
Lead the last fleet of mankind across an abandoned star system. Ration life-support, weigh research against survival, and shape society through Fleet Council decisions you cannot undo. Every choice tightens the path to the next jump.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26% ★, Resource Management 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival 12%, Management 11.7%
- #11 Starship Theory
90% matchMixed50% of 1,101 reviews2017
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Real-Time with Pause 19.1% ★, Survival 15.4%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 10.1%
- #12 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
89% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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: Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Real-Time with Pause 17.8% ★, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #13 Fallout Shelter
89% matchVery Positive88% of 81,107 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Survival 21.3%, Management 14%, Strategy 6.3%
- #14 Sheltered 2
88% matchMixed46% of 2,191 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Resource Management 20.2%, Survival 17%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 10.5%
- #15 Havenrail
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Punchers
Windows
“The Last Train of Humanity” is a survival strategy game. Manage your train, oversee resources, and make tough decisions that determine the fate of your passengers. Will they survive the perilous journey?
Why similar: Trains 32.2% ★, Resource Management 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 9.1%
- #16 Astra Sentinel
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Somnambulist Games
Windows
Astra Sentinel is a wave-based survival RTS where endless alien hordes relentlessly assault your planets. Build defenses, colonize planets and manage resources under constant pressure. Will you be able to recover the control of the galaxy?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.1% ★, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Survival 11.3%
- #17 HolyZone
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FiveGuysPub: Devotion Interactive
Windows
It is a strategy and survival game set in a world turned into a desert by nuclear wars. Gather scarce resources, manage your team, build your town, and engage in strategic battles. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 13.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 12.1%
- #18 Here Comes The Swarm
84% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.3% ★, RTS 13%, Resource Management 12.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 11.5%
- #19 Sid Meier's Railroads!
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,423 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Sid Meier's Railroads! marks the return of the watershed title in simulation/strategy gaming that launched the popular "tycoon" genre, and inspired a new generation of games. Sid Meier's Railroads!
Why similar: Trains 54.9% ★, Management 17.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Real-Time with Pause 8.9% ★, Simulation 6.3%
- #20 Frostliner
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nathan Gane
Windows · Linux
The moon shattered. The world froze. Take command of a nomadic train city hurtling through a war-ravaged frozen wasteland. In this survival city builder on rails, gather survivors, scavenge resources, and do whatever it takes to keep the engine running and stay ahead of the frost.
Why similar: Trains 30.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, Survival 10.8%, Management 10.5%
- #21 Distributrains
82% matchPositive96% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Oddwarg
Windows · Linux
A railroad simulation game with roguelike elements. Use resources wisely to expand your infrastructure and satisfy industries, contracts, citizens, and engines. Respond quickly to ever-changing circumstances and don't get kicked out of your office.
Why similar: Trains 42.3% ★, Management 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #22 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 706 reviews2026
Dev: Alt ShiftPub: Dotemu
Windows
In Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes, take command of a fleet escaping the annihilation of the Twelve Colonies. Manage crises on board as you prepare for the next encounter with the Cylon Fleet. Times are dire, and hard choices must be made. Your only hope: rejoin the Battlestar Galactica.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.5% ★, RTS 16.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Roguelike 8.8%, Survival 8.4%
- #23 Paradise Away
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Awakening Studio
Windows
Manage a group of survivals in this base building game set in a tropical island! Will you be able to escape from the island?
Why similar: Strategy 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%
- #24 Factory Train: DreamLine
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Unoptimized Bird
Windows
Go on a short, unforgiving survival journey across DreamLine to deliver your human aboard to the End of the World. Manage your resources, build more steam generation, smelt more metal, research new technologies, collect resources from the city, repair your train. Will you make it?
Why similar: Trains 29.2% ★, Resource Management 17.6%, Survival 15.5%, Management 10.2%, Base Building 9%
- #25 My Train Arrives
81% matchVery Positive86% of 96 reviews2019
Dev: Kochkin Dmitry
Windows
My Train Arrives is a railway construction simulation game. Build railroads, open new routes for trains. Enjoy the pleasant atmosphere of the game.
Why similar: Trains 31.7% ★, Real-Time with Pause 17.6% ★, Management 11%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #26 Times of Progress
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pressing Thumbs Games
Windows · Linux
Times of Progress is a City Builder set during the Industrial Revolution. Build industries to extract natural resources. Produce goods to satisfy the population. Manage transportation routes by train and ship. Expand on procedurally generated maps and trade with nearby cities.
Why similar: Trains 28.9% ★, Real-Time with Pause 20.8% ★, Resource Management 15.1%, Management 11.1%, Base Building 10.3%
- #27 Lost Heaven Station
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Trains 18.4% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Management 11.7%, Survival 10.4%
- #28 Bounty Train
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,716 reviews2017
Dev: Corbie GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.0 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 52.8% ★, Management 15.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 11%, Real-Time with Pause 5.7% ★
- #29 A列車で行こう8
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2015
Dev: ARTDINKPub: KOMODO
Windows
Railroad management and City Development simulation game, A-Train 8 keeps the strong mechanics of the A-Train series with the whole map in 3D for the first time. A game to both control a 3D city, and enjoy watching the landscape you helped create.This game is only available in Japanese.
Why similar: Trains 35.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 30% ★, Management 12.9%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6%
- #30 Frostrain 2
76% matchVery Positive92% of 189 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 35.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #31 Frostpunk: 1886
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18%, Resource Management 16.8%, Survival 14.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.8%
- #32 Cataclismo
75% matchVery Positive89% of 4,143 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Real-Time with Pause 22.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, RTS 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%
- #33 Pandemic Train
77% matchMixed58% of 243 reviews2023
Dev: Trigger LabsPub: Games Operators
Windows
In Pandemic Train you are in charge of the crew aboard a train roaming the postapocalyptic wasteland, ravaged by both war and a deadly plague. Your goal is to survive long enough to discover the cure… or die trying. Humanity’s fate is in your hands! Start your journey now!
Why similar: Trains 35.1% ★, Survival 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Roguelike 7.5%
- #34 It's Not A Moon
78% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 12.1%, RTS 11%, Management 10.5%
- #35 Solar Baron
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Preon Studio
Windows
As head of an interplanetary corporation, your goal is to extract resources from across the solar system and bring them home faster and cheaper than your competitors. Construct trade depots and colonies. Build rockets and spaceports. Master realistic orbital mechanics and maximize profits.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 28% ★, Resource Management 18.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 6.9%
- #36 Crying Suns
74% matchVery Positive86% of 4,492 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, RTS 11.6%, Resource Management 11.3%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #37 BAIA
74% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: 萌新所长
Windows
Due to the volcanic eruption, the climate has become abnormal. Floodwaters are about to inundate our homes. Commander, please lead the people to quickly build an ark and save them!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 16%, Simulation 14.5%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13%
- #38 Bleak Frontier
75% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: Paladite Games, LLC
Windows
Bleak Frontier is a strategy / city builder game set in a frozen wasteland in the far future, 4087 AD. As the chosen leader of the first permanent settlement in almost a century, you must guide the last survivors of the human race towards an uncertain future. Welcome to the Bleak Frontier.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Survival 14.4%, RTS 14.3%, Management 14.2%, Base Building 12.8%
- #39 Tin Lord
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: IcosaCore
Windows
Tin Lord is a hybrid of strategy and tower defense in a post-apocalyptic world where you control robots that rebuild technology and fight monsters in a destroyed world.
Why similar: RTS 19.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 11.8%
- #40 Offshore Prophets
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dofu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carve out a home on a perilous island in this roguelite city builder. Build production chains, discover powerful synergies, and endure catastrophic disasters as each attempt reveals new strategies to survive against the odds.
Why similar: Resource Management 18.1%, Management 15.4%, Real-Time with Pause 15.1% ★, Survival 12.1%, Base Building 9.1%
- #41 Frostrain
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,716 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 41.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Roguelike 11.6%, RTS 9.8%, Strategy 9.4%
- #42 Railroad Pioneer
73% matchMixed61% of 262 reviews2014
Dev: Kritzelkratz 3000Pub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Be a pioneer and build the most famous transcontinental railroad tracks in the United States of America throughout the 19th century.
Why similar: Trains 48.7% ★, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 19.5%, Management 10.4%
- #43 Art of the Rail
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RocketWerkz
Windows
Spiritual remake of the classic transport tycoon games. Build a profitable transport network and grow your worlds economy, either on your own in singleplayer or in multiplayer whether cooperatively or competitively.
Why similar: Trains 44.9% ★, Management 16.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8.5%
- #44 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,374 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Includes Railroad Tycoon II and the expansion The Second Century It can take you from New York to South Africa. It can take you from the year 1804 to the year 2000. It can take you from penniless manual laborer to powerful multi-millionaire.
Why similar: Trains 53.1% ★, Management 25.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #45 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
73% matchMixed50% of 381 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 24.4% ★, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 15.2%, Survival 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #46 Factory on a Train
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: bahrdev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Mine, craft and extend your Factory on a Train! As you find more resources and unlock increasingly complex recipes, your train grows and your production increases. Choose the right cars to face the challenges of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Trains 36.7% ★, Resource Management 14%, Base Building 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Management 10.6%
- #47 From Glory To Goo
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,633 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 27.2% ★, RTS 14.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Base Building 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12%
- #48 Dark Rail
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steam Veil Games
Windows
Turn-based management roguelike. Command the Inquisition and rule an industrial city on the empire’s edge. Use your train to meet prisoner shipment quotas by hunting heretics and slaying magical beasts. Produce supplies, contain revolt, and sacrifice prisoners to stop the madness.
Why similar: Trains 30.4% ★, Resource Management 17.5%, Management 14.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #49 Train Valley
70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,417 reviews2015
Dev: Alexey DavydovPub: Flazm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build railways, manage traffic and stay accident-free. Play in Europe, America, Japan and USSR in 1830-2020. Complete the story mode from the Gold Rush of 1849 to the first manned spaceflight, and then explore the random mode. Management. Construction. Trains. Welcome to Train Valley!
Why similar: Trains 31% ★, Real-Time with Pause 23% ★, Resource Management 18.7%, Management 11.3%, Strategy 6.1%
- #50 The Wandering Village
67% matchVery Positive92% of 8,187 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Resource Management 15.9%, Management 15.5%, RTS 11.7%, Survival 9.9%
- #51 Crowded Blue Dot
70% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: Resource Management 20.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 16.6%, Real-Time with Pause 16.6% ★, Survival 9.7%
- #52 The Final Station
69% matchVery Positive87% of 9,347 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 33.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 28.4%, Survival 19.7%, Resource Management 10.1%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #53 Cold Engine
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Castaways Games
Windows
Operate a corporate train through a world of endless cold. Choose your routes, deliver mysterious cargo, upgrade your train, and make hard decisions to survive the storms, meet the quota, and chase the next promise that the system will let you go.
Why similar: Trains 55.6% ★, Management 18.2%, Simulation 11.8%, Resource Management 10.7%, Atmospheric 2.8%
- #54 Frostpunk
68% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Resource Management 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Survival 18%, Strategy 8.6%, Real-Time with Pause 8% ★
- #55 Galaxy Scavengers
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 21.5%, Resource Management 19.4%, Survival 18.3%, Management 13.5%, Strategy 12%
- #56 Nile Express
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Roland Mueller
Windows · Linux
Build the first railway network in Africa. Create profitable routes in Egypt, from Alexandria to Aswan. Deliver passengers and goods to the right destinations. Take care of your railway network and deal with accidents.
Why similar: Trains 46.6% ★, RTS 17.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Simulation 9.3%
- #57 Simutrans
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 660 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Simutrans is a freeware and open-source transportation simulator. Your goal is to establish a successful transport company. Transport passengers, mail and goods by rail, road, ship, and even air. Interconnect districts, cities, public buildings, industries and tourist attractions.
Why similar: Trains 50.8% ★, Management 17%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 7%
- #58 STATIONflow
67% matchVery Positive86% of 500 reviews2020
Dev: DMM GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
STATIONflow is a game about controlling the flow of thousands of passengers by building and managing an efficient underground train station.
Why similar: Trains 34.2% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15.2% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 12.7%
- #59 Apocalypse Express
65% matchVery Positive84% of 145 reviews2025
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 37.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Resource Management 13%, Roguelike 10%, Management 9.3%
- #60 NeoTerra
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Star Forge
Windows
NeoTerra is a unique survival city builder where you face the endless winter. Will you be able to prepare in time? Will you save the spark of human civilization even after the whole planet is ejected out of the Sun's orbit and into the void of space... and at what cost?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Resource Management 14.1%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.7%