- #1 Deep Among the Swarm
97% matchVery Positive88% of 137 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 19.6% ★, RTS 13.2%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #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%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #3 Railroad Tycoon 3
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,237 reviews2007
Dev: PopTopPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 11.6 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 41.7% ★, Management 26.8%, Real-Time with Pause 13.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 4%
- #4 The Last Haven
95% matchMixed61% of 1,526 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 18.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #5 Sheltered
94% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 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 23.8%, Survival 23.8%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.7%
- #6 Life in Bunker
94% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 20.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Management 11.7%
- #7 Squars
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Countryside Studio
Windows · Linux
Explore a hostile world, survive endless waves of dark entities, use your clicks as a resource, and grow stronger with every run. Find and upgrade powerful modules and unlock new technologies in this real-time-with-pause roguelite mixing tower defense and clicker gameplay. Everything is square.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.4% ★, RTS 13.8%, Resource Management 13.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 9.2%
- #8 New Cycle
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 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 21.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%
- #9 Dark Moon
91% matchMixed49% of 150 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: Resource Management 14.5%, Management 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Base Building 13.5%, RTS 12.1%
- #10 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 46.4% ★, Management 19%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Base Building 5.8%
- #11 Here Comes The Swarm
89% matchVery Positive88% of 161 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 23.5% ★, RTS 13%, Resource Management 12.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11.7%
- #12 Starship Theory
90% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 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 22.2%, Real-Time with Pause 18.8% ★, Survival 15.3%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 10.2%
- #13 Fallout Shelter
89% matchVery Positive88% of 80,218 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 23.5%, Survival 21.3%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #14 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
88% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 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 18.5%, Real-Time with Pause 17.7% ★, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #15 Sheltered 2
87% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 22.1%, Resource Management 20.5%, Survival 17%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 10.6%
- #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 23.8% ★, RTS 15.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 14.6%, Survival 11.3%
- #17 Frostliner
86% 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 15.4%, Resource Management 13.6%, Survival 10.7%, Management 10.5%
- #18 Distributrains
84% match7 user reviews100% of 7 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% ★, Management 11.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #19 HolyZone
84% 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 20.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 12.3%
- #20 Sid Meier's Railroads!
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 3,402 reviews2007
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 9.1 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 17.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Real-Time with Pause 8.7% ★, Simulation 6.3%
- #21 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 13.6%, Resource Management 13.6%, Simulation 13.4%, Base Building 12.4%
- #22 Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes
82% matchNo user reviews
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 25.2% ★, RTS 16%, Resource Management 14%, Roguelike 9.2%, Survival 8.4%
- #23 My Train Arrives
82% matchVery Positive86% of 95 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 17.3% ★, Management 11.1%, Resource Management 9.7%, Strategy 9.2%
- #24 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 20.5% ★, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 11.2%, Base Building 10.2%
- #25 Train Valley
81% matchVery Positive90% of 3,405 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 22.6% ★, Resource Management 19%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #26 Lost Heaven Station
80% 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 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Management 11.7%, Survival 10.3%
- #27 Frostpunk: 1886
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
The original Frostpunk experience is being reimagined and expanded with new events, mechanics, and laws within a new Purpose Path. Return to your role as the ruler of Earth's last city, manage its citizens, weigh up your choices and ensure your society's survival.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Resource Management 17.1%, Survival 14.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.8%
- #28 Bounty Train
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,710 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 15.4%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 11%, Real-Time with Pause 5.6% ★
- #29 A列車で行こう8
79% matchMixed69% of 13 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 35.5% ★, Real-Time with Pause 29.6% ★, Management 13%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #30 Cataclismo
76% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 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 22.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, RTS 12%, Resource Management 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%
- #31 Pandemic Train
77% matchMixed57% of 241 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 35.2% ★, Survival 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Base Building 10.2%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #32 Solar Baron
77% 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 27.6% ★, Resource Management 19.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 13.4%, Simulation 6.9%
- #33 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 21.4% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 12.1%, RTS 10.9%, Management 10.6%
- #34 Frostrain 2
74% matchVery Positive95% of 154 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 33.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Management 12%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #35 BAIA
75% 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 23.4%, Survival 15.9%, Simulation 14.5%, Management 13.7%, Resource Management 13.3%
- #36 Bleak Frontier
76% 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 14.6%, Management 14.4%, Survival 14.3%, RTS 14.2%, Base Building 12.8%
- #37 Crying Suns
74% matchVery Positive86% of 4,448 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 26.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, RTS 11.5%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #38 Railroad Pioneer
75% 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 21.3%, Simulation 19.5%, Management 10.5%
- #39 Tin Lord
72% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: LegionSword
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 19.3%, Resource Management 15.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Roguelike 11.9%
- #40 Frostrain
71% matchVery Positive93% of 2,685 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 18.8%, Roguelike 11.4%, RTS 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #41 Offshore Prophets
73% 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 18.4%, Management 15.4%, Real-Time with Pause 14.9% ★, Survival 12%, Base Building 9%
- #42 Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,368 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 25.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #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 44.8% ★, Management 16.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 8.4%
- #44 From Glory To Goo
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 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 26.9% ★, RTS 14.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%
- #45 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
73% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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% ★, Resource Management 15.6%, Management 15.3%, Survival 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%
- #46 The Wandering Village
69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 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 19.5%, Resource Management 16.1%, Management 15.5%, RTS 11.6%, Survival 9.8%
- #47 Frostpunk
70% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 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 19.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Real-Time with Pause 7.8% ★
- #48 Crowded Blue Dot
71% 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 20.9%, Management 16.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Real-Time with Pause 16.3% ★, Survival 9.6%
- #49 The Final Station
70% matchVery Positive87% of 9,281 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 28.5%, Survival 19.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #50 Simutrans
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 652 reviews2016
Dev: The Simutrans Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 13.8 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 50.3% ★, Management 17.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #51 STATIONflow
69% matchVery Positive86% of 495 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 34.3% ★, Real-Time with Pause 15% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 13%
- #52 Apocalypse Express
67% matchVery Positive84% of 140 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 37.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Roguelike 10.1%, Management 9.4%
- #53 Muted
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Muted team
Windows
MUTED is a social thriller where you're taking the role of a single mother hunted by government. You need to craft diapers in slums of a dystopian city.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.2%, Resource Management 22%, Survival 18.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #54 Automation Empire
69% matchMixed66% of 2,635 reviews2019
Dev: DOG HOGGLER
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!
Why similar: Trains 17.3% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 15.3%, Real-Time with Pause 13.5% ★, Management 12%
- #55 Defe
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Curare Games
Windows
Tower Defense Roguelike with Action RPG elements, combining base building, real-time strategy, resource management, and intense top-down combat. Build by day. Defend by night. Explore and survive, if you can.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.8%, Resource Management 17.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Management 14.3%, RTS 13.7%
- #56 Milky Way TD SURVIVORS AUTOBATTLER RTS: Earth
67% matchPositive89% of 35 reviews2024
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Milky Way is a unique mix of Tower Defense, RTS, Auto-Battler and Survivors. Build your base, choose random upgrades and use powerful skills to survive against hordes of enemies.
Why similar: RTS 19.6%, Resource Management 19%, Base Building 16.4%, Management 15.9%, Survival 13.5%
- #57 NeoTerra
67% 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 25.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Resource Management 14.4%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.7%
- #58 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 29.4% ★, Resource Management 16.6%, Management 12.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #59 Civitatem
67% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: Resource Management 16.3%, Real-Time with Pause 15.5% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 12.6%
- #60 Fear Equation
68% 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 28.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Management 13.5%, Survival 12.8%, Roguelike 11.3%