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A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 14.5%, City Builder 11.1%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony management, offering deep emergent storytelling and complex survivor needs.

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 38.5%, Survival 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, RPG 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on turn-based combat and the interpersonal drama of managing a group of survivors in a zombie apocalypse.

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: City Builder 14.4%, Zombies 13.4%, Colony Sim 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Outbreak Sim 12.4% ★

Why You'll Like It: Uses real-world map data to create a unique city-builder experience where you defend against zombie hordes.

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Real-Time with Pause 11.3% ★, Survival 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony building with tactical combat against supernatural threats, mirroring the base-management feel of the seed game.

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 29.5%, Survival 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Provides the most realistic and punishing zombie survival simulation with deep mechanics for scavenging and base fortification.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-builder centered on rebuilding society and managing survivors after a global catastrophe.

In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.

Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes the moral weight of choices and the desperate struggle for resources in a ruined, war-torn city.

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: Colony Sim 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 12.7%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the gritty management of a small group of survivors in a harsh, post-apocalyptic bunker environment.

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: City Builder 22.9%, Colony Sim 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 11.8%, Building 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival city-builder that forces players to make brutal ethical decisions to keep their colony alive.

ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Survival 10%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony sim that emphasizes scavenging, base defense, and managing limited resources.

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 30%, Survival 22.7%, Base Building 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Sandbox 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Features base management, survivor recruitment, and territory control in a dangerous open-world zombie setting.

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.6%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on environmental survival and long-term colony management in a post-nuclear world.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: 4X 22% ★, Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that requires constant adaptation to harsh, changing environments and resource scarcity.

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: Colony Sim 17.1%, Outbreak Sim 15.7% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Zombies 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique twist on the colony sim where you manage and cure zombies to help build and defend your base.

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

Why similar: 4X 16.7% ★, Colony Sim 16.5%, Outbreak Sim 14.6% ★, City Builder 11.5%, Zombies 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the logistical challenges of rebuilding a civilization after a total collapse.

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: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 15.9%, Real-Time with Pause 15.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that focuses on the logistics of rebuilding society after a devastating solar flare.

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, City Builder 23.6%, Building 11.2%, Survival 10.3%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A deep city-builder with a strong focus on complex resource management and survival mechanics.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 13.7%, Building 13.6%, Sandbox 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal sandbox survival game where you manage a squad in a massive, unforgiving world with deep faction interactions.

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 47.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 8.9%, RPG 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the retro, narrative-driven survival feel of navigating a zombie-filled landscape with limited supplies.

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Zombies 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that emphasizes survival, scavenging, and faction interaction in a zombie-infested city.

A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 14.7%, Real-Time with Pause 11.8% ★, City Builder 10.9%, Base Building 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic management game that leans into the automation and progression aspects of survival.

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 25.8%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.2%, Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends base building with tactical combat in a challenging post-apocalyptic setting.

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 18.4%, Base Building 18%, City Builder 13.9%, Survival 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic strategy game focused on managing survivors and defending your base against external threats.

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: 4X 21.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical base-building game that emphasizes structural defense against waves of enemies in a ruined world.

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: Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 15%, Zombies 13.8%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game centered on defending a base against waves of zombies while managing resources.

Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.

Why similar: Outbreak Sim 22% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game focused on scavenging and building a settlement in a ruined world.

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 9.5%, Building 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder where you manage a colony in a post-apocalyptic, oxygen-deprived world.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, City Builder 25.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 5.7%

Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 9.2%, Base Building 9%

We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that focuses on the logistics and management of a post-apocalyptic bunker.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Survival 9%

2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Outbreak Sim 16.7% ★, Zombies 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Base Building 11.8%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: 4X 23.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Survival 12.8%, Zombies 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that emphasizes resource management and survivor recruitment in a zombie apocalypse.

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.9%

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 16.3%, RPG 12.3%, Strategy 8.3%

Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, 4X 14.4% ★, City Builder 14%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 11.1%

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 11.5%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 7.9%

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: Colony Sim 20.9%, Zombies 13.4%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%

Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival

Why similar: 4X 31.2% ★, Outbreak Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Zombies 9.3%, Strategy 6%

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Zombies 14.5%, City Builder 9.4%, Survival 9.3%

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 7.9%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11.4%, City Builder 10.1%, Building 9.5%

This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8.7%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 17.2%, Zombies 12.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.4%

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 45.7%, Survival 23.9%, Strategy 14.1%, RPG 8.3%, Simulation 7%

Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 9.3%, Management 8.8%

Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, City Builder 29%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Simulation 9.1%

Dustland Delivery is a post-apocalyptic survival business simulator. Scour the wastes for profit, complete missions to grow your trading empire, and assemble a rag-tag band of adventurers to turn your city into the capital of the Dustlands. Danger lurks around every corner—but no risk, no reward!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Zombies 14.7%, Survival 14.3%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 10.8%

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.5%, Real-Time with Pause 15.1% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10%

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 33.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Zombies 13%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.7%

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.1%, Zombies 8.8%

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Building 8.7%

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Real-Time with Pause 17.5% ★, City Builder 15%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 11.1%, Survival 9.8%

Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Sandbox 11%, Management 10.3%, Survival 10%

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: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Management 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Survival 11.4%

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 10%, Building 5%

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Survival 15.5%, Colony Sim 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%