Games Like SKYHILL

NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Why similar: Survival 36.2%, Post-apocalyptic 29.5%, Roguelike 13.2%, Crafting 7.9%, RPG 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the brutal, turn-based survival and scavenging mechanics that make managing hunger and health in a hostile world so challenging.

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 59.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 8.9%, Atmospheric 5%, Simulation 5%

Why You'll Like It: Like SKYHILL, it focuses on the desperate struggle for survival and resource management within a confined, dangerous environment during a societal collapse.

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 22.3%, Survival 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, RPG 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based zombie survival RPG mirrors the combat and resource-gathering loop found in SKYHILL.

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: Post-apocalyptic 32.1%, Survival 28.9%, Zombies 16.5%, Adventure 5.3%, Indie 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same 2D post-apocalyptic atmosphere and the feeling of moving through dangerous territory while managing limited supplies.

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: Survival 40.1%, Zombies 25%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Crafting 6.1%, RPG 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate deep-dive into zombie survival, requiring constant resource management and crafting to survive in a decaying 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: Survival 43.7%, Post-apocalyptic 33.8%, Crafting 5.2%, RPG 3.9%, Simulation 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the management of a small group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic bunker, focusing on crafting and resource scarcity.

60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.4%, Survival 35.2%, Point & Click 12.9%, Difficult 9.5%, 2D 5%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the high-stakes, time-sensitive resource management and decision-making required to survive a post-apocalyptic event.

From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.

Why similar: Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Zombies 20.9%, Action Roguelike 17.8%, Crafting 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite survival experience that forces players to scavenge and fight through zombie-infested zones with limited resources.

Uncompromising Sci-Fi survival on Mars! Manage the entire colony single-handed! Craft, Research, Explore and Fight against evolving mutants. Vast open world and randomly generated levels to explore! Can you survive long enough to escape the horror?

Why similar: Survival 45.5%, Zombies 18.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Roguelike 10.3%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival game focuses on managing hunger, thirst, and crafting while exploring a dangerous, isolated facility.

In Home Behind, you take on the role of a refugee cast out from your homeland by a band of rebels. Your home and the peace you enjoyed has been destroyed, and your family has disappeared. Can you survive the struggle, famine, and sickness to make it to the safety of Europe?

Why similar: Survival 46.1%, Adventure 13.6%, RPG 12.3%, Simulation 7.2%, Indie 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This side-scrolling survival RPG forces you to manage hunger and health while traveling through a hostile, war-torn landscape.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Survival 37.9%, Zombies 23.3%, Crafting 14%, RPG 6.7%, Adventure 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a satisfying loop of scavenging, crafting, and survival in an open-world post-apocalyptic setting.

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Survival 35.4%, Zombies 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Crafting 6.8%, RPG 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world survival, base-building, and combat in a zombie-ridden landscape that feels very similar to the core loop of SKYHILL.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: Roguelike 33.4%, Turn-Based Combat 25.8%, RPG 13%, Difficult 11.1%, Atmospheric 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: The turn-based combat and stress management mechanics provide a similar sense of dread and tactical necessity found in roguelike survival games.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Survival 26.1%, Zombies 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Roguelike 13.8%, Crafting 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival roguelike that emphasizes scavenging and crafting to survive a zombie outbreak in an urban setting.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.4%, Zombies 24.7%, Survival 21.5%, Roguelike 12%, RPG 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelike survival game features similar zombie-infested exploration and difficult decision-making during a road trip across a ruined world.

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

Why similar: Survival 59.7%, Crafting 13.4%, Roguelike 7.7%, Adventure 6.3%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential survival roguelike that demands constant crafting and resource management to avoid death.

This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.

Why similar: Roguelike 42.7%, Survival 24.4%, Difficult 8.6%, Indie 7.3%, Simulation 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: While sci-fi themed, it is the gold standard for roguelike resource management and making difficult survival choices under pressure.

In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.

Why similar: Survival 39%, Zombies 24.9%, Adventure 8.7%, Difficult 8.6%, Horror 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: As the direct sequel, it expands on the survival and horror elements of the original in a more open, non-linear environment.

Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.

Why similar: Survival 47.8%, Difficult 13%, RPG 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.6%, Adventure 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An intensely atmospheric survival game that forces you to make impossible choices while managing health and hunger in a dying town.

"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: Survival 33.2%, Zombies 31.7%, Roguelike 11.4%, Simulation 5.8%, RPG 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: It combines strategy and survival with a focus on managing a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.

Pilot drones into derelict spaceships to find the means to survive and piece together how the universe became a giant graveyard.

Why similar: Survival 40.5%, Roguelike 23.7%, Difficult 9.9%, Horror 8.9%, Simulation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game captures the feeling of claustrophobic exploration and resource management in a dangerous, abandoned environment.

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Survival 20.2%, Roguelike 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It builds on the turn-based combat and survival mechanics of the first game with expanded party management and crafting.

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 35.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Survival 15.1%, Indie 5.4%, Roguelike 4.2%

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

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Survival 62.3%, Horror 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Difficult 7.5%, 2D 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides a high-pressure survival experience where managing resources and maintaining your vessel is critical to surviving a hostile environment.

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.2%, Roguelike 25.6%, RPG 8.6%, Adventure 7.1%, Indie 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It features turn-based combat and roguelike exploration in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that echoes the progression style of SKYHILL.

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.6%, Survival 36.1%, RPG 8.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, post-apocalyptic RPG that emphasizes survival, exploration, and tactical combat.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 47.5%, RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Crafting 8.4%, Indie 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based RPG features deep survival mechanics and exploration within a claustrophobic, post-apocalyptic underground setting.

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: Survival 43%, Post-apocalyptic 25%, RPG 10.8%, Crafting 9.6%, Simulation 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, open-ended survival game set in a harsh post-apocalyptic world where you start with nothing and must fight to survive.

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...

Why similar: Survival 30.6%, Zombies 27%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Simulation 10.2%, RPG 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique management-focused survival game where you must coordinate survivors and secure locations during a zombie outbreak.

LOSE YOUR MIND. EAT YOUR CREW. DIE. Take the helm of your steamship and set sail for the unknown! Sunless Sea is a game of discovery, loneliness and frequent death, set in the award-winning Victorian Gothic universe of Fallen London.

Why similar: Survival 45.5%, Roguelike 17%, RPG 8.3%, Adventure 8.2%, Atmospheric 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a bleak, roguelike survival experience where managing your ship's resources is the only thing keeping you alive.

Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands.Lifeless? Not so much!Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world.Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.3%, Adventure 27.7%, Point & Click 27.3%, Indie 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

A post-apocalyptic roguelike set in modern-day New England. Scavenge tools to craft an arsenal capable of dealing with the ever-evolving hordes of zombies, mutants, aliens, and robots in one of the deepest survival sims around.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 21.2%, Zombies 16.1%, Roguelike 14.8%, Crafting 7.6%

A dying reality, a universe that’s fading away. A merciless world thatgets sick and vanishes. No past, no present, no future; only the impending moment of “dead synchronicity” ahead. Will you be able to stop it?Because, otherwise... what will you do when Time dissolves itself?

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.5%, Point & Click 26.8%, Adventure 25%, Indie 6.8%, Atmospheric 3.8%

The Vikings are back! Get this RTS classic!

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

With her telekinesis, unorthodox use of torture instruments, a knack for improvisation and the help of a shady fox she makes her way from the peaks of Glass Mountain to the deepest dungeon.

Why similar: Point & Click 43.9%, Adventure 31.9%, Indie 15.4%, Atmospheric 3.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%

A kleptomaniac, a sociopath and a horrible friend. Randal is potentially one of the most scurrile protagonists since the invention of the hoverboard. Randal's Monday is a crazy space-time odyssey in classic adventure design, spiced up with countless geek culture references of the last 30 years.

Why similar: Point & Click 50.2%, Adventure 28.8%, 2D 8.6%, Indie 8.2%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

Why similar: RPG 36.3%, Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, Adventure 22.5%, Indie 14.8%, Singleplayer 3.5%

Sam is an addict who ends up in an institution named “Reaching Dreams”, hoping to kick his drug problem and sort out his miserable life. But during the first night, something goes horribly wrong and he gets stuck in an endless nightmare…

Why similar: Point & Click 31.2%, Adventure 24.4%, Horror 22.4%, Indie 15.6%, Atmospheric 4.2%

In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Survival 18.2%, Action Roguelike 16.8%, Zombies 16.1%, Roguelike 11.5%

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: Survival 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Zombies 19.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Horror 5.2%

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

Why similar: RPG 59.4%, Indie 12.8%, Adventure 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 5.8%, Difficult 5.3%

The post-apocalyptic dark comedy is back - remastered and even more radioactive than before! Scavenge supplies, rescue your family, and stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, hunt mutant roaches... and maybe survive. Or not.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.4%, Survival 33.2%, Point & Click 11.9%, Difficult 8.6%, Horror 6.7%

Imagine you could move mountains - literally! With realistic physics, Norse runes, rotating platforms and a lot of gray cells you'll help Munin, Odin's messenger in her very own 2D-adventure, to reclaim her power on a journey through Yggdrasil.

Why similar: Adventure 36.7%, Indie 31.1%, 2D 11.2%, Difficult 10.9%, Atmospheric 7.8%

The Last Tinker is a joyous action adventure and definitely no platformer, as there is no jump button. Koru, a boy from the slums of Colortown, must rise and stand against the Bleakness, a dark force intent on wiping out joy. Koru must use color and emotion to restore life to Colortown!

Why similar: Adventure 54.2%, Indie 28.7%, Action 10.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Survival 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Zombies 18.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, RPG 5.2%

How far would you go to save your best friend?For Gomo, the answer to this question is clear: To the end of the world and further, if necessary.Join him on his journey through the bizarre 2D landscapes of this dreamlike Point & Click Adventure!

Why similar: Adventure 43%, Point & Click 32.1%, Indie 23.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.1%, Survival 23%, Zombies 21.9%, Crafting 10.8%, Simulation 5.6%

Explore a city thrust into disarray by an unknown event and survive the hordes of mutated abominations that lurk at every corner. You’ll have to fight through enemies & bosses, scavenge loot and survive the hostile city.

Why similar: Survival 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 27%, Zombies 21%, Crafting 11.6%, Horror 5.3%

Survive a zombie apocalypse: scavenge supplies, craft weapons, build a camp, repair your vehicle, and uncover its secrets amid unknown dangers. Switch between 1st and 3rd person views. Solo-developed. Multiplayer coming after testing. Hope you enjoy!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.1%, Zombies 24%, Survival 14.5%, Adventure 11.6%, RPG 8.8%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Action Roguelike 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 17.3%, Zombies 17%, Roguelike 12.2%

A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.

Why similar: Survival 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.2%, Zombies 18.9%, Roguelike 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%

"30 days to survive" - the game is going day, in a world where there is a zombie Apocalypse! The protagonist has to survive 30 days on a randomly generated map full of dead.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Survival 24.4%, Zombies 18.4%, Crafting 9.9%, Simulation 5.7%

“Shadows of Kurgansk” is an adventure game, where you need to survive in an area full of danger and mystery. Your goal is to stay alive and find the way out, fighting monsters and completing story driven missions. Fight zombies, build asylums, find your way back home!

Why similar: Survival 31%, Zombies 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Crafting 8.1%, Simulation 7.1%

Can you run a successful hotel even though the world has ended? Repair, renovate, and decorate the ‘Apocalypse Hotel’ while fending off zombies, mutants and the alien Gogfang!

Why similar: Zombies 32%, RPG 19.5%, Simulation 17.2%, Crafting 15.5%, Indie 10.9%

Basingstoke is a tense rogue-like that mixes stealth and arcade action. Explore the smouldering ruins of Basingstoke, a world of reanimated undead and ferocious alien monsters. Scavenge as you go, crafting equipment to help you in your mission: escape Basingstoke!

Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.7%, Survival 21.4%, Zombies 12.5%, Adventure 8.5%, Crafting 7.1%

You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?

Why similar: Survival 46.5%, Crafting 19.7%, Adventure 9.6%, RPG 9.5%, Indie 6.4%

Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.

Why similar: Survival 49.3%, RPG 12.3%, Horror 12%, Adventure 11.2%, Atmospheric 9.1%

1954: Alcatraz – The cash is out there. But who will get it?Joe's doing 40 years on Alcatraz for a heist on an armored truck. The loot is still hidden out there, but only Joe knows where it is. In the streets of San Francisco, Joe's ex-accomplices and his wife are eager to find the stolen money. Who will get their hands on the dough?

Why similar: Point & Click 45.3%, Adventure 34.4%, Indie 16.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

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: Point & Click 26.9%, Simulation 19.5%, Atmospheric 15.8%, Indie 11.6%, Adventure 9%

Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

Why similar: Survival 44.3%, Crafting 14.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Point & Click 8.4%, Adventure 6.7%