- #1 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
97% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Zombies 27.6%, Survival 18.6%, Roguelike 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%
- #2 March of the Living
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 536 reviews2016
Dev: Machine 22Pub: Creaky Corpse Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Roguelike-like inspired by FTL and popular zombie fiction. Guide a group of survivors to a rumoured safe haven.
Why similar: Perma Death 21.6%, Zombies 17.6%, Survival 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #3 Dead Age
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,580 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 28%, Party-Based RPG 14.4%, Survival 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%
- #4 Zafehouse Diaries 2
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 25.9%, Survival 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11%
- #5 Infectonator: Survivors
94% matchMixed67% of 1,151 reviews2016
Dev: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
"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 36.6%, Survival 18.9%, Perma Death 11.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #6 Z Dawn
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 282 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Survival 20.9%, Zombies 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Strategy 10.1%
- #7 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,312 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Party-Based RPG 25.5%, Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Survival 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #8 Dead Season
92% matchMixed69% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Snail BitePub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?
Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Turn-Based Combat 26.3%, RPG 10.7%, Strategy 10%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #9 Dead State: Reanimated
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,543 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 45.2%, Survival 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, RPG 9.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #10 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
90% matchVery Positive88% of 3,135 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Perma Death 15.9%, Survival 8.3%, Strategy 6.6%
- #11 Zafehouse: Diaries
91% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%
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: Zombies 40.1%, Survival 22.4%, Strategy 14%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, RPG 10.3%
- #12 Wanna Survive
89% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Zombies 34.7%, Survival 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Roguelike 8.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #13 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Zombies 34.2%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 6.3%
- #14 Envy the Dead
89% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.
Why similar: Zombies 45.5%, Survival 18.6%, RPG 17.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Atmospheric 3.2%
- #15 Urban Strife
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: Party-Based RPG 21.8%, Zombies 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%
- #16 Depth of Extinction
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Perma Death 27.6%, Party-Based RPG 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, RPG 8%
- #17 NEO Scavenger
86% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 26.5%, Perma Death 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 23.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, RPG 6.8%
- #18 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.5%, Zombies 19%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 10.8%, RPG 6.2%
- #19 Survive the Blackout
85% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose your adventure-type gameplay, squad-level management, exploration and scavenging, difficult moral choices. Modern-times tribute to Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Survival 25.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%
- #20 Overland
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 557 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.2%, Survival 33.8%, Strategy 21.1%
- #21 The Dead Await
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 145 reviews2024
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 28.4%, Zombies 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 7.3%
- #22 Cards of the Dead
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2021
Dev: Boomfire GamesPub: JanduSoft
Windows
Cards of the Dead is a survival card game. Play your cards right and you might escape the zombie apocalypse!
Why similar: Zombies 30.8%, Survival 17.6%, Roguelike 15.1%, Management 9.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #23 FatalZone: Outbreak
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 304 reviews2023
Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 35.3%, Survival 22.1%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Roguelike 14.4%, RPG 6.6%
- #24 Pathway
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,235 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Zombies 25.2%, Roguelike 18%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, RPG 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #25 Pandemic Train
81% 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: Survival 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Roguelike 14.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Choices Matter 8%
- #26 Decision: Red Daze
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 872 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Zombies 36%, Survival 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 4.7%
- #27 Dead In Vinland
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 28.1%, Perma Death 20%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, RPG 14.3%, Strategy 12.1%
- #28 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Survival 24.9%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, RPG 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #29 Escape The Mad Empire
76% matchVery Positive89% of 397 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 31.5%, Perma Death 22.3%, Survival 11.6%, Roguelike 10.1%, Management 8.1%
- #30 Chromosome Evil
77% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Zombies 22.8%, Perma Death 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 Quarantine
79% matchMixed60% of 435 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.
Why similar: Survival 45.6%, Strategy 36.3%, RPG 13.5%, Atmospheric 4.6%
- #32 Sandwalkers
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandwalkers is a roguelike turn-based exploration game. Build your team, traverse varied hostile environments, face countless dangers, and gain knowledge that will help you find and resurrect the Mother Tree Umama.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25%, Turn-Based Combat 21%, Survival 20.2%, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 6%
- #33 Dead Grid
73% matchVery Positive94% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Why similar: Zombies 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Strategy 9.1%, RPG 8.8%
- #34 Chromosome Evil 2
74% matchVery Positive88% of 263 reviews2024
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival for a second time. Assemble your strike team and manage your convoy. It's up to you to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: Survival 37%, Strategy 18.5%, Multiple Endings 16.4%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Combat 8.5%
- #35 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
73% matchVery Positive82% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Roguelike 19%, Multiple Endings 12.8%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 9%
- #36 Story Of the Survivor
78% matchMixed61% of 64 reviews2016
Dev: Kamil SzczepanikPub: Akamari Games
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Story of the Survivor is an action RPG that takes place during a zombie apocalypse. Surviving isn't going to be easy, and zombies aren't the only things to worry about. You must also eat and drink to survive as well as avoid other survivors.
Why similar: Zombies 37.1%, Survival 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, RPG 16.7%
- #37 病毒恶化 VirusCrisis
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 157 reviews2019
Dev: S.T.T
Windows
Virus Crisis is a Roguelike RPG indie game with abundant stories and endings.You will be a high school student who encounters a Zombie virus outbreak and try to survive(or fall in love) with your girl teammates in the apocalypse. You need to lead everyone to survive with your wisdom and bravery.
Why similar: Zombies 47.3%, Strategy 35%, RPG 17.7%
- #38 Outcast Tales: The First Journey
73% matchVery Positive85% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Hardlane StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Experience the beginning of a grand adventure in Outcast Tales: The First Journey. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Roguelike 15.4%, RPG 6.1%
- #39 Overfall
77% matchMixed47% of 874 reviews2016
Dev: Pera Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 25.5%, Survival 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Roguelike 12.3%, Multiple Endings 6.1%
- #40 Tunnel Escape
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 412 reviews2024
Dev: ElzeePub: Saikey Studios
Windows
Embark on a daring journey with Beatrice as you kick, shoot, and loot through a secret underground lab. In this rogue-lite RPG/ADV, engage in strategic combat and face intense encounters and unspeakable dangers!
Why similar: Zombies 20.6%, JRPG 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 12%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #41 Highrisers
75% matchMostly Negative38% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Zombies 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, RPG 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #42 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
68% matchVery Positive88% of 8,056 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Perma Death 24.2%, Zombies 23.7%, Survival 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Management 7.4%
- #43 The Dead Await: Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.4%, Zombies 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Survival 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #44 The Last Stand: Aftermath
71% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Zombies 34%, Perma Death 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Survival 20%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #45 Plague: London 1665
70% matchVery Positive91% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: WASD Games
Windows · Mac
Plague: London 1665 is an RPG with pixel art graphics set in 1665's during the Bubonic Plague outbreak in overcrowded and polluted London. As a body collector, graveyard keeper, and family provider, avoid the disease while clearing the streets. Will you survive the outbreak or become another victim?
Why similar: RPG 29%, Multiple Endings 20.8%, Choices Matter 13.2%, 2D 11.2%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #46 Operation: Outbreak
69% matchVery Positive80% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: DREADMITH Games
Windows
Your squad's vehicle exploded during a patrol, and you're the only survivor. The enemy is unusual this time. A virus has turned the city into a warzone of the undead. Get to the exfil in time or die trying. A free-to-play short and intense FPS zombie survival horror game.
Why similar: Zombies 55.9%, Post-apocalyptic 35.7%, Atmospheric 6.3%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #47 Zoria: Age of Shattering
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 608 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Trinket GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria. Lead a team of four heroes with their unique skills and perks. Every team member contributes to undertaken battles.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 37.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, RPG 10.5%, Strategy 10%, Story Rich 9%
- #48 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
70% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Picklefeet Games
Windows · Mac
Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.
Why similar: RPG 29.2%, Strategy 28.9%, Party-Based RPG 28.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #49 Rabiez: Epidemic
74% matchMixed44% of 238 reviews2016
Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #50 Deadly Days
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,877 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelsplit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.
Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, Survival 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Perma Death 12.4%, Strategy 10.8%
- #51 Break the Loop
68% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 30.9%, Roguelike 23%, Strategy 17.8%, RPG 17.3%, 2D 9%
- #52 Outbreak
72% matchMixed60% of 128 reviews2017
Dev: Dead Drop Studios LLC
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Race against the clock and battle the undead in this co-op survival horror nightmare.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 58.3%, RPG 26.4%, 2D 15.3%
- #53 Dead Engine
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
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: Zombies 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Roguelike 16.4%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #54 Broken Roads
69% matchMixed53% of 436 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, RPG 9.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #55 Dead in Antares
66% matchVery Positive82% of 155 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Survival 33.1%, RPG 13.6%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #56 Plague Lords: Witch Hunt
67% matchMixed56% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Red Unit StudiosPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
What seemed like an easy coin leads a small detachment of mercenaries and their employer to a barony lost in the woods, afflicted by a strange disease. The prologue to Plague Lords will introduce you to the basics of the game and take control of a small squad of trained soldiers.
Why similar: Perma Death 27.1%, Zombies 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #57 State of Survival
68% matchMixed57% of 454 reviews2023
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 184.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: Zombies 36.3%, Survival 20.4%, Strategy 20.3%, RPG 17.4%, Story Rich 5.6%
- #58 Home Behind 2
65% matchVery Positive87% of 7,178 reviews2022
Dev: TPP StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Home Behind 2 is a Roguelike RPG which set in Scaria, a country engulfed in a ten-year civil war. Lead a patchwork group of revolutionary fighters into the depths of the government's territory as you struggle to overthrow a brutal authoritarian regime!
Why similar: Roguelike 22.3%, Survival 22.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Strategy 11.8%, RPG 11.7%
- #59 Shardpunk
65% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 32.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Survival 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #60 Urtuk: The Desolation
66% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Perma Death 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 28.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Strategy 9.3%, 2D 4%