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Games Like Survive the Blackout

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Survival, Singleplayer, Post-apocalyptic.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 64% — of 87 reviews
Released: 2020-02-06
Developer: Baby Bison Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 195 reviews2021
    Dev: Nameless XIIIPub: Dear Villagers
    Windows

    A survival journey through a harsh world without rules or judgement. Only your choices matters in the face of moral dilemmas. Manage your party, food & equipment in this non-linear narrative survival sim with 34 possible endings.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Survival 16.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  2. #2 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,656 reviews2019
    Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Survive through four days at the end of the world in this post-apocalyptic point-and-click thriller where your choices could keep you alive... or not.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Survival 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Choices Matter 9.2%

  3. #3 The Pale Beyond
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,115 reviews2023
    Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

    Why similar: Survival 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Strategy 8.8%

  4. #4 Gods Will Be Watching
    95% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,923 reviews2014
    Dev: DeconstructeamPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face intriguing puzzles and tough decisions that will affect their entire crew’s wellbeing.

    Why similar: Difficult 13.4%, Point & Click 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  5. #5 The Tribe Must Survive
    94% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac

    The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

    Why similar: Survival 19%, Difficult 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 11.1%

  6. #6 Organs Please
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 320 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 13%, Resource Management 10.5%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

  7. #7 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 9,503 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    Why similar: Choices Matter 25.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 16%, Story Rich 10.1%, Strategy 5.8%

  8. #8 Surviving the Aftermath
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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: Post-apocalyptic 39.7%, Survival 22%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 14%, Difficult 3.4%

  9. #9 This War of Mine
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 96,656 reviews2014
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 8.1%

  10. #10 Overland
    91% 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 47.9%, Survival 26.3%, Strategy 22.1%, Indie 3.7%

  11. #11 60 Seconds!
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 11,636 reviews2015
    Dev: Robot Gentleman
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 23.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Survival 14.8%, Difficult 11.6%, Choices Matter 10%

  12. #12 NEO Scavenger
    89% 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: Post-apocalyptic 39.6%, Survival 32.3%, Difficult 8.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Roguelike 5.6%

  13. #13 March of the Living
    89% 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: Post-apocalyptic 28.7%, Survival 23.1%, Choices Matter 14.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

  14. #14 60 Seconds! Reatomized
    86% matchVery Positive94% of 18,699 reviews2019
    Dev: Robot Gentleman
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Survival 17.3%, Difficult 13.1%, Strategy 10.5%

  15. #15 Peregrino
    86% matchMostly Positive70% of 164 reviews2026
    Dev: Inverge Studios
    Windows

    Peregrino is a dark isometric survival adventure where you explore a cursed forest by day and manage your caravan by night. Gather resources, hunt deadly creatures, upgrade your caravan, care for your companions, and lead them through the vast wilderness in search of New Eden.

    Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Atmospheric 21%, Adventure 14.4%, Story Rich 8.3%, Dark 5.6%

  16. #16 Pathway
    87% 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: Choose Your Own Adventure 42.1%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Strategy 19.9%, Roguelike 9.2%, Adventure 8.8%

  17. #17 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
    Dev: Longplay Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    Why similar: Survival 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Roguelike 7.7%

  18. #18 Dustbowl
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    Dev: The Pompous Pixel
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    A post-apocalyptic adventure game set in a world where the player must search for food, water and essential supplies to survive. Discover a world filled with colourful NPCs, quests and secrets.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 46.6%, Survival 16.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Indie 11.4%

  19. #19 The Last Haven
    85% 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.

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    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 21%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Resource Management 14.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Simulation 11.6%

  21. #21 Sheltered
    83% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
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    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 34.7%, Survival 29.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%

  22. #22 Out There: Ω Edition
    84% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,716 reviews2015
    Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Out There is an award-winning space exploration game blending roguelike, resource management and interactive fiction.

    Why similar: Survival 17.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.1%, Resource Management 13.8%, Difficult 12.1%, Strategy 11.7%

  23. #23 Pandemic Train
    82% 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!

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  24. #24 Chromosome Evil
    80% 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: Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 15.1%, Choices Matter 11%, Resource Management 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%

  25. #25 Stories from the Outbreak
    79% matchVery Positive81% of 153 reviews2024
    Dev: Coldwild Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Survival 25.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%

  26. #26 Dead In Vinland
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
    Dev: Ishtar Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Survival 29.2%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Resource Management 11.1%, Adventure 9.3%

  27. #27 Dyscourse
    81% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    77% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

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    78% matchVery Positive84% of 1,135 reviews2020
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    Windows · Mac
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  30. #30 Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
    77% matchVery Positive96% of 175 reviews2023
    Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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  31. #31 ICY: Frostbite Edition
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 400 reviews2017
    Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age. Create your character, lead your family, make difficult choices, and try to survive in a frozen world.

    Why similar: Survival 35%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Story Rich 9%

  32. #32 Zafehouse: Diaries
    79% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
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    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 41%

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    Why similar: Survival 25.2%, Strategy 21.2%, Simulation 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Indie 8.9%

  33. #33 Survive the Fall
    75% matchMixed69% of 656 reviews2025
    Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 39%, Survival 27%, Resource Management 16.5%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%

  34. #34 Surviving the Abyss
    75% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.6%, Survival 20.8%, Difficult 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Strategy 10.8%

  35. #35 Insurmountable
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 947 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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    Why similar: Survival 20.7%, Resource Management 14.2%, Choices Matter 13.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Simulation 9.9%

  36. #36 Mittelborg: City of Mages
    76% matchMixed63% of 115 reviews2019
    Dev: Armatur GamesPub: Asterion Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?

    Why similar: Strategy 18%, Survival 16.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Adventure 9.5%

  37. #37 Homeseek
    73% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
    Dev: TrapticsPub: The Iterative Collective
    Windows

    Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Difficult 15.5%, Survival 14.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%

  38. #38 Anoxia Station
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 195 reviews2025
    Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
    Windows

    Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.4%, Survival 19.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%

  39. #39 Apocalipsis
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 513 reviews2018
    Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

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    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.5%, Point & Click 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%, Mature 7.3%

  40. #40 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
    72% 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%

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    72% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    74% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2016
    Dev: Wilderness Journal Games
    Windows

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  43. #43 Waste Walkers
    73% matchVery Positive81% of 212 reviews2015
    Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Waste Walkers is a gritty post-apocalyptic role playing game that allows players to discover the horrors of the apocalypse through a harsh struggle for survival.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.1%, Survival 24.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%, Adventure 6.4%

  44. #44 Self-Isolation
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
    Dev: Dymchick1
    Windows

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  45. #45 Journey to the Void
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: RuneHeads
    Windows · Mac

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  46. #46 Epimutation
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Barbieronpa
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  47. #47 The Underground Man
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,389 reviews2016
    Dev: Mehsoft
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  48. #48 Green Project
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 1,437 reviews2020
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    Windows
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  49. #49 Z Dawn
    71% 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: Post-apocalyptic 34.5%, Survival 30.1%, Strategy 19.5%, Indie 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.2%

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    65% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,623 reviews2026
    Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew?

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  51. #51 Help Will Come Tomorrow
    69% matchVery Positive80% of 925 reviews2020
    Dev: Arclight CreationsPub: Klabater
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    In an uninhabitable Siberian wilderness, in a wake of October Revolution, a group of passengers survives the mysterious catastrophe of Trans-Siberian railway train. They must endure in a harsh ice-clad climate until rescue arrives. Facing many dangers, their own weaknesses and, their own prejudice.

    Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Resource Management 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 11.3%

  52. #52 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
    66% 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 40.6%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Strategy 16%, Story Rich 9.8%, Adventure 9%

  53. #53 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
    70% matchMixed62% of 257 reviews2020
    Dev: Shockwork GamesPub: No Gravity Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Alder's Blood is a tactical strategy game with stealth-based combat, RPG elements, crafting, resources gathering, and management, exploration, and a rich storyline. Set in a grim world, where mankind killed their God and is facing extinction.

    Why similar: Difficult 20.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Resource Management 18.4%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 10%

  54. #54 Primordia
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,387 reviews2012
    Dev: Wormwood StudiosPub: Wadjet Eye Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Life has ceased. Man is but a myth. And now, even the machines have begun to fail. Lead Horatio Nullbuilt and his sarcastic sidekick Crispin on a journey through the crumbling world of Primordia, facing malfunctioning robots, ancient secrets, and an implacable, power-hungry foe.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43%, Point & Click 19%, Adventure 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Story Rich 5.5%

  55. #55 Plague: London 1665
    66% 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: Choices Matter 22.2%, Simulation 21.4%, Adventure 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Resource Management 9.5%

  56. #56 Lost Scavenger
    69% matchMixed54% of 242 reviews2022
    Dev: Rockbee
    Windows

    How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 43%, Survival 28.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.8%, Roguelike 4.8%

  57. #57 Home Behind
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 6,095 reviews2016
    Dev: TPP Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 36.7%, Adventure 16.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Indie 9.3%

  58. #58 The Long Dark
    65% matchVery Positive90% of 117,376 reviews2017
    Dev: Hinterland Studio Inc.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 46.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

    Why similar: Survival 47.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Simulation 6.4%, Adventure 6%

  59. #59 Sovietpunk: Chapter one
    68% matchMixed70% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Hot Chill
    Windows

    Sovietpunk is a cyberpunk story set in the setting of the Soviet Union after a global nuclear war. You have to guide the main character through the gloomy tunnels, in which the struggle for life is in full swing.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.6%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Point & Click 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Story Rich 8.1%

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