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Games Like Survive the Blackout

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

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Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The 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 196 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 25.3%, Survival 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Choices Matter 9%

  2. #2 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 2,695 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 31.8%, Point & Click 11.8%, Survival 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  3. #3 The Pale Beyond
    96% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
    Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    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 15.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Difficult 8.6%

  4. #4 Gods Will Be Watching
    95% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,928 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 13.5%, Point & Click 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Survival 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%

  5. #5 Organs Please
    94% matchVery Positive84% of 324 reviews2023
    Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 17.2%, Survival 13.1%, Choices Matter 10.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10%

  6. #6 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
    Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 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 25.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 24%, Interactive Fiction 16.1%, Story Rich 10.2%, Strategy 5.8%

  7. #7 The Tribe Must Survive
    93% 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 19.1%, Difficult 13.7%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Resource Management 12.5%, Strategy 11.1%

  8. #8 Surviving the Aftermath
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 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 39.9%, Survival 21.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 13.9%, Difficult 3.5%

  9. #9 Overland
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 561 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 48.1%, Survival 26.3%, Strategy 22%, Indie 3.7%

  10. #10 This War of Mine
    90% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 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 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Choices Matter 9.1%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 8%

  11. #11 March of the Living
    91% 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 28.9%, Survival 23.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

  12. #12 60 Seconds!
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 11,665 reviews2015
    Dev: Robot Gentleman
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 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 23.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18%, Survival 14.8%, Difficult 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.9%

  13. #13 Dustbowl
    89% matchMostly Positive77% of 123 reviews2015
    Dev: The Pompous Pixel
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 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 46.7%, Survival 16.5%, Adventure 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Indie 11.2%

  14. #14 Peregrino
    87% matchMostly Positive70% of 182 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 20.8%, Adventure 14.6%, Story Rich 8.3%, Dark 5.5%

  15. #15 Pathway
    88% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,248 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 42.2%, Pixel Graphics 20%, Strategy 19.9%, Roguelike 9.1%, Adventure 8.9%

  16. #16 Dead in Antares
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 181 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 21.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 16.9%, Resource Management 14.4%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Simulation 11.5%

  17. #17 NEO Scavenger
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
    Dev: Blue Bottle Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 39.8%, Survival 32.3%, Difficult 8.4%, Strategy 7%, Roguelike 5.5%

  18. #18 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
    84% matchVery Positive94% of 4,417 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: Survival 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 26.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Roguelike 7.6%

  19. #19 Pandemic Train
    85% matchMixed58% of 243 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: Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Survival 21.1%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 8.9%

  20. #20 The Last Haven
    84% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Strategy 18.9%, Survival 16.4%, Simulation 8.8%, Resource Management 7.3%

  21. #21 60 Seconds! Reatomized
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 18,977 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 27.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Survival 17.4%, Difficult 13.1%, Strategy 10.5%

  22. #22 Sheltered
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.8%, Survival 29.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Resource Management 7.4%

  23. #23 Dyscourse
    83% matchMostly Positive77% of 444 reviews2015
    Dev: Owlchemy Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Dyscourse is an interactive choice-based narrative adventure game where you journey through a stylized world of choice and consequence. Choose wisely.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 30.4%, Survival 17.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.4%, Adventure 12.3%

  24. #24 Stories from the Outbreak
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 154 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 30.5%, Survival 25.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Story Rich 6.5%

  25. #25 ICY: Frostbite Edition
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 401 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 35.1%, Interactive Fiction 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Story Rich 8.9%

  26. #26 Chromosome Evil
    79% matchVery Positive83% of 351 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 24.5%, Survival 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 10.2%

  27. #27 Dead In Vinland
    80% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,800 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 29.4%, Strategy 16.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Resource Management 10.9%, Adventure 9.3%

  28. #28 Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out
    78% matchVery Positive96% of 176 reviews2023
    Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Survive as the last horse riders as the world ends and myths die. Plan ahead and manage your clan’s relationships with the remaining gods and their followers in this standalone survival storybook. Immerse yourself in the land of magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.

    Why similar: Survival 23.2%, Choices Matter 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 11.9%

  29. #29 Epimutation
    77% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Barbieronpa
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    399 days ago, the world ended. Epimutation is a horror visual novel that follows seven survivors as they attempt to navigate life in the apocalypse. Make life or death decisions, form bonds with your fellow survivors, and attempt to unravel the mystery behind the outbreak.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.8%, Interactive Fiction 13.1%, Choices Matter 12.4%, Point & Click 10.5%

  30. #30 End of Lines
    77% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2023
    Dev: Nova-box
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 22.2%, Choices Matter 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 12.4%, Interactive Fiction 9.6%

  31. #31 Zafehouse: Diaries
    79% 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: Survival 25.3%, Strategy 21.2%, Simulation 19.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Indie 8.8%

  32. #32 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 reviews2024
    Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 38.7%, Survival 27.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Dark 8.5%, Atmospheric 8.1%

  33. #33 Insurmountable
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 961 reviews2021
    Dev: ByteRockers' GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

    Why similar: Survival 20.9%, Resource Management 14%, Choices Matter 13.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 9.9%

  34. #34 e-River Cabin Journal
    78% matchMixed53% of 59 reviews2016
    Dev: Wilderness Journal Games
    Windows

    A real-time (with casual option) Diary Driven PC Game. Simulating homesteading and survival in your own Log Cabin, deep in the Alaskan Wilderness.

    Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.7%, Indie 16.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 11.8%

  35. #35 Surviving the Abyss
    74% matchMixed65% of 1,060 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 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 27.8%, Survival 20.8%, Difficult 14.9%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Strategy 10.8%

  36. #36 Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
    76% matchMixed62% of 258 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 20.7%, Strategy 18.8%, Resource Management 18.1%, Story Rich 12.8%, Atmospheric 10%

  37. #37 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 4,118 reviews2026
    Dev: GamexcitePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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?

    Why similar: Strategy 25.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Interactive Fiction 19.5%, Survival 12.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  38. #38 The Oregon Trail
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 1,195 reviews2022
    Dev: Gameloft
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 47.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.3%, Adventure 16.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Story Rich 3.7%

  39. #39 Through the Darkest of Times
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,139 reviews2020
    Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: HandyGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Berlin 1933. “Adolf Hitler is chancellor!” We all know the consequences this message bore. Unspeakable horrors and suffering would sweep across the world. Few would stand and fight the monstrosity that was the German Reich. Will you? Lead an underground resistance group Through the Darkest of Times.

    Why similar: Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 18.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Adventure 10.4%, Indie 9.1%

  40. #40 Survive the Fall
    72% matchMixed69% of 663 reviews2025
    Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 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 39.2%, Survival 27.1%, Resource Management 16.2%, Story Rich 7.9%, Adventure 6.4%

  41. #41 Out There: Ω Edition
    74% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,717 reviews2015
    Dev: Mi-Clos Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 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 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Atmospheric 6.9%

  42. #42 The Reeve
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2024
    Dev: Gray Muscat
    Windows · Mac

    You are an Administrator serving your probationary period in a medieval town. Make decisions to affect the town's reputation, order, military and supplies. Choose wisely to deal with bandits, famines, cultists and plagues. The most difficult choices will decide the fate of your town!

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.8%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Interactive Fiction 13.2%, Simulation 12%, Resource Management 9.4%

  43. #43 Z Dawn
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 285 reviews2019
    Dev: GoldenGod Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    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 34.7%, Survival 30.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 8.6%, Atmospheric 7.1%

  44. #44 Journey to the Void
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
    Dev: RuneHeads
    Windows · Mac

    Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.

    Why similar: Difficult 27.5%, Strategy 26.4%, Roguelike 12.8%, Story Rich 12.6%, Adventure 10.3%

  45. #45 Mothmen 1966
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 320 reviews2022
    Dev: LCB Game StudioPub: Chorus Worldwide Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Mothmen 1966 is a 'Pixel Pulp' - a visual novel fusing exceptional writing and stunning illustration, inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction and 80s home computer graphics - set amongst the strange occurrences of the Leonid meteor shower of 1966.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 26.8%, Interactive Fiction 15.4%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Story Rich 8.2%

  46. #46 KingSim
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 209 reviews2020
    Dev: Fuzzy Pixel Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 27.8%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 12.1%

  47. #47 Homeseek
    70% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
    Dev: TrapticsPub: iterco
    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 23.3%, Difficult 15.6%, Survival 14.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%

  48. #48 7Days Origins
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 348 reviews2021
    Dev: Buff Studio
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    7Days Origins is a single-player story game where the storyline changes based on the player's choices. For 7 days, you will meet various characters in the world of the dead. You may become allies and embark on adventures together or become enemies and fight.

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 21.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Interactive Fiction 13%, Survival 12.1%, Point & Click 11.4%

  49. #49 Waste Walkers
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 215 reviews2015
    Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 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 32%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29%, Survival 24.4%, Atmospheric 6.4%, Adventure 6.4%

  50. #50 Primordia
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,401 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 43.1%, Point & Click 19%, Adventure 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Story Rich 5.5%

  51. #51 The Long Dark
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 121,879 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 47.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Atmospheric 8.3%, Simulation 6.4%, Adventure 6%

  52. #52 Help Will Come Tomorrow
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 929 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 19.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Difficult 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Strategy 10.8%

  53. #53 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
    68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,143 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: Post-apocalyptic 37.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Survival 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Indie 8.7%

  54. #54 Anoxia Station
    66% matchMostly Positive80% of 204 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 30.6%, Survival 19.3%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 8.7%

  55. #55 Don't Escape Trilogy
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 734 reviews2019
    Dev: scriptwelderPub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    In this classic point-and-click adventure anthology by award-winning indie developer Scriptwelder, you'll protect an unsuspecting hamlet from yourself, try to prepare for an incoming undead horde, and search a seemingly empty spaceship for answers to a gruesome mystery.

    Why similar: Point & Click 21.5%, Choices Matter 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Adventure 14.3%, Indie 10.9%

  56. #56 Sultan's Game
    62% matchVery Positive94% of 33,952 reviews2025
    Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?

    Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 29.5%, Choices Matter 17%, Strategy 15.3%, Simulation 14%, Story Rich 10.2%

  57. #57 Self-Isolation
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2020
    Dev: Dymchick1
    Windows

    This game is a simulation of self-isolation. You need to support your family, not to lose your job and finally not to go crazy.

    Why similar: Simulation 15.8%, Choices Matter 13.7%, Dark 12.5%, Atmospheric 12.4%, Difficult 11.5%

  58. #58 Apocalipsis
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 514 reviews2018
    Dev: Punch Punk GamesPub: Wildlands Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Apocalipsis is a point-and-click adventure game, in the vain of Samorost and Machinarium, where all puzzles have a hidden meaning. With a unique artstyle inspired by 15th century engravings it tells a story about heartbreak, redemption and, quite literally, the end of the world.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31%, Point & Click 13.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%, Story Rich 8.8%, Simulation 7.8%

  59. #59 The Final Station
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 9,347 reviews2016
    Dev: DO MY BESTPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 36.4%, Survival 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Resource Management 6.1%, Adventure 5.8%

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