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

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Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 86 reviews
Released: 2023-07-17
Developer: ChallAcc
Genres: Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Linux

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    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 45.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    96% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
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    95% matchMostly Positive76% of 76 reviews2022
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    94% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
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    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows

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    91% matchVery Positive88% of 482 reviews2026
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    91% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    89% matchVery Positive85% of 628 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows

    Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.

    Why similar: Card Game 60.6%, Survival 13.5%, Resource Management 9.5%, Singleplayer 6.3%, 2D 6.2%

  57. #57 Orbi Universo II
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2025
    Dev: Orbi Universo Team
    Windows · Linux

    Guide your very own civilization's destiny in this abstract strategy sim. Master a complex node system, overcome unique challenges, and evolve your society from humble beginnings to the mastery of the atom. Can your civilization *really* withstand the test of time?

    Why similar: Historical 48.5%, Management 44.1%, 2D 3.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%

  58. #58 Aztecs: The Last Sun
    65% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
    Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.

    Why similar: Historical 23.3%, Building 22.7%, Survival 19.7%, Management 19.4%, Resource Management 14.9%

  59. #59 Loop Hero
    64% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
    Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.

    Why similar: Card Game 45.2%, Resource Management 23.4%, Choices Matter 23.1%, 2D 8.3%

  60. #60 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
    66% matchMixed69% of 841 reviews2023
    Dev: Tbjbu2
    Windows

    TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.

    Why similar: Survival 28.3%, Building 22%, Crafting 21.3%, Resource Management 14.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%

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