- #1 Card Survival: Tropical Island
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,986 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 33.5%, Survival 23.9%, Crafting 15.4%, Text-Based 15.3%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #2 BOOK OF HOURS
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,246 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Card Game 19.9%, Tabletop 19.9%, Management 12%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 9.6%
- #3 Card Survival: Tropical Island - The First Days
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 43.1%, Text-Based 21.6%, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 15.2%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #4 The Tribe Must Survive
95% 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: Building 22.4%, Management 18.6%, Survival 18.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.7%
- #5 Paleon
94% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Survival 31.1%, Building 25.5%, Historical 17.6%, Management 12%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #6 Stellar Orphans
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Artifex Parvus
Windows
"Explore 'Stellar Orphans', a captivating deck-building game where every choice determines the fate of your crew lost in infinite space. Forge alliances, manage resources, and resolve crises to guide your 'Stellar Orphans' to survival. Ready to defy the stars?"
Why similar: Card Game 43.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.1%, Survival 10.2%, Resource Management 7.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #7 Aztecs: The Last Sun
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Historical 21.8%, Building 21.3%, Survival 18.4%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 13.6%
- #8 Stranded: Alien Dawn
92% matchVery Positive84% of 11,043 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Survival 34.6%, Management 18.7%, Crafting 18.4%, Resource Management 10.7%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #9 The Succession of Changing Kings
91% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Building 20%, Historical 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Management 14.8%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #10 Terraformental
91% matchVery Positive98% of 284 reviews2026
Dev: Shady Games
Windows · Mac
Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned in this narrative-driven incremental game.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.3%, Management 16.4%, Puzzle 15.5%, Survival 12.1%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #11 Technotopia
89% matchVery Positive85% of 652 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: God Game 29.9% ★, Card Game 17.3%, Building 13.7%, Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #12 Ragnorium
90% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Historical 33.9%, Survival 32.8%, Resource Management 17.4%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #13 Escape Gaia
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Current Games
Windows
you will play as Gaia, the shattered will of a planet, and command your spaceship to explore new worlds, collect and refine various resources, build a home on the damaged spacecraft, summon a wide range of monsters, and ultimately, devour other shattered wills to repair yourself.
Why similar: Card Game 51%, Building 25.2%, Survival 8.6%, Casual 7.8%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #14 Heart of the Machine
86% matchVery Positive92% of 1,968 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Historical 24.2%, Building 22.2%, Management 20%, Survival 17.8%, Resource Management 13.2%
- #15 As Far As The Eye
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,113 reviews2020
Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?
Why similar: Tabletop 22.9%, Building 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Survival 13.5%, Management 13.3%
- #16 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,735 reviews2021
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: Historical 19.6%, Management 18.9%, Survival 18.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, Crafting 13.9%
- #17 Primateria
86% matchVery Positive86% of 182 reviews2024
Dev: Yfrit GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Embark on an epic journey in Primateria, a game redefining the roguelike deckbuilder with a nod to classic Yu-Gi-Oh! experience. Fuse cards, battle divine beings, and navigate through a universe teeming with challenges and surprises. Embrace the thrill of endless combinations and tactical depths.
Why similar: Card Game 61.2%, Choices Matter 19.8%, 2D 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #18 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
84% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: God Game 25.3% ★, Building 16.8%, Management 15%, Survival 14.7%, Crafting 11.8%
- #19 Sapiens
85% matchVery Positive83% of 2,122 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: God Game 44.4% ★, Building 16.5%, Management 13.7%, Survival 13.5%, Crafting 10.6%
- #20 Farthest Frontier
82% matchVery Positive86% of 24,477 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: Building 27.5%, Historical 20.4%, Management 15.8%, Survival 14.3%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #21 Increlution
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,233 reviews2021
Dev: Gniller
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 58.7 hrsMean: 571.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survive the ever increasing pressure of time for as long as you can! A minimalistic incremental game about time management that takes inspiration from roguelite games, with a focus on meta-progression. Every generation has a better chance at survival, because previous lives influence its instincts
Why similar: Text-Based 40.1%, Survival 22.9%, Resource Management 20.5%, 2D 8.5%, Casual 5%
- #22 Paper Kingdom
83% matchMixed60% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: Card Game 21.3%, Tabletop 17.1%, Management 14.9%, Building 14.6%, Survival 13.5%
- #23 Card Survival: Fantasy Forest
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,123 reviews2025
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Card Survival: Fantasy Forest is a card-based deep survival simulator and the next installment in the Card Survival Series. Carve yourself a home in a primordial forest that has a will of its own. A day-to-day life simulator in a world where nature reigns with mystery, beauty and sometimes cruelty.
Why similar: Card Game 46.6%, Survival 35.7%, Crafting 17.7%
- #24 Artist Life Simulator
82% matchVery Positive82% of 191 reviews2022
Dev: Interactive FatePub: Interactive Fate
Windows
Live the life of a starving artist in 19th century alternative history. Survive poverty, alchoholism, madness, depression, and 67 different feelings. Paint masterpieces by combining inspirations, sell them for riches (or scraps) and create a painting that will change the world.
Why similar: Card Game 29.3%, Tabletop 23.1%, Crafting 14.3%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #25 Transport Legion
79% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Card Game 30.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Building 12.9%, Tabletop 12.7%, Management 11%
- #26 Simmiland
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,922 reviews2018
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
Why similar: God Game 67.7% ★, Card Game 23.6%, Puzzle 4.4%, Casual 2.2%, 2D 1.3%
- #27 Card Cultivation
79% matchMixed68% of 585 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.
Why similar: Tabletop 27.2%, Card Game 25.8%, Management 17.9%, Resource Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #28 Ancient Cities
80% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Historical 29.2%, Survival 22.8%, Management 19.8%, Building 15.1%, Resource Management 13.1%
- #29 Masters of Albion
78% matchMixed66% of 559 reviews2026
Dev: 22cans
Windows
A bold reimagining of the God Game genre from the creator who defined it. Shape a living world as a god - or step into it and experience it through your people. Build, guide and defend your town by day, then survive the night when everything is under threat. There is no single solution. Only yours.
Why similar: God Game 38.1% ★, Historical 15.7%, Management 14%, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 9.6%
- #30 Tiny Civilization
77% matchVery Positive94% of 2,145 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Why similar: God Game 42.7% ★, Tabletop 23.7%, Historical 12.7%, Management 9.6%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #31 Heliotropism
78% matchVery Positive90% of 82 reviews2022
Dev: Verde
Windows
From seed to a great tree! Survive the seasons, face crisis and mutate yourself into a tree able to achieve your final form! Grow flowers, mutate, adapt and evolve and finally bear fruits!
Why similar: Management 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Survival 22.2%, Choices Matter 12.2%, Family Friendly 6.3%
- #32 Dawn of Man
77% matchVery Positive87% of 17,712 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: Survival 44.6%, Historical 30.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Management 5.4%, Resource Management 5%
- #33 It's time, Your Majesty
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: String studioPub: Anotherindie
Windows
This is a DBG Game! By choosing various cards to add to the deck, your majesty needs to make wise decisions to cope with the effects of different years and dynastic changes. This huge and beautiful country is on your shoulder. Long live your majesty!
Why similar: Card Game 22.4%, Tabletop 21.5%, Historical 16.5%, Management 15.6%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #34 Epoch Cycle
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Building 28.4%, Management 26.7%, Choices Matter 17.8%, Multiple Endings 13.4%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #35 Microcivilization
74% matchVery Positive80% of 1,383 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: God Game 35.4% ★, Historical 20.4%, Building 15.3%, Management 12.8%, Resource Management 12.7%
- #36 IXION
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: Survival 29.7%, Building 25.6%, Resource Management 20.5%, Management 11.8%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #37 Black Forest
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 410 reviews2023
Dev: Lemuria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: God Game 29.9% ★, Building 13.9%, Survival 12.8%, Management 12.3%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #38 Beecarbonize
73% matchVery Positive94% of 2,119 reviews2023
Dev: Charles Games
Windows · Mac
Do you have what it takes to save the planet? Beecarbonize is an environmental card strategy game with climate change as your opponent.
Why similar: Card Game 33.6%, Management 18%, Resource Management 17.4%, Survival 15%, Multiple Endings 6.3%
- #39 Sultan's Game
70% 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: Tabletop 26.9%, Card Game 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Multiple Endings 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.3%
- #40 Endless Road: Reborn
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 522 reviews2018
Dev: DreamForge
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Endless Road: Reborn is a roguelike card game where players use a variety of equipment & skills to defeat vile creatures lurking along a treacherous, endless road. Players will also be faced with choices that will test their decision-making abilities and survival skills.
Why similar: Card Game 39.2%, Tabletop 35.1%, Survival 14.6%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #41 The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
74% matchMixed67% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Supercube
Windows
Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?
Why similar: Management 25.8%, Survival 24.3%, Crafting 18.4%, Top-Down 17.5%, Resource Management 13.9%
- #42 Siege Survival: Gloria Victis Prologue
73% matchVery Positive87% of 983 reviews2020
Dev: Black Eye GamesPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.
Why similar: Historical 20.6%, Survival 17.8%, Management 15.9%, Resource Management 15.9%, Choices Matter 12.5%
- #43 Looper Tactics
72% matchVery Positive89% of 518 reviews2023
Dev: Inkstone AtelierPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!
Why similar: Tabletop 27.9%, Card Game 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Top-Down 8.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #44 Frostpunk
71% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Survival 33.9%, Resource Management 22.7%, Building 21.3%, Management 12.8%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #45 Pompeii: The Legacy
70% matchVery Positive84% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Historical 47.4%, Resource Management 16.9%, Choices Matter 16.3%, Top-Down 14.3%, Singleplayer 5.1%
- #46 These Doomed Isles
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: God Game 39.4% ★, Card Game 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #47 Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
68% 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: Management 58.3%, Survival 24.8%, Choices Matter 17%
- #48 Project Of Cooling The Earth
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: 人鱼工作室
Windows
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
Why similar: Building 26.1%, Survival 24.2%, Resource Management 23.7%, Multiple Endings 21.2%, 2D 4.8%
- #49 WitchHand
69% matchVery Positive91% of 624 reviews2024
Dev: Jon NielsenPub: HopFrog
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
Why similar: Card Game 28.2%, Tabletop 24.1%, Management 21%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 9.6%
- #50 Adaptory
69% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Survival 27.6%, Management 21.6%, Building 21.2%, Resource Management 19.3%, 2D 6.8%
- #51 MEMORIAPOLIS
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,755 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: Building 26.5%, Historical 24.1%, Management 23%, Resource Management 12.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%
- #52 Rogue Hex
67% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Card Game 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.6%, Historical 20%, Building 17.5%, Management 15%
- #53 The Alters
65% matchVery Positive90% of 17,492 reviews2025
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Why similar: Survival 34%, Management 31.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Resource Management 15.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #54 Loop Hero
66% matchVery Positive93% of 36,230 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.4 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 45.4%, Resource Management 23.1%, Choices Matter 23.1%, 2D 8.4%
- #55 PeriAreion
72% matchMostly Negative40% of 63 reviews2015
Dev: Explorasaurus Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Prepare for the ultimate test of survival! Do you have the skill necessary to build and manage the first sustainable extraterrestrial colony, or will your colonists become mere footnotes in the history of human space exploration? Their lives and legacies are in your hands!
- #56 Celestial Empire
65% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: Historical 27.2%, Building 25.7%, Management 19.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Choices Matter 12%
- #57 Desktop Tourney World
68% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: One leaf Games
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 13.6%, Resource Management 9.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%, 2D 6.2%
- #58 Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
67% matchMixed69% of 845 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 22.1%, Crafting 21.4%, Resource Management 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.8%
- #59 The Pale Beyond
65% 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 35.8%, Resource Management 28.2%, Choices Matter 23.7%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 5%
- #60 Project Tarvotan
70% matchMixed59% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: FlagmanJeremy
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Project Tarvotan allows you to explore the depths of the Milky Way and local universe. Use your wit and resources at hand to plan out your path through each sector. Your demise lurks around every decision. Can you survive long enough and restore balance to the universe?
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