- #1 Concrete Coffin
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YMV
Windows
Become the Governor of people trapped in a concrete coffin. Manage resources and citizens, make cold decisions, and try to survive inside the shelter.
Why similar: Text-Based 26%, Resource Management 15.6%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Multiple Endings 9.6%
- #2 SKY HARVEST
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadir Kaan Sezi
Windows
The Earth is dead. Take control of the ARC-7 terminal and manage the fate of 5,000 souls. Balance energy and credits, make moral choices, gamble, and survive the Loan Shark. Every keystroke has a price in this 100-day dystopian text-based simulation. Your shift begins now, Operator.
Why similar: Text-Based 20.9%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Resource Management 17.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #3 Sclera
96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Ryan Boc
Windows
Sclera is a Lovecraftian turn-based strategy roguelike set in a dying, near-futuristic world. Through menu-style combat, text exploration and skill-check events, maintain your sanity and manage resources as you gather a dark essence needed to survive the inescapable eldritch horror now hunting you.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 24.4%, Text-Based 17.5%, Roguelike 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #4 Eldritch Horror: Digital Edition
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Cornerstone Software Development, Inc.
Windows
Uncover ancient cults, battle horrific monsters and thwart the rise of unfathomable Ancient Ones in a 1920s-themed adventure. In this faithful adaptation of the classic board game, you must race against time to save humanity from ancient powers and dark secrets before all is lost.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 35.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 12.7%, Lore-Rich 9.8%, Horror 9.8%
- #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: Colony Sim 28.6%, Lovecraftian 21.8%, Resource Management 10.8%, Roguelike 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 8%
- #6 Frostveil: The Last Winter
94% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Alabarda Gaming
Windows
Winter 1920. As a village leader during the War of Independence, you must manage resources to survive the frost. At the breaking point, will you be a savior or a tyrant? Every choice writes a story in the snow. In pursuit of the story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Text-Based 13.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Lore-Rich 8.6%
- #7 Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,177 reviews2022
Dev: Huw Millward
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warsim is a deep, rich text based kingdom ruling sim unlike anything else, complete with charming ASCII graphics. Navigate the millions of different procedurally generated races, events and areas with a huge emphasis on player choice. Don't let its look fool you, there is depth in every direction.
Why similar: Text-Based 47.6%, Procedural Generation 15.1%, RPG 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Roguelike 7%
- #8 Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Garan LornPub: Selenodrome
Windows · Linux
A dream among the stars — or a nightmare. 1,000 colonists in the dark between stars. Every pragmatic decision rewrites who they are. Discover what your choices mean for humanity, for better or worse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, Text-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 9.4%
- #9 Trailblazers: Into the March
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrangersPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Roguelike 15%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #10 Sheltered 2
91% matchMixed46% of 2,191 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%
- #11 Space Hoarders Inc.
90% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: DogWater Entertainment
Windows
A Sci-Fi turn based resource management game where you mine, craft and ship resources across the galaxy while trading, spying and battling NPCs along the way.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, Text-Based 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 5.8%
- #12 The Call of Krul'ar
89% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2022
Dev: Devious Oatmeal
Windows
Survive the horrors of the unknown as you expand your lands to keep from being dragged into the darkness; and devoured by that which lurks inside. Every time you make an action, the world around moves forward too. So be strategic in your choices, and be sure they are worth it.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Lovecraftian 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Roguelike 11%, Dark Fantasy 7.8%
- #13 Forsaken: Year One
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, RPG 7.6%, Strategy 7%
- #14 The Colony
89% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 79.7%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 7.3%
- #15 CultGame
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bucephalus Studios
Windows · Linux
Create your own cult, perform forbidden rituals, and crusade against the filthy non-believers. It's time to play god. CultGame is a retro cult simulator RPG where you start your own cult in a procedurally generated dark fantasy world with haunting ASCII art.
Why similar: Text-Based 25.9%, Procedural Generation 16%, RPG 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%, Strategy 8.7%
- #16 Stay
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GunginStudio
Windows
Stay is a narrative roguelike where you will have to survive a post-apocalyptic world from your cabin. Choose well who you let into your home, manage the available resources, and look for the best strategy to go ahead at the end of the world. Survive with your team, or die along the way.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Text-Based 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%
- #17 Buriedbornes - Dungeon RPG
86% matchVery Positive88% of 1,407 reviews2022
Dev: Nussygame
Windows
The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever.
Why similar: Text-Based 19.7%, Lovecraftian 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%
- #18 Anoxia Station
84% 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: Colony Sim 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Resource Management 12.1%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #19 White Signal
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frenari
Windows
Manage a remote mountain shelter, rescue stranded survivors, and survive the brutal cold.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.2%, Lore-Rich 16%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 5.5%
- #20 Our Dear Kingdom
84% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 81.9%, Strategy 7%, Resource Management 6.9%, Simulation 4.2%
- #21 ASV Trident
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaminsLab
Windows
You are the acting captain of the last war vessel of humanity. Now the ship is your home and refuge. "real-time roguelike spaceship sim"
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.7%, Roguelike 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 9%
- #22 Worshippers of Cthulhu
81% matchVery Positive81% of 1,507 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, Lovecraftian 26.6%, Lore-Rich 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.7%, Horror 6.9%
- #23 Everburning Dark 长夜余烬
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Immortal Isle Studio
Windows
Everburning Dark blends 2048-style roguelike merge combat, unlimited AI-driven storytelling, and companion AI bonding. Build with relics and skills, talk freely to reshape each run, and uncover the folk-horror truth of a dying dynasty.
Why similar: Typing 28.4% ★, Text-Based 17%, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Multiple Endings 6.9%
- #24 会计模拟器
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 115 reviews2022
Dev: 曲波
Windows · Mac
《会计模拟器》是一款利用游戏来系统理解会计知识的教育游戏。 目前的会计教学知识点非常琐碎,没有整体性。学生死记硬背,很难理解。而这款游戏提供了一个架空世界的公司,玩家通过管理公司,系统的理解会计概念,能极大提高学习效率,从而提高学习热情。
Why similar: Typing 41.1% ★, Text-Based 25.1%, Strategy 18.5%, Resource Management 11.5%, 2D 3.8%
- #25 Project Viper
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FennixIndi
Windows · Linux
Project Viper is a point-and-click RPG. The key to mastery is the items you use and how you use them. Find a variety of unique items to exploit your enemies with. Progression is key to finding out who you truly are...
Why similar: Text-Based 28.7%, Procedural Generation 21.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, RPG 10.9%
- #26 Ten Rings 1
78% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Huamen AtelierPub: Huamen
Windows
Ten Rings 1 is a turn-based RPG where your build comes from ten rings. Fight enemies, earn gold, buy new rings, and combine stats, skills, and passive effects to create your own battle style.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Text-Based 20.7%, Strategy 19%, Roguelike 18.4%, RPG 17.5%
- #27 The Promised Land
81% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 75%, Strategy 12.4%, Resource Management 6.7%, Simulation 3.1%, Atmospheric 2.7%
- #28 Mist Forge
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LunarCorp
Windows
Turn-based roguelike with terraforming, where players use magical abilities to terraform and reclaim a world in flux. Explore, fight, and strategize in a procedurally generated landscape, pushing back The Mist and uncovering its secrets.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Lore-Rich 16.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Procedural Generation 14.8%
- #29 All My Gods
80% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 79.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 6.6%
- #30 Rise of the Insurged
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Destiny Forge Studio
Windows
Rise of the Insurged is a dark fantasy strategy/management game where you lead a company of adventurers. Recruit, train, and send your mercenaries on choice-driven missions, fight in the arena, and master craftable elemental magic to overthrow the Queen.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.4%, RPG 14.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 8.2%
- #31 In Silence Waits
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Linux
IN SILENCE WAITS is a modern take on classic graphical adventures. Solve puzzles and avoid dangers as you explore the desolate wastes of a cruel world in search of a new home. In this world, not all monsters must be feared... and not all friendly faces should be trusted.
Why similar: Typing 32% ★, Text-Based 15.9%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Horror 10.6%
- #32 Orc Colony
79% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 64.5%, Strategy 14.7%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 8.3%, 2D 2%
- #33 Silent Terminal
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bare Metal Xtreme
Windows
Silent Terminal is a terminal-based dark fantasy RPG with ASCII exploration, turn-based combat, branching quests, character progression, and persistent world changes. Create your character, explore ruined lands, and survive inside the terminal.
Why similar: Text-Based 27.6%, Procedural Generation 17.1%, Roguelike 12.4%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #34 Ever Onward
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artificium Games
Windows
Build the town of your dreams in this cosy fantasy city-builder. Pass policies which impact future gameplay, unravel the mysteries which led to the horrifying downfall of your predecessors and try to keep things together as invisible forces claw at the edges of your hard-fought peace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Lovecraftian 15.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #35 Torchless
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ink Eclipse Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Torchless is a dark and gothic dungeon crawler RPG played through a text-based retro console. Forge your party and take up arms against the horrors lurking within the dungeon halls in strategic, turn-based combat, clinging on to survival using everything at your disposal.
Why similar: Typing 25% ★, Lovecraftian 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Lore-Rich 10%, Dark Fantasy 9.4%
- #36 Dark Rail
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Steam Veil Games
Windows
Turn-based management roguelike. Command the Inquisition and rule an industrial city on the empire’s edge. Use your train to meet prisoner shipment quotas by hunting heretics and slaying magical beasts. Produce supplies, contain revolt, and sacrifice prisoners to stop the madness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Resource Management 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Roguelike 11.3%, Lore-Rich 9.5%
- #37 Ad Iterum
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gabriel MaldonadoPub: Krapao
Windows · Mac
Ad Iterum is a turn-based top-down 2D roguelike set in a decaying, ever-shifting world. Flesh is fragile, but you can hack it. Enhance your body, embrace mutations, or form ancient blood pacts. Descend into the depths, scavenge what’s left of humanity, and crawl back...if you can. Kill. Die. Repeat.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.2%, Roguelike 14.3%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
- #38 Blackout: The Darkest Night
75% matchPositive88% of 25 reviews2021
Dev: MiniChimera Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
You have been part of something terrible, something so unspeakable that caused you to blackout and forget all the events from the past few days. Now you are faced with the choice of going after the truth, facing the shadows that hide within our world, or trying to forget and leave all this behind.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 29.7%, Text-Based 21.3%, RPG 16.2%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Choices Matter 8.9%
- #39 The Aching
74% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Silent Shoals SoftwarePub: Hadrosaurus Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a dark world somewhere between dream and nightmare you find yourself alone, cold, and without memory of who you are or where you came from. Guided by little more than a silver locket and questions, you must find your way off an isolated island in pursuit of answers.
Why similar: Typing 30% ★, Lore-Rich 13.4%, Text-Based 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Horror 11.8%
- #40 The Matter of Being
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Common Logic
Windows · Mac
Set in the world of Cultist Simulator, haunt mortals and escape divine punishment in this unique relationship and resource management game. Strike Faustian pacts, manipulate mortals, and forsake your immortal life. Developed by Common Logic via Weather Factory's Sixth History License.
Why similar: Text-Based 26.2%, Lore-Rich 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Multiple Endings 10%
- #41 Don't Text and Drive
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: StartUpGames
Windows
Don't Text and Drive is a challenging single-player horror game where you text for help as you are driving.
Why similar: Typing 46.5% ★, Text-Based 31.9%, Horror 16.8%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #42 Athanasy
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 529 reviews2022
Dev: WirionPub: 7DOTS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deep beneath the surface of the dead Earth, the City, the last refuge of humanity, hides. Engineering genius and efforts of all mankind; a giant structure of steel, concrete, and biopolymers. It keeps the remnants of civilization one step away from total extinction.
Why similar: Text-Based 21.3%, Lovecraftian 20.1%, Lore-Rich 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Horror 9%
- #43 Goblins Please
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoulMeatGames
Windows
The dark lord has tasked you to decide which heroes pass and which heroes do not. There are becoming too many papers and to top it off the camp with the other goblins will not last long without you. Decide who passes through during the day and manage the camp at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.2%, Resource Management 18.8%, Multiple Endings 10.8%, Strategy 8.3%, RPG 7.6%
- #44 Wastelander
71% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Appstronaut Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #45 Miskatonic
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scary Dinner Games
Windows
Miskatonic is a text-based strategy game where players take the role of an ancient god, determined to harvest fear for power. Incept your victims through dialogues with their psyche, study the limits of their mind by unlocking their stories, and manipulate the maze with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 44.8%, Text-Based 28.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Choices Matter 5.3%
- #46 Ragnorium
71% 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: Colony Sim 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Resource Management 13.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, Choices Matter 7.9%
- #47 Compact Colonies
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.1%, Resource Management 17.7%, Roguelike 13.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 4.8%
- #48 Chair Debiti
68% matchPositive100% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: ChairDev
Windows
A chairbuilder roguelike where flipping a chair is your only means of paying off your life's debt. Craft lucrative combos with your chair by simultaneously fishing, mining, playing blackjack, casting spells, manipulating stocks, and fighting monsters!
Why similar: Roguelike 30.2%, Procedural Generation 26.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.9%, 2D 3.9%
- #49 Dead Gods Realm: Morar
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WAVE gamedev team
Windows
Narrative RPG, inspired by works of H.P. Lovecraft, celtic myths, rapiers and gunpowder. World awaits the Arrival of unknown creatures. It needs a hero who would stop the menace. Or not... He may even join them. Only you shall decide who would Morar become.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 25%, Text-Based 22.8%, Lore-Rich 13.8%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #50 SCP: Site Director
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noble Gas Studios
Windows
An SCP Facility Management game with strong visual stylings that allows you to run your own SCP Foundation Sites, capture anomalies, hire staff to contain and research them, and recontain them when they escape. Orchestrate multiple sites and guide your clandestine organization to success!
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.1%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Retro 7.4%, 2D 4.3%
- #51 Eldritch Lands: The Witch Queen's Eternal War
70% matchPositive94% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Arthur Hiroshi Morishigue CavalcantiPub: Self-Published
Windows
Dive into a dark fantasy world and fight against the endless undead horde. Unlock, upgrade and deploy units in a simple to understand yet engaging strategy gameplay loop. Grow plants that grant exp bonuses and converse with each unit to learn more about their character and backstory.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 28.7%, Lore-Rich 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, RPG 12.7%, Strategy 12.3%
- #52 The Northern Lighthouse
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eduardo Scarpato
Windows
You have been appointed to take care of a lighthouse in the Arctic Circle. Clean out the snow, take out the trash, and do your happy job on this happy and lovely island. Everything is so peaceful and delightful... except there is someone in the basement :D
Why similar: Lovecraftian 23.4%, Horror 16.9%, Multiple Endings 15.3%, Lore-Rich 14.2%, Choices Matter 14.1%
- #53 Windowed Realms
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.3%, Resource Management 16.8%, Strategy 11%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Simulation 6.5%
- #54 GLYPHORA
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Hardly Orange
Windows
GLYPHORA is a roguelike typeracer-style game where words and letters can be upgraded. In this unique typing-focused experience, you choose from several runes and progress through increasingly difficult levels, shop for upgrades, select powerful (or risky) glyphs.
Why similar: Text-Based 35.7%, Roguelike 27%, Procedural Generation 17.3%, Retro 13.3%, Strategy 6.6%
- #55 Chattini Jetpack Project: A Hololive Fan Game
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chokomancarrPub: holo Indie
Windows
A hololive fan-game for factory (and jetpack) enthusiasts! Build, explore, survive, and grant the Chattini some jetpacks!
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.4%, Procedural Generation 15.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, Simulation 11%
- #56 Drill Rift
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Steam Veil Games
Windows
Build and manage a remote drill outpost in this unforgiving turn-based strategy game. Upgrade strategic machinery and level up your dwarfs. Balance resource management, strategic upgrades, and madness. If you drill too deeply, you may awaken what should not be awakened.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Lovecraftian 14%, Resource Management 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #57 ACCURSED
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bleedline Studios
Windows
Investigate the cursed town of Midnight Falls in a roguelike horror RPG. Scavenge powerful relics, outlast vicious foes, and cut down the awakened Ancient Deity before it devours everything. Every run is different, and the town hides secrets in every shadow.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 26.9%, Text-Based 16.2%, Roguelike 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Horror 8.7%
- #58 Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
66% matchVery Positive84% of 792 reviews2024
Dev: Nussygame
Windows
"The oldest and most abhorrent Prophecy has become reality. This is endless and merciless warfare for Buriedbornes, army can revive forever." The long-awaited sequel to the easy-to-play turn-based dungeon RPG series is finally here!
Why similar: Lovecraftian 22.4%, Text-Based 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Roguelike 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12%
- #59 Never Secure
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.4%, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Simulation 6.9%
- #60 Way to Oasis
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 透明板
Windows
Way to Oasis : a post-apocalyptic visual novel. You lead a six-member caravan after the captain’s death. Manage scarce resources, navigate moral dilemmas, and face hidden threats. Your choices decide if the group survives or perishes.
Why similar: RPG 16.5%, Text-Based 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Multiple Endings 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.4%