- #1 Organs Please
97% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 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: Political Sim 19.4% ★, Dystopian 16%, Colony Sim 11%, Resource Management 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
- #2 Floodland
96% matchMixed56% of 1,086 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, Political Sim 19.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Resource Management 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #3 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: Dystopian 24.6%, Resource Management 16.2%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Choices Matter 11%
- #4 Goblins Please
95% 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 35.7%, Political Sim 29.6% ★, Resource Management 15.1%, Multiple Endings 8.2%, Strategy 5.5%
- #5 Directive 220
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SethAngel
Windows · Mac
A dystopian management game where you act as an energy dispatcher in a collapsing regime. Allocate power, make tough decisions, and balance stability, government pressure, and citizen survival in a dark retro-futuristic world.
Why similar: Political Sim 25.6% ★, Dystopian 20.5%, Resource Management 13.1%, Choices Matter 10%, Management 8.4%
- #6 Motile Works
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Estry
Windows
We've finally found it. The P35 Semiramide. This old construction platform will be our home for a while. With its help, we can start the last surviving reactor. But on the way back, we need to gather as many people and resources as possible. Despite pollution, hunger, strife, predators and raiders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Political Sim 19.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #7 Bad Government
93% matchMixed42% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: FreeTimeDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage your resources and navigate the shifting sentiment of the population in this decision-based resource management game. Gain power to unlock more individuals, adding complexity as you progress. How long can you maintain balance?
Why similar: Political Sim 29.9% ★, Dark Comedy 23.7%, Aliens 9.8%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%
- #8 Sheltered 2
92% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 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 32.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Resource Management 16.6%, Survival 10.4%, Management 7%
- #9 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,685 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Dystopian 17.8%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Management 9.4%
- #10 Aquatico
90% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Underwater 30.6% ★, Colony Sim 28.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Resource Management 7.4%, Management 7.3%
- #11 Down Further
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SeaRuby Games
Windows
Explore the deepest parts of the ocean in this open-world, survival horror game. Fend off unknown creatures with only a few damaged devices in your submarine. Collect creature data, upgrade your vessel, and escape the deep ocean trenches in Down Further.
Why similar: Underwater 41% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Hand-drawn 10%, Strategy 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #12 Not For Broadcast
89% matchVery Positive94% of 12,650 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22.2%, Political Sim 20.9% ★, Dystopian 19%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Management 7.4%
- #13 Under the Rust
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rotten Byte Games
Windows
Under the Rust is a tactical UI-based bunker simulation. Take control of the C.O.R.E. system, manage life support resources, assign personnel, and survive the post-apocalyptic decay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #14 Survival Bunker
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Df Games Studio
Windows
Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.9%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 6.6%
- #15 Doomsday Train
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PAOGE
Windows
Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Dystopian 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Simulation 12.2%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #16 Editor's Hell
86% matchPositive81% of 27 reviews2023
Dev: Pixelated Goose Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You just became the editor for a newspaper in a troublesome country. After months of unemployment; you just had to took it. First, you have to make a choice. Will you support the government or will you go against it? Dreams, nightmares, don’t matter anymore; you have a new opportunity in your life.
Why similar: Dystopian 22.4%, Political Sim 15.2% ★, Resource Management 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.2%, Management 11.1%
- #17 I Missed the Apocalypse
84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Bork One
Windows
Humanity has fallen under alien control. Every mind but yours is under their influence. Alone and immune, you must gather resources, build robots, and fortify your base against ever-larger nighttime assaults. Grow strong enough to strike back at the purple fortress looming over Neo Roma.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Dystopian 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Aliens 11%, Robots 10.7%
- #18 Love in Space
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Jørn LavollPub: Storedraumen Games A/S
Windows
Write the story, create the lyrics, and sing your way to the moon. A choice-driven Sci-Fi Karaoke-Musical where every decision shapes the story, and the songs you sing as you try to escape from Earth.
Why similar: Underwater 26.5% ★, Dark Comedy 23.4%, Dystopian 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #19 Concrete Coffin
84% 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: Resource Management 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Simulation 12.8%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Dystopian 11.2%
- #20 Frostveil: The Last Winter
82% match9 user reviews78% of 9 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 29.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Political Sim 12.5% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Survival 10.6%
- #21 Socialiskigrad
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SgriusoftPub: Sgriusoft
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to the Republic of Socialiskigrad, a budding nation to shape with bags of cement! Build working-class districts, develop national industry, and govern the metropolises of each region. Only you can become the shining President the country deserves!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Dystopian 17.6%, Political Sim 17.4% ★, Management 7.8%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #22 Surviving the Abyss
82% matchMixed65% of 1,077 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: Underwater 28.7% ★, Colony Sim 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Management 7.9%, Choices Matter 7%
- #23 Crow's Requiem
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
A narrative-heavy, comic-infused survival visual novel & puzzle game where you are a licensed body collector navigating a dystopian world of moral dilemmas and resource management; where belief, rebellion, or control will prevail through your choices.
Why similar: Political Sim 21.7% ★, Dystopian 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Hand-drawn 10.1%
- #24 Sweep Protocol
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dawson Games
Windows
Operate a remote military radar station while struggling to keep your family alive as an escalating invasion pushes your nation to the brink. Track incoming threats and manage scarce resources while balancing the needs of your loved ones. Every sweep matters. Every decision counts.
Why similar: Dystopian 18.6%, Resource Management 17.4%, Strategy 14%, Management 13.6%, Choices Matter 12.9%
- #25 Forsaken: Year One
79% 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 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Dystopian 10.9%, Management 10.5%, Survival 8.8%
- #26 NO FURTHER ACTIONS
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OFF COURSEPub: SOZDAY GAMES
Windows
You have been assigned as an operator, reading protocols that force you to make decisions using buttons and switches. Every decision shapes your fate — and decides whether you’ve done what was expected of you.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.7% ★, Dystopian 30%, Simulation 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #27 Subzero Tides
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Dystopian 22.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #28 Green Again
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mattsnippetsPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Make the planet Green Again in this relaxing colony sim game! Help a nation of little plant people reclaim their planet taken over by defective robots, as you build, decorate, and defend your settlement. Grow crops for your citizens, explore the unknown, and protect the new natural order!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Robots 10.5%, Hand-drawn 8.9%
- #29 Oceaneers
76% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Underwater 32.3% ★, Colony Sim 31.1%, Survival 9.3%, Management 7.9%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #30 Keeping It Shrimple
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Random Order
Windows · Mac
"Keeping It Shrimple" is a management game where you breed, feed, and care for your adorable shrimp. Experiment with breeding pairs. Manage the water properties of your tanks. Sell rare breeds on the market. With planning, experimentation, and a dose of luck, you may just breed the perfect shrimp!
Why similar: Underwater 29.6% ★, Colony Sim 29.4%, Resource Management 15.3%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 8.3%
- #31 Orc Colony
80% matchMixed60% of 43 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 49.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Management 8.1%
- #32 Clan & Flood
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Political Sim 24.2% ★, Resource Management 13.8%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 9.7%
- #33 Ecopunk
75% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Management 10.9%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #34 Never Secure
76% 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 37%, Resource Management 15.9%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Simulation 10.2%
- #35 Dark Moon
75% matchMixed47% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 11%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #36 Generation Nova
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OatCube Games
Windows
Manage a colony of people who woke too soon from their cryo-sleep. Build and manage a working generation ship and hopefully one day the grandchildren of the first generation might land on a habitable planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 6.8%
- #37 Observing
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven's Tale Entertainment
Windows
Survive night after night. During each eight-hour night, question strangers, identify parasite hosts through spore-filled photographs, support expeditions by radio, and convince the group. Manage scarce resources and the protagonist’s mental state before sunrise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Resource Management 13.3%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Management 10.7%
- #38 Beholder: Conductor
71% matchVery Positive91% of 5,237 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Political Sim 39.9% ★, Dystopian 20.1%, Choices Matter 9.6%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Management 6.6%
- #39 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: afterglow games
Windows
Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Resource Management 11%, Survival 9%
- #40 Homeseek
74% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: TrapticsPub: iterco
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Colony Sim 23.8%, Dystopian 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #41 Frostline
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raptor Entertainment
Windows
In a world gripped by the Ice Age, you manage the last telephone station in the city. Listen to incoming visitors and grant or deny communication according to government orders. Your decisions shape the fate of the region. An atmospheric, story-driven communication simulation: Frostline!
Why similar: Dystopian 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Multiple Endings 11.3%, Resource Management 11%
- #42 Frostpunk: 1886
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Survival 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #43 Beholder 2
73% matchVery Positive87% of 8,130 reviews2018
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!
Why similar: Political Sim 29.2% ★, Dystopian 26.8%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Multiple Endings 8.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #44 Beholder
72% matchVery Positive92% of 31,023 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political Sim 30.4% ★, Dystopian 26.8%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Simulation 6.5%
- #45 Dust Dwellers
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Stone Games
Windows
Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Dystopian 15.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 8.5%
- #46 Shopping in a Winter Zombieland
70% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Zombie Zone GermanyPub: Amrun Verlag
Windows · Mac · Linux
An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.8%, Dystopian 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #47 Border Base
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitzooma
Windows
Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe, it’s a colony sim & base-building hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Resource Management 12.2%, Survival 8.7%, Management 7.4%
- #48 Frostpunk 2
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,922 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Resource Management 18.2%, Survival 13%, Political Sim 11.1% ★, Colony Sim 10.1%
- #49 The Blighted Frontier
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Simulation 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Resource Management 10%, Management 10%
- #50 Beholder 3
70% matchMixed65% of 2,841 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 49.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.9% ★, Dystopian 25.7%, Management 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #51 Dissent on Mars
68% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Political Sim 28.6% ★, Colony Sim 25.7%, Resource Management 10.7%, Choices Matter 8%, Management 6.7%
- #52 Rogue AI Simulator
69% matchVery Positive82% of 396 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Political Sim 24.9% ★, Resource Management 12.4%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Management 8%
- #53 HEADLINER
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 937 reviews2017
Dev: Unbound Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Short, thought-provoking adventure where you are a News Editor and decide what stories get published, set in a fictional city where most people are genetically modified. Multiple unique endings let you share your story and see what the Headliner before you did.
Why similar: Political Sim 34.8% ★, Dystopian 25.1%, Choices Matter 18%, Multiple Endings 12.6%, Simulation 5.1%
- #54 Underchoice
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: TG IndiePub: Targem Games
Windows
Become the overseer and shape the fate of those who come knocking at the door. Each decision you make, whether it is to let in a stranger, to use your resources on something, or to risk the safety of the bunker.
Why similar: Dystopian 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Choices Matter 14%, Resource Management 12.7%, Multiple Endings 9.2%
- #55 Corporate Entropy
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Subroutine Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Climb the ladder while burning it down. In this satirical management sim, you work for a corporation rolling out ARIA — an AI that's replacing your coworkers. Balance your performance cover against quiet sabotage, organize your resistance, and survive 8 quarters with your soul mostly intact.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, Dystopian 22.2%, Management 11.4%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #56 SAND CRUISER
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3 Duckz
Windows
Build, crew and command a colossal landcruiser across a dying desert world. By day you scavenge and produce; by night you defend against a swarm from the deep, roused by your own heat and vibration. Stop moving, and you become prey.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 11%, Survival 9.6%
- #57 ASV Trident
67% 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 36.9%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 9.2%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #58 The Last of the Minnows
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wyrmyr Games
Windows
The Last of the Minnows is a pixel-art survival simulation where you manage a fragile aquarium ecosystem. Balance oxygen, temperature and contaminants to keep your fish alive. Breed unique traits over generations, adapting to ever-changing conditions. Can you keep them alive for 100 days?
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Dystopian 16.3%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #59 Luthenia
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: arthurluthen
Windows
Shape a new society in Luthenia, a deep colony simulation game. Don't give direct orders—pass laws, respond to crises, and manage a living economy. Guide your people from primitive survival to a complex civilization where every individual settler matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Political Sim 30.2% ★, Dystopian 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Resource Management 7.5%