- #1 Floodland
97% matchMixed56% of 1,068 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.8 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%, Political Sim 19.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Resource Management 11%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #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: Dystopian 24.3%, Resource Management 16.8%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Choices Matter 11%
- #3 Organs Please
96% 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: Political Sim 22% ★, Dystopian 17.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #4 Concrete Coffin
95% 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: Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Dystopian 10.3%, Choices Matter 9.7%
- #5 Goblins Please
94% 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 35.3%, Political Sim 29.7% ★, Resource Management 15.5%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #6 Sheltered 2
93% 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 32.6%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Resource Management 17.1%, Survival 10.2%, Management 7.2%
- #7 Motile Works
92% 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 24.6%, Political Sim 19.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #8 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,357 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 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 27.1% ★, Dystopian 17.5%, Choices Matter 10%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 9.4%
- #9 Aquatico
91% matchMixed67% of 863 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 30.3% ★, Colony Sim 29%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Resource Management 7.6%, Management 7.4%
- #10 Down Further
90% 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 9.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #11 Survival Bunker
89% 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 25.6%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 6.7%
- #12 Frostveil: The Last Winter
89% 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 29.8%, Resource Management 13.2%, Political Sim 12.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.7%, Survival 10.4%
- #13 Love in Space
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jørn LavollPub: Storedraumen Games A/S
Windows
50% Visual Novel - 50% Sci-Fi Karaoke-Musical. A dystopian future where you hide beneath the waves. Your choices write the story - and the lyrics you'll sing.
Why similar: Underwater 26.5% ★, Dark Comedy 23.4%, Dystopian 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #14 Crow's Requiem
87% 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 22.1% ★, Dystopian 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Choices Matter 10.2%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #15 Surviving the Abyss
86% 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: Underwater 28.6% ★, Colony Sim 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Management 8%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #16 Forsaken: Year One
85% 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 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Dystopian 10.9%, Management 10.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #17 Orc Colony
86% 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 49.4%, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 10%, Management 8.2%
- #18 Keeping It Shrimple
84% 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 29.3% ★, Colony Sim 29.2%, Resource Management 15.8%, Management 11.8%, Simulation 8.3%
- #19 Subzero Tides
84% 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 34.1%, Dystopian 22.7%, Resource Management 12%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #20 Oceaneers
82% matchVery Positive89% of 80 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 32.2% ★, Colony Sim 31%, Survival 9.2%, Management 8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #21 Clan & Flood
83% 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 33.7%, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Resource Management 14.2%, Survival 12%, Strategy 9.6%
- #22 Not For Broadcast
82% matchVery Positive94% of 12,442 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 22.1%, Political Sim 21.1% ★, Dystopian 18.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Management 7.5%
- #23 NO FURTHER ACTIONS
81% 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 32.1% ★, Dystopian 29.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Multiple Endings 9.7%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #24 Dark Moon
80% matchMixed49% of 154 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 31.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #25 Never Secure
81% 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 36.9%, Resource Management 16.4%, Survival 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #26 Ecopunk
78% matchVery Positive85% of 126 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 40.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Management 11.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Survival 8.2%
- #27 Homeseek
79% 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: Colony Sim 23.8%, Dystopian 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Resource Management 11%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #28 Generation Nova
79% 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 32.8%, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Management 8.2%, Simulation 6.8%
- #29 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
78% 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%, Simulation 13.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 8.8%
- #30 Frostline
77% 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 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #31 Frostpunk: 1886
77% 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 18.3%, Resource Management 14.7%, Survival 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #32 Border Base
76% 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 33.2%, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Resource Management 12.6%, Survival 8.6%, Management 7.4%
- #33 Dust Dwellers
76% 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 20.7%, Dystopian 15%, Resource Management 11.8%, Survival 8.3%
- #34 Shopping in a Winter Zombieland
75% 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 16.3%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #35 Rogue AI Simulator
75% matchVery Positive83% of 385 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.5 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 25.4%, Political Sim 25.1% ★, Resource Management 12.8%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Management 8.1%
- #36 The Blighted Frontier
74% 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%, Simulation 10.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Management 10.1%
- #37 Beekeeper Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Void Chamber
Windows
Beekeeper Simulator puts you in the shoes of a dedicated beekeeper, where you'll care for buzzing hives, harvest a variety of honey types, and expand your operations to build a thriving beekeeping empire. Nurture your bees, optimize your apiary, and turn your passion into profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Resource Management 17%, Simulation 16%, Management 15.2%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #38 Frostpunk 2
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,920 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 19.3 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 20.1%, Resource Management 18.8%, Survival 13.1%, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Colony Sim 9.9%
- #39 ASV Trident
73% 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 36.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #40 Luthenia
72% 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 30.6%, Political Sim 30.5% ★, Dystopian 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.4%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #41 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21%, Survival 11%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 5.8%
- #42 The Last of the Minnows
72% 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 41.2% ★, Dystopian 16.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #43 Beholder: Conductor
70% matchVery Positive91% of 4,427 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 40.4% ★, Dystopian 19.8%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Management 6.6%
- #44 MediAevi
71% match1 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.7%, Hand-drawn 13.9%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #45 Blueprint Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.1%, Management 17.7%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #46 Life Below
68% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: MegapopPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
Why similar: Underwater 30.2% ★, Colony Sim 24.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 8.6%, Survival 7.6%
- #47 Deep Diving Adventures 2
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salient GamesPub: Ultimate Games S.A.
Windows
Dive deeper than ever before! Search for Atlantis across 8 unique global locations. Manage your oxygen, breach the surface to plan your next move, and use dynamite or underwater robots to carve your path. Discover over 50 marine species in this immersive diving adventure.
Why similar: Underwater 59% ★, Choices Matter 14.3%, Simulation 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.6%, Survival 4.2%
- #48 Surviving the Aftermath
70% 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: Colony Sim 33%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Survival 10.8%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 9.8%
- #49 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: Colony Sim 30.9%, Political Sim 28.9% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #50 After Inc: Revival
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,271 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Dystopian 16.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 6.8%
- #51 Corporate Entropy
69% matchNo user 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 36.5% ★, Dystopian 21.9%, Management 11.5%, Choices Matter 8.6%, Simulation 6.8%
- #52 Eternity
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firedrake GamesPub: Ground Control Studios
Windows
Lead the last fleet of mankind across an abandoned star system. Ration life-support, weigh research against survival, and shape society through Fleet Council decisions you cannot undo. Every choice tightens the path to the next jump.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Resource Management 14.4%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 9%
- #53 Mermaid Colony
71% matchMixed60% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Mermaid Colony is an atmospheric survival strategy game. You're granted godlike powers to guide the mermaids in a battle between light and darkness.
Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Resource Management 12%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 9.3%
- #54 Egglets - The Long 10 Days
67% match4 user reviews100% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: wieLuft
Windows · Mac
A 10-day crisis management simulation. As Eggon’s administrator, you follow absurd orders, manage chaos, and seek truth between news and rumors. Obey commands – or choose humanity? The fate of the Egglets rest in your hands.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.6%, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #55 Frostpunk
69% 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: Colony Sim 29.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Resource Management 17.3%, Survival 11.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #56 Drownlight
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FathomlightPub: Crytivo
Windows
Drownlight is a city-building survival simulator set in a flooded world. Build and expand your city around a lighthouse, manage resources, and make moral decisions that shape the fate of the survivors. Secrets lurk in the raging waters, and if the lighthouse goes out, the city may be lost forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Resource Management 14.5%, Survival 8.7%, Choices Matter 8.6%
- #57 Beholder 3
67% matchMixed65% of 2,752 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 48.0 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 32% ★, Dystopian 25.5%, Management 8.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #58 War Angels
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leolit GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Run a war hospital where every choice means someone dies. War Angels is a narrative-driven hospital management game inspired by real-world conflicts, where you must treat patients, manage limited resources, and make difficult moral decisions. There are no good choices, only consequences.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #59 Windowed Realms
66% 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 43.1%, Resource Management 17.2%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 9%, Management 8.8%