- #1 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2018
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.
Why similar: Survival 43.8%, Strategy 26.4%, Atmospheric 15.6%, Indie 14.2%
- #2 Unclaimed World
96% matchMixed50% of 216 reviews2016
Dev: Refactored Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim. Centuries after planetfall, colonists are still struggling to gain foothold on their lush and alien planet. You settle on the frontier by carefully managing resources, production and different personalities.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Survival 31.2%, Indie 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.2%
- #3 Heat Guardian
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 141 reviews2018
Dev: DENYS RUDYI GAMES
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hardcore top-down shooter in a world of eternal winter. Traverse frozen post-Soviet ruins in search of humanity’s last refuge. Brutal mutants, scarce ammo, and merciless nature will push your skills to the limit. No safe places — only relentless combat for survival.
Why similar: Survival 46.7%, Atmospheric 20.2%, Action 18.9%, Indie 14.2%
- #4 Starlight Tactics™
96% matchMixed52% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Escape Hatch Entertainment,LLCPub: Escape Hatch Entertainment, LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Travel a hundred years into the future to command an advanced space fleet in full 3D turn-based tactical space combat through the greatest conflict humankind has ever known. Protect the Sky!
Why similar: Strategy 54.6%, Action 26%, Indie 19.4%
- #5 The Withering
94% matchMixed49% of 372 reviews2019
Dev: CM Softworks
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Have you ever thought or imagined how our world would look like after an apocalyptic event? What would we do if some of us were to survive? What world would we live in and what challenges would we face? What would you do?
Why similar: Survival 39.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Strategy 18.7%, Action 10.7%, Indie 8.4%
- #6 Pix
94% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Pixel After Pixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Pix jumps through perilous platformer levels on a quest to collect colorful, sparkling pixels. Death lurks around every corner in each risky mission to recover the glowing goodness!
Why similar: Strategy 49.5%, Action 29.4%, Indie 21.1%
- #7 Alchemic Jousts
93% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: Lunatic Pixels
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Alchemic Jousts is a 2D action strategy game where you discover new Skills by combining the ones you already know. Command your elementals and support them with a wide variety of Skills. Control the arena and crush your opponent in one-to-one encounters!
Why similar: Strategy 50.9%, Action 27.7%, Indie 21.4%
- #8 New Day: Cataclysm
92% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2019
Dev: Unorganized GamesPub: Ahlman Game Studio
Windows
New Day: Cataclysm is a free to play Base Defence game, where you strive to survive day by day against a growing horde of hostile monsters. To keep surviving, you must upgrade your base and weapons with resources found by scavenging during the day.
Why similar: Strategy 32.7%, Survival 21.8%, Action 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Indie 13.3%
- #9 CAPSULE
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 186 reviews2014
Dev: Adam SaltsmanPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Capsule is a single-player survival game played entirely through a radar interface. Players navigate a hostile landscape, learn about their surroundings, and unravel a classic sci-fi story in the process. Best played in a dark room with headphones. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PLAYERS WITH MISOPHONIA.
Why similar: Survival 59.5%, Atmospheric 21.1%, Indie 19.4%
- #10 Stranded Alone
91% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Tanny Tran
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive.
Why similar: Survival 29.2%, Strategy 27.2%, Difficult 17.7%, Action 14.8%, Indie 11.1%
- #11 How long can you survive
87% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Ruben Ribes Gil
Windows
How long can you survive is a survival game that the more time you spend in the same game, the harder it will be to kill the enemies.Try to reach the top of the leaderboards by getting the longest time possible in infinite mode.
Why similar: Survival 41.4%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Difficult 10.9%, Action 7.3%
- #12 Frosty Nights
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 274 reviews2017
Dev: ClockWork WolfPub: ClockWorkWolf
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Frosty Nights is a First Person hybrid horror game that focuses on atmosphere and suspense.
Why similar: Survival 38.2%, Strategy 24.2%, Atmospheric 16%, Action 12.1%, Indie 9.5%
- #13 Habitus
90% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: frozenen
Windows · Mac · Linux
Habitus is a light-hearted fun survival platform game, play as Oog Oog the prehistoric hunter and gatherer.
Why similar: Survival 57.9%, Action 24.1%, Indie 18%
- #14 Sheepdog
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: dubious fungi
Windows · Mac
Sheepdog is a cheeky micro-strategy roguelite about herding magical sheep by day and defending them from the forest by night.
Why similar: Survival 34.3%, Strategy 31.6%, Action 15.7%, Atmospheric 11.1%, Indie 7.4%
- #15 Cannibal
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: Gametek Brasil
Windows
Live the life of a survivor who lost his parents at age 12 and was adopted by the wily Mr. Francis. Survive the cold nights and constant attacks. Build shelters to keep protected and tools to assist in the tasks, try to create alliances with other survivors, explore this new world to find new ways to stay alive in a survival game in...
Why similar: Survival 56.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Action 12.9%, Indie 8.9%
- #16 Wolf Ridge
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Wolf Ridge is a multiplayer objective-based survival game centered around a group of hikers lost in a vast mountain range when they are attacked. The hikers must reach the evac helicopter before it's too late!
Why similar: Survival 24.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Action 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #17 Survival Maze
83% match6 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Sergey JakovlevPub: TAC Games
Windows
A visual novel-clicker. You are the mayor, choosing laws under pressure from a dictator. Illustrated reforms, a social simulator of society, and a story that changes with your clicks. Can you save the city and your conscience?
Why similar: Strategy 38.4%, Survival 31.5%, Indie 15.6%, Action 14.6%
- #18 Survive the Blackout
84% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Strategy 17.3%, Difficult 10.7%, Atmospheric 10.1%
- #19 Legions of Tyrandel
85% match7 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2017
Dev: Sleepy Spider Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Legions of Tyrandel is a competitive turn based strategy card game. In this game, the cards in your deck become units under your direct control when you play them. Use clever combinations and good positioning to triumph over your opponent and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Strategy 88.4%, Indie 11.6%
- #20 Radiance
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glob Games StudioPub: Duality Games
Windows
Welcome to the tpp simulator of an insane nuclear power plant, in with you have to decide how to prevent a meltdown. Do you deal with the leak or handle an unruly school trip? Catch radioactive rats or isolate radioactive objects? The world has gone crazy and it's time to do something about it!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Survival 29.8%, Atmospheric 21.5%, Action 13.9%, Indie 3.5%
- #21 Vairon's Wrath
82% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Myoubouh Corp
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Set out on a quest for revenge as Vairon, a young fearless warrior. Visit unique villages and memorable characters that will help or hinder Vairon on his journey. Experience an old school style adventure with varied gameplay where you will fight monsters, solve puzzles, and much more !
Why similar: Action 37.3%, Atmospheric 35.3%, Indie 27.3%
- #22 Super Dungeon Tactics
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 148 reviews2016
Dev: Underbite Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Super Dungeon® Tactics is a classic turn-based game featuring exciting, new gameplay mechanics. Along with traditional RPG characters making you feel right at home, the dynamic gameplay will keep you on your toes.
Why similar: Strategy 56.4%, Indie 22.5%, Action 21.1%
- #23 Element
79% matchMixed68% of 50 reviews2018
Dev: Flightless
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Element is a realtime strategy space game for people who don't have time to play realtime strategy space games. Generate energy, mine element, build attack and defence units, and destroy the enemy while maintaining a balance between earth, air and water.
Why similar: Strategy 30.8%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Sci-fi 24.3%, Atmospheric 20%
- #24 Orbital Drift
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Uritori Games sp. z o.o.
Windows
Explore drifting wrecks orbiting a dead planet. Master orbital mechanics. Fight zero gravity in space. Gather resources and build modules. Upgrade your ship to travel further. Uncover a civilization’s downfall. Are people on Earth ready to learn its history?
Why similar: Survival 33.5%, Strategy 32.7%, Indie 19.9%, Sci-fi 13.9%
- #25 Einn
77% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2019
Dev: Crazy Magnet Studios
Windows
Separated from your raiding party you are a lone viking stranded in a strange new world. Use the environment to craft tools and weapons. Gather resources to build shelters. Hunt and be hunted by the local life. Will you let this new world claim you? Don't just survive. Thrive!
Why similar: Survival 57.2%, Action 24.5%, Indie 18.3%
- #26 Rayless
78% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Reb_Orn
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Alternative fantasy world of Middle Ages. For hundreds of years humans and creatures had barely coexisted until strange highly contagious rage-inducing virus transformed creatures into bloodthirsty monsters. Most of humanity was wiped out. You are the leader of a small human settlement chosen to turn the tide of war around.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #27 Shock Tactics
79% matchMixed43% of 136 reviews2017
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: EuroVideo Medien
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #28 Extinction Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drawblack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Extinction Protocol is a unique blend of strategy and adventure. Take control of a construction ship. Plan your fight against enigmatic war machines. Make the most of challenging missions and explore the ever-changing wasteland.
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Survival 28.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Indie 14.5%
- #29 Wrath of Towers
68% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Phoenixxx Games
Windows
In this game, your task will be to create a reliable defense that can withstand the onslaught of enemies. You will have to build various towers that will help you hold back the enemy advance.
Why similar: Survival 45.8%, Strategy 38%, Atmospheric 16.1%
- #30 Bionic Battle Mutants
76% matchPositive84% of 43 reviews2017
Dev: Monkeynetics
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Bionic Battle Mutants is an indie old school turnbased tactical game. Where you can build your own team of cyberneticly enhanced super mutants. Fighting your way through the Deathzone of the outlaw planet Cerberus 7.
Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Sci-fi 27.7%, Action 20.6%
- #31 Blasted Road Terror
74% matchVery Positive81% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, Action 28.7%, Indie 20.6%
- #32 GOLD EXPRESS
73% matchMixed67% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: DAWN STUDIO
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 49%
New AI character "Punch" is available now! Welcome to the Project "Gold Express"! It is a cyberpunk style asymmetric multiplayer game in which you can get new survival experience with your teammates with various abilities in the strategic maps.
Why similar: Strategy 35.5%, Survival 29.5%, Action 20.1%, Indie 14.8%
- #33 Escape Them
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Extace
Windows
Navigate a locked environment to find an escape while avoiding an intelligent, adaptive hunter that reacts to player noise and hiding patterns. Survival hinges on silence, environmental awareness, and outsmarting.
Why similar: Strategy 38.5%, Survival 23.6%, Action 19%, Atmospheric 14.2%, Indie 4.7%
- #34 Zone Anomaly
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Dev Studio S.A.Pub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Fight dangerous mutants. Survive radiation and learn what happened in the Zone.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Survival 29.1%, Atmospheric 20.5%, Action 11.1%, Sci-fi 8.7%
- #35 Overland
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 566 reviews2019
Dev: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.
Why similar: Survival 37.1%, Post-apocalyptic 29.2%, Strategy 25.5%, Sci-fi 4.5%, Indie 3.7%
- #36 Gravity Shot
75% match9 user reviews90% of 10 reviews2016
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Sling shot explosive nuclear warheads into collision course with your planetary assassination targets. Using the gravitation of a planet against itself, while navigating your payload around asteroids, moons and even Black Holes for devastating effect!
Why similar: Sci-fi 72.5%, Indie 27.5%
- #37 SugarMill
73% matchMixed49% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Aatlantis Code
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SugarMill comes to break the rules of village building simulation. Get ready to deal with food expiration, thirst, real-world measurements, and transportation of goods with horse-drawn carriages.
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Indie 28.9%
- #38 Man from Hell. Exodus.
63% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: AG.gamedev
Windows
3D first-person shooter with elements of survival horror and stealth action — "Man from the Underworld. Exodus."
Why similar: Survival 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Atmospheric 22%, Action 17.6%, Indie 4.7%
- #39 Dead Days
74% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Duskroad Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Zombie wave survival shooter in virtual reality
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #40 Brutal Inventions
71% matchMixed42% of 19 reviews2019
Dev: Cankut Keskin
Windows
Brutal Inventions is a 3D tower defense and survival game. You are the king in a war between two castle.
Why similar: Survival 34.4%, Strategy 33.6%, Action 18.8%, Indie 13.2%
- #41 Smash Up
72% matchMixed61% of 270 reviews2016
Dev: Nomad Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Smash Up is the digital adaptation of the award-winning (and totally awesome) card game. Smash together two factions, and destroy your opponent with a wild and wacky combination of pirates, nerds, zombies, wizards and more!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #42 SBX: Invasion
73% matchMixed40% of 10 reviews2015
Dev: Jason CarterPub: Wakeskater Studio
Windows
SBX Invasion is a tower defense and base building game. You pilot a ship that can build defenses and must fight off alien invaders in each stage. Quickly build defenses and towers in each stage before you are overrun by enemy forces.
Why similar: Strategy 39%, Action 23.2%, Difficult 21.2%, Indie 16.6%
- #43 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Survival 31.4%, Strategy 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Action 13.8%, Indie 10.4%
- #44 10 Years After
75% matchVery Negative11% of 129 reviews2015
Dev: Rock Paper Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 22%
“10 Years After” Is a survival based horror (Open World) Single Player Adventure ..........After the government rolled out a injection to the general public to stem the violence and quell the human emotion's things were going well ….....
Why similar: Survival 61.3%, Action 22.5%, Indie 16.2%
- #45 Survival Night
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Fliper Games
Windows
Survival game where you explore and build. Survive nature's events like acid rain, meteor crashes, zombie eclipses and more. Unlock new maps and characters with special abilities.
Why similar: Survival 69.1%, Action 24.2%, Indie 6.7%
- #46 Rain World
66% matchVery Positive94% of 53,967 reviews2017
Dev: VideocultPub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
Why similar: Survival 35.5%, Difficult 22.3%, Atmospheric 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Indie 6.2%
- #47 Happy Empire - A Bouquet for the Princess
70% matchMixed62% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: AEL Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Will the princes have to help one another, or will they become enemies? Will they choose a dangerous way and collect the rarest flowers or take a short cut? What bouquet will the Princess get? It’s all up to you!
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Atmospheric 30.4%, Indie 20.7%
- #48 Fist's Elimination Tower
69% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Impostor Cat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A 2D platformer in which you play as randomly generated contestants that have to bounce their way to the top of an obstacle course full of robots, electric currents, explosives, and fists.
Why similar: Action 57.2%, Indie 42.8%
- #49 Rally Copters
71% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2016
Dev: Depth First Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rally Copters is an intense, physics-driven, helicopter racing game that will push you to the limit! Pilot your way through 27 courses jam-packed with perilous obstacles and deadly corridors. Unlock a variety of helicopters to blaze through new levels and crush your record times. Compete against the world in online leaderboards!
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #50 Pick Your Poison
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ranmantaru Games
Windows
Pick a disadvantage each level, how far can you go in this roguelike?
Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, Action 28.3%, Indie 21.2%
- #51 SlipSlop: World's Hardest Platformer Game
65% matchVery Positive83% of 1,687 reviews2019
Dev: 10F
Windows · Linux
One button platformer nightmare
Why similar: Strategy 41.3%, Action 23.8%, Difficult 19.1%, Indie 15.7%
- #52 AI Rebellion VR
70% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: Immergity
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Do you want to fly a spaceship by your own hands like intergalactic pilot in VR? AI Rebellion gives you this unique opportunity with full support of Oculus Touch and HTC Vive.
Why similar: Action 47.2%, Atmospheric 26.7%, Sci-fi 26.1%