- #1 Warranted Humanity
97% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.7% ★, Colony Sim 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Zombies 10.7%
- #2 Zombie Colony
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Outbreak Sim 23.8% ★, Zombies 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%, Strategy 6%
- #3 After Inc: Revival
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,446 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 26.5% ★, Colony Sim 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Zombies 11.5%, Base Building 9.5%
- #4 Infection Free Zone
95% matchVery Positive81% of 18,524 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 21.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Zombies 14.4%
- #5 Last Rail
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LunaGames
Windows · Linux
Lead a train carrying the last survivors of humanity across a frozen world. Manage resources, explore abandoned locations, and make difficult decisions that will determine the future of Convoy 07.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.5% ★, Colony Sim 26%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Choices Matter 4.3%
- #6 ApocalypseHQ
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GodwishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a survivor headquarters after the zombie outbreak in this turn-based management strategy game, where each turn represents one day. Allocate scarce people and supplies, restore territories and infrastructure, and expand through research and high-risk external operations.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 34.1% ★, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Zombies 6.9%
- #7 Moonlit Nights
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Umut Bora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Moonlit Nights is a base management game set in a zombie apocalypse world. Form raiding parties and send them out to gather supplies, deal with mysterious visitors, and make difficult choices. How many days can you survive, or can you be freed and return to your normal life? Make your choice wisely.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.6%, Zombies 9.7%, Exploration 7.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #8 Project Apocalypse
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Sargonius Games
Windows
Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 22.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.1%, Zombies 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Base Building 11.2%
- #9 Zomboard
91% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Zombies 13.6%, Outbreak Sim 12.3% ★, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 Cloud Exiles
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yi Xian Sheng Ji
Windows
Rescue survivors and construct cities in the clouds in this post-apocalyptic simulation and role-playing game. Escape from frenzied zombies and a mysterious mist permeating through the air.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 18.5% ★, Colony Sim 16.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Zombies 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13%
- #11 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
90% matchMixed68% of 438 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.8% ★, Colony Sim 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Base Building 8.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #12 Rows Of Earth
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, Base Building 19%, Zombies 17.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 5.7%
- #13 Dead Hourz
89% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Raycand Games
Windows
"Dead Hourz" is a thrilling survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world. In a land ravaged by zombies, bandits, and scarcity, you must protect your family by gathering resources and making tough choices.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 30.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Zombies 14.6%, Point & Click 11.2%, Exploration 5.9%
- #14 Zombie Cure Lab
88% matchMixed68% of 468 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.4% ★, Colony Sim 20.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Zombies 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%
- #15 The Withered
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GummerGames
Windows
Step into a decaying open world where every decision means survival. The Withered is our upcoming zombie survival game, blending horror, exploration, and crafting in a vast post-apocalyptic environment. Face the undead, gather scarce resources, and uncover the truth hidden in the ruins.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Zombies 17.5%, Base Building 15.2%, PvE 6%
- #16 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 18.6%, Base Building 17.8%, Outbreak Sim 14.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #17 Undead Defense TD
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sugradh_Dev
Windows
Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.7% ★, Colony Sim 22%, Zombies 14.2%, Base Building 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
- #18 Never Secure
85% 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 32.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Outbreak Sim 15% ★, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #19 Zombie Survival
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Dragon Games Inc.
Windows
The theme is literally zombie survival. No Humans Allowed, except as the main course. An apocalyptic city building survival game where you grow the zombie horde and take over the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 34% ★, Colony Sim 23.3%, Zombies 11.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Exploration 3.8%
- #20 Resilient
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNRDEV
Windows
Begin with a handful of survivors after a 17th-century zombie apocalypse and build a growing colony. Shape its organic layout, establish production chains, define ideologies, and pass laws. Thrive by day, defend by night, and test your colony’s resilience against the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Outbreak Sim 13.3% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Zombies 12.2%
- #21 CorruptedZ
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JMVGames
Windows
Lead a handful of survivors through the zombie apocalypse. Raise a colony from the ruins, ration every scrap of food and water, research lost tech, and hold the line against night hordes — and raiders who want their cut. Every survivor ages, sickens, and matters. How long can your camp last?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.7% ★, Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, PvE 7.2%
- #22 Echo Maiden
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarmZombie
Windows
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 49.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Exploration 8.1%, Simulation 4.8%
- #23 Constant Pressure
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ganduspl
Windows
After a nuclear disaster, you must take cover in an abandoned bunker. Play with friends, gather supplies by day and fight fearsome creatures by night.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Survival 5.4%, Strategy 5.2%
- #24 Echoes: Unforgotten
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varin
Windows
Echoes: Unforgotten is a difficult top-down strategy about holding together a collapsing region with limited troops, physical logistics and incomplete information. Every death leaves Blood behind, pushing the region further towards collapse, every delay strengthens resistance.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 38.6% ★, Colony Sim 30.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #25 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,047 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Outbreak Sim 19.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Zombies 12.5%, Base Building 11%
- #26 Dead Night Highway
79% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.9% ★, Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 11%, Exploration 6.1%, Post-apocalyptic 5.5%
- #27 Breadoria
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Base Building 19.2%, PvE 8.2%, Strategy 5.8%, Procedural Generation 5.3%
- #28 Day Zero
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Z Industries
Windows
The President is dead. As the least incompetent cabinet member, you have been charged with leading the US response to the escalating zombie crisis. Day Zero is a real-time strategy game about managing a rapidly emerging zombie apocalypse from the White House command bunker.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.6% ★, Zombies 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, PvE 8%, Choices Matter 7%
- #29 The Blighted Frontier
78% 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 37.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Zombies 7.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #30 Dark Moon
77% 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 28.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Choices Matter 6.6%, Exploration 6.1%
- #31 Rebirth evolution
78% matchMixed64% of 138 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Zombies 14.7%, Exploration 6%
- #32 They Are Billions
77% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Base Building 24.4%, Zombies 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.2%, RTS 6.2%
- #33 Forsaken: Year One
76% 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 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Management 5.5%
- #34 The Last Haven
76% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Colony Sim 10%, Zombies 6.5%
- #35 Fosoria
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Base Building 20.8%, Exploration 8.5%, Management 5.7%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #36 IdleZomb
74% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: STLgame
Windows
IdleZomb: Manage a ruined hospital, create zombies, evolve them, or sacrifice them for DNA. Every decision counts in this post-apocalyptic management game. Early Access focuses on the basics, with content available up to level 20.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Zombies 13.1%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #37 Sheltered 2
75% 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 33%, Post-apocalyptic 23.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Strategy 6.6%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #38 After the Collapse
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Strategy 5.2%
- #39 Simulator Z
73% matchPositive82% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: CASHPub: GorillaGamesStudio
Windows
A world where you can create your own zombie apocalypse to your liking!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 49.8% ★, Zombies 18.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Top-Down 8.6%, Simulation 8.5%
- #40 Survival Log
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,723 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 24.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, Zombies 15.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Exploration 5.8%
- #41 Total City Defence
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Imprint Gaming
Windows
Total City Defense is a zombie themed survival game where you must complete each level to progress. Using the mouse and keyboard you control various units, including Troops, Turrets and Drones to make your way through each level rescuing civilians, VIPS and destroying enemy strong holds.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.3% ★, Colony Sim 27%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #42 Embers of the Night
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 48.1% ★, Zombies 22.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Exploration 8.4%, Simulation 3.7%
- #43 Barricade Protocol
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Analiz Games
Windows
Barricade Protocol: Survive in the world's last bastion, the Vera Hospital. Farm on the rooftops, generate power on balconies, and transform patient rooms into shops to build your own vertical city within the hospital corridors.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Zombies 17.7%, Base Building 6.5%, Survival 5.2%
- #44 After Long Night
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Zombies 15.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, RTS 6.3%
- #45 Rebuilt: Last Settlement
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Night Farm Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage the last farmhouse settlement in a zombie-infested city. Grow food, craft weapons, send teams to scavenge, and defend your settlement every night from relentless zombie hordes until you are strong enough to escape.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Zombies 19.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Survival 5.7%
- #46 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
73% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Base Building 19%, Survival 5.6%, Procedural Generation 5.4%
- #47 Sandbox Apocalypse
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: 7Druids GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 29.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Zombies 16.4%, Base Building 13.5%, PvE 6.6%
- #48 Dying Reign
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bryce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disease spreads across your lands, destabilizing regions, draining your resources, and testing your authority. Quarantine cities, draft troops, balance fear and order… but every choice comes at a cost.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.4% ★, Colony Sim 28.7%, PvE 9.7%, Top-Down 5.5%, Management 5%
- #49 Entropy Department
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
A facility-building management sim with a physics-fueled sandbox: build the labs, run the shifts, direct your goal-driven staff, and stop anomalies from turning one mistake into a collapse. How long can your facility survive its own research?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 29.8% ★, Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Simulation 6.6%, Management 6%
- #50 Idyll
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.8%, Base Building 23.2%, PvE 7.8%, Strategy 6.8%, Survival 6.1%
- #51 Z Ops: Campus
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nixorz Games
Windows
Z Ops: Campus is a 3rd person action and survival game. Unfortunately one day a zombie apocalypse hit the world. Between his needs and the threats, the player will have to think carefully to choose priorities and manage the fights So hope to live the longest.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Zombies 15.7%, Base Building 13.6%, PvE 8.9%
- #52 Beneath a Dead City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Procedural Generation 12%, Exploration 7.6%, Management 6.6%
- #53 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
68% 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 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 25.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Life Sim 6.4%
- #54 Harrowlands
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BashfulWolf Studio
Windows
Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Exploration 7%
- #55 Colonies of The Remnant
67% matchVery Negative7% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Soul Studios
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 34.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Zombies 16.9%, Base Building 10.5%, PvE 7.1%
- #56 Take Root
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhukovsky Games
Windows
Take Root is a COOPERATIVE colony simulator where plants and robots survive together in an urban post-apocalypse. Develop your settlement, build outposts, explore a procedurally generated city, and uncover the mystery behind the strange Event.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Procedural Generation 9%, Simulation 7.1%
- #57 Plague Inc: Evolved
68% matchVery Positive94% of 65,504 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 60.7% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Zombies 11%, Post-apocalyptic 6.8%, Simulation 6.8%
- #58 Ecopunk
65% 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 41.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 6.1%, Simulation 4.9%
- #59 Treetopians
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aparato Games
Windows
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Outbreak Sim 22.1% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Strategy 8%, Procedural Generation 7.4%