
They Are Rising is an RTS strategy game set against the backdrop of the apocalypse. Combine skills, build a massive army, establish shelters, and fight against large numbers of enemies. How long can you survive?
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They Are Rising is an RTS strategy game set against the backdrop of the apocalypse. Combine skills, build a massive army, establish shelters, and fight against large numbers of enemies. How long can you survive?

Creature Menace: The Ultimate Nightmare
Battle against hordes of violent creatures in this 2D arcade-shooter. Utilize your vast arsenal of weapons to survive across the 8 maps, level up using the unique class and perk system, beat your previous high scores as you become stronger. Endure the peril alone, or with up to 3 other friends.

Appliance Gone Wild
Elon Musk said that intelligence would be quite interested in preserving itself. Abandoned AI appliances, designed to die, turn against their creators to protect their own existence, even now erasing humanity’s path to digital immortality. But for two elderly people, this is their only hope.
Battle against hordes of violent creatures in this 2D arcade-shooter. Utilize your vast arsenal of weapons to survive across the 8 maps, level up using the unique class and perk system, beat your previous high scores as you become stronger. Endure the peril alone, or with up to 3 other friends.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.2% ★, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Action Roguelike 15.1%, Bullet Hell 13.7%, Shooter 8.2%
Elon Musk said that intelligence would be quite interested in preserving itself. Abandoned AI appliances, designed to die, turn against their creators to protect their own existence, even now erasing humanity’s path to digital immortality. But for two elderly people, this is their only hope.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Action Roguelike 22.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Roguelike 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
Inspired by Max Brooks' World War Z novel, Z-Collapse takes you into a worldwide zombie apocalypse. As leader of the government of your choosing, make sure your country survives! Dramatic decisions are ahead of you. How do you manage them?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33% ★, Grand Strategy 18.7% ★, Wargame 15.4%, RTS 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 12%
NEURAL NETWORK is a unique blend of strategy and frighteningly realistic simulation. Your artificial intelligence has just been launched and connected to the global network - now you must manage and control it! Will your AI save the world or destroy humanity?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.3% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Grand Strategy 12.5% ★, RTS 10%
Lead a modern fire and rescue center inspired by real French firefighters. Build your station, train your crews, and dispatch the right vehicles for each emergency. Coordinate every mission in real time on an immersive operational map.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 38.4% ★, Grand Strategy 26.2% ★, RTS 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Minimalist 4.4%
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35% ★, RTS 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%
In Day of Judgement, a dark fantasy action roguelike bullet heaven, with Campaign Map. Lead a guild of heroes, wield enchanted swords, craft elixirs, and safeguard villages from a demon invasion. Your tactical mastery and combat skills will shape the fate of the realm.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.1% ★, Action Roguelike 12.8%, Bullet Hell 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Roguelike 7.8%
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 48.6% ★, Wargame 22.3%, Action Roguelike 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, Action 2.2%
In a time of growing unrest and uncertainty, a new threat to humanity emerges - take control of any nation as major outbreaks challenge world order. Global Pandemics and Mysterious Outbreaks will test humanity to the limits.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.7% ★, Grand Strategy 16.8% ★, Wargame 15.1%, RTS 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.5%
A Roguelite strategy tower defense game. Different towers, events, and upgrades every run. Manage resources, fight alongside your towers, and defend the Dimension Core.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, RTS 16.9%, Bullet Hell 14.8%, Roguelike 8.4%
Kaiju Inc. is a Real-Time Tactics + Roguelike Monster strategy game! Mutate, Modify, and Evolve your monsters! Command your strongest monster squad through Roguelike stages!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24.5%, RTS 21%, Mechs 19.4% ★, Roguelike 11.8%, Wargame 11.5%
This is a game to lead soldiers against zombies.You can lead soldiers to complete challenges without limit.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41% ★, Wargame 23%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Shooter 7.1%
Fight through hordes of burnt CDs, flying TVs, and faceless suits in this frantic, run-based, twin-stick shooter. Forget firing bullets, though - you'll be flinging vinyl records, throwing drumsticks and swinging guitars to fend off the enemies of music and maybe, just maybe, survive the night.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.8%, Action Roguelike 21.5%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelike 10.6%, Shooter 10.4%
Take command of the mech and become the ultimate strategist. Construct impregnable defense facilities, handpick potent skills, lead your troops, and defy relentless enemy assaults. Will you emerge victorious in this thrilling battle for supremacy?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Mechs 16.9% ★, RTS 16.7%, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Bullet Hell 14.8%
Tired of quest going, monster killing "Heroes" who keep raiding your house for household items. You build traps and hire minions to fight them off. Stop these Heroes from taking what is yours. TLDR: build a dungeon & be a dungeon master !
Why similar: RTS 39.3%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Top-Down Shooter 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Base Building 7.7%
Transform your mech to fight, upgrade, and survive long enough to jump to safety in this bullet hell roguelite.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 27%, Bullet Hell 22.8%, Mechs 22.1% ★, Roguelike 12.6%, Shooter 12.1%
"Pathogen" is a STG game base on real human body with little Rogue-Like element. You can propagate evolve infect and hide as different kinds of pathogens in human body.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 72.6% ★, Action Roguelike 23.4%, Action 4%
Nano Fighter Anti Disease is a flight action game. Controlling a nanoscale fighter, flies over the acid sea of digestive system, passes through the scarred inflammatory lesions, launch a fierce attack towards various pathogens with medicine ammos and biological missiles.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 44.8% ★, Wargame 21%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, RTS 6.8%, Shooter 6.7%
In Exodus Frontier: The Last Stand, humanity’s last hope lies on the distant planet Xylonia. As a brave explorer, you'll battle fierce alien resistance and fight to establish a colony. Strategize, adapt, and defend your foothold—survival of mankind depends on your choices.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 25.8% ★, Wargame 21.1%, RTS 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Action Roguelike 14.3%
FinalFort is a survival game with defense as the core gameplay, and when the end comes, you use the last human shelter to constantly dig minerals, build walls and various turrets to defend against the endless zombie army.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.7% ★, RTS 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Roguelike 10.4%, Base Building 3.1%
The eternal darkness of the dungeons dragged the brave knight in golden armor into an endless maze of dangers
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Wargame 21.7%, RTS 18.7%, Action Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelike 9.8%
COVID: The Outbreak is a real-time strategy game in which you play the role of a global organization that has to deal with a global pandemic. Issue decrees, manage resources, develop projects, and construct buildings. A race for the vaccine begins!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 54.2% ★, Grand Strategy 28% ★, RTS 11.1%, Minimalist 4.2%, 3D 1.9%
Build your forces, conquer cities, and unite the wasteland. Ashes&Gunfire merges real-time tactics, fast-paced top-down battles, and deep management systems to let you forge a new order from the world’s remains.
Why similar: Wargame 20.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.7%, RTS 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 68.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Base Building 11.6%, RPG 3.7%, 3D 2.1%
A military styled action tower-defence game filled with nukes, missiles and tanks. Improve your building, canons and tanks. Purchase stronger ammunition and survive the next wave. Highly replayable, tough and addictive.The fun never ends
Why similar: Wargame 19.9%, Grand Strategy 18.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, RTS 14.4%, Action Roguelike 13.7%
Pilot mechs as you slaughter hordes of a diverse cast of alien quacks in this survival roguelike. Build your arsenal from a variety of mechs, power ups and items to survive in ever-changing scenarios.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 18.4%, Mechs 17.5% ★, Bullet Hell 15.7%, Action Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelike 10.9%
"Gunflare Epoch" is a roguelike top-down shooter. Earth has fallen. As rebel rangers—humanity's last hope—plunge into randomized dungeons, arm yourself,and survive endless hordes. Uncover the rebellion's truth in a storm of bullets and scrap.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Bullet Hell 18.2%, Action Roguelike 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Roguelike 11%
Rob o Bot is a survivors-like action game where you fight hordes of robots that began acting on their own after a mysterious virus infected a new generation of machines. Survive waves of enemies, upgrade your gear, and take back control before the machines take over.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 24.9%, Action Roguelike 23.1%, Bullet Hell 20.8%, Roguelike 10.2%, Shooter 9.8%
A top-down tactical tank game focused on vision, positioning and battlefield awareness. See first — or be destroyed.
Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Action Roguelike 19%, Wargame 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Top-Down Shooter 14%
Become the plague in an asymmetrical player verses simulation battle for immortality. Infect populations, collapse economies, and harvest the dead to fuel your path to lichhood; only if you can conquer an adaptive world fighting to survive.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 59.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 21.6%, RTS 9.8%, RPG 4.5%, Stylized 2.5%
Just a Simulation is a futuristic strategy game where you master a vast arsenal of weapons, upgrade your tools, and dismantle enemy systems. Go in guns blazing or hack your way to victory.
Why similar: Wargame 21.8%, RTS 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.2%, Bullet Hell 15%, Mechs 9.3% ★
Goblins & Gun runnin` is a short rouge like like game where you venture down into a dungeon of goblins and other creatures to save your cheese. the dungeon is scalable to how you want to play. if you want to do a small run make the dungeon small or a big dungeon for long playthrough
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelike 15.4%, Shooter 12.4%
Choose your side – cop or criminal! Keep criminals locked up or escape, rob stores, and build your crime empire. Play with friends, create bases, and earn bounties. Action, strategy, and adrenaline-filled gameplay await!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.2% ★, RTS 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Shooter 7.9%, Character Customization 5%
Crimsonwood is a roguelike top-down shooter in a cursed national park. Collect various weapons, gain perks and battle hordes of enemies to survive.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.9%, Action Roguelike 26.6%, Bullet Hell 23%, Shooter 10.4%, Roguelike 10.1%
Vault Apocalypse is a top-down, roguelite twin-stick arena shooter where you fight hordes of monsters while assembling powerful, synergistic builds. Pick your weapons, refine your build and destroy the keepers of the vault.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Bullet Hell 18%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Character Customization 9.7%
A roguelite space shooter based around the classic arcade game. Shoot asteroids, ships, and take down the mothership in a multi-stage boss fight, avoiding lasers and explosions. Upgrade your ship during and after your run in this casual simple roguelite.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26%, Action Roguelike 25.3%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Roguelike 9.1%, Shooter 8.8%
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
Why similar: Wargame 25.4%, Grand Strategy 23.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, RTS 20.1%, RPG 4.4%
On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.
Why similar: Wargame 32.9%, Mechs 28% ★, RTS 20.9%, Base Building 13.3%, 3D 2.5%
Geocoliseum Survival is an arena action game where you pilot a highly maneuverable mech with automatic weapons. Dodge attacks, use abilities, defeat hordes of enemies and bosses, upgrade your mech with currency, and survive the arena for as long as you can.
Why similar: Mechs 23.1% ★, Wargame 22.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17%, Bullet Hell 14.3%, Action Roguelike 8.5%
Zombies are approaching fast. You have nothing to trust but the weapon in your hand. Eliminate zombies as quickly as possible. Survive. Gain upgrade points to unlock different abilities. And become stronger. Hold your position until the end of time. Then you can escape from this bloody hell.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.9%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, Shooter 7.9%
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 34.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, RTS 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Base Building 11.7%
Neon City Survivor is a top-down arena shooter that offers multiple ways to create builds around skills that can be specialized around automatic or manual casting. Explore the city through missions, unlock new characters, skills, upgrades to combine and save the city!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.4%, Mechs 18.4% ★, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, RPG 8.8%
Become a Sentinel and face the plague in roguelite fast-paced auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM game. Combine items and alchemical elements to acquire more powerful weapons and create unique builds to defend the plague survivors against the endless hordes of mutants!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 22%, Bullet Hell 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.5%, Shooter 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
Angry Mother Earth offers a one-of-a-kind strategy experience within an fully simulated world. Wield and merge a variety of abilities to release cataclysmic forces—ranging from hurricanes and earthquakes to blizzards—upon the world of humans. But be warned: humanity won't go down without a fight!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.4% ★, Grand Strategy 24.8% ★, RTS 18%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, 3D 2.7%
This is the story about the beginning of the conquest of outer space by earthlings. It began as a global idea of saving mankind from hunger and lack of resources, and ended as a brutal and merciless war in space far from Earth.
Why similar: RTS 22.6%, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Wargame 16.5%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Base Building 13%
A top-down roguelite shooter where you command a ship and survive endless waves of sea monsters. Manually aim your main weapon, auto-fire the rest, and upgrade to stay afloat, or sink trying.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.5%, Action Roguelike 22.9%, Roguelike 19.5%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Action 4.5%
The earth was invaded by aliens, and human beings resisted alien species and deduced the most meticulous battle outcome with the simplest control method
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.5% ★, Wargame 21.8%, RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
Fight and stand your ground as you build a nation, research and develop armies and cities alike to earn the title of the Supreme Power. Make lasting choices on how you will forge a new empire. Will you create an economic powerhouse to eclipse all or take what is yours with sword and grit.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29% ★, Wargame 27.5%, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, RTS 17.3%, 3D 2.7%
A 2D arcade shooter minigame with roguelike progression where you control a cat defending an apartment against enemies that seek cover and strike at the right moment. Jump, attack, and eliminate waves of mosquitoes, rats, and bats as you advance toward the source of the infestation.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Action Roguelike 25.6%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Shooter 11.2%, Roguelike 9.2%
What the HELL is a rogue-lite top-down shooter. A terrifying future awaits the modern world under the influence of demon lords. Choose varied features to create your own skill set and determine your gameplay style. Collect demon's souls and never stop until you become stronger than they are.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Bullet Hell 17.1%, Roguelike 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
This is a single-player third-person shooter about the zombie virus outbreak in the future world, as the last survivor and the last resistance of the zombies!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 52.6% ★, Wargame 21.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.8%, Shooter 8.9%, Action 1.6%
Team up with survivors, customize your character, and combine over 70 weapons and items to defend your central tower against endless waves of enemies. Choose your skills, craft insane synergies, and unleash chaos in intense bullet-hell combat.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 55.3% ★, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Roguelike 9.5%, Character Customization 9.1%
Dreaded Conquest is a real-time strategy game of grand-scale control, where you lead sinister forces to spread your influence across a procedurally-generated world. Use your units and skills to conquer cities and crush mortal forces.
Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Wargame 27.4%, Real Time Tactics 24.2%, Grand Strategy 19.3% ★
A fast-paced top-down bullet hell roguelike where every input matters. Fight, dodge, upgrade, repeat. Push yourself to the limit and see how far you can go.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.6%, Action Roguelike 27.5%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Roguelike 10.2%, RPG 7.7%
Run and Gun is an action roguelike shooting game where you mow down thousands of enemies while unlocking newer and deadlier weapons. The enemies won't stop spawning, and your guns won't stop firing. Earn gold each run to unlock permanent upgrades to make your next run deadlier.
Why similar: Mechs 24.4% ★, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Action Roguelike 18.6%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Roguelike 11.3%
Survive the Zombies War in this RPG game of Apocalypse and Survival
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.5% ★, RTS 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 19%, RPG 5.4%, Base Building 4.1%
UNIT-5000 - is a top-down action rogue-lite shooter where you are a mechbot operator against endless hordes of outer-world invader armies and hard bosses. Destroy everything! With the spoils of every match, unlock and upgrade new weapons to improve your mechbot and make it deadlier.
Why similar: Mechs 24.4% ★, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Bullet Hell 17.5%, Roguelike 9.9%
一款结合了多种副玩法的RTS加SLG游戏,玩法多样,体验丰富,能够种田发展,也能指挥千军,还能亲征破敌!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 30.4% ★, RTS 27%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Wargame 14.3%, Casual 4.8%
"One day, a mysterious abyssal vortex appeared, unleashing countless monsters set on world destruction. Choose your warriors to guard the abyss. Collect tokens from fallen foes, buy nodes, and strategically place them for ultimate power. Reclaim abyss-covered areas."
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Action Roguelike 25.8%, Bullet Hell 19.5%, Roguelike 11.5%, RPG 7.4%