Games Like Until We Die

Kingdom Eighties is a short story-based standalone expansion set in the Kingdom universe. A rad adventure of micro-strategy and base building in vivid ‘80s neon. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed and discover the secrets of your family lineage!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Side Scroller 14.6%, Survival 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, narrative-driven take on the side-scrolling strategy formula with a distinct aesthetic and refined mechanics.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 11.8%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive side-scrolling strategy game that shares the core DNA of managing a base and defending it from encroaching threats.

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.2%, Survival 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same minimalist, side-scrolling base-building and tower-defense loop that makes Until We Die so compelling.

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 15.2%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling strategy game where you must manage villagers and build defenses to survive the night.

In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Side Scroller 15.4%, Survival 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that emphasizes base building and defense against waves of enemies in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.4%, Tower Defense 30.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Atmospheric 7.5%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the 'mine resources while defending your base' loop found in Until We Die.

Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Side Scroller 18.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling roguelite that combines mining and tower defense, capturing the same frantic defensive feel.

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Tower Defense 20%, Base Building 15.4%, Side Scroller 15%, Strategy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite colony-sim that focuses on mining and defending your core against waves of enemies.

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: Base Building 26.2%, Colony Sim 25.4%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: While top-down, it provides the ultimate high-stakes base defense experience against massive swarms of enemies.

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical base building and defense, requiring you to construct walls and traps to survive.

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Base Building 29.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Dark 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game with tower defense elements that requires careful resource management and base expansion.

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: Base Building 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Survival 12.3%, Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic base-building game that forces you to manage survivors and defend your territory from zombies.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Survival 28.8%, Strategy 18.8%, 2D 9.3%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines side-scrolling defense with card-based strategy, requiring quick thinking to protect your city.

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Survival 24.8%, Base Building 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Management 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival management game that emphasizes resource scarcity and base maintenance.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Base Building 23.8%, Survival 16.7%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused base defense game that challenges you to hold back massive hordes of enemies.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 27%, Tower Defense 17%, Survival 12.9%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A large-scale base defense strategy game where managing resources and building fortifications is key to survival.

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 28%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Management 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic world filled with demons.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Base Building 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Strategy 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical defense game that requires careful planning and positioning to survive waves of enemies.

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 18.6%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person colony management game where you must build and defend your settlement from nightly attacks.

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 15%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Survival 12.7%, Side Scroller 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: An indie survival strategy game that focuses on managing a small group of survivors in a pixel-art world.

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Side Scroller 12%, Management 9.4%, Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony management game that requires careful planning and resource allocation to build a thriving settlement.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 13.4%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A blend of colony simulation and tower defense that requires constant vigilance to keep your settlement alive.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4%, Survival 19%, Building 18.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Tower Defense 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling colony management game where you must defend your dwarves and build a base against monster waves.

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 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Survival 14.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Colony Sim 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic strategy game focused on building a base and managing the needs of your survivors.

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: Colony Sim 20.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Tower Defense 14.7%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building game that tasks you with managing survivors and defending against zombie threats.

Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, Base Building 23.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense and resource management game that shares the pixel-art aesthetic and defensive focus of Until We Die.

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 27.8%, Base Building 21%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Management 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony sim that emphasizes base building and resource gathering to survive.

In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 19%, Survival 15.2%, Building 11.1%, Management 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic colony management game that focuses on building and maintaining a base in a harsh world.

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 11.6%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder with a focus on defense and managing resources in a dark, strategic environment.

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 22.6%, Base Building 18%, Survival 12.7%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Side Scroller 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Management 14.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 15.1%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%

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 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 10.9%

Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies

Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, Base Building 19.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 10.4%

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 24.4%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 17.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel to Sheltered, offering deeper survival mechanics and base management in a hostile world.

Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Building 12.3%, Survival 10.7%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, Survival 21.5%, Base Building 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Building 9.6%

Survive waves of enemies in Ash Warden, an incremental tower defense where you slowly become overpowered. Unlock new abilities, fight against powerful bosses, and evolve into an unstoppable force against the endless Redgaze hordes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Survival 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 8.6%

Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Base Building 26.3%, Survival 19.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Atmospheric 6.5%

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Survival 12.2%, Management 8.6%

A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 22.3%, Survival 17.9%, Building 16.7%, Strategy 9%

Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.6%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Underground 8.8% ★

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Survival 26.6%, Pixel Graphics 18.3%, Side Scroller 9.6%, Atmospheric 5.6%

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.9%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Management 12.4%, Building 7.3%

You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

Why similar: Base Building 28%, Survival 26.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Management 10.6%

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.2%, Base Building 31.7%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%

A 2D side-scrolling strategy game of resource management, base defense and conquest.

Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Side Scroller 20.4%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 10.3%

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Base Building 24.9%, Survival 19.3%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 9.1%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.7%, Base Building 31.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Building 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 12%, Building 11.8%, Management 10.4%

The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 14.9%, Building 10.5%, Management 10.4%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Base Building 16.5%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Survival 11.7%, Tower Defense 11.7%, Strategy 9.8%

Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Survival 22%, Base Building 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Strategy 6.8%

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Management 9.7%

Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.3%, Base Building 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Survival 12.4%, Building 9.4%

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.1%, Base Building 25.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Building 5.3%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Base Building 28.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Survival 18.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Strategy 9.7%

Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Underground 8.7% ★

Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Survival 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Management 9.5%, Building 8.9%