- #1 Dead State: Reanimated
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 30%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Survival 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%, RPG 7%
- #2 Z Dawn
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Survival 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #3 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
95% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #4 Dead Age
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,612 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Zombies 21.5%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #5 The Last Spell
94% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Turn-Based 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%
- #6 Zafehouse Diaries 2
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 136 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.4%, Zombies 13.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #7 Dead Grid
92% matchVery Positive94% of 534 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.7%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Zombies 10.8%
- #8 Urtuk: The Desolation
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,546 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Tactical 10%
- #9 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,341 reviews2021
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.
Why similar: Zombies 21%, Turn-Based 18%, Party-Based RPG 18%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #10 Shardpunk
91% matchVery Positive93% of 784 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Survival 10.9%
- #11 Decision: Red Daze
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 905 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Zombies 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 16.1%, Isometric 10.9%
- #12 Wanna Survive
89% matchVery Positive93% of 304 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Zombies 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%
- #13 Infection Free Zone
87% matchVery Positive81% of 18,697 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 19.0 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: Zombies 28.3%, Base Building 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #14 Fallen: A2P Protocol
90% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%, Isometric 8.1%
- #15 Interregnum: False Prophet
88% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Strategy RPG 8.2%
- #16 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,050 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: Zombies 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #17 MENACE
83% matchVery Positive91% of 13,728 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Isometric 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy RPG 9.9%
- #18 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Zombies 12.8%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
- #19 Vigilantes
86% matchVery Positive81% of 307 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Strategy RPG 9%, Isometric 8.8%
- #20 UnderRail
85% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Isometric 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, RPG 12.5%
- #21 The Last Haven
84% matchMixed61% of 1,537 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.1 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 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Survival 13.7%, Zombies 8.6%
- #22 Surviving the Aftermath
82% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 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: Post-apocalyptic 35.5%, Survival 20.9%, Base Building 20%, Strategy 14%, Isometric 4.4%
- #23 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,818 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Isometric 12.4%, RPG 8%
- #24 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
81% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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: Base Building 28.2%, Post-apocalyptic 27.9%, Survival 22.3%, Crafting 13%, Strategy 7.4%
- #25 Zoria: Age of Shattering
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 640 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Trinket GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria. Lead a team of four heroes with their unique skills and perks. Every team member contributes to undertaken battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Character Customization 11.2%
- #26 Zafehouse: Diaries
82% matchMixed68% of 443 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety from the roving undead. A sophisticated engine generates new survivors, towns and content so every adventure is a different experience, and you can use built-in editors to add yourself and...
Why similar: Zombies 29.4%, Turn-Based 22.9%, Survival 15.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%
- #27 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,234 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.1%, Party-Based RPG 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Isometric 8.6%
- #28 End State
80% matchMixed65% of 142 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Character Customization 10.6%
- #29 NEO Scavenger
79% matchVery Positive90% of 5,426 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Survival 20.7%, Crafting 11.1%, RPG 6.4%
- #30 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: Zombies 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 15.9%, Character Customization 13.5%
- #31 Survive the Fall
76% matchMixed67% of 689 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Explore, loot and fight in an open world action game set in a post-apocalyptic future after a devastating meteor strike. Assemble your team and take the fight to the enemy or choose a stealthy approach to gain the upper hand. Expand your base to research new gear and get ready to survive the fall.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Isometric 13.9%
- #32 The Dead Await
76% matchMixed69% of 159 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your deck and try to survive in The Dead Await, a deck-building RPG set during a zombie apocalypse. As one of many survivors, set out across the desolate world, discover the truth about the outbreak, and rebuild human civilization - or die trying.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16%, Zombies 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10%
- #33 Sheltered 2
78% matchMixed45% of 2,222 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: Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Base Building 20%, Survival 18.1%, Character Customization 9.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #34 HumanitZ
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 14,430 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.
Why similar: Zombies 23.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Crafting 12.4%
- #35 Every Day We Fight
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: Signal Space LabPub: Wild Hog Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Turn-based tactics meets real-time choices. Control each moment of combat: react to enemy fire, aim your shots, and interrupt enemies on-the-fly. Transform a trio of ragtag civilians into seasoned soldiers - and escape the alien timeloop.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.9%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Strategy RPG 9.3%
- #36 Vultures - Scavengers of Death
73% matchVery Positive81% of 607 reviews2026
Dev: Team VulturesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
VULTURES is a tactical turn-based survival horror, inspired by 90's survival horror classics. As an operative, scavenge the infested metropolis for materials and information that could cure the infection plaguing the world.
Why similar: Zombies 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Isometric 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%
- #37 Raiders! Forsaken Earth
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: Creative Storm EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Isometric 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%
- #38 Highrisers
77% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Crafting 18.5%, Zombies 17.9%, Survival 17.7%, Tactical 10.6%
- #39 Showgunners
72% matchVery Positive93% of 1,978 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.5%, Isometric 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 14.5%
- #40 Until We Die
73% matchMixed63% of 4,634 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Base Building 31.5%, Survival 27.5%, Post-apocalyptic 25.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #41 Overland
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 576 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: Turn-Based 33.5%, Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #42 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
71% matchVery Positive90% of 20,576 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Tactical 9.8%
- #43 Mech Armada
71% matchVery Positive81% of 700 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Isometric 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%
- #44 ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game
71% matchVery Positive85% of 10,558 reviews2018
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Isometric 13%, Survival 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
- #45 Bloodgrounds
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 622 reviews2026
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Base Building 11%
- #46 Post-Apo Builder
72% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
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: Post-apocalyptic 32.2%, Base Building 29.8%, Crafting 15.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Tactical 6.3%
- #47 After Long Night
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 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: Zombies 29.8%, Base Building 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #48 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
67% matchVery Positive89% of 9,899 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Zombies 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 30.7%, Crafting 22.1%, Choices Matter 11.6%
- #49 USC: Counterforce
70% matchMixed67% of 242 reviews2024
Dev: Angry Cat StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%
- #50 Dead Season
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 212 reviews2024
Dev: Snail BitePub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Guide a group of unprepared strangers through the apocalypse, in Dead Season, a turn-based tactics adventure, created by the one-man studio Snail Bite. Plan carefully to outlast swarming zombie hordes, but remember: noise attracts danger. Can you escape the outbreak's deadly grip?
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Tactical 11.8%
- #51 Age of Undead
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Insane Dreamers
Windows
Age of Undead is a multi-genre game (turn-based, RTS, FPS) that allows you to face the frightful Zombie Apocalypse with 3 unique factions: the Army, the Infected, and the Survivors. Make strategic choices in the Campaign, then go into battle and fight to survive!
Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Base Building 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 11.6%
- #52 Fight Life: Vanguard
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 178 reviews2026
Dev: StartImpulsePub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Strategy RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #53 Warhounds
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 904 reviews2026
Dev: Everplay DMCCPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Isometric 9.8%
- #54 Stories from the Outbreak
68% matchVery Positive81% of 158 reviews2024
Dev: Coldwild Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?
Why similar: Zombies 22.2%, Party-Based RPG 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12%
- #55 Xenonauts 2
65% matchVery Positive81% of 5,852 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Isometric 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy RPG 9.9%
- #56 Regenesis
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Character Customization 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
- #57 This War of Mine
67% matchVery Positive94% of 97,826 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 34.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Crafting 12.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #58 The Dead Await: Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Get ready to experience the thrills and chills of The Dead Await: Prologue, a free and fully functional demo! Build your deck and try to survive in this deck-building survival RPG set during a zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 15.5%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.4%
- #59 Last Train Home
65% matchVery Positive87% of 5,548 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
Why similar: Strategy 18.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 16.7%, Isometric 13.1%, Tactical 12.5%