- #1 Dead State: Reanimated
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,553 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 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 29.7%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Survival 15%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, RPG 7%
- #2 Z Dawn
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 285 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.6 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%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Survival 9.8%
- #3 Dead Age
96% matchVery Positive82% of 5,591 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 21.1%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Survival 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #4 MENACE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 11,482 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 23.2 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 18.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Character Customization 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
- #5 Zafehouse Diaries 2
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 134 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 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 15.9%, Zombies 13.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%
- #6 Interregnum: False Prophet
94% 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%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Strategy RPG 8.3%
- #7 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
93% matchVery Positive94% of 4,417 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 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%, Survival 13.6%, Turn-Based 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #8 Urtuk: The Desolation
91% matchVery Positive88% of 2,505 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.7 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 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Tactical 10.2%
- #9 Fallen: A2P Protocol
92% 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 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Isometric 8.3%
- #10 End State
91% matchMixed63% of 137 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 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Strategy RPG 11%, Character Customization 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #11 Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,324 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 20.6%, Party-Based RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
- #12 Shardpunk
89% matchVery Positive93% of 770 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 16.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Survival 10.7%
- #13 Wanna Survive
89% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.3 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 17.9%, Zombies 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%
- #14 The Last Spell
88% matchVery Positive91% of 13,289 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
- #15 Dead Grid
86% matchVery Positive94% of 472 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
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: Zombies 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Strategy RPG 10.2%
- #16 Decision: Red Daze
87% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 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 25.3%, Base Building 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 16.1%, Isometric 11.2%
- #17 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
86% matchVery Positive86% of 2,031 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 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #18 Infection Free Zone
83% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 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: Zombies 27.3%, Base Building 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Survival 11.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #19 Vigilantes
85% matchVery Positive81% of 303 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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 21.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Strategy RPG 9.2%, Isometric 8.9%
- #20 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 194 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 15.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Zombies 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%
- #21 Surviving the Aftermath
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 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 34.3%, Survival 21%, Base Building 20.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Isometric 4.6%
- #22 Zafehouse: Diaries
84% matchMixed68% of 440 reviews2013
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.3 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 29.2%, Turn-Based 22.6%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%
- #23 UnderRail
82% matchVery Positive86% of 7,097 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.1 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 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Isometric 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, RPG 12.3%
- #24 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,751 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 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%, Turn-Based Combat 20%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Isometric 12.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #25 The Last Haven
81% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 24.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Survival 13.7%, Zombies 8.5%
- #26 Ascent of Ashes
78% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Party-Based RPG 16.9%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 12.7%, Strategy RPG 11.7%
- #27 Deep Fringe
77% matchVery Positive94% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
- #28 Dead Engine
77% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
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: Zombies 29%, Base Building 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Survival 13.9%, Strategy 7.7%
- #29 Rebirth evolution
79% matchMixed63% of 136 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 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.4%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 15.8%, Character Customization 13.9%
- #30 Forsaken Fortress Strategy
81% matchMostly Negative34% of 197 reviews2015
Dev: Photon ArenaPub: KISS ltd
Windows
Forsaken Fortress Strategy is a squad based, survival strategy game focused on base building and scavenging.
Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, RPG 49.5%
- #31 Every Day We Fight
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 402 reviews2025
Dev: Signal Space LabPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.2%, Party-Based RPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
- #32 The Dead Await
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 148 reviews2026
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 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 16.6%, Zombies 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Crafting 10.1%
- #33 Highrisers
79% 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 19.1%, Crafting 18.9%, Zombies 17.6%, Survival 17.6%, Tactical 10.9%
- #34 Dreadlands
78% matchMixed59% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Isometric 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
- #35 As We Descend
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Strategy 10.8%
- #36 Zoria: Age of Shattering
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Trinket GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Character Customization 11.4%
- #37 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
75% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 27.3%, Survival 22.2%, Crafting 13.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #38 Mech Armada
73% matchVery Positive81% of 686 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 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%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Isometric 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%
- #39 The Dead Await: Prologue
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: ShotxPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 26%
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 15.2%, Party-Based RPG 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Crafting 10.5%
- #40 Survive the Fall
72% matchMixed69% of 663 reviews2025
Dev: Angry Bulls StudioPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Base Building 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Isometric 14.2%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 14.1%
- #41 First Day
75% matchMixed49% of 136 reviews2019
Dev: BadWolf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
It's the first day of the rest of your life
Why similar: Zombies 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.5%, Character Customization 11%
- #42 Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
69% matchVery Positive89% of 8,579 reviews2025
Dev: PikPokPub: Boltray Games (China)
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Survival 17.5%, Crafting 16.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #43 Regenesis
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 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 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Character Customization 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
- #44 Raiders! Forsaken Earth
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 293 reviews2020
Dev: Creative Storm EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Isometric 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%
- #45 Blightstone
69% matchVery Positive80% of 519 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Isometric 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 11.3%
- #46 Until We Die
71% matchMixed64% of 4,594 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 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 32%, Survival 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #47 Edge Islands
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Base Building 30.7%, Survival 14.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%
- #48 Post-Apo Builder
71% matchMixed42% of 66 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 31.5%, Base Building 30%, Crafting 15.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Tactical 6.4%
- #49 NEO Scavenger
70% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 20.6%, Crafting 11.4%, RPG 6.4%
- #50 After Long Night
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 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 29.4%, Base Building 24.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 9.9%
- #51 HumanitZ
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,839 reviews2026
Dev: Yodubzz StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.8 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 22.6%, Base Building 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Survival 14.4%, Crafting 12.8%
- #52 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
67% matchVery Positive90% of 324 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Isometric 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Strategy RPG 10%
- #53 Fight Life: Vanguard
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 140 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 24.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #54 Quarantine
71% matchMixed60% of 437 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Survival 19.7%, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Tactical 16.6%
- #55 Overland
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 561 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 33.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Survival 14.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%
- #56 Dead Season
67% matchMixed70% of 199 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 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Tactical 12%
- #57 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
66% matchVery Positive90% of 20,445 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.3 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 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Tactical 10%
- #58 This War of Mine
66% matchVery Positive94% of 97,008 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.7 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 33.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Crafting 12.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #59 Last Outpost
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Troyd Games
Windows
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: Zombies 27.3%, Base Building 26.6%, Isometric 19.3%, Tactical 14%, Strategy 11.3%