- #1 This War of Mine
97% 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 21.5%, War 14.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #2 Sheltered 2
96% matchMixed46% of 2,191 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 12.9%
- #3 Мне только спросить!
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Каракули
Windows
"I just want to ask!" is a medical registrar simulator with time management elements set in a provincial Russian hospital, featuring humorous elements. Your main task is to help patients, but each one has their own story.
Why similar: Medical Sim 57.2% ★, Time Management 14.6%, Management 8.5%, Point & Click 8%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #4 Never Secure
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Resource Management 14.5%, Survival 14.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%
- #5 Homeseek
94% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: TrapticsPub: iterco
Windows
Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Time Management 9.5%
- #6 HolyZone
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FiveGuysPub: Devotion Interactive
Windows
It is a strategy and survival game set in a world turned into a desert by nuclear wars. Gather scarce resources, manage your team, build your town, and engage in strategic battles. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: War 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Survival 11.1%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #7 Bunker 1024
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Systemic Silence
Windows
Manage a bunker. Protect survivors. Outsmart a rogue AI. Bunker 1024 is a first person survival management game where you craft tech, maintain critical systems, and deliver aid as time grows thin - all while Lumina 6.0 studies your patterns and actively works against your routines.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 13.7%, Time Management 13.1%, Survival 10.8%, Emotional 8.7%
- #8 Oxygen Not Included
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, Base Building 21.7%, Survival 14.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Management 5.6%
- #9 Dark Moon
90% matchMixed49% of 154 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 9.2%
- #10 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
91% 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: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Survival 13.8%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #11 The Blighted Frontier
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Survival 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%
- #12 Warranted Humanity
88% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #13 Surviving the Aftermath
89% 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: Colony Sim 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #14 Survival Bunker
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Df Games Studio
Windows
Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.1%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #15 SeaColony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and set up production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 13%, Time Management 11.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #16 Concrete Coffin
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YMV
Windows
Become the Governor of people trapped in a concrete coffin. Manage resources and citizens, make cold decisions, and try to survive inside the shelter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Resource Management 18%, Colony Sim 12.2%, Multiple Endings 10.2%, Survival 9.5%
- #17 Muted
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Muted team
Windows
MUTED is a social thriller where you're taking the role of a single mother hunted by government. You need to craft diapers in slums of a dystopian city.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 17%, Survival 14.7%, Simulation 5.5%
- #18 PSY in Apocalypse
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Strawberry
Windows
PSY in Apocalypse는 사실적인 2D 정신과 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 게임 속에서 정신과 의사가 되어 환자들을 직접 치료하게 됩니다. 포스트 아포칼립스 세계를 의사의 관점이라는 다소 새로운 시각으로 이야기를 풀어나가게 됩니다.
Why similar: Medical Sim 64.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Story Rich 7.2%, Simulation 3.8%, Realistic 3.4%
- #19 Frostpunk: 1886
83% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Resource Management 14%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 12%
- #20 Ecopunk
82% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #21 Sheltered
84% matchVery Positive82% of 6,241 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Base Building 23.5%, Survival 23.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 7.2%
- #22 Oxygen
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 13.5%, Survival 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%
- #23 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: afterglow games
Windows
Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12%, Resource Management 11%
- #24 Doctor Dash ASMR Hospital
81% matchVery Positive89% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: Friedegggames OUPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
💊 Your dream hospital awaits! 🏥❤️ Addictive levels and unique locations ✈️ Hours of entertainment in the time-management genre ⏰
Why similar: Medical Sim 58.7% ★, Point & Click 12%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.2%, Time Management 6.1%
- #25 The Last Haven
80% 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 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #26 Oxygen: First Breath
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Survival 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #27 Until We Die
79% 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: Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Side Scroller 13.6%
- #28 Celebrity Life
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaming Factory
Windows
Happiness, success, fortune, fame, drama, scandals, and downfall. In Celebrity Life you'll experience them all. Take a journey through an immersive reflection of the peoples' lives we follow & talk about. The Celebrities! Now at last you can become one. Don't dream your life, live your dream.
Why similar: Base Building 15.1%, Survival 13%, Resource Management 12.9%, Emotional 11.7%, 2.5D 10.3%
- #29 Big Pharma
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,929 reviews2015
Dev: Twice CircledPub: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Why similar: Medical Sim 52.1% ★, Management 11.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Resource Management 9.4%, Simulation 6%
- #30 Underdose
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
In a not-too-distant, retro-future world shaken by a shortage of medicine, a talented pharmacist is accused of murdering Patient Zero. He flees to the slums, where he tries to survive in isolation until he can recreate the formula for the drug that will save his life.
Why similar: Medical Sim 41.5% ★, Time Management 11.9%, Point & Click 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Emotional 6.8%
- #31 Motile Works
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Estry
Windows
We've finally found it. The P35 Semiramide. This old construction platform will be our home for a while. With its help, we can start the last surviving reactor. But on the way back, we need to gather as many people and resources as possible. Despite pollution, hunger, strife, predators and raiders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Base Building 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Time Management 10.2%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #32 Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal
77% matchVery Positive94% of 883 reviews2016
Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring surgeon at Little Creek Hospital!
Why similar: Medical Sim 73.5% ★, Time Management 16.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #33 Opawration!
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chinchingames
Windows
A 2D, veterinarian horror game. In this game, select the appropriate treatment and treat patients with topical products injections, surgeries. Treat patients over the course of 7 days, using the in-game computer to research the best treatment option. Playtime is 30 minutes.
Why similar: Medical Sim 65.4% ★, Point & Click 10.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Simulation 5.3%
- #34 Pandemia
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game e Arte
Windows
Choose who lives and who dies in a small peripheral hospital in a pandemic situation.
Why similar: Medical Sim 50.3% ★, Time Management 16.1%, Emotional 9.7%, Multiple Endings 9.3%, Choices Matter 9%
- #35 Over the Counter
73% matchVery Positive91% of 404 reviews2022
Dev: Brody Rampono
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pharmaceutical business management game.
Why similar: Medical Sim 63.7% ★, Resource Management 18.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.8%
- #36 Galaxy Scavengers
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 23.4%, Colony Sim 22.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 9%
- #37 Sigma Draconis
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 11.8%, 2.5D 9.3%
- #38 Hospital Manager
74% matchMixed46% of 254 reviews2015
Dev: CCCPPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience something novel, bursting with extraordinary phenomena and strange situations in your hospital! Only you have the power to make the best decisions and to make your hospital the most popular one! But beware: Several events will add some spice to your life! Embark on the career of your life!
Why similar: Medical Sim 74.8% ★, Management 17.3%, Simulation 7.9%
- #39 New Cycle
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,809 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #40 Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat
73% matchVery Positive96% of 366 reviews2017
Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The long awaited sequel to "Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal". An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring doctor at Little Creek Hospital!
Why similar: Medical Sim 77% ★, Time Management 10.4%, Simulation 9.6%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #41 EverestBaseCamp
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: darkrio Studio
Windows · Mac
Manage a high-altitude expedition base camp on Everest. Prepare clients, allocate supplies, watch the weather window, and decide when to advance, retreat, or risk a summit push.
Why similar: Resource Management 17.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Time Management 12.9%, Management 11.7%, Survival 11.5%
- #42 Red Dust Colony
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7%, Base Building 20%, Resource Management 14.9%, Survival 13.4%, Simulation 7.9%
- #43 Stonedeep
71% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, 2.5D 12.7%, Survival 12%
- #44 Maia
72% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7%, Survival 14.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #45 Lil Guys
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 14.2%, Resource Management 13%, Management 9%
- #46 Royal Dental
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Visionaire Labs
Windows
Rise from peasant dentist to royal healer in this quirky medieval dental simulation RPG. Treat patients, upgrade tools, improve your clinic, expand your knowledge, and restore Princess Penelope’s legendarily awful smile, all while facing sabotage from a jealous prince.
Why similar: Medical Sim 59.9% ★, Time Management 9.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 7.1%, Simulation 6.2%
- #47 After the end
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Frog Games
Windows
In AFTER THE END, lead survivors in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. Manage scarce resources, face zombies and armed foes. Every decision matters, with permanent death and lasting consequences. Build your base and fight to survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 14.3%, Side Scroller 13.3%, Resource Management 12%, Base Building 10.2%
- #48 Ultrasound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Walter Woods
Windows
A sci-fi horror 3D point&click game. Use an ultrasound machine to diagnose and do surgery on a grotesque infection spreading aboard a space freighter. Craft meds, upgrade your machine, find new surgical tools, and restore ship systems before you collide with a star. Soon, something will be born.
Why similar: Medical Sim 53% ★, Time Management 14.7%, Point & Click 7.9%, Management 7.9%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #49 Frontier Roots
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Time Management 14.4%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 12.2%
- #50 Life in Bunker
71% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 23.6%, Survival 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #51 Endzone 2
67% matchMixed69% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.1%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #52 Welcome Demon
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: NurTab
Windows
You are a dungeon warden. Sitting in the chair of the previous warden you killed, you must cleanse yourself of your sins within 666 hours. Place the incoming demons into six different dungeons based on your information, intuition, and limited resources.
Why similar: Medical Sim 40.5% ★, Choices Matter 10.1%, Point & Click 8.4%, Resource Management 7.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #53 After the Collapse
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 12.6%, Management 8.8%
- #54 Forsaken: Year One
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 12.8%, Management 9.8%
- #55 Sands of Supremacy: Future Kingdom
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Divinus Games
Windows · Mac
Sands of Supremacy is a singleplayer, side-scrolling strategy/resource management hybrid 2D game set in a desert landscape on an unknown, futuristic planet. The game combines survival, strategy, and resource management elements to create a challenging and engaging gameplay experience.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Survival 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Side Scroller 11.5%, Base Building 11.5%
- #56 Zombie Cure Lab
66% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #57 Drownlight
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FathomlightPub: Crytivo
Windows
Drownlight is a city-building survival simulator set in a flooded world. Build and expand your city around a lighthouse, manage resources, and make moral decisions that shape the fate of the survivors. Secrets lurk in the raging waters, and if the lighthouse goes out, the city may be lost forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 11.6%