- #1 The Last Few
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DroniX Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage a base of survivors during the zombie apocalypse. Send squads on sorties on a real map of any city in the world, make decisions via radio when they get into trouble and remember: you are powerless outside the radio range. Build modules, defend the perimeter and don't let the base die.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.8% ★, Colony Sim 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Zombies 10.8%
- #2 Last Rail
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LunaGames
Windows · Linux
Lead a train carrying the last survivors of humanity across a frozen world. Manage resources, explore abandoned locations, and make difficult decisions that will determine the future of Convoy 07.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Choices Matter 4.5%
- #3 ApocalypseHQ
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GodwishGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a survivor headquarters after the zombie outbreak in this turn-based management strategy game, where each turn represents one day. Allocate scarce people and supplies, restore territories and infrastructure, and expand through research and high-risk external operations.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.1% ★, Colony Sim 15.5%, Base Building 8.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%, Survival 6.8%
- #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 19.8%, Outbreak Sim 14.5% ★, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #5 Dwellers of Terra
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: McJz
Windows
A first-person survival colony sim. Scavenge, craft and repair a broken colony. Recruit survivors to help you produce valuable resources and defend against a constant barrage of deadly attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, Zombies 15%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Outbreak Sim 11.3% ★
- #6 Doomsday Train
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PAOGE
Windows
Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.
Why similar: Base Building 15.2%, Outbreak Sim 13.8% ★, Colony Sim 11.6%, Survival 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%
- #7 Zombie Colony
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 27.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.9%, Zombies 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #8 Infection Free Zone
92% 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: Outbreak Sim 23% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Zombies 14.6%, Colony Sim 11.3%
- #9 After Inc: Revival
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,512 reviews2026
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Zombies 11.3%, Base Building 9.5%
- #10 Project Apocalypse
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Sargonius Games
Windows
Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.4% ★, Colony Sim 14.4%, Zombies 11.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
- #11 The Withered
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GummerGames
Windows
Step into a decaying open world where every decision means survival. The Withered is our upcoming zombie survival game, blending horror, exploration, and crafting in a vast post-apocalyptic environment. Face the undead, gather scarce resources, and uncover the truth hidden in the ruins.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 29.7% ★, Zombies 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.8%
- #12 Zomboard
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Outbreak Sim 14.2% ★, Zombies 13.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #13 Rebuilt: Last Settlement
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Night Farm Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage the last farmhouse settlement in a zombie-infested city. Grow food, craft weapons, send teams to scavenge, and defend your settlement every night from relentless zombie hordes until you are strong enough to escape.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Zombies 16.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%
- #14 Zombie Cure Lab
88% matchMixed68% of 468 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: Outbreak Sim 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 14.3%, Zombies 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%
- #15 Barricade Protocol
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Analiz Games
Windows
Barricade Protocol: Survive in the world's last bastion, the Vera Hospital. Farm on the rooftops, generate power on balconies, and transform patient rooms into shops to build your own vertical city within the hospital corridors.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Zombies 15.1%, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #16 Moonlit Nights
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Umut Bora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Moonlit Nights is a base management game set in a zombie apocalypse world. Form raiding parties and send them out to gather supplies, deal with mysterious visitors, and make difficult choices. How many days can you survive, or can you be freed and return to your normal life? Make your choice wisely.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 45.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, Zombies 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #17 Cloud Exiles
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yi Xian Sheng Ji
Windows
Rescue survivors and construct cities in the clouds in this post-apocalyptic simulation and role-playing game. Escape from frenzied zombies and a mysterious mist permeating through the air.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 21.3% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Zombies 15.2%, Survival 12%, Colony Sim 11.8%
- #18 Sheltered 2
86% 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: Colony Sim 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #19 Rebirth evolution
84% 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: Outbreak Sim 26.5% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Zombies 13%, Survival 10.9%
- #20 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 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Survival 11%, Strategy 10.1%, Colony Sim 6.6%
- #21 Echo Maiden
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarmZombie
Windows
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 53.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Simulation 6.1%, Survival 5.3%
- #22 Lead the Living
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Karagoz Studios
Windows
You're not just surviving — you're leading. An isometric zombie survival and colony sim: scavenge a world where loot never respawns, build a base that holds, and keep a community of survivors alive. The dead are slow, drawn by sound, and they never stop.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Zombies 17.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%
- #23 Resilient
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CNRDEV
Windows
Begin with a handful of survivors after a 17th-century zombie apocalypse and build a growing colony. Shape its organic layout, establish production chains, define ideologies, and pass laws. Thrive by day, defend by night, and test your colony’s resilience against the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, Outbreak Sim 14.6% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Zombies 11.5%
- #24 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
81% matchMixed68% of 439 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Base Building 8.7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #25 Zombie Motel 96
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OFFtheREAL
Windows
ZOMBIE MOTEL 96 is a tycoon at the end of the world. You check in, ration, quarantine, evict, scavenge and shoot to keep a roadside motel running. Every guest is one more gun on the fence, one more mouth to feed, one more noise the horde can hear. So, manager: how many people, for how many weeks?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Zombies 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Survival 11%, Base Building 9.3%
- #26 Survival Log
78% matchVery Positive83% of 3,044 reviews2026
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Zombies 13.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 10.6%
- #27 Rows Of Earth
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Zombies 18.1%, Survival 12.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #28 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
80% 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: Outbreak Sim 21.5% ★, Colony Sim 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Zombies 11.7%, Base Building 10.4%
- #29 The Blighted Frontier
78% 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 25.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%, Simulation 7.5%
- #30 Plague Inc: Evolved
79% matchVery Positive94% of 65,987 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 60.4% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Zombies 9.4%, Simulation 8%, Post-apocalyptic 5.2%
- #31 Zombie Survival
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Dragon Games Inc.
Windows
The theme is literally zombie survival. No Humans Allowed, except as the main course. An apocalyptic city building survival game where you grow the zombie horde and take over the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 38.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, Zombies 11.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Survival 7.9%
- #32 Dead Hourz
75% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Raycand Games
Windows
"Dead Hourz" is a thrilling survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world. In a land ravaged by zombies, bandits, and scarcity, you must protect your family by gathering resources and making tough choices.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Zombies 15%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #33 Undead Defense TD
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sugradh_Dev
Windows
Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.2%, Zombies 14.1%, Base Building 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #34 Corona Simulator
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Phodex Games
Windows
"Corona Simulator" is a sophisticated mixture of challenging strategy game and frighteningly detailed virus simulation. As a global pandemic leader, you must skillfully manage nations' resources, make tough decisions, and impose drastic measures to combat the deadly coronavirus.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Survival 7.5%, Difficult 6.9%, Strategy 6.3%
- #35 Sheltered
76% matchVery Positive82% of 6,286 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.7 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: Base Building 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Survival 22.1%, Resource Management 6.6%, Management 6.4%
- #36 Infect and Destroy
77% matchMostly Negative36% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: FarrugiaSoft
Windows · Linux
Play as the zombies! Infect and Destroy is an indie game in which you play as an infectious disease with the sole purpose of eliminating everyone on Earth. Play as an ultra-intelligent self-aware virus capable of reanimating the dead and turning them into your minions.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 69.7% ★, Zombies 10.8%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 5.8%, Survival 4.6%
- #37 Constant Pressure
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ganduspl
Windows
After a nuclear disaster, you must take cover in an abandoned bunker. Play with friends, gather supplies by day and fight fearsome creatures by night.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 14.4%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Strategy 5.3%
- #38 Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
75% matchVery Positive83% of 1,379 reviews2018
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 55.5% ★, Zombies 17%, Difficult 6.4%, Strategy 5.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #39 Sandbox Apocalypse
73% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: 7Druids GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.6% ★, Zombies 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.1%
- #40 Day Zero
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Z Industries
Windows
The President is dead. As the least incompetent cabinet member, you have been charged with leading the US response to the escalating zombie crisis. Day Zero is a real-time strategy game about managing a rapidly emerging zombie apocalypse from the White House command bunker.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 49.5% ★, Zombies 16.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Choices Matter 7.7%, Management 6.5%
- #41 CorruptedZ
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JMVGames
Windows
Lead a handful of survivors through the zombie apocalypse. Raise a colony from the ruins, ration every scrap of food and water, research lost tech, and hold the line against night hordes — and raiders who want their cut. Every survivor ages, sickens, and matters. How long can your camp last?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.9% ★, Colony Sim 17.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Character Customization 5.3%
- #42 Novo: The Colony
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Broken Future Games
Windows
Rebuild a shattered colony, send your survivors on missions to explore and find key resources, and discover the truth about what happened to your son. A story-driven post-apocalyptic strategy sim where every choice comes with a cost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Choices Matter 8.8%
- #43 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
73% 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: Colony Sim 24.9%, Base Building 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Survival 14%, Crafting 7%
- #44 Evil Labs
73% matchMixed70% of 82 reviews2018
Dev: Mirabolis Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Evil Labs is a game about building and managing your own Evil Laboratory. Research and develop diseases, infect people, sell the cure and get rich!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 71.6% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Strategy 7.1%, Indie 1%
- #45 Breadoria
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 19.7%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 8.2%
- #46 Garden Apocalypse
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: OMEGABYTE
Windows
Once a thriving alien world, now a vast desert—devoured by the relentless Swarm. These towering insect invaders have left only scattered oases and buried ruins. Grow food, craft powerful resources, and uncover lost secrets to push back against the tide and restore balance to a dying world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 56.5% ★, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #47 Simulator Z
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: CASHPub: GorillaGamesStudio
Windows
A world where you can create your own zombie apocalypse to your liking!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 56.4% ★, Zombies 17.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Simulation 11.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #48 Survival Bunker
70% 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: Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Survival 15.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #49 Colonies of The Remnant
69% matchVery Negative8% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Cat Soul Studios
Windows
In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Zombies 15.5%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 9.9%
- #50 Embers of the Night
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 54.8% ★, Zombies 22%, Base Building 16.4%, Simulation 4.9%, 2D 1%
- #51 Survival Journals
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elven WorkshopPub: WhisperGames
Windows
Survive with your choices and fortify your safehouse in this text based adventure. The Horde's on it's way, will you be ready when it arrives?
Why similar: Zombies 16.7%, Survival 16.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Crafting 8.8%
- #52 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
68% 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 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 12.4%, Simulation 10.9%
- #53 Fallout Shelter
69% matchVery Positive88% of 82,902 reviews2017
Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 32.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Why similar: Base Building 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 21.7%, Survival 19.7%, Management 8.5%, Crafting 6%
- #54 40 Days [四十天]
71% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Black Phoenix Studio
Windows · Mac
40 Days is a special strategy simulation game related to infectious diseases spread all over the city. You, as ahead of the quarantine department, have been given full authority and manpower to contain the city, deal with different parties, virus in the city and most importantly find out the cure.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 79.2% ★, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Difficult 3.6%, Management 3.2%
- #55 Oxygen Not Included
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 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 31.9%, Base Building 24%, Survival 15.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 5.6%
- #56 Dead Night Highway
66% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Survival 7.5%, Crafting 6.7%
- #57 Chernobyl 1986
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Detalion Games S.A.
Windows
Chernobyl 1986 is a decision-based game about one of the largest nuclear power plant disasters in history. Play as the manager of a nuclear power plant in a time of a serious crisis that can cost millions of lives.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Survival 11.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Management 7.9%
- #58 SAND CRUISER
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3 Duckz
Windows
Build, crew and command a colossal landcruiser across a dying desert world. By day you scavenge and produce; by night you defend against a swarm from the deep, roused by your own heat and vibration. Stop moving, and you become prey.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #59 DeadLands
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vitailstudio
Windows
The game takes place in the state of Onita, two years after the end of the world. Life continues in a brutal, lawless apocalypse filled with infected creatures and hostile factions from rival communities. Your only priority is to survive day by day.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 21.9% ★, Zombies 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 11.8%
- #60 Stranded: Alien Dawn
66% matchVery Positive83% of 11,546 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Survival 17.7%, Crafting 10.6%, Strategy 6.4%