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Games Like Zombie Cure Lab

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Management, Post-apocalyptic, Strategy.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 68% — of 468 reviews
Released: 2025-05-27
Developer: Thera Bytes GmbH
Publisher: Aerosoft GmbH
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.4 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.7 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 58%

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  1. #1 Infection Free Zone
    97% 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 16.2% ★, Zombies 12.6%, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%

  2. #2 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    96% 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 25.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 8.2%, City Builder 7.5%

  3. #3 After Inc: Revival
    95% 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 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 11.8%, Zombies 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%

  4. #4 Surviving the Aftermath
    96% 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: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 21%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 8.1%

  5. #5 New Cycle
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 19%, City Builder 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 9.1%

  6. #6 The Last Haven
    94% 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 19%, Post-apocalyptic 17.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Strategy 8.3%, Colony Sim 7.7%

  7. #7 Endzone 2
    93% matchMixed67% of 1,085 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 19.5%, City Builder 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Base Building 8.6%, Economy 8.4%

  8. #8 They Are Billions
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 51,491 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, Base Building 17.7%, Zombies 13.9%, Tower Defense 11%, City Builder 8.3%

  9. #9 Cliff Empire
    91% matchVery Positive87% of 4,378 reviews2019
    Dev: Lion's Shade
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 9.3%, Tower Defense 8.3%, Base Building 7.1%

  10. #10 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
    90% matchMostly Positive78% of 217 reviews2025
    Dev: Exabyte Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 11.2%, Zombies 11.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Tower Defense 9.3%

  11. #11 Post-Apo Builder
    91% 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: Outbreak Sim 24% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Base Building 11.4%, City Builder 10.2%, Building 8.7%

  12. #12 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
    89% 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 33.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.6%, Time Management 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Base Building 6.6%

  13. #13 After Long Night
    88% 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: Colony Sim 16.1%, Zombies 11.4%, City Builder 10.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 7.3%

  14. #14 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
    89% 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: Colony Sim 17.1%, Outbreak Sim 15.7% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Zombies 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%

  15. #15 ALL WILL FALL
    86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 13.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 7.5%

  16. #16 After the Collapse
    87% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 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 23.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Sandbox 8%

  17. #17 Endzone - A World Apart
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,043 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    Why similar: City Builder 24%, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, Colony Sim 11.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 8.9%

  18. #18 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
    83% matchVery Positive82% of 13,388 reviews2026
    Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.

    Why similar: Zombies 25.9%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 10%

  19. #19 Oxygen
    85% matchMostly Positive71% of 915 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 17.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 8.3%, Economy 7.7%

  20. #20 Settlement Survival
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Building 10.9%, Management 8.3%, Survival 7.3%

  21. #21 The Crust
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 13.6%, City Builder 13%, Resource Management 9.8%, Sandbox 8.1%

  22. #22 The Wandering Village
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,498 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.5%

  23. #23 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 21.1% ★, City Builder 15%, Zombies 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Base Building 11.4%

  24. #24 Cataclismo
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11%, Economy 10.4%, Building 8.6%

  25. #25 Founders' Fortune
    81% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 8%, Sandbox 6.3%

  26. #26 Night of the Dead
    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,888 reviews2024
    Dev: Jackto Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

    Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.3%

  27. #27 Until We Die
    81% 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: Colony Sim 20.7%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Survival 10.5%

  28. #28 Flotsam
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Resource Management 9%

  29. #29 Grim Realms
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Zombies 12.3%, Building 9.6%, Economy 8.9%

  30. #30 Survival Vacancy
    79% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.3%, City Builder 10.2%, Resource Management 9.1%

  31. #31 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
    78% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
    Dev: Giant Grey
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Zombies 22%, Base Building 15.2%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%

  32. #32 Drill Core
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Tower Defense 17.3%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 6.8%

  33. #33 Planetbase
    77% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 7.5%, Resource Management 6%

  34. #34 Zombie Graveyard Simulator
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 859 reviews2025
    Dev: threeWPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Manage your Graveyard by day as you bury and cremate bodies, maintain graves, fulfill visitor requests, grow crops, run a shop and unlock upgrades. When night falls, face relentless zombie hordes as you build defenses to protect your work and fight to survive in Zombie Graveyard Simulator!

    Why similar: Zombies 22%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 15.1%, Management 12.7%, Survival 10.3%

  35. #35 Survival Log
    71% 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 22.2% ★, Zombies 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Time Management 11.2%, Base Building 10.9%

  36. #36 Farm for your Life
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 641 reviews2014
    Dev: Hammer Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    Your community was taken down by a heavy storm which caused an apocalypse and unleashed the living dead. Together with the other survivors, it is your task to rebuild and to allow that sustainable life can still be assured. Cultivate your farm and manage your restaurant to provide food and deal with all the zombies.

    Why similar: Time Management 15.6%, Zombies 14.9%, Building 14.6%, Management 14.2%, Top-Down 8.7%

  37. #37 Timberborn
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 41,938 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 44.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 16.2%, Science 14.2%, Base Building 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%

  38. #38 Shelter Manager
    75% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2021
    Dev: Hamsters Gaming
    Windows

    We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Economy 12.1%, Building 8.5%

  39. #39 ZIC: Survival
    76% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 reviews2019
    Dev: Megame LLC
    Windows

    ZIC: Survival is a survival shooter where you feel The Zombie Apocalypse & become The Undead Hunter!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, City Builder 12.6%, Zombies 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Base Building 10.2%

  40. #40 NecroCity
    75% matchMixed50% of 80 reviews2023
    Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 10.9%, Zombies 9.2%

  41. #41 Cartel Tycoon
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,818 reviews2022
    Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 12.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Economy 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%

  42. #42 Going Medieval
    69% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 9.4%

  43. #43 From Glory To Goo
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,844 reviews2024
    Dev: Stratagem Blue
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 12.9%, Tower Defense 12.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Zombies 10.9%

  44. #44 Undead Inc.
    74% matchMostly Negative33% of 178 reviews2024
    Dev: Rightsized GamesPub: Team17
    Windows

    Undead Inc. is a high-risk, high-reward resource management simulator where you establish and manage a local subsidiary of the Endswell Medical Corporation. Build, manage staff, conduct research, and trade in both cutting edge medical treatments and bleeding edge bioweapons.

    Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.9% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Time Management 14.7%, Zombies 10.3%, Strategy 6%

  45. #45 BARRICADEZ
    73% matchVery Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
    Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
    Windows · Mac

    Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 18.2%, Zombies 18%, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Resource Management 11.4%

  46. #46 Against the Storm
    68% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11%, Economy 9.9%, Building 8.8%

  47. #47 Aquatico
    72% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 17.8%, Economy 9.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Base Building 9.4%

  48. #48 SteamWorld Build
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,285 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Economy 14.6%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 9.7%

  49. #49 Decision: Red Daze
    72% 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 21.8%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11%

  50. #50 The Walking Trade
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,903 reviews2026
    Dev: Microwave GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Run a shop in the zombie apocalypse! Trade batteries, craft stock, manage your staff, and fend off undead hordes. Will you be a hero, or profit at any cost? Your choices shape your store - and your fate.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Economy 16.7%, Management 12.3%, Building 11.6%, Sandbox 11.5%

  51. #51 Ecopunk
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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 29.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Sandbox 10.7%, Management 9.6%, Base Building 8.1%

  52. #52 Mind Over Magic
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 4,492 reviews2025
    Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Economy 12.6%, Building 12.4%, Management 10.3%

  53. #53 City Defense Z
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 328 reviews2025
    Dev: Good Mood Games
    Windows · Linux

    City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

    Why similar: Zombies 15.3%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Time Management 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%

  54. #54 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    67% 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: Colony Sim 26.3%, Base Building 25.3%, Survival 14.6%, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 8.4%

  55. #55 Farthest Frontier
    64% matchVery Positive86% of 25,602 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 15.9%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Economy 9.8%

  56. #56 Survival Machine
    66% matchMostly Positive70% of 809 reviews2026
    Dev: Grape PickersPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build your base on a moving Machine, travel through biomes with different resources, and prepare for the night when a zombie threat is much higher than during the day. Would you go solo or explore this new world with your best friends?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, Zombies 20.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 13.4%, Building 12.6%

  57. #57 Z Dawn
    70% 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: Post-apocalyptic 25.6%, Zombies 21.9%, Building 21.6%, Survival 19%, Strategy 11.8%

  58. #58 Life in Bunker
    71% matchMixed59% 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 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Survival 14.1%, Sandbox 13.8%, Management 8.9%

  59. #59 Creature Lab
    69% matchMixed55% of 410 reviews2023
    Dev: Image Power S.A.Pub: CreativeForge Games S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

    Why similar: Zombies 33.5%, Sandbox 26.2%, Management 15.6%, Simulation 12.5%, Strategy 10.2%

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