Best survival strategy games
Survival strategies combine management, construction, and a constant sense of threat. The player has to take care of resources, monitor the morale of the survivors, and make difficult decisions—all against the backdrop of cold, monsters, or an impending disaster.
In our list are the best representatives of the genre: from Frostpunk to They Are Billions and Against the Storm. These games test not only strategic thinking but also the strength of nerves: it is not always possible to save everyone, but that is what makes the genre so captivating.
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival
October 17, 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
87/100
RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group of people who...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Medieval era, Simulation, Survival, Historical, City Building
November 8, 2022
Players:
10/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
76/100
City planning simulator about Vikings. Players are engaged in the development of the settlement, turning the village into a prosperous city. A good jarl knows how...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Steampunk, Zombies, Survival
June 18, 2019
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
74/100
They Are Billions is a hardcore real-time tactical strategy game in steampunk style. The game takes place in a harsh post-apocalyptic world, where an infection has...
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Simulation, City Building, Sandbox, Historical, Fantasy, Construction
November 1, 2022
Players:
8/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
91/100
A city-planning simulator in a dark fantasy world in which you need to restore civilization and save it from deadly rains. Players take on the role of the Scorched...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Business / Management, Simulation
July 20, 2017
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Kingdoms and Castles is a real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view, inspired by games such as Stronghold and Banished. You can build your own medieval...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Medieval era, Historical, Zombies
February 9, 2022
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
80/100
The game combines city building, real-time strategy and castle defense mechanics, turning each battle into a large-scale challenge. The main character is a medieval...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Construction
September 15, 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A city-building simulator set in a world after the disappearance of humanity. The Earth has changed, and a new civilization is being built by beavers who have...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, Simulation
October 22, 2019
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
71/100
Surviving the Aftermath — a real-time management strategy game from the creators of Surviving Mars. The game allows you to build a colony of people who survived a...
Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management
April 11, 2024
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
84/100
The world is engulfed by a virus that turns those infected into aggressive and powerful monsters. Settlements are deserted and resources are scarce. The player...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 7, 2021
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the embodiment of...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
April 3, 2020
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...
Strategy, Indie, In real time, Science fiction, Action, Isometric, Simulation, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Space
December 3, 2020
Players:
6/10
Steam:
94/100
Creeper World 4 is an indie real-time strategy game in which you need to protect a small island of land from a liquid entity that has swallowed up more than one...
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