Games like Zombie Cure Lab
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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.
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-30%$8.39From Glory To Goo
Apr 2 · Stratagem Blue
Both: Base Building · Tower Defense · Resource Management
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.
Base BuildingRTSTower DefenseReal-Time with PauseAction RTSResource ManagementColony SimCity BuilderStrategySandbox👍 1,796
-30%$17.49Infection Free Zone
Apr 11 · Jutsu Games
Both: Base Building · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
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!
Early AccessBase BuildingPost-apocalypticZombiesCity BuilderStrategyManagementSurvivalSimulationRTS👍 16,573
$29.99Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
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.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,036
$34.99Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,783
$24.99Flotsam
Dec 4 · Pajama Llama Games
Both: Base Building · Colony Sim · City Builder
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.
Base BuildingColony SimCity BuilderSandboxResource ManagementAutomationSurvivalOpen WorldFarming SimReal-Time with Pause👍 4,309
$29.99Night of the Dead
May 31 · Jackto Studios
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense · Base Building
'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!
Open World Survival CraftZombiesTower DefenseMultiplayerSingleplayerOnline Co-OpOpen WorldCraftingSurvivalBase Building👍 10,381
$19.99Surviving the Abyss
Nov 5 · Rocket Flair Studios
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Base Building
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
City BuilderColony SimExplorationUnderwaterBuildingManagementBase BuildingSurvivalDifficultEconomy👍 1,045
$19.99Dread Dawn
Sep 30 · Kioop
Both: Zombies · Sandbox · Base Building
This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.
ZombiesSurvivalExplorationSandboxOpen WorldBase BuildingTower DefenseAdventureRPGAtmospheric👍 2,113
$29.99The Wandering Village
Jul 17 · Stray Fawn Studio
Both: City Builder · Post-apocalyptic · Colony Sim
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?
City BuilderManagementSimulationPost-apocalypticColony SimResource ManagementExplorationCuteNatureSurvival👍 7,741
$34.99Solargene
Jan 19 · Alexander Semenov
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Colony SimBase BuildingCity BuilderSpace SimResource ManagementSandboxManagementBuildingEconomyStrategy👍 777
-35%$20.79The Crust
11 days ago · VEOM Studio
Both: Base Building · Colony Sim · Resource Management
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.
Base BuildingSpaceAutomationColony SimResource ManagementSandboxStrategyCity BuilderBuildingManagement👍 3,556
$19.99Survive the Nights
Dec 5 · a2z Interactive
Both: Zombies · Sandbox · Post-apocalyptic
Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?
ZombiesMultiplayerSandboxSurvivalPost-apocalypticAtmosphericRealisticInventory ManagementAdventureShooter👍 4,723
$19.99HumanitZ
Feb 6 · Yodubzz Studios
Both: Zombies · Base Building · Sandbox
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.
SurvivalZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerBase BuildingCraftingSandboxIsometricPost-apocalypticShooter👍 11,166
$29.99Cataclismo
Mar 20 · Digital Sun
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Colony Sim
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.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingGrand StrategyManagementBuildingHistoricalEconomyColony Sim👍 3,897
-50%$9.99Microtopia
Feb 18 · Cordyceps Collective
Both: Colony Sim · Resource Management · Sandbox
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Colony SimAutomationProcedural GenerationResource ManagementSandboxSci-fiRobotsFuturisticBase BuildingCity Builder👍 881
$29.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
Oct 4 · Door 407
Both: Resource Management · Zombies · Base Building
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Resource ManagementMedievalHistoricalZombiesBase BuildingColony SimRTSDifficultAction RTSSurvival👍 10,910
$11.99Ocean Punk
Apr 26 · Infinite Studio
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Colony Sim · Base Building
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Post-apocalypticPiratesColony SimBase BuildingSurvivalSandboxResource ManagementPixel GraphicsAdventureExploration👍 118
$29.99Empires of the Undergrowth
Jun 7 · Slug Disco
Both: Base Building · City Builder · Colony Sim
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
StrategySimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementGrand StrategyColony SimSandboxBuildingHistorical👍 17,498
$44.997 Days to Die
Jul 25 · The Fun Pimps
Both: Zombies · Base Building · Post-apocalyptic
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
SurvivalZombiesMultiplayerOpen WorldOpen World Survival CraftBase BuildingPost-apocalypticOnline Co-OpVoxelBuilding👍 279,474
$29.99New Cycle
Jan 18 · Core Engage
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Post-apocalyptic
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.
City BuilderStrategySurvivalBuildingColony SimPost-apocalypticRealisticSimulationBase BuildingTop-Down👍 2,602
$15.99Plan B: Terraform
Aug 29 · Gaddy Games
Both: Resource Management · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
AutomationResource ManagementSimulationTransportationColony SimSandboxTrainsBase BuildingColorfulHex Grid👍 3,528
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Resource Management
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$29.99Against the Storm
Dec 8 · Eremite Games
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Resource Management
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.
StrategySimulationCity BuilderBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementHistoricalColony Sim👍 33,296
-70%$4.49Diluvian Winds
Apr 25 · Alambik Studio
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Resource Management
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
City BuilderStrategyBase BuildingResource ManagementColony SimCuteColorful2DSandboxBuilding👍 319
-43%$11.39Survival Machine
Jun 12 · Grape Pickers
Both: Tower Defense · Base Building · Zombies
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?
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingOnline Co-OpZombiesResource ManagementCraftingCombatExplorationThird Person👍 692
$11.99Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Apr 25 · Bob
Both: Colony Sim · Post-apocalyptic · Base Building
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
Dialogue HeavyOpen World Survival CraftColony SimRPGRTSPost-apocalypticBase BuildingThird PersonActionCharacter Customization👍 4,016
$29.99The Universim
Jan 22 · Crytivo
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
City BuilderColony SimGod GameSandboxBuildingSurvivalManagementSpaceStrategySimulation👍 8,464
$16.99No One Survived
Dec 27 · Cat Play Studio
Both: Zombies · Post-apocalyptic
This is a multiplayer cooperative open world construction survival sandbox game, where you and your friends must find supplies and build shelters in this world. You have to keep an eye on your character's needs state at all times, a bad state is likely to lead to death.
SurvivalOpen WorldZombiesMultiplayerCraftingSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticExplorationBuildingCo-op👍 6,970
$11.99Scorchlands
Jul 25 · Ringlab
Both: Resource Management · City Builder · Colony Sim
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Hex GridResource ManagementStylizedSingleplayerCity BuilderColony SimSandboxManagementBase BuildingStrategy👍 115
$9.99Zombie Builder Defense 2
Nov 10 · Noham Games
Both: Zombies · Post-apocalyptic · Base Building
Defend against hordes of zombies in this fun filled top-down shooter. Build and upgrade your base, unlock powerful guns, and take on challenging bosses with up to 4 players in online co-op. Play minigames to earn bonuses and survive the zombie apocalypse one night at a time!
ActionArcadeShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterTop-DownBuildingZombiesPost-apocalypticBase Building👍 210
$6.99Another Try 2
Apr 17 · Hoki Wolf Studio
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
The virus has devastated cities and lands. Most of the population died, the rest turned into the walking dead. You're one of the last survivors. Do whatever it takes to last another day.
Early AccessSurvivalAdventurePost-apocalypticZombiesExplorationLootCraftingDrivingAction👍 1,002
$19.99Dawn Apart
Jul 14 · Industrial Technology and Witchcraft
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Resource Management
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Colony SimBase BuildingAutomationStrategyCraftingVoxelSpaceSimulationResource ManagementPhysics👍 245
$19.99Havendock
Apr 22 · YYZ Studio
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
SingleplayerStrategyCity BuilderColony SimSandboxAgricultureAutomationBuildingCraftingBase Building👍 1,504
$19.99Terminus: Zombie Survivors
Aug 19 · Longplay Studios
Both: Zombies · Sandbox
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?
SurvivalZombiesRoguelikeOpen World Survival CraftTurn-Based StrategyOpen WorldSandboxRPGPixel GraphicsExploration👍 4,341
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Base Building · Tower Defense · Sandbox
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$3.99Last Hope: Zombie Autobattler
Jul 27 · Hands-Off Games
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies · Resource Management
Build your towers and let them do the killing! Connect 12 unique towers through the Reactor to discover 144 devastating synergies. Kill endless zombie hordes, mutate them for bigger rewards, and push your build to the limit in a chaotic bullet hell.
Tower DefenseIdlerZombiesBullet HeavenRogueliteRoguelikeResource ManagementSurvivalPost-apocalypticStrategy
-60%$9.99Synergy
Apr 16 · Leikir Studio
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Resource Management
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
StylizedCity BuilderEconomyColony SimStrategyResource ManagementIsometricColorfulBuildingNature👍 694
$22.00Ratopia
Apr 30 · Cassel Games
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
BuildingColony SimBase BuildingSurvivalDifficultStrategyCity Builder2DCuteManagement👍 4,639
-30%$20.99Desynced
Mar 5 · Stage Games Inc.
Both: Base Building · Sandbox · City Builder
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
StrategyAutomationProgrammingBase BuildingSandboxCity BuilderRTSSci-fiMultiplayerSimulation👍 1,880
$24.99Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Apr 9 · PikPok
Both: Zombies · Post-apocalyptic
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.
ZombiesSurvival HorrorPost-apocalypticHorrorActionPsychological Horror2.5DChoices MatterNonlinearMultiple Endings👍 9,058
$0.99O Reino em outro Mundo
May 28 · Thiago Sousa
Both: City Builder · Tower Defense · Colony Sim
You have been transported to a procedurally generated voxel world where every decision matters. Manage resources, fight zombies and prepare for the harsh winters. Survive, build and thrive in an environment full of challenges and discoveries.
Early AccessExplorationChoose Your Own AdventureIncrementalCity BuilderTower DefenseColony SimArcheryHuntingFishing
$19.99Last Remains
Feb 17 · Earn Alliance
Both: Zombies · Post-apocalyptic
"Last Remains" is a highly challenging multiplayer zombie survival game. Players must survive in a city overrun by the undead, scavenging for food, arming themselves, avoiding zombies, searching for loot, plundering other survivors, and finding any possible way to escape.
ActionZombiesPvPMOBAOnline Co-OpBattle RoyaleThird-Person ShooterPost-apocalyptic3DMassively Multiplayer👍 914
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
Both: Base Building · City Builder · Sandbox
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$39.99Satisfactory
Sep 10 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Base Building · Resource Management · Sandbox
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Base BuildingAutomationOpen WorldCraftingMultiplayerCo-opBuildingResource ManagementSandboxExploration👍 235,059
$4.99Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies
Command automated military defenses, upgrade your fortress, and survive massive zombie waves in this action-packed idle defense game. Build powerful defenses, unlock upgrades, and hold the line against endless undead hordes.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualSurvivalShoot 'Em UpIncrementalShooter3D
-55%$13.49Forever Skies
Apr 14 · Far From Home
Both: Base Building
A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.
SingleplayerCo-opExplorationSurvivalBase BuildingOpen WorldCraftingOpen World Survival CraftAdventureAction👍 8,139
$19.99MegaFactory Titan
Jun 2 · Q Switched Productions, LLC
Both: Resource Management · Base Building · City Builder
A factory-building game. Survive a harsh climate, strip mine an infinite world, and build a sprawling factory, then trade or go to war with Colonists, Governments, Pirates, Rebels, and more!
BuildingAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingProcedural GenerationMiningCity BuilderManagementCapitalismEconomy👍 150
$17.59dotAGE
Oct 4 · Michele Pirovano
Both: Resource Management · City Builder · Colony Sim
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Resource ManagementTurn-BasedRogueliteCity BuilderPixel GraphicsBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopColony SimSurvival👍 2,560
$5.99Night Raider
Jan 26 · TSUKUYOMIC
Both: Zombies
Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...
AdventureGun CustomizationTop-Down ShooterInventory ManagementPixel GraphicsZombiesPerma DeathDarkExplorationShooter👍 1,910
$23.99The Planet Crafter
Apr 10 · Miju Games
Both: Base Building
A space survival open world terraforming crafting game, designed for 1 to 10 players. Alter the ecosystem of an inhospitable planet to render it habitable for humanity. Survive, gather resources, and build your base. Then, generate oxygen, warmth, and pressure to create a brand new biosphere.
Base BuildingOpen World Survival CraftSurvivalOnline Co-OpCo-opBuildingCraftingSpaceOpen WorldExploration👍 68,913
Fractured Veil
Jan 25 · Paddle Creek Games
Both: Zombies · Base Building · Resource Management
Embrace the Aloha Spirit to chill in your choice of safe & social PvE only servers or PvP only. Build with a quick craft and effortless building system. Take a killer risk into the jungle for greater rewards and endless exploration where you'll meet mutants and friendly vendors waiting to say Aloha.
Early AccessExplorationBuildingZombiesSurvival HorrorSimulationBase BuildingResource ManagementPvEMultiplayer
$24.99InfraSpace
Sep 22 · Dionic Software
Both: City Builder · Resource Management · Sandbox
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
City BuilderAutomationTransportationSpaceResource ManagementSandboxBuildingEconomyManagementSci-fi👍 1,638
$34.99Abiotic Factor
Jul 22 · Deep Field Games
Both: Base Building
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
SurvivalOnline Co-OpOpen World Survival CraftCraftingBase BuildingSci-fiExplorationCo-op CampaignMultiplayerFirst-Person👍 42,120
