Games like Frostpunk

Still thinking about Frostpunk and its dark and atmospheric tone? You might settle into these games easily.

1. New Cycle

   

   After solar flares end the old world, you lead survivors from a bare settlement to an industrial metropolis. Balance food, water and work through storms, disease and hard choices, then rebuild the machines of the past. A dark, demanding city builder about dragging civilization back from the edge.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

   79%79% of 2,617 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$29.99

2. Frozen Ship

   

   Frozen Ship is an open-world survival game where you manage an entire city on wheels. Building, crafting, research, medicine, resource gathering, and hunting — you decide what your people will do and how your city will develop.

   Also in Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

   77%77% of 174 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$19.99

3. Oxygen: First Breath

   

   Keep the power on through deadly winds, frosts and droughts, scavenge the ruins, and lead your survivors through the first 50 days.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

   88%88% of 1,665 Steam reviews are positiveFree

4. DarkSwitch

   

   Build a city up the trunk and boughs of a 200-meter tree, manage eleven resources under shrinking light, and hold the fog at bay with flame and zip lines. A dark fantasy survival builder with a 20-hour branching story and a soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka. The Tree Prevails, if you can pull it off.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

   78%78% of 769 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$34.99

5. Settlement Survival

   

   Lead a band of survivors to a new home and raise a town from nothing: shape the land itself, plant crops, survive winters and disasters, and grow a settlement worth moving to. A colorful, low-pressure survival city builder where every map is new and every town plays out differently.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Replayable

   85%85% of 7,783 Steam reviews are positive254Players online now: 254$19.99

6. ALL WILL FALL

   

   Manage water, food and factions, scavenge the receding ocean floor, and grow a shanty town into a megastructure that (hopefully) stays standing.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

   77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

7. Endzone - A World Apart

   

   Lead the last survivors back to the surface, 150 years after an ecological disaster ended the world. Build them a settlement in a land of radiation, toxic rain, droughts and raiders, and keep it alive. A harsh, atmospheric colony sim that rewards careful planning and does not forgive much.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

   76%76% of 8,358 Steam reviews are positive72Players online now: 72$24.99

8. Floodland

   

   A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

   54%54% of 942 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$19.99

9. Against the Storm

   

   A dark fantasy city builder about founding short-lived settlements in endless rain. As the Queen's Viceroy, you lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes and harpies, raise each outpost to reputation, then start over somewhere new with upgrades in hand.

   Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Atmospheric, Replayable

   94%94% of 33,684 Steam reviews are positive1.1KPlayers online now: 1,102$29.99

10. After Inc: Revival

    

    Decades after the Necroa Virus, survivors climb out of their bunkers into a green, broken Britain. Build settlements, scavenge ruins, train fighters and make the calls that shape a new society, from food policy to government. A survival colony sim with bite, from the creator of Plague Inc.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

    78%78% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positive158Players online now: 158$10.79

11. Frostrain

    

    You drive the last train through a frozen world, stacking cars like cards and keeping passengers happy while a storm chews at your tail. Short runs, tough choices and a bleak, beautiful wasteland make it easy to say "one more go" long after midnight.

    Dark, Replayable, Tense

    92%92% of 2,801 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5Free

12. Patron

    

    Patron is a survival city builder where the people are the hard part. Grow a medieval village into a city, keep the farms and production chains running, and juggle religion, immigration and taxes before your citizens turn on you.

    Also in City builder and Colony sim · Dark, Replayable

    72%72% of 2,896 Steam reviews are positive15Players online now: 15$19.99

Cheaper than Frostpunk

This War of Mine

Keep a small group of ordinary people alive in a war-torn city, scavenging by night and holding on by day.

92%92% of 89,572 Steam reviews are positive1.2KPlayers online now: 1,213$1.99

ICY: Frostbite Edition

ICY: Frostbite Edition is a narrative-driven post-apocalyptic survival RPG set in a new Ice Age.

85%85% of 335 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Beholder

Snoop through an apartment building for the regime, then decide which neighbors deserve to be reported and which secrets stay buried.

91%91% of 23,411 Steam reviews are positive76Players online now: 76$1.39

Urbek City Builder

Grow a city from farm village to nightlife district, balancing food, coal, education and dozens of other resources as it expands.

89%89% of 1,860 Steam reviews are positive45Players online now: 45$2.84

Unclaimed World

Manage interstellar pioneers and their descendants in this detailed sci-fi colony sim.

49%49% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$1.18

Scrapnaut

Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements.

69%69% of 735 Steam reviews are positive7Players online now: 7$1.39

Zafehouse: Diaries

Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety…

67%67% of 315 Steam reviews are positive$1.99

Grimgrad

Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

47%47% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$2.69

Undholm

A dwarfish colony sim set in a fantasy world. Inspired by Rimworld and Banished.

62%62% of 82 Steam reviews are positive$1.99

Factory Town Idle

Grow a small fantasy town by putting workers to work, crafting goods and trading them for steady, satisfying growth.

90%90% of 1,248 Steam reviews are positive42Players online now: 42$1.24

Chromosome Evil 2

Command a strike team and a resource-starved convoy through a Lovecraftian apocalypse, in real time or with active pause.

87%87% of 256 Steam reviews are positive54Players online now: 54$19.99

CivCity: Rome

Grow a small settlement into a busy Roman city, peeking inside its villas and baths while new technologies unlock along the way.

71%71% of 823 Steam reviews are positive20Players online now: 20$2.49

Hidden gems like Frostpunk

Frostrain 2

You are the last Conductor left, in charge of a train full of freezing passengers who all expect you to know what you are doing.

89%89% of 403 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$10.99

Dawnfolk

Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.

94%94% of 675 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$9.74

After Inc: Revival

Decades after the Necroa Virus, survivors climb out of their bunkers into a green, broken Britain.

78%78% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positive158Players online now: 158$10.79

DarkSwitch

Grow a vertical settlement on a giant tree and keep the fog from eating it.

78%78% of 769 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$34.99

ALL WILL FALL

Lead flood survivors, scavenge a drying seabed and stack a shanty town toward the sky while physics, hunger and factions test every beam.

77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

dotAGE

You are the Elder, and you have seen the end of the world. Lead your Pips to an empty valley, assign them their daily work and build a village that…

95%95% of 2,580 Steam reviews are positive36Players online now: 36$17.59

Frozen Ship

Frozen Ship is an open-world survival game where you manage an entire city on wheels.

77%77% of 174 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$19.99

Frostrain

Build a train from cards, keep your passengers alive and race a frozen apocalypse to the Promised Land.

92%92% of 2,801 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5Free

Ecopunk

Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

80%80% of 142 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$22.99

Outlanders

Place buildings, set your folk to work, and watch a colorful little settlement grow at its own peaceful pace.

91%91% of 463 Steam reviews are positive17Players online now: 17$9.99

Oxygen: First Breath

Build a settlement around the Oxygen Center and keep your people breathing through the disasters of a broken world.

88%88% of 1,665 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse.

76%76% of 213 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$9.99

Newest games like Frostpunk

Wall World Strategy

Build a colony on an endless vertical structure, manage its people and resources, and survive what lives in the dark.

71%71% of 121 Steam reviews are positive667Players online now: 667$16.99

After Inc: Revival

Decades after the Necroa Virus, survivors climb out of their bunkers into a green, broken Britain.

78%78% of 1,543 Steam reviews are positive158Players online now: 158$10.79

Frozen Ship

Frozen Ship is an open-world survival game where you manage an entire city on wheels.

77%77% of 174 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$19.99

Frostrain 2

You are the last Conductor left, in charge of a train full of freezing passengers who all expect you to know what you are doing.

89%89% of 403 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$10.99

MEGACITY

Run a post-collapse megacity where every decree has a cost. Balance industry, survival, politics, war, ecology, and human lives in idle-strategy…

88%88% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Sinner Maker

Run a village of flawed little souls after the Rapture, juggling homes, food, love lives and sins to earn your way into heaven.

90%90% of 708 Steam reviews are positive64Players online now: 64$9.66

Generation Exile

Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder.

65%65% of 49 Steam reviews are positive$29.99

DarkSwitch

Grow a vertical settlement on a giant tree and keep the fog from eating it.

78%78% of 769 Steam reviews are positive10Players online now: 10$34.99

ALL WILL FALL

Lead flood survivors, scavenge a drying seabed and stack a shanty town toward the sky while physics, hunger and factions test every beam.

77%77% of 1,317 Steam reviews are positive92Players online now: 92$22.49

Nested Lands

A dark medieval survival RPG where your village is your lifeline.

73%73% of 531 Steam reviews are positive20Players online now: 20$14.99

Epoch Cycle

Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world.

69%69% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

Ecopunk

Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

80%80% of 142 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$22.99