Evertown
Evertown is a RTS (real-time strategy) game with some survival elements. The goal is to raise your town to make it safe (the longest you can).
43% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Games like Grim Nights
Looking for that same retro and tense spark as Grim Nights? You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
pyramida
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Also in Colony sim · Replayable
84% of 710 Steam reviews are positive$2.99Grim Realms
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.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Tense, Replayable
79% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99Rise to Ruins
A godlike village sim where you build by day and hold the walls at night. Raise a village, keep it fed, then watch monsters pour in and learn from every ruin. Part colony sim, part tower defense, part playing a small, tired deity with a grudge against the dark.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Tense, Replayable
87% of 7,242 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 28$14.99Risen Kingdom
Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.
Also in Colony sim · Retro
78% of 437 Steam reviews are positive$2.99The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Also in Colony sim · Replayable
68% of 362 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Diplomacy is Not an Option
A medieval fantasy RTS where the king is a pig, the peasants are revolting, and up to 25,000 enemies storm your walls. Build a town, raise armies, dabble in dark magic and hold the line with real-time-with-pause tactics. How long can you survive?
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Tense, Replayable
85% of 11,064 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 577$11.99Pixel Survivors
Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!
Retro, Replayable
57% of 175 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Emberwake
A dark fantasy survival strategy game where you manage villagers, gather resources, and defend a burning campfire against waves of undead in a relentless battle for survival.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Tense, Replayable
64% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Becastled
Becastled is a colorful strategy game with two rhythms: build a medieval kingdom by day, then hold its walls against the Moon Beasts by night. Farms and taverns feed your people, ballistas and trebuchets guard the battlements, and every sunset tests how well you planned. Cozy building meets real siege pressure.
81% of 5,395 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 115$19.99Craft Hero
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
Retro, Replayable
81% of 370 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$4.99Signal Zone
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.
Retro, Tense, Replayable
76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99The Ember Guardian
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Also in Colony sim · Retro, Tense, Replayable
81% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Cheaper than Grim Nights
Don't Bite Me Bro! +
Don't Bite Me Bro! is a 1-4 Player Couch Co-op open-world zombie apocalypse game.
80% of 337 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Oh My Gore!
Control the Powers of Evil to crush the Good Guys! Take control of the revived God of War Raelius, recruit evil minions, build bastions of doom and…
87% of 446 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
ROD: Revolt Of Defense
Explore a random generated space. Find artifacts and treasure maps. Build and develop your base on a flying platform.
80% of 526 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Scrapnaut
Scrapnaut is a co-op & singleplayer top-down, base building survival game with steampunk elements.
69% of 735 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$1.39
Chromosome Evil 2
Command a strike team and a resource-starved convoy through a Lovecraftian apocalypse, in real time or with active pause.
87% of 256 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 54$19.99
Battle Time
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army.
78% of 155 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Grimgrad
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
47% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$2.69
Zafehouse: Diaries
Stuck in a remote, abandoned town, you must lead five survivors with conflicting motivations, fragile relationships and fiery prejudices to safety…
67% of 315 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Endless Horde
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists.
64% of 171 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Scribbleman Army
Explore a dark cave. Craft tons of units to help you collect resources. Create new buildings and unlock new recipes.
59% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Swag and Sorcery
Grind for resources, manage your own fantasy village, create and equip your heroes and send them to collect swag in Swag and Sorcery - a new…
54% of 2,319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$2.59
Hidden gems like Grim Nights
Dawnfolk
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.
94% of 676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$9.74
Crown Siege
Spawn troops, level them up and rebuild your strategy mid-siege in a colorful pixel war that fits into short sessions.
80% of 427 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$9.99
The Ember Guardian
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
81% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
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% of 2,579 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 36$17.59
Cataclismo
Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist.
88% of 3,974 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$29.99
The King is Watching
Watch your kingdom into working order, one glance at a time, and rebuild it better after every fall.
88% of 9,319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 244$14.99
Tinyfolks
Tinyfolks is a minimalist strategy RPG with crisp pixel art: train a tiny squad of folks, upgrade a tiny town and march them out against 70+…
93% of 1,077 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$3.99
Signal Zone
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy.
76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Becastled
Raise a bright medieval kingdom, then keep its walls standing when the Moon Beasts arrive at sunset.
81% of 5,395 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 115$19.99
Nested Lands
A dark medieval survival RPG where your village is your lifeline.
73% of 531 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse.
76% of 213 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99
Grim Realms
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves?
79% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
Newest games like Grim Nights
Crown Siege
Spawn troops, level them up and rebuild your strategy mid-siege in a colorful pixel war that fits into short sessions.
80% of 427 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$9.99
Stoneguard
To protect the magical Lifestone, you must strategise, manage and build a fortified settlement.
74% of 74 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$6.99
The Ember Guardian
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
81% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$19.99
Signal Zone
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy.
76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Nested Lands
A dark medieval survival RPG where your village is your lifeline.
73% of 531 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 20$14.99
Monsters are Coming!
Fight, build towers and keep your rolling town alive as it pushes toward the Ark through the dark.
79% of 2,840 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 114$8.99
Becastled
Raise a bright medieval kingdom, then keep its walls standing when the Moon Beasts arrive at sunset.
81% of 5,395 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 115$19.99
Necesse
Necesse drops you into an endless pixel world with bare hands and a big idea: build a settlement, recruit settlers to run it, then head out to fight…
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 545$14.99
After Long Night
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise…
72% of 384 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
City Defense Z
Build up your base in daylight, then hold it against the zombie horde after dark, with every failed run making the next one stronger.
72% of 320 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$9.99
The King is Watching
Watch your kingdom into working order, one glance at a time, and rebuild it better after every fall.
88% of 9,319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 244$14.99
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse.
76% of 213 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$9.99