Games like The HELL

Looking for that same dark and tense spark as The HELL? These games line up well for what comes next.

1. The HELL Prologue

   

   Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.

   Also in City builder · Dark, Tense, Replayable

   72%72% of 25 Steam reviews are positiveFree

2. Sintopia

   

   Run Hell Incorporated: process sinful souls through automated punishment facilities, keep your imployees paid, and poke at the Overworld with divine powers. A darkly funny management sim where the paperwork is eternal and the profit margins are yours. Build, automate, and decide what kind of deity you want to be.

   Also in City builder · Dark, Replayable, Surreal

   80%80% of 985 Steam reviews are positive54Players online now: 54$24.49

3. Hell Architect

   

   Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

   Also in City builder · Dark, Replayable, Surreal

   64%64% of 359 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$24.99

4. Songs of Syx

   

   Songs of Syx is a low fantasy city-builder where a scrappy village can grow into a metropolis and empire, simulated citizen by citizen. You lay out houses and streets, balance food, work and upkeep, and lead real-time battles with thousands of soldiers. Deep, systemic, and highly replayable.

   Also in City builder · Replayable

   94%94% of 9,159 Steam reviews are positive656Players online now: 656$24.99

5. Cataclismo

   

   Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist. By day you gather resources and raise walls; by night the hordes come, and every block you placed gets tested. A real-time strategy game about building tall, aiming from battlements, and losing gracefully.

   Also in City builder · Dark, Tense, Replayable

   88%88% of 3,968 Steam reviews are positive85Players online now: 85$29.99

6. 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 · Dark, Replayable

   79%79% of 2,618 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$29.99

7. 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 · Dark, Replayable

   94%94% of 33,646 Steam reviews are positive1.2KPlayers online now: 1,193$29.99

8. 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 · Replayable

   85%85% of 7,771 Steam reviews are positive254Players online now: 254$19.99

9. 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 can survive the Prophecy. A turn-based city builder with board-game worker placement, dark comedy and a doom that keeps coming.

   Also in City builder · Replayable

   95%95% of 2,579 Steam reviews are positive36Players online now: 36$17.59

10. Celestial Empire

    

    Ancient China needs a governor, and the Emperor has picked you. Found a city among mountains and rivers, build production chains from farm to silk robe, trade with neighbouring settlements and keep the gods on your side through harsh winters. A calm, colorful city builder where every playthrough grows differently.

    Also in City builder · Replayable

    89%89% of 741 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

11. Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    

    The gates of hell have opened, and your answer is a well, a log cabin and a very sharp stick. Judgment is a colony sim where you grow a survivor camp, scavenge a demon-infested world and research both science and dark magic to push the hellspawn back. A grim, tense, deeply replayable fight for one more day.

    Also in City builder · Dark, Tense, Replayable

    80%80% of 2,113 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

12. 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 · Dark, Replayable

    77%77% of 1,315 Steam reviews are positive93Players online now: 93$29.99

Cheaper than The HELL

Post-Apo Builder

Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts!

37%37% of 54 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Dawnfolk

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

94%94% of 673 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$9.74

Frostpunk

Frostpunk is a society survival game about keeping the last city on Earth alive in an endless freeze.

92%92% of 115,212 Steam reviews are positive2.5KPlayers online now: 2,526$2.99

Hearth and Hamlet

Grow a pixel art medieval settlement at your own pace, assigning workers, passing laws and trading as the numbers climb.

79%79% of 2,371 Steam reviews are positive89Players online now: 89$7.99

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

Pixel Colony

Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources.

93%93% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

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 1,856 Steam reviews are positive45Players online now: 45$2.84

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

92%92% of 353 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$6.99

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.

91%91% of 700 Steam reviews are positive64Players online now: 64$9.66

MicroTown

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

94%94% of 445 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

pyramida

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night.

84%84% of 709 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Hell's High Harmonizers

Object heads, monsters and humans. A simulation game of living in Hell where you meet and adventure with a diverse range of residents.

88%88% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Hidden gems like The HELL

Dawnfolk

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

94%94% of 673 Steam reviews are positive9Players online now: 9$9.74

Celestial Empire

Found a mountain city, grow it from farm fields to silk robes, and answer to the Emperor and the gods alike.

89%89% of 741 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

After Inc: Revival

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

78%78% of 1,533 Steam reviews are positive119Players online now: 119$10.79

Sintopia

Process sinful souls through automated punishment facilities while meddling in the Overworld with divine powers.

80%80% of 985 Steam reviews are positive54Players online now: 54$24.49

Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder

Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.

83%83% of 756 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$14.99

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 1,315 Steam reviews are positive93Players online now: 93$29.99

DarkSwitch

DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog.

77%77% of 759 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$34.99

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%95% of 2,579 Steam reviews are positive36Players online now: 36$17.59

Worshippers of Cthulhu

Lead the Cult of Cthulhu. Build island cities, run production chains, carve symbols into your followers and perform rituals to Dagon and stranger…

80%80% of 1,316 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$24.99

Cataclismo

Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist.

88%88% of 3,968 Steam reviews are positive85Players online now: 85$29.99

Scorchlands

Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder.

88%88% of 115 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Settlements Rising

Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game.

79%79% of 423 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$18.99

Newest games like The HELL

After Inc: Revival

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

78%78% of 1,533 Steam reviews are positive119Players online now: 119$10.79

Hearth and Hamlet

Grow a pixel art medieval settlement at your own pace, assigning workers, passing laws and trading as the numbers climb.

79%79% of 2,371 Steam reviews are positive89Players online now: 89$7.99

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

Gold Gold Adventure Gold

Build a hand-drawn fantasy town, send mothmen and undead adventurers into dungeons, and raise a pet Godbeast while every run plays out differently.

70%70% of 940 Steam reviews are positive12Players online now: 12$24.99

Sintopia

Process sinful souls through automated punishment facilities while meddling in the Overworld with divine powers.

80%80% of 985 Steam reviews are positive54Players online now: 54$24.49

DarkSwitch

DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog.

77%77% of 759 Steam reviews are positive8Players online now: 8$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 1,315 Steam reviews are positive93Players online now: 93$29.99

Celestial Empire

Found a mountain city, grow it from farm fields to silk robes, and answer to the Emperor and the gods alike.

89%89% of 741 Steam reviews are positive16Players online now: 16$19.99

Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder

Found a frontier city, keep your citizens alive through famine and raids, and rebuild differently every run.

83%83% of 756 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$14.99

The HELL Prologue

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster.

72%72% of 25 Steam reviews are positiveFree

Worshippers of Cthulhu

Lead the Cult of Cthulhu. Build island cities, run production chains, carve symbols into your followers and perform rituals to Dagon and stranger…

80%80% of 1,316 Steam reviews are positive6Players online now: 6$24.99

Cataclismo

Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist.

88%88% of 3,968 Steam reviews are positive85Players online now: 85$29.99