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2013PC, Steam Deck playable85 % positive19.50 €

An enormously deep open-source survival roguelike in a post-apocalyptic New England where you juggle hunger, illness and zombies, build vehicles and shelters, and carve out your own goals with no fixed objective.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Resources and survival
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
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10 games with a similar feel, best match first · How is this calculated?

#1 95%Match

Project Zomboid

Very positive · 94 % positive

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Resources and survival
  • Sandbox with your own goals
from 25.49 €2 shops

Project Zomboid

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#2 92 %Match

7 Days to Die

Very positive · 87 % positive

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Resources and survival
from 43.99 €3 shops

7 Days to Die

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#3 88 %Match

Caves of Qud

Very positive · 94 % positive

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Dense, handcrafted world
from 30.49 €3 shops

Caves of Qud

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#4 86 %Match

State of Decay

Very positive · 84 % positive

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Resources and survival
  • Building and crafting
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State of Decay

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#5 86 %Match

Dwarf Fortress

Very positive · 94 % positive

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Resources and survival
  • Deep systems to master
from 24.39 €2 shops

Dwarf Fortress

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  • Steam PC · until tomorrow 24.39 € 30.49 € −20 % Go to shop
  • Instant Gaming* PC Price in shop Go to shop

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Places 6–10

Just missed the podium

  1. 6. State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition

    Because of Post-apocalyptic setting

  2. 7. Outbreak Island

    Because of Resources and survival

  3. 8. Survivalist: Invisible Strain

    Because of Post-apocalyptic setting

  4. 9. State of Decay 2

    Because of Post-apocalyptic setting

  5. 10. Don't Starve

    Because of Resources and survival

In short: Games like Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

Each of these 10 games has a piece of what makes Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead tick. What exactly is right there on the game. No black box, promise.

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