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2026PC

A city-building survival sim in a flooded world: you grow a settlement around a lighthouse, manage scarce resources and make moral decisions that decide the survivors' fate.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Resources and survival
  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management

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In short: Games like Drownlight

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Drownlight special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Floodland

93 %Match

2022PC54 % positive19.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Drownlight: a post-apocalyptic setting, scarce resources and survival as well as building and crafting.

A city-building survival game set in a world flooded by climate change, where you scavenge resources, build a settlement and make hard choices to unite rival clans.

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Ixion

Economy and management

As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

Frostpunk

Economy and management

Lead the last city on a frozen, steam-powered Earth, juggling heat, coal and food while signing laws that test your morals. A bleak, tense city-builder where survival constantly clashes with humanity.

Frostpunk 2

Economy and management

A society-management strategy game in a frozen world where you lead a growing city through factional politics, moral dilemmas and scarce resources. Every decision about laws and expansion has tangible consequences for your people.

Endzone 2

Post-apocalyptic setting

A post-apocalyptic survival colony builder where you keep a settlement alive in a hostile, ravaged world. Managing resources, weather, hazards and your settlers demands careful long-term planning.

The Wandering Village

Post-apocalyptic setting

You build and manage a village on the back of a giant wandering creature and nurture a bond with it as you travel together through a post-apocalyptic world. City-building, resource management and survival meet a painterly, atmospheric setting.

All Will Fall

Post-apocalyptic setting

A post-apocalyptic colony survival sim where you build huge floating ocean cities using physics-based 3D construction. Resource management, supply chains and tough political decisions decide whether your people survive.

Frozen Ship

Calm and deliberate

A first-person adventure that mixes survival, crafting and building with economic strategy and a narrative thread. Little is known about the game, so this rating relies mainly on the provided description.

This War of Mine

Economy and management

Instead of soldiers, you guide a group of civilians through a besieged city, maintaining your shelter by day and scavenging dangerous ruins by night. Harsh moral dilemmas between survival and humanity make it a haunting, unforgettable experience.

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