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Games like Colonies of The Remnant

If Colonies of The Remnant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Infect: The Last Stand, Sandbox Apocalypse and Dead Matter — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Colonies of The Remnant: In a post-apocalyptic world build and lead your own colony under the constant threat of the undead. Recruit survivors, assign roles and decide how your group survives. Fight enemy colonies or form alliances in FPS or TPS combat.

2026ActionIndieAdventureEarly AccessWindowsby Cat Soul Studios
Colonies of The Remnant — Steam game cover

Players who liked Colonies of The Remnant also play

Steam players who put hours into Colonies of The Remnant also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Infect: The Last Stand

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Experience brutal Hardcore PvPvE survival powered by Unreal Engine 5. Every decision matters, every step could be your last, and every sound you hear might be your final one. Do you have what it takes to survive the hunt?

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Sandbox Apocalypse

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.

    2024ActionAdventureSimulation11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dead Matter

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    After a rampant viral outbreak causes global society to collapse, you must survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian Rockies amidst vast hordes of Infected and rival survivors.

    2023ActionIndieSimulation19.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Afterinfection

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Afterinfection is a brand new zombie survival game designed in Unreal 4 and being developed by a small team from Thailand. After creating your survivor, you’ll start with nothing and have to make your way across a large island searching for food, water, weapons, and crafting supplies.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Survive the Nights

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Hardcore open-world survival where preparation is everything. Scavenge, craft, fortify during the day. When night falls, the infected hunt in numbers. Play solo or with friends in a brutal post-apocalyptic sandbox where survival is earned through smart decisions. How many Nights will you survive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Crushed

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Crushed — is an Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-Person Survival Sandbox in an Open World! Challenge the wild and be ready to survive in harsh conditions. Explore the world, get resources, cook food, build a house, farm, hunt, and enjoy nature.

    2020ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Unturned

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    You're a survivor in the zombie infested ruins of society, and must work with your friends and forge alliances to remain among the living.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DeadPoly

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Colonies of The Remnant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    DeadPoly is a polygon arcade zombie survival looter shooter with base building, crafting, scavenging, leveling, questing, and more, but your only goal is survival, everything else is optional.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Colonies of The Remnant.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Colonies of The Remnant.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Colonies of The Remnant.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Colonies of The Remnant.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Colonies of The Remnant

Does Colonies of The Remnant have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Colonies of The Remnant supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Colonies of The Remnant?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Colonies of The Remnant are Infect: The Last Stand, Sandbox Apocalypse, Dead Matter.
Who developed Colonies of The Remnant?
Colonies of The Remnant was developed by Cat Soul Studios.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Colonies of The Remnant.

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