IMHO.

Games like Last Outpost

If Last Outpost is your kind of game, the closest matches are Final Outpost: Definitive Edition, Thronefall and TFC: The Fertile Crescent — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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.

Get personalized picks →

About Last Outpost: Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

2025StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Troyd Games
Last Outpost — Steam game cover
Players highlight
Clear mechanics with deep tactical expressionDay night rhythm creates tensionLinear but engaging difficulty curveAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Last Outpost also play

Steam players who put hours into Last Outpost 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. Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares day night cycle, survival management, survival and a stressful mood with Last Outpost.

    Top pick for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Thronefall

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, resource management and a challenging mood with Last Outpost.

    Second-strongest match for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TFC: The Fertile Crescent

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Outpost.

    Third-strongest match for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.

    2024Strategy10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a stressful mood with Last Outpost.

    Ranked #4 for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

    2019Strategy34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. They Are Billions

    WHY THIS

    Shares real time strategy and a challenging mood with Last Outpost.

    Ranked #6 for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Tower Factory

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based combat, strategy and a contemplative mood with Last Outpost.

    Ranked #7 for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Diplomacy is Not an Option

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, resource management and a stressful mood with Last Outpost.

    Ranked #8 for Last Outpost fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Last Outpost at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Last Outpost on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  3. Electoral Carnage

    WHY THIS

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

    Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?

    2026ActionFree To PlayEarly AccessFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Aimlabs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Aimlabs is the aim trainer of choice for over 45 Million players, from beginners to esports pros. Our unique aim analysis optimizes your gameplay, targets your weaknesses & builds key skills for any FPS game! Time to warm up with our unlimited scenarios & rank up in-game!

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Realm of the Mad God Exalt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Last Outpost.

    Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

    2012ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares day night cycle, survival management, survival and a stressful mood with Last Outpost.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    2025StrategySimulation9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Thronefall

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, resource management and a challenging mood with Last Outpost.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Last Outpost.

    A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TFC: The Fertile Crescent

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Last Outpost.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Last Outpost.

    Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.

    2024Strategy10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Last Outpost

Does Last Outpost run on Steam Deck?
Last Outpost is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Last Outpost cost?
Last Outpost is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Last Outpost?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Last Outpost are Final Outpost: Definitive Edition, Thronefall, TFC: The Fertile Crescent.
Who developed Last Outpost?
Last Outpost was developed by Troyd Games.

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 Last Outpost.

For library-aware picks tuned to your specific taste, sign in with Steam on the home page.