Games like Survivalist
If Survivalist is your kind of game, the closest matches are Survivalist: Invisible Strain, 7 Days to Die and State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its community management matters, deep survival simulation and emergent storytelling. 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 Survivalist: It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
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Steam players who put hours into Survivalist 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.
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Top pick for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Second-strongest match for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Survivalist.
Third-strongest match for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist.
The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.
Force of Nature
WHY THIS
Shares base building and a challenging mood with Survivalist.
Ranked #4 for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
Force of Nature is a Sandbox game that combines Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Management genres
Cepheus Protocol
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Ranked #5 for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.
State of Decay: YOSE
WHY THIS
Shares base building, resource management and an immersive mood with Survivalist.
Ranked #6 for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with Survivalist.
Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.
How to Survive 2
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an immersive mood with Survivalist.
Ranked #7 for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist.
Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Ranked #8 for Survivalist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Survivalist at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survivalist.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survivalist.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Survivalist.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Survivalist.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survivalist.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Survivalist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Survivalist.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Survivalist.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
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 Survivalist.
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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Survivalist.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Survivalist.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Survivalist.
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Survivalist: Invisible Strain
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.
7 Days to Die
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Survivalist.
7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Survivalist.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Survivalist.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Frequently asked about Survivalist
- Is Survivalist verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Survivalist is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Survivalist cost?
- Survivalist is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Survivalist have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Survivalist supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Survivalist?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Survivalist are Survivalist: Invisible Strain, 7 Days to Die, State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition.
- Who developed Survivalist?
- Survivalist was developed by Bob and published by Ginormocorp Incorporated.
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 Survivalist.
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