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Games like Survival Log

If Survival Log is your kind of game, the closest matches are Apocalypse: The Last RV, Doomsday Train and Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside — 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 Survival Log: The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is a zombie-apocalypse hoarding survival sim. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.

2026StrategyAdventureSimulationRPG9.34 USDWindowsby Midnight Workshop
Survival Log — Steam game cover

Players who liked Survival Log also play

Steam players who put hours into Survival Log 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. Apocalypse: The Last RV

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Survival Log.

    Once #1 on both TapTap New Releases and Exclusive Charts, this post-apocalyptic comfort survival game is now on Steam. One-time purchase, no ads, focusing on survival simulation, RV stockpiling and roguelike reincarnation to deliver a relaxing wasteland experience with full preparation and no fear.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Doomsday Train

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Log.

    Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.

    2026StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  3. Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Survival Log.

    In a toxic, zombie-ridden wasteland, survival is brutal. Upgrade your RV into a foldable-space mobile base—farm, craft, gather resources, and fend off the undead to build your last safe haven.

    2027IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Apocalypse Factory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Log.

    Automate production, defend your machines, and build the Escape Ark to save what’s left of humanity.

    2026StrategySimulationEarly Access8.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Blighted Frontier

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Log.

    Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

    StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  6. Warranted Humanity

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Log.

    Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Scrapcrawl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Survival Log.

    You are at the epicenter of a nuclear explosion. Survive and leave the exclusion zone before the radiation becomes deadly. Explore the ruined post-apocalyptic world in search of resources and food. Fight zombies. Develop the bunker. Craft items.

    ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  8. Nederfall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Survival Log fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survival Log.

    The Netherlands has fallen. Lead your survivors on scavenging trips through the ruins, find resources, recruit more survivors, and come home to a camp to take care for. Survivors cook, craft, and train on their own. Every item you bring back makes your camp grow stronger.

    SimulationRPGSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Survival Log.

    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 ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Survival Log.

    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. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Survival Log.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Survival Log.

    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 ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~89% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Survival Log.

    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 ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Survival Log.

    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 USDSteam ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~68% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Survival Log.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Survival Log on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Survival Log.

    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. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Survival Log.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Survival Log.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Survival Log.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Survival Log.

    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!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and RPG with Survival Log.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Survival Log.

    Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and RPG with Survival Log.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Survival Log

How much does Survival Log cost?
Survival Log is listed on Steam at 9.34 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Survival Log?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Survival Log are Apocalypse: The Last RV, Doomsday Train, Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside.
Who developed Survival Log?
Survival Log was developed by Midnight Workshop and published by Lilith 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 Survival Log.

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