Games like Mr. Prepper
If Mr. Prepper is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mr. Prepper: Prologue, Starvoly and Rise of Gun — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its quirky and humorous atmosphere, rewarding upgrades and unlocks and tactical base building. 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 →Mr. Prepper is a 2021 survival base-builder developed by Rejected Games and published by PlayWay S.A. Set against the backdrop of impending nuclear disaster, players construct and manage an underground shelter while navigating a tense, paranoid regime. The game blends action, adventure, simulation, and RPG elements with mechanics focused on base-building, crafting, survival resource management, and story-driven missions. Reviewers highlight its quirky and humorous atmosphere, noting that players describe it as atmospheric and relaxing despite the survival premise. The tactical base-building and rewarding progression through upgrades and unlocks provide sustained engagement across a medium-length solo experience. Players can expect approximately 10-20 hours of gameplay at normal difficulty, and the title runs at a playable level on Steam Deck. The game holds an 82% positive rating from 1,859 Steam reviews and is priced at $19.99 USD.
About Mr. Prepper: Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.
Players who liked Mr. Prepper also play
Steam players who put hours into Mr. Prepper 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.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Prepper.
Top pick for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Starvoly
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
Starvoly is a singleplayer, survival and crafting game.In this struggle for survival, you have to think not only of yourself but also of the needy villagers.Maybe your pet will accompany you on this road. What do you think? Can you survive ?But be wary of the giant spiders!
Rise of Gun
WHY THIS
Shares crafting and a relaxing mood with Mr. Prepper.
Third-strongest match for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
Rise of Gun - immerses you in a world of zombie apocalypse as a gun store owner. Buy parts, craft, sell, upgrade your store and hire workers. Help to humanity survive
Sheltered
WHY THIS
Shares base building and an atmospheric mood with Mr. Prepper.
Ranked #4 for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Mr. Prepper.
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
The Riftbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Mr. Prepper.
Ranked #6 for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Occupy Mars: The Game
WHY THIS
Shares base building with Mr. Prepper.
Ranked #7 for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
The Rule of Land: Pioneers
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Prepper.
Ranked #8 for Mr. Prepper fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mr. Prepper.
This is a survival game. After the coronation, human beings had to move into the underground. Fifty years later, some people thought the disaster was over and organized a survival competition on the surface. Some brave people took part in the competition . You are one of them.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mr. Prepper at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Mr. Prepper on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mr. Prepper.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mr. Prepper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mr. Prepper on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mr. Prepper.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mr. Prepper on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Mr. Prepper on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with Mr. Prepper.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Mr. Prepper.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
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 Mr. Prepper.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Mr. Prepper.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Mr. Prepper.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Mr. Prepper.
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.
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More from Rejected Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Rejected Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
An Alien with a Magnet
WHY THIS
Another title from Rejected Games, the studio behind Mr. Prepper. Shares Indie and Adventure with Mr. Prepper.
Welcome to the galaxy of An Alien with a Magnet, an amazing new platform-adventure-puzzler with a literal twist! Pick up diamonds, find secret orbs and unlock new levels to get the alien home safely in this new crazy game.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Mr. Prepper.
Another title from Rejected Games, the studio behind Mr. Prepper. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Mr. Nomad
WHY THIS
Another title from Rejected Games, the studio behind Mr. Prepper. Shares Action and Indie with Mr. Prepper.
Mr. Nomad is a survival base-building, tower defense game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Set a fortified base around your camper, craft, endure brutal zombie raids, hide what is precious to you in underground bunker and embark on dangerous missions in search of resources.
Frequently asked about Mr. Prepper
- Does Mr. Prepper run on Steam Deck?
- Mr. Prepper 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 Mr. Prepper cost?
- Mr. Prepper is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mr. Prepper?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mr. Prepper are Mr. Prepper: Prologue, Starvoly, Rise of Gun.
- Who developed Mr. Prepper?
- Mr. Prepper was developed by Rejected Games and published by PlayWay S.A., Rejected Games.
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