Games like Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Open-world colony sim with character relationships and survival. Recruit survivors, manage their needs and morale in a zombie apocalypse.

87% positive from 4,348 · 2025 · 0% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · Lowest ever $4.19 (2021-12-13)

Open World Survival Craft Colony SimRPGRTSActionThird Person

Six games like Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Clanfolk

92% positive from 3,917 reviews2022Deck Playable

Clanfolk is a multi-generational settlement simulation game focused on survival and legacy building. Players manage a family's daily life, resource gathering, and crafting to endure harsh winters and grow their homestead.

What players likedClanfolk is a cozy, combat-free colony sim like RimWorld, praised for its deep survival, family management, and active developer.

The catchThe pace is a crawl, with long stretches of gathering before anything gets built.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, RTS and RPG.

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The Last Plague: Blight

89% positive from 1,415 reviews2024Deck Playable

Survival in a procedurally generated world hit by a disease called the Blight, where boiling water and treating raw materials each cost time. Hunger, thirst and energy are managed from third-person or top-down.

What players likedPlayers praise its deep, realistic, and addictive survival crafting, akin to challenging medieval plague simulators.

The catchcrafting and survival tasks are fiddly and tedious

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, Third Person and Action.

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From Glory To Goo

96% positive from 1,811 reviews202428% finish itDeck Playable

Colony survival strategy game with base building and wave defense. Expand your colony and manage resources against alien goo on procedurally generated maps.

What players likedPlayers praise "From Glory To Goo" as a superior survival RTS, like "They Are Billions" and "Starcraft," for its deep mechanics, campaign, and replayability.

The catchMissions drag for hours and the loop turns grindy and repetitive early on.

Both are tagged Colony Sim and RTS.

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Knights and Merchants

85% positive from 4,948 reviews2013

This is a real-time strategy game with a focus on building a settlement and economy to support your army. Players command troops in medieval battles to reclaim a shattered kingdom.

What players likedPlayers praise its engaging, challenging, yet chill pace, reminiscent of classic strategy games.

The catchThe Steam release is buggy, with crashes and troops that refuse to attack or obey.

Both are tagged Colony Sim and RTS.

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Attack on Toys

93% positive from 1,191 reviews20211% finish itDeck Playable

A third-person shooter strategy game where players build and command toy armies in diverse battle scenarios. It features squad customization, destructible environments, and a toy-box level editor.

What players likedPlayers praise this game as a great successor to classic "Army Men" games, combining FPS, TPS, and RTS base-building with smart units and great graphics.

The catchBalance problems: overpowered enemies yet cheesable bases

Both are tagged RTS, RPG and Action.

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Tinkerlands

86% positive from 3,898 reviews202529% finish itDeck Verified

A cooperative survival crafting game with island exploration and NPC settlement building. Players gather resources, craft items, and fight bosses in a colorful, magical world.

What players likedPlayers praise Tinkerlands as a fun, addicting "tropical Core Keeper" or Terraria-like with great exploration, bosses, and QoL features.

The catchBugs and crashes are frequent, and multiplayer especially loses progress and items.

Both are tagged Open World Survival Craft, RPG and Action.

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More about Survivalist: Invisible Strain

What players liked

Players praise this unique zombie apocalypse management game, often compared to Project Zomboid and Rimworld, for its deep systems and excellent survivor AI.

The catch

Combat is janky and one sided, with enemies aiming and shooting far faster than you.

Reviews: 87% positive from 4,348
Released: 2025
Finish it: 0% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: Lowest ever $4.19 (2021-12-13)
Play: Single-playerCo-opMulti-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 87% positive, but with 4,348 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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