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A 2D side-scrolling post-apocalyptic automation game for single-player or co-op about engineering an underground city and defending survivors.

Surviving Ceres
A survival strategy sim on Ceres with crafting, base building, alien defense, and terraforming, offering a satisfying but visually dated ~20-hour colony experience.
2025-05-02
- First person
- Strategy

Indie

Simulator

Role-playing (RPG)

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The Spotter: Dig or Die

A post-apocalyptic mining-and-tower-defense blend with a day/night cycle, a satisfying upgrade grind, and a rough late-game FPS detour.

2026-04-07

Action
First person
Adventure
Horror
Indie
Simulator

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Nuclear Epoch

A post-apocalyptic open-world survival and extraction shooter with base building, co-op raids, and full loot loss on death, providing a moderate-length co-op experience.

2026-06-25

Shooter
First person
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Open world

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After the Collapse

A post-apocalyptic base-builder with layered survivor management and faction combat, but hampered by a frustrating UI and a compact campaign.

2022-09-09

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Aground Zero

A post-apocalyptic underground survival RPG with mining, building, and a cheery AI companion, playable in co-op and lasting about 13 hours.

2025-04-04

First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

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Return from Core

An underground sandbox adventure with Monster Girl companions, mining, automation, and a simple linear story that reviewers finish in around 12 hours.

2025-07-17

Action
Adventure
Survival
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Sandbox

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Final Outpost: Definitive Edition

A tense single-player zombie-apocalypse base-builder with challenging survival mechanics, engaging early but growing repetitive, lasting roughly 8-11 hours.

2025-05-22

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Simulator
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Final Upgrade

A single-player space strategy/sim about factory-building, trade, and AI combat, with a gravity-based side-view and roughly 20 hours of playtime among sampled reviewers.

2022-12-06

Strategy
Indie
Simulator

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Mr. Prepper

A satirical survival-management game about stockpiling for nuclear war, building an underground base, and dodging government inspections, with a long, inventory-heavy loop.

2021-03-18

Action
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Side view
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Stealth
Point-and-click

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Abiotic Factor

A survival crafting game set in an underground research facility, where players scavenge, build bases, and survive aliens and dimensional chaos solo or in co-op, in a long-form, highly praised sandbox.

2025-07-22

Shooter
Action
First person
Science fiction
Adventure
Survival
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)
Sandbox

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Overcrowd: A Commute 'Em Up

A 2.5D metro-station management sim in which you excavate, expand, staff, and optimize commuter flow beneath a bustling city, with a complex, humorous feel.

2020-10-06

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Business

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Mercury Fallen

A lengthy single-player sci-fi colony sim about rebuilding an alien underground base, with simple systems and mixed reviews citing rough edges.

2023-08-22

Science fiction
Survival
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator