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20 games like Drownlight
Games that share Drownlight's genres, themes and feel — upcoming and already out.
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Timberborn
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? Timberborn is a sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- 2

Ixion
Authorised by DOLOS AEC, you will guide the Tiqqun space station onwards in a perilous journey to find a new home for humanity. Station infrastructure, population management, exploration, survival, these…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- 3

Songs of Syx
As a king in the world of Syx, you lead your people from small colonies to prosperous mega-cities and empires. You manage everything from individual subject's needs to global diplomacy, trade and a scheming nobility…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 4

Foundation
Setting to redefine the city-building genre, Foundation puts the emphasis on the organic aspects of urbanism in the cities of old, powered by Polymorph Games’ proprietary game engine, Hurricane, which allows for full…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- 5

Captain of Industry
Factory construction and management simulator. Alone with your loyal crew, expand a small colony of survivors into an industrial empire! From an abandoned island to vast factories, research labs, and space program…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
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Oxygen Not Included
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 7

Terraria
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +10
- 8

Factorio
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch 2
- Switch
- +2
- 9

Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch 2
- Switch
- +8
- 10

RimWorld
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 11

Graveyard Keeper
Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of the year. Build & manage your own graveyard while finding shortcuts to cut costs, expand into entertainment with witch-burning festivals, and…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +5
- 12

Star Citizen
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games. Explore the 'verse, fight, trade, and more when you play Star Citizen!
SimulatorIndieSurvival- PC
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No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade…
SimulatorIndieSurvival- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 14

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
A physics based medieval battle simulator which lets you pit wacky waving armies against each other. In Totally Accurate Battle Simulator you pit waving arm men against each other and watch them fight it out.
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 15

DayZ
DayZ is a hardcore open-world survival game with only one rule: stay alive, no matter what. How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected "zombie" population, where you compete with…
SimulatorIndieSurvival- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +3
- 16

Supermarket Simulator
Supermarket Simulator is a first-person business management game where players run and expand their own grocery store. Gameplay involves stocking shelves, managing a cash register, processing online orders, and…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +1
- 17

Schedule I
Schedule I is a first-person open-world crime simulation game where players build and manage a drug trafficking operation in the fictional city of Hyland Point. Gameplay combines business management with tactical…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
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Project Zomboid
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, a massively customisable sandbox and a…
SimulatorIndieSurvival- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 19

Ark: Survival Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved is an open-world action-adventure survival game where players awaken stranded on a mysterious island populated by dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, and mythical beasts. Gameplay revolves around…
SimulatorIndieSurvival- PC
- Xbox
- Switch
- +6
- 20

Buckshot Roulette
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver. The player faces off against a computer-controlled opponent called "The Dealer"…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +2