6 Games Like This War of Mine

With our list of games like This War of Mine you’ll discover other survival games with strategy, story and survivor management in dark settings where survival is not guaranteed.

This War of Mine was released in 2014 and unlike other war themed video games that focus on the fighting it instead focuses on the struggles of the civilian population during war time. While inspired by real wars in the mid to late 90s the game world is mostly fictional with players commanding a group of survivors as they try to scratch out a living and deal with the consequences of their actions. The primary mechanic revolves around survivor management with each survivor having their own traits which bring positive and negative bonuses to your shelter.

In This War of Mine your group of civilian survivors have bunkered down in a makeshift shelter with the single goal of surviving the war with the available tools and materials that they have or can scavenge. With no military or survival training each survivor will need constant attention and direction to stay alive until a cease fire is declared. Gameplay is split between the day and night cycle where players can perform different actions from raiding and trading at night time to upgrading the shelter, cooking, crafting and healing survivors during the day.

The games like This War of Mine below have a similar focus on survival, consequences, randomisation and managing the physical or mental states of a group of survivors.