Simulation · November 16, 2021

Surviving the Aftermath (2021)

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Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world. Go beyond the colony and explore the wastelands to gather resources, meet rival colonies, and uncover the world’s secrets. Surviving the Aftermath Key Features: Build and manage a colony of survivors after a world-ending event. Construct more than 130 buildings and survive a harsh world filled with danger. Stay prepared, a natural disaster or environmental catastrophe can doom an ill-equipped settlement. Recruit over 80 unique specialists, each with their own skills and motivations, to manage your colony’s resources. Outfit your specialists with gear to defend the colony from attacking bandits and rampaging wildlife. Send your specialists outside your colony and into a procedurally generated world. Meet rival colony leaders and trade resources or compete for survival. Specialists can set up outposts and gather materials, giving your colony an edge. Surviving the post-apocalypse means making impossible decisions. The colony’s fate depends on your judgement, every choice can impact your colony’s happiness and affect its future. Specialists will stumble upon mysteries while exploring the world. Uncover secrets surrounding the apocalypse and prepare your colony for survival if it should happen again.

Simulation releases from 2021

21 Simulation titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 269
  • Simulation · 247
  • City Builder · 232
  • Post-apocalyptic · 229
  • Survival · 203
  • Colony Sim · 168
  • Base-Building · 142
  • Building · 92
  • Singleplayer · 80
  • Management · 78
  • Open World · 76
  • Exploration · 74
  • War · 58
  • Tactical · 43
  • Difficult · 43

Peer Simulation titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.4k Steam reviewsTop 58% in Simulation
Positive rating71% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 78%
Engagement hours16 h averageTop 63% for session depth among Simulation

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 16, 2021
DeveloperIceflake Studios
PublisherParadox Interactive
Base price$8.99 -70%
DLC / Add-ons4 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksSupport

Reception Metrics

Steam community

71%Mostly Positive · 4.4k reviews

3.1k positive · 1.3k negative

Curator recommendations

3.1k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

16h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

11h

Typical completion time

Achievements

74

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

  • Buy Surviving the Aftermath