Surviving the Aftermath
Post-apocalyptic colony sim about building, scavenging, and surviving disasters
Iceflake Studios · Published by Paradox Interactive · Released Nov 16, 2021
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 4,588
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 18 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 57
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 11 months ago
- Oct 13, 2025
What is Surviving the Aftermath?
A single-player post-apocalyptic colony simulation where you construct a settlement, manage survivors and production, and prepare for disasters. Specialists explore a procedurally generated wasteland to scavenge materials, interact with rival colonies, establish outposts, and investigate the apocalypse.
For you if...
- +you enjoy balancing production, survival needs, and disasters
- +you like adjustable difficulty for relaxed or harsh colonies
- +you want exploration alongside settlement management
Not for you if...
- −you prefer combat-focused strategy over settlement management
- −you want multiplayer or cooperative colony management
What players say
71% of 4,588 reviews are positive · 94% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the colony-building and resource-balancing loop, world-map scavenging, and adjustable difficulty. Common complaints include a slow, repetitive late game, long waits for resources and research, clumsy interface and pathfinding, and persistent bugs or crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Surviving the Aftermath system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel® iCore™ i5-2500K or AMD® AMD® FX 6350
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX 580 or AMD® Radeon™ HD 7870
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 10 Home 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel® iCore™ i5-3570K or AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G
- Graphics
- Nvidia® GeForce™ GTX770 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 380
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 74
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America.
Tags
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Post-apocalyptic
- City Builder
- Survival
- Colony Sim
- Base Building
- Building
- Singleplayer
- Management
- Open World
- Exploration
- War
- Difficult
- Atmospheric
- Tactical
Recent updates
- Oct 13, 2025 · Unity engine update!
- Nov 22, 2022 · Surviving the Aftermath - Shattered Hope DLC - Patch Notes
- Aug 26, 2022 · Change notes - “New Alliances PC patch”
- Mar 22, 2022 · Dev Diary - Free Update #3
- Mar 16, 2022 · New Free Update Teaser
4 DLC available.
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