Games Like Daily Chthonicle: Editor's Edition (2026)

Shared: Resource Management

Wrangle, feed, and crossbreed slimes on an alien ranch in this endlessly cheerful first-person sim that somehow makes spreadsheet farming feel like a vacation.

Shared: Resource Management

A brutally honest survival sim where the Canadian wilderness is the only villain. No zombies, no jump scares, just cold math and bad decisions.

Shared: Resource Management

A brutal, no-zombies survival sim set in a frozen Canadian wilderness where poor planning kills you slower and colder than any monster would.

Shared: Resource Management

Permadeath, zero hand-holding, and a Tim Burton fever dream aesthetic: Don't Starve earns every hour it steals from you, but only if trial-and-error is your idea of a good time.

Shared: Moddable

Hundreds of hours in and I still haven't seen everything RimWorld can throw at a colony, that alone tells you whether this one deserves a slot on your drive.