7 Games Like Last Fortress: Underground for Bunkers and Survival

Zero City is closest to Last Fortress's shelter loop: expand an underground bunker, assign citizens to production jobs, train them, and equip combat squads. Room priorities and resident skills connect base growth with battle preparation.

The campaign sends squads against zombies and mutants; arena matches and rival-shelter attacks add PvP. Combat turns on squad setup rather than manual aiming. Mobile listings are free with in-app purchases; Google Play reports ads, and both disclose random-item purchases. Pick this for a live bunker strategy game with competition.

The verdict

Start here for a current mobile bunker with survivor jobs and player competition.

Desktop controls include movement, manual aim, firing, ammunition, and reloads. Choose among three-wave sector battles, endless scavenging, and Scrap expeditions with extraction. Recovered expedition Scrap feeds shelter production, weapons, research, and crops.

Scrap picked up persists after extraction or defeat, subject to storage limits; station upgrades persist through defeat. Mara is the only playable survivor in the current demo. Rooms are fixed, with no freeform digging or alliance PvP. Touch fire selects the nearest living enemy, so desktop has more direct aim.

The verdict

Choose it for the direct link between shooting zombies and growing a working shelter.

Fallout Shelter is the clearest room-and-resident simulator here. Build facilities for power, water, food, and training, then assign Dwellers to jobs that fit their S.P.E.C.I.A.L. abilities. When supplies fall short, room capacity and staffing become readable choices.

Dwellers craft from junk, explore the Wasteland, and take quests, so gear matters outside daily shifts. Threats can reach the Vault, but this is a single-player manager, not alliance warfare or a manual-aim shooter. Free PC and mobile editions include optional in-app purchases; the resource model is simpler than a colony sim.

The verdict

Pick it for quick staffing choices in a familiar, free-to-play underground Vault.

Sheltered trades Last Fortress's expanding roster for the needs of one family. Keep the concrete bunker habitable, manage supplies, and craft comforts and weapons. Scavenging trips bring back essentials but expose family members to roaming factions, wild animals, and other hazards.

Experience and choices change family traits and trauma, and recruitment can bring outsiders into the household. Combat is turn-based and a last resort, so preparation and scarcity matter more than frequent fights. This premium single-player game suits family-scale bunker care; it has no alliance campaign.

The verdict

Choose it for a personal bunker story shaped by family needs and risky scavenging.

State of Survival fits the alliance side of Last Fortress better than its cutaway bunker. Expand a surface settlement, train troops, develop heroes, research upgrades, and coordinate with an alliance. The mobile listings describe alliance battles and cross-server competition.

Side modes include Survival Royale, with loot and player competition, and Desert Survival. The main loop remains strategy, squads, settlement upgrades, and live events rather than continuous free-aim shooting. It offers more currencies and event tracks than a room manager, and in-app purchases are part of the free download.

The verdict

Pick it for alliance campaigns and world strategy, not underground room construction.

Oxygen Not Included makes digging the foundation. Excavate for rooms and materials, then manage oxygen, heat, water, food, power, gas, and plumbing. Assign Duplicants work priorities and connect pipes and wires; a solution in one area can create a new problem elsewhere.

Stress, comfort, and colonists' different reactions shape work planning. The result is a deeper colony-engineering challenge than a typical bunker builder, with no zombie or alliance-war focus. It is a premium PC game, and several expansions cost extra.

The verdict

Choose it for deep underground work and infrastructure simulation.

This War of Mine follows civilians trapped in a besieged city, not a zombie outbreak. By day, maintain a damaged house, craft beds and stoves, trade, and care for survivors. At night, choose one person to search for food, medicine, and materials while avoiding snipers and hostile scavengers.

Its house is not a diggable bunker, and combat is often best avoided. A survivor's condition and the group's needs can turn a supply choice into a moral cost. The paid PC and mobile editions offer additional story content; mobile purchases vary by store. Choose it for a serious shelter-and-scavenging story.

The verdict

Pick it for tense shelter upkeep and consequential scavenging in a wartime story.