Games like WAyE
Games like WAyE include This War of Mine, Game Dev Tycoon, Plague Inc: Evolved, Home Behind, and Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. We matched them by the tags players give WAyE on Steam (Casual, Simulation, Adventure, Indie, and Strategy): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

This War of Mine
Shared: Survival · Simulation · Strategy

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Indie

Plague Inc: Evolved
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Home Behind
Shared: Adventure · Casual · Indie

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Funny

Don't Starve Together
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Indie

911 Operator
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Casual

The Long Dark
Shared: Survival · Adventure · Singleplayer

The Escapists
Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Indie

Streamer Life Simulator
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Indie

Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Shared: Strategy · Casual · Singleplayer

Slime Rancher
Shared: Adventure · Singleplayer · Simulation

Mini Motorways
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Strategy

Banished
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Bomber Crew
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Indie

Two Point Hospital
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Singleplayer

Papers, Please
Shared: Simulation · Indie · Singleplayer

Don't Starve
Shared: Adventure · Survival · Indie

Feed and Grow: Fish
Shared: Simulation · Survival · Indie

Cairn
Shared: Indie · Adventure · Difficult

House Flipper
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Singleplayer

Rain World
Shared: Indie · Survival · Difficult

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Shared: Casual · Strategy · Singleplayer

Streamer Daily
Shared: Simulation · Casual · Indie