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Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

Reviews: Very Positive — 92% — of 569 reviews
Released: 2023-01-17
Developer: Andriy Bychkovskyi
Publisher: Crytivo
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 62%

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    Windows
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  5. #5 Oxygen Not Included
    74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,747 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

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    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,201 reviews2024
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
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  7. #7 Dawn of Man
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 17,626 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020
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    70% matchVery Positive93% of 30,808 reviews2017
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  10. #10 The Universim
    68% matchVery Positive80% of 10,477 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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  11. #11 They Are Billions
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 50,587 reviews2019
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    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    68% matchVery Positive93% of 132,423 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,259 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
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    67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    59% matchVery Positive95% of 30,790 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    60% matchVery Positive86% of 7,838 reviews2022
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,009 reviews2022
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    60% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
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    57% matchVery Positive95% of 35,439 reviews2023
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  43. #43 Farlanders: Prologue
    58% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
    Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
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    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

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    58% matchVery Positive83% of 1,452 reviews2021
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    Windows
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    58% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
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    58% matchVery Positive80% of 2,165 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    54% matchVery Positive82% of 5,187 reviews2025
    Dev: Envision Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10%

  53. #53 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    56% matchMostly Positive71% of 817 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Mars 20.3%, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 8.3%

  54. #54 Generation Exile
    54% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: Sonderlust Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Building 9.3%, Space 8.7%

  55. #55 Ratopia
    54% matchVery Positive88% of 4,642 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8%

  56. #56 Farthest Frontier
    53% matchVery Positive87% of 23,572 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 21%, Building 14.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11.2%

  57. #57 Mars Era
    56% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Osis Studio
    Windows

    Mars Era is a turn-based strategy game about Mars colonization. Build your base, welcome settlers, gather resources, research technologies, and overcome the harsh conditions of the Red Planet. Manage your settlers, develop infrastructure, and turn Mars into a new home for humanity! 🚀

    Why similar: Mars 20.6%, Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Resource Management 7.5%

  58. #58 Lords and Villeins
    56% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 21.8%, Management 11%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 9.2%

  59. #59 The Colonists
    56% matchVery Positive86% of 1,203 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 12%, Building 11.6%, Management 9.7%

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