- #1 Foundation
96% matchVery Positive86% of 23,458 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, Economy 8.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Management 8.3%
- #2 Dawn of Man
96% matchVery Positive87% of 17,626 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Colony Sim 31.2% ★, Survival 8.9%, Sandbox 5.3%, Historical 5.2%
- #3 Oxygen: First Breath
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Economy 10.5%, Building 9.7%, Survival 9%
- #4 Kingdoms and Castles
88% matchVery Positive93% of 30,808 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, City Builder 30.3%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7.4%, Strategy 4.5%
- #5 Stronghold HD (2012)
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,246 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3% ★, City Builder 18.9%, RTS 11.6%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10.1%
- #6 Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
88% matchVery Positive88% of 2,630 reviews2016
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Economy 9.9%, Sandbox 9%, Building 8.9%
- #7 Settlement Survival
86% matchVery Positive86% of 7,838 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4% ★, City Builder 24.4%, Building 11.7%, Management 10%, Survival 8.5%
- #8 Endzone - A World Apart
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,806 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 36.9%, Colony Sim 16.6% ★, Survival 13.5%, Building 7.6%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #9 Kingdoms Reborn
86% matchVery Positive91% of 9,521 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 31.8%, Colony Sim 24.6% ★, Management 9.9%, Economy 9.2%, RTS 7.1%
- #10 IXION
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 16,993 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Survival 10.6%, Building 9.8%, Economy 7.8%
- #11 Farthest Frontier
82% 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: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, Building 13.2%, RTS 10.6%, Economy 10.4%
- #12 Patron
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,135 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4% ★, City Builder 22.8%, Survival 9.2%, Economy 8.4%, Building 7.2%
- #13 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
81% matchVery Positive89% of 5,567 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Economy 10.1%, RTS 9.9%, Building 9.3%
- #14 Going Medieval
77% matchVery Positive90% of 20,101 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Economy 12%, Sandbox 10.4%, Management 10.2%
- #15 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
79% matchVery Positive89% of 629 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 27.8%, Colony Sim 24% ★, Management 12.6%, Economy 12%, Survival 11.9%
- #16 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
76% matchVery Positive91% of 25,087 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 72.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Economy 10.7%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #17 Nebuchadnezzar
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: City Builder 19%, Trading 13% ★, Colony Sim 10.7% ★, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #18 FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
78% matchVery Positive87% of 83,827 reviews2014
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 69.4 hrsMean: 816.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Why similar: Open World 87.1%, Atmospheric 12.9%
- #19 Planetbase
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,259 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7% ★, City Builder 28.3%, Survival 9.7%, Building 6.2%, Management 5.8%
- #20 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,722 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, RTS 6.8%
- #21 Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 210,873 reviews2022
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 31.6 hrsMean: 62.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Humanity is fighting a losing battle against the virus. Experience a post-apocalyptic open world overrun by hordes of zombies, where your parkour and combat skills are key to survival. Traverse the City freely during the day, but watch the monsters take over during the night.
Why similar: Survival 50.5%, Open World 31.7%, Choices Matter 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #22 Northgard: Definitive Edition
74% matchVery Positive85% of 67,966 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, RTS 18.5%, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.3%
- #23 Creo God Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 236 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Colony Sim 23.4% ★, Management 11.9%, Economy 8.9%, RTS 8.2%
- #24 Space Haven
72% matchVery Positive86% of 9,707 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Building 11.3%, Management 11.3%
- #25 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
70% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Colony Sim 18% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Trading 11.1% ★, RTS 9%, Economy 8.3%
- #26 Timberborn
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,637 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Colony Sim 26% ★, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 10.4%
- #27 Farlanders: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10.8%, Management 8.9%
- #28 Make Your Kingdom
71% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 19.4%, Building 10.4%, Management 9.7%, Economy 9.4%
- #29 Arcane Shores
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7% ★, City Builder 23.6%, Economy 11%, Building 9.8%, Survival 8.5%
- #30 Dying Light: The Beast
66% matchVery Positive87% of 65,218 reviews2025
Dev: Techland
Windows
Median: 23.3 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
BECOME THE BEAST. SURVIVE THE NIGHT. A terrifying new chapter in the Dying Light universe begins. As Kyle Crane, explore the vast and unpredictable wilderness, uncover a deadly evolution of the infected, and learn to control the beastly powers awakening inside you.
Why similar: Open World 78.2%, Realistic 18.7%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #31 Aztecs: The Last Sun
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Economy 9.7%, Building 8.5%, RTS 8.4%
- #32 Slay the Spire
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 210,143 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Why similar: Strategy 95.5%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #33 Rover Mechanic Challenge - ERC Competition
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: Pyramid Games S.A.
Windows
𝗘𝗥𝗖 𝗥𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 is an e-tournament based on the world's only simulator for repairing Mars Rovers. Take part in solving challenging tasks and become the master of leader board.
Why similar: Management 32.2%, Sandbox 31.7%, Building 24.8%, Simulation 6.3%, Realistic 4.6%
- #34 Tokeis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Economy 12.1%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #35 Medieval Dynasty
67% matchVery Positive91% of 49,891 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 35.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 27.7%, Sandbox 17%, Survival 15.6%, Management 14.2%, Historical 12.3%
- #36 Trivia Vault: Boxing Trivia
70% matchMixed60% of 118 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault Boxing Trivia and bring your thinking hat. Answer boxing trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, Simulation 25.4%, Choices Matter 20.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Forgotten Vale
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rospeath Studios
Windows
Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8% ★, City Builder 19%, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.5%, Building 9.1%
- #38 The First Explorers®
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buchwald Interactive
Windows
The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7% ★, City Builder 19%, RTS 12.3%, Economy 12.2%, Building 9.5%
- #39 Viceria
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayfulFoxStudio
Windows
Viceria is a minimalistic colony simulator. Build cities, develop your economy, build trade, defend your colony from threats and decide the fate of your people. Will you serve the metropolis or will you oppose it? It's up to you!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Trading 16.4% ★, Economy 11.2%, Management 10.1%
- #40 Paleon
66% matchVery Positive83% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #41 Technicity: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive83% of 168 reviews2022
Dev: Osaris GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Free Prologue to Technicity, a first-person city-building game with powerful tools that allow you to build faster and bigger. Design your own construction blocks and furniture in factories, terraform the open world, use vehicles to travel in cities that you or your friends create in solo or co-op.
Why similar: City Builder 35.8%, Sandbox 20.3%, Building 19%, Economy 9.2%, Open World 6.2%
- #42 Cave Story's Secret Santa
66% matchVery Positive84% of 825 reviews2021
Dev: Nicalis, Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
After Balrog recovers the Christmas presents that were stolen by Chaba, the cowardly Mimiga named Santa must sneak into every house and return the missing packages. Be the Mimiga Who Saves Christmas!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #43 One More Island
67% matchMixed68% of 250 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Trading 16.4% ★, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.4%
- #44 Gnomoria
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2% ★, City Builder 23%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 9.2%, Survival 7%
- #45 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
65% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.4% ★, City Builder 29.5%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 3.9%
- #46 Farmman
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, City Builder 21%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 11%, Building 10.8%
- #47 Celestial Empire: Prologue
63% matchVery Positive85% of 366 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Building 9.7%, Management 9.6%, Economy 8.7%
- #48 Exoplanet Outpost
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aartform Games
Windows
Establish a base on a distant planet. In this immersive sci-fi colony building sim, you'll balance economic growth, tourism, and defense against hostile alien forces. Your decisions shape the fate of your settlement and its inhabitants. Are you ready to thrive on the frontier of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Trading 11.4% ★, RTS 10.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #49 Trivia Vault Football Trivia
67% matchMixed59% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 11%
Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault Football Trivia and bring your thinking hat. Answer Football trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #50 Pixel Colony
64% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3% ★, City Builder 24.8%, Management 11.1%, Trading 8.1% ★, Survival 7.9%
- #51 Pharaoh™: A New Era
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,114 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Trading 14% ★, Economy 10.1%, Building 10%
- #52 Clip maker
65% matchVery Positive80% of 229 reviews2021
Dev: Games For Pleasure
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Clip Maker is a creative tool for making videos, animations, visual novels, comics & VR scenes. Easy to use, packed with assets, and exportable in 4K, 8K, VR, GIF, and more.
Why similar: Management 48.6%, Simulation 28.5%, 3D 22.8%
- #53 Battlefield 4™
64% matchVery Positive85% of 77,749 reviews2020
Dev: DICEPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 45.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embrace unrivaled destruction in Battlefield 4™. Revel in the glorious chaos of all-out war packed with rewarding, tactical challenges in an interactive environment.
Why similar: Open World 49.6%, Strategy 37.8%, Singleplayer 12.6%
- #54 Of Life and Land
62% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, City Builder 17.3%, RTS 9.8%, Management 8.5%, Building 8.4%
- #55 Trivia Vault Olympics Trivia
67% matchMixed60% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Ripknot Systems
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 10%
Welcome to the Trivia Vault contestant! Play as a contestant in a gameshow called Trivia Vault Olympics Trivia and bring your thinking hat. Answer Olympics trivia questions as quickly as you can, the faster you answer the higher the cash value.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #56 Banished
64% matchVery Positive90% of 42,976 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5% ★, City Builder 30.7%, Survival 8.1%, Sandbox 6.5%, Strategy 4.6%
- #57 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Trading 12.8% ★, Building 9.9%, Management 8.6%