- #1 Idle Terra
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Boris Naftaliev
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Trading 10.1% ★, Sandbox 7.1%
- #2 Colonize Prologue
71% matchMixed64% of 510 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Trading 11.4% ★, RTS 10.3%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #3 Warehouse Tycoon
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeolian Games
Windows
Warehouse Tycoon is a journey to Warehouse Legendary! Brave the business war. Today's dog in the water must be the crown in the city! With the company's destiny in your hands, every success drives you farther. Use your wisdom and guts to build a warehouse Empire!
Why similar: Trading 13.6% ★, Capitalism 13.5%, RTS 12.3%, Economy 12%, 2.5D 9.9%
- #4 Folklands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 17.4%, RTS 11.6%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 9.8%
- #5 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
67% 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 16.9% ★, City Builder 14.9%, RTS 11.1%, Isometric 9%, Trading 8.8% ★
- #6 Nebuchadnezzar
68% 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 11.2% ★, Colony Sim 10.8% ★, Economy 10.4%, RTS 10.1%
- #7 Colonization Simulator
66% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
Windows
Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 12%, RTS 11.3%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #8 Arcane Shores
66% 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 25.6% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Economy 10.9%, Building 7%, Base Building 6.6%
- #9 Gargantua
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Abdullah Furkan DoğanPub: AFD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your spaceship-city Gargantua. Forge industries, bend the free market, trade between planets, and defend your growing wealth. Every bullet is bought or produced in a simulated economy where a single mistake can shatter supply chains and trigger interstellar crises. In Gargantua, war is money.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Capitalism 15%, Economy 10.3%, Trading 9.2% ★, Base Building 7.9%
- #10 Make Your Kingdom
66% 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 20.4% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Economy 9.4%, RTS 9.2%
- #11 Synergy
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 52%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Trading 10.3% ★, Economy 10.1%, Isometric 9.7%
- #12 Resort Galactica
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21% ★, City Builder 15%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 10.1%, Economy 8.1%
- #13 Prison Architect
66% matchVery Positive89% of 73,086 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 15%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 9.8%, Capitalism 9.1%
- #14 Uber Urban
63% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: J.F
Windows · Mac
Build your city in multiple different hand-crafted worlds and manage all the complexities that a real mayor would. From city services to demand, finances, policies, approval ratings and re-election, Uber Urban offers a complete and innovative take on the city building genre.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Capitalism 13.3%, Economy 11.1%, Isometric 10.9%, Base Building 10.7%
- #15 Mercantile Might
63% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, RTS 17.5%, Sandbox 11.9%, Strategy 10%, Trading 7.4% ★
- #16 Venusville
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 12.8%, RTS 9.9%, Space 8.2%
- #17 All Roads Connected
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Trading 10.9% ★, Economy 9%
- #18 Egypt
64% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 17.4% ★, Base Building 12.1%, RTS 9.8%, Economy 8.7%
- #19 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
64% 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 22% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Trading 9.9% ★, Economy 7.6%
- #20 Rise of Industry
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,153 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 17.3%, Economy 13.2%, Management 10%, Trading 9.9% ★, Base Building 8.5%
- #21 Orrstead
63% matchVery Positive82% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Isometric 9.8%
- #22 Sigma Draconis
65% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Base Building 12%, Strategy 9.5%, 2.5D 9%, Isometric 9%
- #23 Forgotten Vale
63% 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 20.9% ★, City Builder 18%, RTS 10.5%, Economy 10.2%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #24 Spacebase Startopia
65% matchMixed56% of 648 reviews2021
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
Why similar: City Builder 14.4%, RTS 14.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Economy 9.2%, Space 8.2%
- #25 The Spatials: Galactology
65% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 8.4%, 2.5D 8.2%
- #26 Terra-7
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23% ★, Sandbox 12.3%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 10.4%, City Builder 10.3%
- #27 Foundation
60% 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 31.1%, Colony Sim 10.9% ★, Economy 8.6%, Sandbox 8%, RTS 6.7%
- #28 Box World: Space Courier
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑子游戏Pub: B站@畑黑子Hata
Windows
"Box World: Space Courier " is a minimalist sandbox-style strategy management game. In this playful and pun-filled miniature world, calmly sketch out your own little world~ Make money! Make money! And make more money!!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9% ★, City Builder 14.9%, RTS 12.9%, Capitalism 11.4%, Base Building 11.4%
- #29 Office Management 101
63% matchMixed65% of 96 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: Capitalism 14.7%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 10.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Isometric 10.3%
- #30 Tinytown
62% matchPositive90% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: RPGames
Windows
Tinytown is a cozy zen-like building strategy and puzzle game where you create a small city by placing new buildings. Manage resources, upgrade buildings and use all the small space to build your dream city!
Why similar: City Builder 13.3%, Capitalism 13.2%, Colony Sim 12.2% ★, Economy 9.3%, Isometric 9.2%
- #31 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
62% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Isometric 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.1%
- #32 Planetbase
64% 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 28.1% ★, City Builder 22%, Base Building 14.5%, Space 9%, Strategy 5%
- #33 Mad Tower Tycoon
63% matchMostly Positive78% of 438 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.3% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 10%, Trading 8.6% ★, Capitalism 8.5%
- #34 T-Minus 30
62% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Base Building 13.7%, 2.5D 7.9%, Management 7.8%
- #35 Seven Wonders
63% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, City Builder 16%, RTS 13.6%, Base Building 10.4%, 2.5D 8.8%
- #36 Quriocity
62% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 11.5%, RTS 10.7%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #37 Hotel Magnate
61% matchMixed60% of 479 reviews2025
Dev: Arcade Oven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Have you ever wanted to design and manage your own hotel, rundown motel, or elegant resort? With a ridiculous amount of customization tools to wield, a host of facilities to build, and a wide variety of guests to impress, Hotel Magnate has it all. Let your inner hotel manager shine!
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Economy 11.4%, Capitalism 11.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Base Building 9.7%
- #38 Tokeis
62% 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 18.6%, Colony Sim 17% ★, Economy 12.5%, RTS 11.6%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #39 Cannon Island
61% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: PlayDuck
Windows
Cannon Island is a roguelike city builder, where you colonize procedurally generated islands and fight rivals. Wise building placement and resource management are the key to victory.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, RTS 11.5%
- #40 City Country
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Velikov Brothers
Windows
City Country is a city-building game where you manage resources, population, knowledge. You control various sectors of the city like education, medicine, culture, tourism, trading.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Trading 13.9% ★, Economy 12.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 8.3%
- #41 The Crust
60% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,376 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, RTS 8.4%
- #42 Pico Islands
61% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BitSpree GmbH
Windows · Mac
Lead your settlers to build cities in a medieval island world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 12.3%, 2.5D 8.7%, Isometric 7.8%
- #43 Lords of Solgrund
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: Sillylas
Windows
Lords of Solgrund combines elements of real time strategy, city building and other unique additions. The game features detailed animations, complex gameplay systems inspired by the early middle ages and elements of fantasy.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, RTS 13.4%, Economy 11.4%, Base Building 11%, Isometric 10.4%
- #44 Academia : School Simulator
62% matchVery Positive86% of 3,006 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7% ★, City Builder 16%, Capitalism 13.5%, Base Building 11%, Economy 9.9%
- #45 Pixel Colony
61% 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 25.8% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Management 8.8%, Relaxing 7.2%, Trading 6.4% ★
- #46 Architects of Shangri-La
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SlavGames
Windows
Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9% ★, City Builder 18.8%, RTS 14.4%, Base Building 11%, Economy 8.2%
- #47 Aztecs: The Last Sun
60% 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%, RTS 11%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 10.1%
- #48 Founders' Fortune
62% matchVery Positive80% of 2,165 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 7.4%, Building 6.7%
- #49 Starmancer
62% matchMixed64% of 1,023 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% ★, 2.5D 11.9%, Sandbox 10%, Isometric 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%
- #50 Kingdoms and Castles
62% 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 28.7% ★, City Builder 27.9%, Base Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7%, Building 6.9%
- #51 Our Freedom: Prologue
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9%
- #52 Insect Empires
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18% ★, City Builder 15.3%, RTS 12.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #53 Aven Colony
62% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, City Builder 26.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Sci-fi 8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #54 Sea Drillers
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marian Studios
Windows
An isometric Tycoon, where you can control any Worker in First Person. Build an Oil Rig and extract Oil for Endless Profits. Beware of Greedy Pirates!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4% ★, City Builder 15%, RTS 13.1%, Capitalism 10.6%, Isometric 9.1%
- #55 Gnomoria
62% 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 29.2% ★, City Builder 21.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Isometric 7.5%, Building 6.7%
- #56 Farmman
60% 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 24.2% ★, City Builder 20.3%, Economy 11.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Base Building 10%
- #57 Isla Paradiso
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Economy 12.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 8.3%
- #58 nStations
62% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: OxeLiz
Windows · Mac
Construct and manage your colony anytime, anywhere, any device!!!!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1% ★, City Builder 15.8%, RTS 11.2%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #59 Angkor: The Holy City
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5% ★, City Builder 19.4%, RTS 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Economy 9.4%