- #1 Generation Nova
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OatCube Games
Windows
Manage a colony of people who woke too soon from their cryo-sleep. Build and manage a working generation ship and hopefully one day the grandchildren of the first generation might land on a habitable planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, Space Sim 20.4% ★, Political Sim 16.2% ★, City Builder 10.1%, Space 6.3%
- #2 Amazing Space
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Space Sim 21.1% ★, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.8% ★, Building 7.6%, Space 7.3%
- #3 Exile 2097: Space Odyssey
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KarmanLine Studio
Windows
Exile 2097: Space Odyssey is a near-future hard sci-fi epic. Lead the Human Continuity Government, build solar-system colonies, upgrade space stations, shape society, uncover the AI rebellion threat, and guide humanity’s final return to Earth amid unknown dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Political Sim 18.7% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Space 10.1%, Base Building 7.3%
- #4 MEMORIAPOLIS
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.7% ★, Colony Sim 22.9% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Building 7.9%, Management 6.1%
- #5 Generation Ship
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Space Sim 16% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Building 7.5%, Management 6.5%
- #6 Starship Colony
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Space Sim 18.4% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Base Building 7.2%, Management 6.5%
- #7 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 22.7% ★, Space Sim 17.3% ★, City Builder 11.7%, Building 7.5%, Space 6.7%
- #8 Arcbound
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outbreak Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33% ★, Space Sim 25.4% ★, Building 8.5%, Base Building 8.1%, Management 7.3%
- #9 IMPACT
70% matchMixed56% of 61 reviews2024
Dev: Hochschule Darmstadt
Windows
IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Space Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Space 7.2%, Base Building 5%
- #10 Galactic Pioneers
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Secret Item Games
Windows
Explore space: Colonize different planets, gather valuable resources, and build your own space colony. Travel the solar system and even create your own planet. Your decisions shape the future of the galaxy in this limitless space adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Space Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Space 7.7%, Building 7.6%
- #11 Exostation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Openhood SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exostation is a sci-fi real-time strategy game. Reach sustainable planet economies by building, allocating, mining, and selling wisely. Allow humanity to spread and conquer new solar systems not by war but by ensuring its planet's resources are not exhausted.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4% ★, Space Sim 25.5% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 7.2%, Building 6.9%
- #12 The Final Earth 2
70% matchVery Positive97% of 385 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1% ★, Space Sim 18.5% ★, City Builder 9.1%, Building 8.2%, Space 7.8%
- #13 Venusville - Prologue
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide a robotic mission in Venus’s polar clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy to stay afloat, in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient base while navigating storms and acid clouds to hunt mysterious anomalies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Space Sim 22% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Building 6.2%, Strategy 4.7%
- #14 Resort Galactica
68% 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 26.1% ★, Space Sim 15% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 7.4%
- #15 The Spatials: Galactology
70% 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 23.9% ★, Space Sim 18.1% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Building 7.6%, Space 6.6%
- #16 Venusville
67% 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 28.9% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Space 8.8%, Base Building 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #17 Planetbase
69% 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 33.7% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Space 9.4%, Base Building 8.4%, Space Sim 6% ★
- #18 Stationbreak
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Space Sim 25.9% ★, Colony Sim 20.8% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.7%, Space 8.5%
- #19 Populus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stalwart Fox Entertainment
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy colony sim where you never command a single subject. Shape laws, set priorities, and watch an autonomous society build, trade, worship, and fight under your rule.
Why similar: Political Sim 35.7% ★, Colony Sim 27.4% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 5.2%
- #20 Heliopolis Six
68% matchMixed55% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Embark on a cosmic odyssey as the director of your own space station in a galaxy full of wonders. Skillful management is vital as you construct and connect station components, oversee resource handling, and guide your space haven to reach new heights amidst the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Space Sim 16.1% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Space 8.6%, Building 8.1%
- #21 Possible One: Lunar Industries
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Upstairs Games
Windows
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25% ★, Space Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Building 7.3%, Space 5.7%
- #22 Clan & Flood
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29% ★, Political Sim 23.4% ★, Building 12.2%, City Builder 11.2%, Strategy 7%
- #23 Andromeda: Rebirth of Humanity
68% matchMixed65% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Null Reference Games
Windows · Linux
Andromeda is a hybrid between a space 4X and an MMO for Android and PC. Get dropped into an online universe sandbox with 2 galaxies full of planets to colonize. Build structures like Mines to generate resources to build ships and engage in fleet battles with NPCs and other players.
Why similar: Space Sim 28.3% ★, Colony Sim 26.4% ★, Capitalism 13.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Space 6.5%
- #24 Hexfactory
65% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila Industrial
Windows
Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Space Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Building 7.1%, Space 6.1%
- #25 Border Base
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitzooma
Windows
Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe, it’s a colony sim & base-building hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28% ★, Political Sim 21.3% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 7.5%, Building 6.3%
- #26 Ancient Polis
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PKP Games
Windows
Travel back 2600 years to ancient Greece. Build and manage your city (polis) and experience and shape the life of the ancient Greeks on your own terms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26% ★, Political Sim 21% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Building 9.9%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #27 StarKeeper
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.
Windows
StarKeeper is a management sim where you run a bar on an asteroid hurtling through the endless cosmos. Unlock new furniture and resources to accommodate your culturally and species-diverse guests. Established relationships will help you survive threats and affect the shape of star systems.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Political Sim 21.9% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Base Building 6.3%
- #28 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
67% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Space Sim 18.8% ★, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, City Builder 10.4%, Building 9.3%, Space 9%
- #29 Colonials Programme
66% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: CookieLegends
Windows
Rebuild humanity with two robots while travelling across the galaxy in this colony-management game! Build machines, harvest resources, shelter colonists and launch rockets!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25% ★, Space Sim 21.8% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Building 7.2%, Base Building 6.3%
- #30 Titan: The Ascension
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildercroft Studio
Windows
Embark on an exciting mission to establish a colony on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon. Following Earth's collapse, humanity's fate rests in your hands. Gather essential resources, excel in trading, and combat ancient technology to secure our future on Titan's harsh frontier. Will you prevail?
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4% ★, Space Sim 20.3% ★, City Builder 13.3%, Space 9.9%, Base Building 7.7%
- #31 Sky Base Venus
64% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
Windows
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Space 11.3%, Building 6.9%, Base Building 6.3%
- #32 Solargene
61% matchMostly Positive76% of 813 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Space Sim 21.4% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Building 7.5%, Base Building 6.8%
- #33 The Stellar Station Engineer
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbital Flag StudioPub: Unknown
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi turn-based strategy, station building game where you need to manage resources and protect the station and human inside from the danger of space, and your own action.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, Space Sim 18.4% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Building 8.9%, Space 7.4%
- #34 Aven Colony
65% 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 42.1% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Base Building 6.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #35 Box World: Space Courier
63% 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 24.4% ★, Space Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Capitalism 11.9%, Base Building 7.1%
- #36 Meeple Station
65% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Space Sim 17.3% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Space 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #37 Space Station Tycoon
63% matchMixed61% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24% ★, Space Sim 19.4% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Space 8.5%, Building 8.3%
- #38 Nebula Miner
61% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
Windows
Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Space Sim 18.6% ★, Space 13.6%, Capitalism 9.2%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #39 Mars Era
62% 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: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, Space Sim 17.1% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Building 7.3%, Management 7%
- #40 HELLO EXO
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
It is the year 2072. Recent research has revealed how to locate an Earth-like exoplanet. You were shipped there. Your mission is to repair the spaceship, keep people in hibernation pods alive, and prepare the exoplanet for their arrival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3% ★, Space Sim 31.4% ★, Space 10.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Base Building 6.3%
- #41 ExoColony: Planet Survival
61% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Simplemole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Space Sim 19% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Building 7.9%, Space 6.9%
- #42 Trappist
61% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23% ★, Space Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Building 8.3%, Space 6.8%
- #43 Tidal Expanse
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Per Aspera Studios
Windows
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Why similar: Space Sim 31.1% ★, Colony Sim 29.3% ★, Management 7.9%, Building 7%, Simulation 5.4%
- #44 Order: The New Dawn
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3% ★, Space Sim 26.8% ★, Building 8.3%, Base Building 7.5%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #45 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
61% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8% ★, City Builder 23.7%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 7.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #46 IXION
61% 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: Colony Sim 26.8% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Space 12.8%, Building 8.3%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #47 Generation Exile
59% 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 30.3% ★, City Builder 19%, Building 10.5%, Space 8.2%, Management 8.2%
- #48 SpaceSlog
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Space Sim 25% ★, Base Building 7.5%, Building 7.3%, Management 6.8%
- #49 Epoch Cycle
59% matchMostly Positive74% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: GeometricUniverse
Windows
Apocalypse is Not the End, It's Your Beginning. Become the supreme leader of a civilization in an apocalyptic world. Every collapse fuels the rise of a new era—your choices will forge a legacy across four monumental epochs.
Why similar: Political Sim 36.2% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Building 11%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 7.7%
- #50 nStations
63% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: OxeLiz
Windows · Mac
Construct and manage your colony anytime, anywhere, any device!!!!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, Space Sim 17.8% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #51 Project: Zenith Expanse
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build colonies across the stars in a deep space colony sim. Trade legally or run the underground. Keep your people alive - or don't.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36% ★, Space Sim 16.6% ★, Space 10.1%, Base Building 9%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #52 Nuclear Crawler
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1% ★, Building 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 6%
- #53 Tropico 7
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Political Sim 28% ★, Colony Sim 22.2% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Capitalism 8.9%, Building 6.3%
- #54 Citizens: On Mars
61% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, Space Sim 18.9% ★, City Builder 16%, Building 8.2%, Space 7.9%
- #55 Anno 1404 - History Edition
61% matchVery Positive82% of 3,440 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Colony Sim 20.6% ★, Political Sim 14.4% ★, Building 12.5%, Management 8.1%
- #56 The Last Starship
57% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,402 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Space Sim 24.5% ★, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Building 9.4%, Space 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #57 Cosmic colonists
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chewy bytes studio
Windows
Build a colony on an alien planet. Supply settlers, defend against meteors, upgrade your base, develop your economy, and fight for survival.
Why similar: Space Sim 30.6% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Colony Sim 10.1% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 7.2%