- #1 Mars Colonization.Survival Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GAM33
Windows
Welcome to the Red Planet! Mars Colonization Survival Simulator offers you the opportunity to take on the role of the first pioneers of Mars. You will find yourself in extreme conditions with limited resources and your mission is to build, develop, sustain and explore the mysterious Martian terrain.
Why similar: Mars 29.9% ★, Colony Sim 18.2% ★, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Base Building 9.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #2 Red Dust Colony
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lorin Atzberger
Windows · Mac
Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, Mars 23.3% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 13.2%, Survival 10%
- #3 Occupy Mars: The Game
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Mars 28.8% ★, Colony Sim 13.8% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #4 Quriocity
95% 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 20.5% ★, Mars 17.9% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #5 Home Domes
94% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: GivenKittens Games
Windows
Explore this life sim on a new planet. Create your new home on the rugged surface of Mars during the early days of colonization inside the safety of your new Dome. Everyday life on a new planet has new challenges and more difficulties of surviving out on the Domestead.
Why similar: Mars 28.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Life Sim 13.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 7.3%
- #6 Scavengers of Mars - Rover Survival Simulator
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Last Qubit
Windows
SCAVENGERS OF MARS is an exploration-survival adventure set on the cold, desolate surface of Mars. Guide a Mars Rover to aid survivors of a catastrophic disaster as they await rescue from Earth. Explore, gather resources, craft and ensure their survival against the planet's harsh conditions.
Why similar: Mars 31.7% ★, Outbreak Sim 18.2% ★, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Survival 8.5%
- #7 DeepWork
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CCS
Windows
Manage your parcel, build, collect and expend. Research to unlock new possibility. Explore to increase profitability. Dive under the surface to discover secrets. Is this planet hiding treasures or threats?
Why similar: Mars 40.8% ★, Colony Sim 16.1% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 11%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #8 Surviving Mars: Pioneer
91% matchVery Positive85% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Bolverk GamesPub: Impact Inked
Windows
The Red Planet is vast, desolate, and utterly indifferent to your survival. Surviving Mars: Pioneer is the first made-for-VR entry in the Surviving Mars universe, challenging you to carve out an existence in one of the most hostile environments imaginable.
Why similar: Mars 30% ★, Colony Sim 14.9% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 8.6%
- #9 Outpost Surge
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thrive Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Outpost Surge is a society survival game on Mars, where players balance resource management, city growth, and settler health to turn a barren landscape into a thriving, vibrant city.
Why similar: Mars 38.6% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Colony Sim 11.7% ★, Resource Management 9.6%, Survival 9.4%
- #10 Galaxy Pass Station
90% matchVery Positive87% of 268 reviews2023
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2% ★, Resource Management 15.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Life Sim 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #11 SNOW HELL
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SURVGAME
Windows
The crash is just the beginning. Trapped in the frozen hell of Siberia, you must fight for every single day. Use the wreckage, build shelter, find food, and face deadly threats. Rescue may never come – how long can you survive?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33% ★, Sandbox 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Survival 7.3%, Base Building 7%
- #12 30 Days on Ship
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Madnetic GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Take on the role of a castaway on a wrecked container ship. Survive for 30 days, battle storms, hunt animals, build shelter, and maintain your mental health, attempting to endure isolation and pirates in the middle of the Pacific. Can you stay alive?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 26.7% ★, Life Sim 13.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Walking Simulator 10.2%, Immersive Sim 10%
- #13 Marscape
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohn Media GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival management simulator on the red planet. Make sure your astronauts survive on Mars. Manage and expand your habitat. Produce enough resources, build facilities, explore the environment and brave the harsh weather until you are rescued.
Why similar: Mars 33.8% ★, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Life Sim 9.6%, Survival 9%
- #14 Oxygen Not Included
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, Base Building 23.8%, Resource Management 16%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #15 Mars Colony Simulator
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mars Simulator
Windows
Build humanity’s first home on Mars. Mine resources in first person, construct life-sustaining domes, grow lush vegetation, and launch rockets to reconnect with Earth in this immersive colony-building simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Mars 22.8% ★, Immersive Sim 14.4%, Simulation 13.7%, Futuristic 8.1%
- #16 Never Secure
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25% ★, Resource Management 17.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 14.5%, Outbreak Sim 13.9% ★
- #17 Above Earth
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 45 reviews2019
Dev: Steven Eric Boyette
Windows
Above Earth is a science fiction survival game. Experience a struggle for life in the fragile artificial environment of a damaged space station.
Why similar: Mars 25.2% ★, Resource Management 15.4%, Survival 11.6%, Immersive Sim 10%, Life Sim 10%
- #18 Outer Space Shack
84% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Open Lowcode SAS
Windows
Build and manage space outposts on the Moon and Mars in this realistic simulation game. From the first step on the Moon to Mars colonization, launch rockets, take care of your astronauts and expand your base as you explore the cosmos. No grind, just pure management and exploration fun.
Why similar: Mars 33.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.1% ★, Base Building 15%, Survival 7.8%, Immersive Sim 7.2%
- #19 Entropy Department
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
A facility-building management sim with a physics-fueled sandbox: build the labs, run the shifts, direct your goal-driven staff, and stop anomalies from turning one mistake into a collapse. How long can your facility survive its own research?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.2% ★, Colony Sim 20.9% ★, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 10.1%
- #20 Mars or Die!
85% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.
Why similar: Mars 35.7% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 11.3%, Survival 8.6%, Futuristic 8.3%
- #21 Resilience
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Samskara Games
Windows
Come face to face with the dangers that await your crew on a distant planet with extreme temperature conditions. Gather resources, explore, defend against aggressive flora and fauna, develop technologies to survive and leave the planet.
Why similar: Base Building 17.4%, Colony Sim 15.7% ★, Resource Management 14.8%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 12.2%
- #22 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 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 30.8% ★, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 13.7%, Survival 8%
- #23 MARS
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cyborg Dreams
Windows
Survival is temporary. Legacy is forever. Rule the last colony on Mars in this RTS x Colony Sim. Build domes for colonists as they harvest crops to survive, and command Mech armies against endless Marsect swarms. With hostile enemies and climate threatening your expedition, every choice matters.
Why similar: Mars 35.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 7.7%
- #24 Calyx
80% matchVery Positive89% of 308 reviews2026
Dev: Studio 568
Windows
A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?
Why similar: Mars 28.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 24.7% ★, Colony Sim 15.2% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #25 Farlanders
79% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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.
Why similar: Mars 35.3% ★, Colony Sim 18.3% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 13%, Survival 7.5%
- #26 Colonization Simulator
79% 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 25% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 13.4%, Sandbox 11.6%, Sci-fi 10.3%
- #27 Warranted Humanity
78% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.5% ★, Base Building 17.3%, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #28 Space Company Simulator
81% matchMostly Negative28% of 178 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Mars 35.1% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 12.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Futuristic 9%
- #29 HAS Galactics
77% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: HAS Games
Windows
HAS Galactics is a top-down factory builder. Design your own rocket, automate your production lines, balance your reputation between the Galactic Factions and complete daring missions. Start from a humble beginning… to a thriving galactic mega-factory!
Why similar: Mars 38.5% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 15.5%, Futuristic 6.8%, Sandbox 6%
- #30 Mars Colonization
78% matchMixed53% of 53 reviews2023
Windows
The time has finally come when we can enjoy a new stage in human development!
Why similar: Mars 37.9% ★, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Adventure 7.2%
- #31 Too Far Too Late
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fly Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a Colony in Space. Build a base to ensure your colonists survive. Explore, mine resources, craft items, and thrive in a realistic atmospheric and electrical simulation. Watch out for potential dangers before it’s too late!
Why similar: Mars 32% ★, Colony Sim 17.9% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 11.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #32 Reshaping Mars
76% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: Mars 31.7% ★, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 11%, Futuristic 8.2%
- #33 Wild Mars
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ArtOfLevelDesign
Windows
A management simulator in which you must produce fuel from dangerous bacteria and algae in a laboratory on Mars. The bacteria can kill you. You have a few days to leave Mars, as a storm is coming. Manage the fuel that also powers the elevator and energy generators.
Why similar: Mars 44.4% ★, Resource Management 17.2%, Survival 15.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #34 Outpost Simulator
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mental Dreams
Windows
Build a safety base for survivors, serve their needs, and earn money to expand your outpost. Manage resources, find supplies, and protect your people in a challenging survival world. A unique mix of customer simulator, base building, and first-person open-world survival game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4% ★, Base Building 18.7%, Life Sim 15.6%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #35 Shelter X
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inspite
Windows
Shelter X is a management game where you recruit residents, assign them to rooms, and let them work. As time passes, photo and video content unlocks, which you can watch later in your private room.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Life Sim 18.6%, Simulation 12.6%, Immersive Sim 10.1%, Futuristic 6.6%
- #36 Farlanders: Prologue
75% 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: Mars 40% ★, Colony Sim 19.8% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Survival 7.9%
- #37 Quarantine Zombies
73% matchMixed57% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Stones Games
Windows
A first-person shooter meets quarantine inspection in post-apocalyptic Chicago. You’ve got 30 days until the army arrives. Hold out, fix your car, and fight your way through Chicago to the main checkpoint to save your little brother.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 46.3% ★, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Life Sim 11.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #38 Greenfeet Haven
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Life Sim 16%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 11%
- #39 Barricade Protocol
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Analiz Games
Windows
Barricade Protocol: Survive in the world's last bastion, the Vera Hospital. Farm on the rooftops, generate power on balconies, and transform patient rooms into shops to build your own vertical city within the hospital corridors.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.7% ★, Resource Management 13.7%, Survival 13.6%, Life Sim 10.5%, Simulation 8.2%
- #40 Utopia Colony
74% matchMixed67% of 108 reviews2020
Dev: GridSky Software
Windows
The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you.
Why similar: Mars 40.7% ★, Colony Sim 17.5% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #41 Cutthroat Cove
73% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Wicked Games
Windows
Welcome to Cutthroat Cove. Get ready to pillage and plunder, or be prepared to walk the plank. In this open world pirate thriller you can craft, engage in combat with the nasty locals, and follow clues to unlock the secrets of the Old World.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Life Sim 14.8%, Immersive Sim 12%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #42 I Am Zombie
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarmZombie
Windows
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 50.6% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Simulation 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%, Survival 5.8%
- #43 Last Generation: Survival
73% matchMixed48% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Furious DogsPub: HandMade Games
Windows
Last Generation: Survival is a survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world where robots have conquered the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28% ★, Life Sim 12.3%, Walking Simulator 10.4%, Sandbox 9.4%, Futuristic 8.5%
- #44 Road Survival: Bigger on the Inside
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Folded Worlds
Windows
In a toxic, zombie-ridden wasteland, survival is brutal. Upgrade your RV into a foldable-space mobile base—farm, craft, gather resources, and fend off the undead to build your last safe haven.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28% ★, Life Sim 15.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Base Building 10%
- #45 Tales of Tomorrow: Experiment
71% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Duality Games
Windows
ToT: Experiment is a sci-fi short story game set on a remote ship wandering through space. Without any memories or recollection of his past our hero is tasked by the ship AI - AR.I.A. to perform daily tasks, that will help to maintain the ship.
Why similar: Mars 36% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Futuristic 10.1%, Survival 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%
- #46 Plan B: Terraform
67% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Mars 29.6% ★, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Resource Management 14.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #47 Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: After The Singularity Games
Windows · Mac
Build. Defend. Survive. Expand. A sci-fi base-building game on a hostile alien world. Gather resources, build a sprawling high-tech colony, and defend against relentless alien threats—then unlock new planets, new challenges, and the secrets of humanity’s last frontier.
Why similar: Mars 41.4% ★, Colony Sim 23.8% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Survival 6.3%
- #48 Mars Training Camp
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Christopher ShovePub: Simwerx LLC
Windows
Mars Training Camp is a simulation to build the human first base on Mars based on NASA and SpaceX science and plans. You must find ice and build critical facilities of green houses, O2 & H gas plant, launch pads and a habitat, and react just in time to emergencies of fire and low oxygen supply.
Why similar: Mars 49.3% ★, Base Building 18%, Simulation 13.2%, Futuristic 8.9%, First-Person 4%
- #49 Sect Leader's Decree
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alena Selezneva
Windows
Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8% ★, Resource Management 17.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 10.8%, Immersive Sim 10.8%
- #50 Dire Echo
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TrueGames
Windows
Dire Echo is a psychological horror walking simulator that immerses players in the eerie and oppressive atmosphere of abandoned deep space.
Why similar: Mars 32.2% ★, Walking Simulator 14.5%, Futuristic 10.4%, Survival 9.8%, Simulation 7.7%
- #51 Starship Colony
69% 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 26.4% ★, Base Building 20.6%, Resource Management 13.5%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 10.4%
- #52 Supermarket Surviving Simulator
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Melancholic Games
Windows
Want to relax after a tough day? Probably not going to happen. In this hardcore and immersive simulator, you’ll experience all the pain of managing your own store. Start with just one dollar in your account and bankrupt your competitors.
Why similar: Resource Management 21.7%, Life Sim 17.6%, Survival 16.5%, Simulation 15%, Sandbox 14.5%
- #53 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
68% matchMixed69% of 434 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 44.5% ★, Colony Sim 22.5% ★, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #54 Embers of the Night
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 118 reviews2026
Dev: 巨浪游戏
Windows
In the game, day and night alternate. Zombies will not be active during the day, so you can build your home with confidence. But at night you have to resist hordes of zombies and guard your camp!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 47.1% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Exploration 6.5%
- #55 Cloudrift Islands
65% matchPositive91% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: Inspite
Windows
Cloudrift Islands is a sky pirate adventure. Pilot a handmade flying ship, raid floating islands, fight monsters and turrets, gather resources, and uncover rare 18+ loot (images and videos) reserved for the boldest captains.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, Life Sim 18.2%, Simulation 12.5%, Action-Adventure 8.6%, Futuristic 7.8%
- #56 Tree House Survivors
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Base Building 19.3%, Resource Management 18.4%, Life Sim 16.9%, Survival 12.8%
- #57 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,643 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Mars 27.4% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Survival 14.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #58 Subzero Tides
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Survival 8.7%
- #59 Dead Hourz
66% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Raycand Games
Windows
"Dead Hourz" is a thrilling survival adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world. In a land ravaged by zombies, bandits, and scarcity, you must protect your family by gathering resources and making tough choices.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33.6% ★, Survival 13.7%, Life Sim 13.3%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 8.1%