- #1 Rise to Ruins
83% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30% ★, God Game 16.2% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 7.7%
- #2 RimWorld
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 9.3%, City Builder 8.7%, Management 8.6%
- #3 The Universim
76% matchVery Positive80% of 10,477 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5% ★, God Game 23.6% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Management 7.8%, Survival 7.5%
- #4 Gnomoria
77% 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 34.9% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Crafting 8%, Survival 8%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #5 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
76% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 11%, City Builder 7.2%, Crafting 6.6%
- #6 Dwarf Fortress
74% matchVery Positive95% of 30,790 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Base Building 15.5%, City Builder 15%, Management 11.1%, Survival 9.4%
- #7 Stardeus
75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,526 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24% ★, God Game 16.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Survival 8.1%
- #8 Planetbase
75% 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 34.8% ★, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 5.3%
- #9 Stonehearth
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,966 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2% ★, City Builder 20.9%, Survival 9.1%, Crafting 5.9%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #10 Kingdom: Classic
74% matchVery Positive91% of 22,522 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 15.9%, City Builder 11%, Management 10.5%, Survival 8.7%
- #11 Oxygen Not Included
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,747 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6% ★, Base Building 23.1%, Survival 12.8%, Management 7.8%, Sandbox 3.5%
- #12 Banished
72% 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 41.7% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Survival 9.5%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 5.9%
- #13 Colony Survival
72% matchVery Positive92% of 8,806 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 11.8%, City Builder 9.2%, Crafting 6.2%
- #14 Going Medieval
68% 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 23.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, City Builder 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Management 9.5%
- #15 Noble Fates
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,452 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #16 Kingdoms and Castles
69% 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 38.4% ★, City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 9.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Management 4.7%
- #17 Ratopia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,642 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 14.5%, Management 10.7%, Survival 9.9%
- #18 Lords and Villeins
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Management 11.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #19 Space Haven
67% 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 27.8% ★, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 13.5%, Management 10.8%, Survival 9.5%
- #20 Endzone - A World Apart
67% 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 26%, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #21 Kingdoms Reborn
66% 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: Colony Sim 28.4% ★, City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 16%, Management 10.6%, Procedural Generation 6.4%
- #22 Dawn of Man
66% 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: Colony Sim 41.9% ★, City Builder 29.3%, Survival 11.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 4.5%
- #23 Prison Architect
65% 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 29.6% ★, Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 14.8%, Management 12%, Simulation 6.6%
- #24 Settlement Survival
63% 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 31% ★, City Builder 21%, Management 11.8%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%
- #25 Hearthlands
64% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9% ★, City Builder 20.2%, God Game 13.2% ★, Management 10.8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #26 Ruinarch
63% matchMixed64% of 1,389 reviews2023
Dev: Maccima Games LLCPub: Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2% ★, God Game 21.7% ★, Base Building 13.5%, City Builder 12%, Management 8.4%
- #27 Foundation
58% 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 32.4%, Colony Sim 16.5% ★, Management 10.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Simulation 7.4%
- #28 Beneath a Dead City
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Management 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, City Builder 9.2%
- #29 Factory Town
58% matchVery Positive91% of 4,418 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26% ★, Base Building 18.5%, City Builder 15.4%, Management 11.7%, Crafting 11.3%
- #30 WorldBox - God Simulator
57% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,750 reviews2021
Dev: Maxim Karpenko
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
WorldBox is the ULTIMATE god simulator and sandbox game. A petri dish for your fantasy civilizations. Create your own world or destroy it using many powers. Watch civilizations grow, form kingdoms, colonize new lands, sail to far continents, wars to ignite, empires to fall and towns to burn!
Why similar: God Game 34.5% ★, Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Sandbox 8.2%, Procedural Generation 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #31 The Crust
57% 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 31.4% ★, Base Building 19.4%, City Builder 14.3%, Management 10%, Survival 7.3%
- #32 Caves of Qud
56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,074 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 43.7%, Survival 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, Roguelike 11.9%, Atmospheric 8.6%
- #33 The Wandering Village
55% matchVery Positive92% of 8,057 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Management 13.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 7.9%
- #34 Sapiens
57% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3% ★, God Game 20.2% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 12%, Management 7.3%
- #35 Songs of Syx
56% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,732 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 5.5%
- #36 Necesse
53% matchVery Positive93% of 26,732 reviews2025
Dev: Fair Games ApS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Why similar: Base Building 22.9%, Crafting 20.2%, Survival 19.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #37 Mind Over Magic
54% matchVery Positive87% of 4,297 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Management 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Survival 10.6%
- #38 Timberborn
52% 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: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Management 11.1%, Survival 8.9%
- #39 Settletopia
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Base Building 14.4%, City Builder 13%, Management 8.9%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #40 After the Collapse
56% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Base Building 14%, City Builder 11.4%, Management 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #41 Core Keeper
53% matchVery Positive93% of 63,039 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 33.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Procedural Generation 17%, Crafting 15.7%, Survival 14.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
- #42 They Are Billions
55% matchVery Positive85% of 50,587 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3% ★, Base Building 28.7%, Survival 11.6%, City Builder 10.2%, Strategy 7%
- #43 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
53% matchVery Positive82% of 281 reviews2025
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Gold makes God. Embrace city-building chaos around a monster-filled dungeon where danger & profit go hand in hand. Assign heroes quests, evolve powerful pets and expand your influence one gold coin at a time. Recruit, defend, explore — all in pursuit of Glory and Gold!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, God Game 17% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Management 11.1%, City Builder 10.6%
- #44 Fabledom
53% matchVery Positive85% of 7,336 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Management 9.3%
- #45 ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
52% matchVery Positive82% of 178,648 reviews2025
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.
Windows
Median: 41.3 hrsMean: 88.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone adventure within the ELDEN RING universe, crafted to offer players a new gaming experience by reimagining the game’s core design.
Why similar: Roguelike 37.1%, Survival 33%, Roguelite 21.2%, Singleplayer 8.7%
- #46 Bongo Cat
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 95,019 reviews2025
Dev: Marcel ZurawkaPub: Irox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 26.7 hrsMean: 261.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Why similar: Simulation 42.1%, 2D 25.5%, Indie 18.2%, Singleplayer 14.3%
- #47 Elin
52% matchVery Positive94% of 8,583 reviews2024
Dev: Lafrontier
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 64.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Successor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
Why similar: Procedural Generation 34%, Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Roguelike 18%, Sandbox 17%, 2D 6.9%
- #48 Against the Storm
52% matchVery Positive95% of 35,439 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7% ★, Base Building 15.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Management 11.1%, Survival 9.1%
- #49 Pick Me Up
55% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultra Sunny Studio
Windows
Experience survival and combat in a point-and-click colony simulation. Gather resources, build structures, and lead your tribe to prosperity. Interact directly with objects, ruling this world with a sacred cursor.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1% ★, God Game 16% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Management 7.9%
- #50 Kenshi
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,185 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Survival 19.7%, Base Building 19.2%, City Builder 14.3%, Sandbox 12.6%, Crafting 11.2%
- #51 Black Myth: Wukong
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,196,527 reviews2024
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 41.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Why similar: Atmospheric 44.5%, Fantasy 32.5%, Singleplayer 23%
- #52 Offworld Trading Company
56% matchMostly Positive77% of 5,669 reviews2016
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Stardock Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 11.4%, Survival 8.4%
- #53 Oxygen: First Breath
53% 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 23.9% ★, Base Building 16.2%, City Builder 15.4%, Survival 9%, Management 8%
- #54 Noita
53% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 85,691 reviews2020
Dev: Nolla Games
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 29.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Why similar: Crafting 21.6%, Pixel Graphics 21.4%, Roguelike 18.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #55 Founders' Fortune
54% 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 37.9% ★, Base Building 15.3%, City Builder 14.1%, Survival 6.5%, Management 6.1%
- #56 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
53% matchVery Positive95% of 12,415 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Survival 25.3%, Strategy 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.8%, Simulation 13.4%, Atmospheric 10.3%
- #57 Soter
55% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Jethro TullPub: The Fridge Network
Windows
Play the role of a planet trying to keep the few humans who remain alive as you travel through an asteroid field in this simulator inspired by the classic Maxis game Sim Earth.
Why similar: God Game 26.4% ★, Colony Sim 21% ★, Management 10.8%, Survival 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #58 Farthest Frontier
51% matchVery Positive87% of 23,572 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Management 12%, Survival 10%
- #59 Nova Drift
52% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,388 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Roguelike 34.2%, Roguelite 29.6%, 2D 15.4%, Indie 11.8%, Singleplayer 9%