- #1 Infection Free Zone
97% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 20.6% ★, City Builder 16%, Colony Sim 13.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Zombies 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the seed's focus on reclaiming real-world locations from zombie hordes while managing a growing survivor settlement.
- #2 Frostpunk 2
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Resource Management 13.8%, Colony Sim 8.9% ★, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly intense focus on societal survival and difficult moral choices in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #3 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
96% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
Dev: Northway Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
Why similar: 4X 17% ★, Colony Sim 16.8% ★, Outbreak Sim 14.8% ★, City Builder 11.3%, Zombies 9%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the 4X-lite strategy and zombie-apocalypse reclamation theme found in the seed game.
- #4 They Are Billions
95% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 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 31.6% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Zombies 16.8%, City Builder 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at the high-stakes base defense and city-building mechanics required to survive massive zombie swarms.
- #5 RimWorld
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 40.8% ★, Base Building 17.9%, City Builder 15.6%, Management 8.8%, Building 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: As the definitive colony simulation, it provides the deep social and survival mechanics that underpin the management style of After Inc: Revival.
- #6 Against the Storm
94% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 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 20.2% ★, 4X 19.2% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Resource Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its roguelite city-building structure provides a similar sense of urgency and strategic progression to the seed game.
- #7 Cataclismo
92% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Zombies 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines intricate base-building with tactical defense against waves of enemies, echoing the survival-strategy loop of the seed.
- #8 Surviving the Aftermath
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Colony Sim 24.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of managing a colony in a post-apocalyptic wasteland with a strong emphasis on resource gathering and expansion.
- #9 Endzone 2
91% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A robust post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes long-term survival and exploration of a ruined world.
- #10 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
91% 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 34.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Base Building 14.4%, City Builder 10.5%, Resource Management 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: This colony sim specifically focuses on surviving a demon apocalypse, sharing the same base-building and research-focused gameplay loop.
- #11 New Cycle
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes the struggle to maintain order and progress after a global collapse.
- #12 After the Collapse
90% 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 29.9% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Management 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony sim that emphasizes base construction and defense against both environmental hazards and raiders.
- #13 The Wandering Village
88% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 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 26.7% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: It introduces a unique survival mechanic where you build your city on the back of a giant creature, adding a fresh layer to the city-builder genre.
- #14 Frostpunk
89% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The original game remains a masterclass in survival city-building, forcing players to manage limited resources under extreme pressure.
- #15 Timberborn
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 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 27.7% ★, City Builder 26%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder focuses on water management and engineering, requiring the same careful planning seen in After Inc: Revival.
- #16 Project Zomboid
87% matchVery Positive94% of 440,877 reviews2013
Dev: The Indie Stone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.8 hrsMean: 82.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Why similar: Zombies 54.6%, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on individual survival, it offers the most realistic and deep simulation of a zombie-infested world available.
- #17 Zombie Cure Lab
86% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Zombies 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Base Building 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This colony sim adds a unique twist by allowing you to cure zombies and integrate them into your workforce.
- #18 Plague Inc: Evolved
86% matchVery Positive94% of 59,582 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 62.2% ★, Zombies 10.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developer, it shares the strategic, high-level simulation DNA that defines the After Inc experience.
- #19 IXION
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Building 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: While set in space, its focus on managing a fragile society and limited resources under constant threat is highly comparable.
- #20 Going Medieval
81% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 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 34.9% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Management 10.8%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep colony-sim experience with a focus on vertical building and defense, perfect for fans of the genre.
- #21 Rebirth evolution
84% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 24.2% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Zombies 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Base Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that tasks you with rebuilding civilization after a global catastrophe.
- #22 Stranded: Alien Dawn
82% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, Base Building 25.3%, Resource Management 9%, Management 9%, Simulation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D colony sim that focuses on managing a small group of survivors against alien threats, mirroring the survival-management feel of the seed.
- #23 Banished
82% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 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 43% ★, City Builder 35.3%, Strategy 5.7%, Simulation 5.5%, Resource Management 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The classic survival city-builder that set the standard for managing a small population against the harsh realities of nature.
- #24 Norland
80% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, 4X 21.2% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on the complex social dynamics and power struggles of a ruling family.
- #25 Whiskerwood
78% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2% ★, 4X 20.2% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging colony-sim that focuses on building a thriving society in a dangerous, resource-scarce world.
- #26 The Last Haven
81% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Base Building 18.3%, City Builder 15.3%, Colony Sim 9.4% ★, Strategy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It blends base-building with combat and resource management, focusing on the struggle to survive in a post-nuclear world.
- #27 Settlement Survival
79% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 30.4% ★, City Builder 28%, Building 9.6%, Management 8.9%, Base Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep city-builder that focuses on trade, production chains, and population management in a survival context.
- #28 Oxygen
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder requires you to manage oxygen and resources in a post-apocalyptic world, mirroring the seed's survival focus.
- #29 Clanfolk
78% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.1% ★, Building 18.9%, Simulation 11.9%, Casual 4.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival colony sim that emphasizes seasonal preparation and family management in a harsh environment.
- #30 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #31 After Long Night
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 14.5%, Zombies 14%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #32 Endzone - A World Apart
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 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 31.5%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Colony Sim 15.4% ★, Base Building 11%, Strategy 5.7%
- #33 Post-Apo Builder
76% matchMixed43% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 31.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.7%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 7.8%
- #34 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
75% 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 39.5% ★, Colony Sim 22.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Base Building 6.3%, Dystopian 5.6%
- #35 MEMORIAPOLIS
73% 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: Colony Sim 27.4% ★, City Builder 25.4%, Base Building 10.5%, Management 8%, Building 7.8%
- #36 Nova Roma
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, 4X 20.4% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8%
- #37 Industries of Titan
75% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!
Why similar: 4X 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 19.9% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Base Building 8.4%
- #38 Settlements Rising
73% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9% ★, City Builder 25%, Resource Management 10.2%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 7.2%
- #39 Space Haven
73% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 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 26.3% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #40 Cliff Empire
74% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Resource Management 9.3%, Base Building 8.9%
- #41 Ratopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 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 30.3% ★, City Builder 20%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #42 SimPocalypse
74% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: 4X 23.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #43 Kingdoms Reborn
72% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Colony Sim 27.5% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Management 8%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #44 Dawn of Man
72% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 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 43.3% ★, City Builder 41.1%, Strategy 5.6%, Simulation 4.3%, Resource Management 2%
- #45 Reshaping Mars
70% 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: 4X 23.4% ★, Colony Sim 23.2% ★, Base Building 12.8%, City Builder 8.1%, Building 7.9%
- #46 Blacksmith Master
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 8.5%
- #47 Aven Colony
71% 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 42.3% ★, City Builder 30.6%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.2%
- #48 Oxygen: First Breath
69% 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 24.7% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 6.7%
- #49 From Glory To Goo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Zombies 13%, Base Building 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #50 Floodland
70% matchMixed56% of 1,062 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #51 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
68% 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 33.4% ★, City Builder 28.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 9.1%, Strategy 6.1%
- #52 Ecopunk
67% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #53 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
65% matchVery Positive82% of 10,961 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Zombies 25%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Management 8.6%
- #54 Scorchlands
67% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 18%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Resource Management 11.4%, Base Building 10.7%
- #55 Seeds of Resilience
70% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 8.4%, Management 8%
- #56 Exogate Initiative
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: 4X 20.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #57 Pioneers of Pagonia
64% matchVery Positive82% of 5,204 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3% ★, City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 8.5%
- #58 Empires of the Undergrowth
64% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, 4X 20.8% ★, City Builder 17%, Base Building 10.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #59 Pompeii: The Legacy
65% matchVery Positive86% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36% ★, City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%