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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include City Builder, Resource Management, Strategy, Base Building.

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Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 880 reviews
Released: 2026-04-17
Developer: The Wandering Band LLC
Publisher: Stray Fawn Publishing
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 2.1 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.4 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 59%

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  1. #1 Airborne Kingdom
    97% matchVery Positive87% of 2,377 reviews2022
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Real-Time with Pause 20.7%, Resource Management 11.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 8.9%

  2. #2 Flotsam
    96% matchVery Positive81% of 4,433 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.1%, Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 14.8%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 7.7%

  3. #3 Foundation
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 23,848 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 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 34.5%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Management 6%

  4. #4 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
    95% matchMostly Positive73% of 620 reviews2024
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.5%

  5. #5 Ratopia
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 4,710 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 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 23.6%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.9%, Building 8.7%

  6. #6 The Wandering Village
    94% matchVery Positive92% of 8,256 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 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 23.3%, City Builder 22%, Resource Management 12%, RTS 9.6%, Management 8.6%

  7. #7 Kingdoms Reborn
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 9,636 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 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 31.1%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Management 7%

  8. #8 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    92% matchVery Positive82% of 1,427 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

    Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 25.6%, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 17.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 7.3%

  9. #9 Space Haven
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 10,816 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 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 22.9%, City Builder 16.8%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9%

  10. #10 Kingdoms and Castles
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 31,170 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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: City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Resource Management 9.3%, RTS 8.8%, Sandbox 7%

  11. #11 The Universim
    90% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,579 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 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 24.9%, City Builder 21.5%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 7.7%

  12. #12 CLOUD DWELLERS
    89% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2026
    Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
    Windows

    CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Building 10.2%, Management 9.3%

  13. #13 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 749 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 17.1%, RTS 10%, Open World 8.5%, Sandbox 7.8%

  14. #14 Noble Fates
    88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,472 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 28.4%, City Builder 23.5%, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.1%

  15. #15 Synergy
    86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,052 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 20.7%, Resource Management 11.3%, Base Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%

  16. #16 SteamWorld Build
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,187 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Resource Management 14.2%, Sandbox 9.3%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Base Building 8.8%

  17. #17 Buoyancy
    87% matchMixed55% of 827 reviews2019
    Dev: Devs on a Boat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 7.3%, Strategy 6.5%

  18. #18 Aquatico
    84% matchMixed67% of 866 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Building 7.9%, Resource Management 7.8%

  19. #19 Sphere - Flying Cities
    85% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
    Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 26.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Building 8.8%, Management 8%

  20. #20 Industries of Titan
    84% matchMixed63% of 1,612 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: Real-Time with Pause 27.1%, Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, Base Building 7.8%

  21. #21 Stonehearth
    83% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,032 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 35.2%, City Builder 28.8%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 9.3%, Open World 4.7%

  22. #22 Kubifaktorium
    82% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.8%

  23. #23 Oxygen
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 890 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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 22.9%, City Builder 21.6%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.7%

  24. #24 Highrise City
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,292 reviews2023
    Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 25.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Building 7.6%, Family Friendly 6.4%

  25. #25 Before We Leave
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,711 reviews2021
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Family Friendly 8.8%, Sandbox 8.5%

  26. #26 Havendock
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,915 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 17.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Open World 8.6%

  27. #27 Airship: Kingdoms Adrift
    79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,040 reviews2023
    Dev: Revolution IndustryPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!

    Why similar: Sandbox 30.2%, Open World 20.6%, Management 16.5%, RPG 15.9%, Strategy 9.5%

  28. #28 Patron
    80% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,179 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 25.7%, Resource Management 9%, Open World 7.1%, Base Building 6.8%

  29. #29 ALL WILL FALL
    77% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,197 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 10.5%

  30. #30 Exogate Initiative
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 710 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: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, RTS 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%

  31. #31 TerraScape
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 2,172 reviews2024
    Dev: Bitfall StudiosPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.5%, Resource Management 22.6%, Family Friendly 15.1%, Relaxing 11.7%, Strategy 8.6%

  32. #32 Captain of Industry
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 11,061 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Resource Management 24.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 16.9%, Management 9.1%

  33. #33 Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,446 reviews2024
    Dev: Tomas SalaPub: Wired Productions
    Windows
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Bulwark blends casual and creative building elements with touches of strategy and exploration. It's an experimental mix of genres that can be enjoyed casually or as an epic conquest featuring naval units, air units, and fortresses.

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  34. #34 Aven Colony
    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,759 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 41.2%, City Builder 33.7%, Base Building 9.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Resource Management 3.9%

  35. #35 Empires of the Undergrowth
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 18,149 reviews2024
    Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 21.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%

  36. #36 Edge Islands
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
    Dev: LS Games
    Windows

    Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

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  37. #37 Nova Roma
    72% matchVery Positive94% of 1,968 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 20.9%, City Builder 20%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%

  38. #38 Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
    73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,238 reviews2025
    Dev: Massive MiniteamPub: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Oddsparks is a blend of automation and real-time strategy for both the die-hard fans of the automation genre and the automation-curious. Explore a strange fantasy world, uncover the mysteries of the past, automate your workshops, and go on adventures with your odd & adorable Sparks!

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  39. #39 Settlements Rising
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 428 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 24.5%, City Builder 22.4%, Resource Management 11%, Base Building 7.1%, Building 6.6%

  40. #40 Going Medieval
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 21,027 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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  41. #41 Skyship Quest Story
    74% matchMixed63% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Customize your airship and explore the world above the clouds in this sim RPG

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, City Builder 29.7%, RPG 15.8%, Casual 7%, Exploration 6.3%

  42. #42 STARIO: Haven Tower
    72% matchVery Positive95% of 348 reviews2025
    Dev: Stargate Games
    Windows

    A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

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  43. #43 Astro Colony
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,634 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 15.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Open World 9%

  44. #44 Scorchlands
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 133 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.

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  45. #45 Legends of Ellaria
    75% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
    Dev: Larkon Studio
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 770 reviews2026
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    Windows
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  47. #47 Urbek City Builder
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,866 reviews2022
    Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Urbek is a city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures.

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  48. #48 Norland
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 10,043 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 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.

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  49. #49 Founders' Fortune
    70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,183 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    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.

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  50. #50 Merchant of the Skies
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 2,269 reviews2020
    Dev: Coldwild Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

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  51. #51 Factory Town
    69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,445 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 22.9%, City Builder 20.8%, Resource Management 14.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.6%

  52. #52 Celestial Empire
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 683 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

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  53. #53 United Penguin Kingdom
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 442 reviews2024
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.

    Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Resource Management 15%, Management 10%, Strategy 7.2%

  54. #54 Planetbase
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,351 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 31.7%, City Builder 26.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 7.1%, Strategy 4.9%

  55. #55 Automation Empire
    69% matchMixed66% of 2,638 reviews2019
    Dev: DOG HOGGLER
    Windows
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build and manage a massive industrial network of factories, mines, and farms. Employ a fleet of trains, trucks, and robotic drones. In the age of automation, efficiency is survival!

    Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.2%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 14.3%, Resource Management 14%, Sandbox 12.7%

  56. #56 Everwind
    64% matchVery Positive82% of 3,471 reviews2026
    Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!

    Why similar: Open World 21.4%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 16.3%, Combat 12.9%, RPG 10.5%

  57. #57 Black Skylands
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 4,423 reviews2023
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.

    Why similar: Open World 30.2%, Sandbox 25.7%, Base Building 24.8%, RPG 12.8%, Adventure 4.1%

  58. #58 Diluvian Winds
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 386 reviews2024
    Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.9%

  59. #59 Airport CEO
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 8,240 reviews2021
    Dev: Apog Labs
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Build and manage an international airport!

    Why similar: City Builder 23%, Resource Management 20.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Management 12.1%, Building 11.6%

  60. #60 Of Life and Land
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 360 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 18.3%, RTS 10.1%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 8.9%

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