- #1 Alien Land
97% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: liuliu
Windows
This is a special simulation tower defense game, where you need to command each citizen to build a base. To produce food, one also needs to resist monsters from the night.if you want to pass the level, it has a certain difficulty and requires you to have a certain strategy and observation rules.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 19.6%, God Game 18.9% ★, Tower Defense 16.6%, Building 6.9%
- #2 Rise to Ruins
96% matchVery Positive88% of 7,752 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.4 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 31%, City Builder 21.8%, Tower Defense 20.9%, God Game 13% ★, Sandbox 5.2%
- #3 Planeta
96% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Planeta is a planet-building game where you can create and customize your planet as you wish! Main goal is to create conditions for humans to live and build a rocket ship and fly to the moon!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, God Game 18.3% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #4 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 27.5%, Tower Defense 10.8%, Sandbox 7.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #5 Stonehearth
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,043 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 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 37.7%, City Builder 26.9%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Strategy 4.1%
- #6 Bergfried
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quid Pro Games
Windows
Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 19.4%, Tower Defense 14.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, RTS 9.1%
- #7 Exodus Borealis
93% matchVery Positive87% of 305 reviews2021
Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
Windows
In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 20.8%, Tower Defense 19.7%, God Game 14.9% ★, Building 11.9%
- #8 Latticefall: Zombie setting
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Artur Kasimov
Windows · Linux
Latticefall is a slow-burn colony sim. The disaster doesn't strike — it creeps: an infection seeps quietly across the land. Build your settlement, hold the line, and reclaim ground one step at a time — paused and deliberate, never twitchy. Every advance has a price; you see it before you commit.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 21.5%, Sandbox 11.3%, RTS 8.2%, Strategy RPG 8.1%
- #9 Demon Castle Story
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 240 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Tower Defense 18.6%, City Builder 18.5%, RPG 7.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 Gnomoria
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 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 36.4%, City Builder 25.2%, Sandbox 14.7%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 5.3%
- #11 Stronghold 4
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 18.7%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Sandbox 9.6%, RTS 9.4%
- #12 Sylox
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonz
Windows
Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, City Builder 25.2%, Tower Defense 20.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Building 6.2%
- #13 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,954 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 19.1%, Tower Defense 16.4%, RTS 10.1%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #14 To Save Humanity From Virus
89% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
To Save humanity From Virus is a building game where you are on a different planet trying to get resources to create a vaccine. The virus hit the earth and the only way to save humanity is to gather resources from the different planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 19.2%, God Game 17.2% ★, Sandbox 10%, RTS 9.5%
- #15 Dubai Builder
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Building 13.4%, Tower Defense 11.2%, Strategy 9%
- #16 Goblin Colony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonoNord Games
Windows
Goblin Colony is a real-time strategy game with building and settlement management features. As the keeper of the dungeon you will command an ambitious tribe of goblins as you explore, build and do battle with your foes across a huge campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 20.1%, God Game 18% ★, RTS 9.5%, Building 9.4%
- #17 Adhain
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Little Wormhole
Windows · Mac
Become a god and expand your influence through kindness or fear. Grow your settlements, make villages believe in you, and teach your creature how to follow your example. Play alone or join other gods, as allies or rivals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, God Game 21.3% ★, City Builder 15%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 11.2%
- #18 Landslide
84% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: 灵风工作室
Windows
Watching people run and build their towns in the mountains and resist the threat of local indigenous tribes! Here, you can destroy their town, open up the massacre mode, attach someone to their town, and experience new technologies, weapons, characters and stories.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, God Game 21.8% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Strategy 8.3%, Building 8.2%
- #19 The Universim
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,595 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 29.3%, City Builder 22.1%, God Game 20.3% ★, Sandbox 10.9%, Building 10.4%
- #20 Croswa
83% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Ausuc Games
Windows · Linux
A world where mechanical and magical civilizations intersect. A strategy and simulation game in which you become a god and build multiple civilizations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, God Game 19.1% ★, City Builder 19%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 7.4%
- #21 Scarecropia
82% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 15.2%, Tower Defense 14.3%, God Game 13% ★, Sandbox 8.6%
- #22 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 760 reviews2026
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
In this world, it’s all about the gold! Use it to build up a fantasy town, recruit heroes, give quests, raise a Godbeast, cast powerful spells, and expand your influence—all one gold coin at a time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 17.8%, God Game 16.5% ★, Tower Defense 15.5%, RTS 9.4%
- #23 City Build Island
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Xreemu
Windows
Collect resources, build structures, and develop a small island in this island-building simulation. As the overseer, you’ll grow your village while defending against invading enemies. Enjoy a unique experience that blends city-building and tower defense gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #24 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,387 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3%, City Builder 23.9%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 7.4%, Building 6.4%
- #25 Sovran's Crusade
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NewFireGames
Windows
Explore, build, defend, and lead the crusade. Gather resources, earn upgrades, build castles, and protect the Altar from waves of minions, all while searching for the "Dragon" and uncovering the truth behind his power. Embody the Sovran in this pixel-art adventure minimalist strategy game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 25.8%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 6.7%
- #26 Paleon
79% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.2%, City Builder 21.1%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 5.8%
- #27 Banished
80% matchVery Positive90% of 43,196 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 42.5%, City Builder 34.4%, Sandbox 7.3%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.2%
- #28 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
78% matchMixed50% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 23%, RTS 11.6%, Strategy RPG 9.7%, God Game 6.9% ★
- #29 Insect Empires
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 18.5%, Tower Defense 12.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 9.9%
- #30 The Settlers: New Allies
77% matchMixed49% of 1,189 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft DüsseldorfPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 25.4%, God Game 19.6% ★, Building 9.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #31 Eurekas
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ubben Ubben Studios
Windows
Eurekas is a real-time strategy colony sim where settlers battle a hostile, mystical island. Build, survive, use magic, and appease your gods—or risk losing everything to the wild forces that resist your claim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 20%, Tower Defense 17.3%, God Game 15.9% ★, Sandbox 8.8%
- #32 Little Porp
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, City Builder 34.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 8.6%, Casual 4.3%
- #33 My Colony
77% matchVery Positive90% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, City Builder 39.7%, Strategy 6%, Simulation 5.5%, Indie 2.5%
- #34 Arcane Shores
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, City Builder 29.1%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.8%
- #35 Angkor: The Holy City
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 23.6%, God Game 11.8% ★, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #36 Liftlands
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doublecap
Windows
You're a god needing followers to become the strongest deity. Lift followers and objects to build, expand, fight, convert, or ally with gods. Gather faith for divine powers with strategic depth, shaping your civilization’s destiny.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 21%, God Game 19.3% ★, Tower Defense 14.8%, Building 9.3%
- #37 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
73% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Tower Defense 20%, City Builder 19.9%, RTS 10.8%, Building 9.1%
- #38 Stronghold HD (2012)
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,366 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 20%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Sandbox 10.6%, Building 10.4%
- #39 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
73% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Little Dreams GamingPub: Little Dreams Games
Windows
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 24.6%, RTS 11.2%, Sandbox 10%, Strategy 8.3%
- #40 Pick Me Up
71% 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 33.5%, City Builder 23.5%, God Game 15.4% ★, Building 10%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #41 Tactical Warfare: Siege Survival
71% matchPositive85% of 39 reviews2024
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
Immerse yourself in Tactical Warfare, a captivating mini-game of the base game where you defend your base against relentless enemy waves. Strategize, fortify, and survive to emerge victorious. Wishlist now for exclusive access to the playtest and full game on November 29, 2024!.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 19.9%, Tower Defense 15.6%, RTS 9.9%, Strategy RPG 8.4%
- #42 Seven Wonders
72% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 20.3%, God Game 15.9% ★, Building 10.7%, RTS 10.1%
- #43 Orc Colony
73% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.2%, City Builder 15.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #44 VENOY
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, City Builder 23%, RTS 13.8%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 8.9%
- #45 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
72% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1%, City Builder 35.4%, Building 8.1%, Strategy 4.9%, Sandbox 3.7%
- #46 Dawn of Man
71% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 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 39.1%, Sandbox 6.6%, Strategy 5.3%, RTS 3.3%
- #47 Wah!Topia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kobalto Games
Windows
In the depths of the astral seas a bunch of crafty kobolds will need to defend and resist chaos to survive. Wah!Topia is a colony simulation and defense game where you manage resources, build stations and protect the monument.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 26.6%, Tower Defense 22.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 7.6%
- #48 FireMatch Empire
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FireMatch Studio
Windows
Awaken the first Stickfolk. Explore an endless world. Build your cities. Develop new technologies. Unlock new eras. Shape a peaceful civilization. No war, only creation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 27.2%, God Game 21.1% ★, Building 6.9%, Strategy 6.6%
- #49 After Long Night
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 449 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 26.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Tower Defense 11.7%, RTS 10.9%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #50 Convenience Stories
68% matchVery Positive94% of 277 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, City Builder 17.2%, RTS 11.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 8%
- #51 Halloween Store Simulator
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 22.5%, God Game 18.8% ★, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7%
- #52 The Mims Beginning
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 292 reviews2016
Dev: Squatting PenguinsPub: The End of the Sun Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Experience a mystical journey with the Mims in this strategic god-like adventure—build, grow, protect, and wield divine powers. Now it's completely free! Also check out our other story-rich fantasy game, The End of the Sun, where you become a tracker of mythical beings and unravel mysteries.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 20%, God Game 19.7% ★, RTS 9.9%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #53 Settlements Rising
67% matchVery Positive81% of 430 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 33.3%, City Builder 26.6%, Tower Defense 10.4%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #54 Founders' Fortune
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, City Builder 23.3%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 9.3%, Strategy 4.3%
- #55 Fata Deum - The God Sim
66% matchMixed59% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 18.8%, God Game 18.8% ★, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.2%
- #56 Castle Story
69% matchMixed65% of 10,591 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Building 16.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Tower Defense 10.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #57 Colonus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badhenke Studios
Windows · Mac
A medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, City Builder 26.5%, Sandbox 16.1%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 3.6%
- #58 Legends of Heropolis DX
66% matchMixed69% of 89 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, City Builder 26.4%, Simulation 7.8%, Building 6%, 2D Platformer 5.8%
- #59 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
64% matchVery Positive92% of 733 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 23.4%, Tower Defense 19.1%, RTS 10.9%, Building 9.8%