- #1 Medieval Alchemist
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VaybetterGames
Windows
Medieval Alchemist is an alchemist survival game set in the medieval period. Survive against the challenges of nature, collect ingredients, produce potions, sell non-essential ingredients in the bazaar, develop your character and build your living space by hiring workers.
Why similar: Hunting 18.2% ★, Trading 17.9%, Crafting 11.7%, Medieval 10.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #2 50 Days To Survive
96% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: NullReferenceGames
Windows
You find yourself alone in the middle of a desert, and devoid of all hope. Quickly find what to eat, what to drink, what to shelter you, and improve your comfort of life to avoid death. Can you survive for 50 days? Let's see that.
Why similar: Hunting 29.6% ★, Resource Management 13.4%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Building 11.7%
- #3 Primal Survival Wars
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ForgeOfGames
Windows · Mac
Build your own Settlement of Ancient People. Survive, Hunt, Gather, Craft Tools, Fight, Research new technologies and face the challenges that the environment throws at you.
Why similar: Hunting 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 21.6%, Crafting 12.4%, Farming Sim 11.3%, Survival 10.5%
- #4 Surviving Ceres
95% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Farming Sim 14.5%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 13.3%, Survival 11.5%
- #5 Medieval Frontiers
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Active Fungus StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
First-person colony simulation where strategy meets survival in a demanding, medieval wilderness. Construct gridless settlements, establish production chains, and manage the needs, desires, and work morale of your villagers to ensure their survival through the harsh realities of nature and disease.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Building 10.6%, Crafting 10.5%, Medieval 9.7%
- #6 Of Life and Land
94% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 21.4%, Farming Sim 11.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.2%
- #7 Dwarf Land
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Popcorn GameMovia
Windows
Embark on a journey in Dwarf Land, a procedurally generated open world. Master modular building amidst dense forests and towering peaks. Unleash creativity in crafting, hunting, and mining. Discover dwarven culture in a vibrant sandbox simulation. Dwarf Land awaits, a realm of endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hunting 22.2% ★, Building 11.1%, Crafting 11%, Medieval 9.7%, Survival 9.5%
- #8 Castaway Coalition
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MehowLipa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Castaway Coalition: Experience an evolving survival simulation on a remote island. You're not just a player, you're part of a living ecosystem. Craft, build, bond & survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Farming Sim 11.3%, Immersive Sim 11.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Survival 9.8%
- #9 King's Keeper
91% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Clément Andraud
Windows · Linux
A game of base building and colony simulation in a world where night is permanent. Survive, build, explore, repel enemy raids and tend to the needs of your workers and your king.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Trading 17.3%, Crafting 11.7%, Building 11.4%, Survival 10.2%
- #10 Deep In Snow
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PimpGameStudio
Windows
Survival in a post-apocalyptic ice age with settlement building. Dig through the snow, find resources, build shelters, and defend yourself from evolved beasts and feral locals. Explore ruins, trade, and rebuild civilization in the harsh world after the icy cataclysm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Farming Sim 17.5%, Building 13.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Survival 11.6%
- #11 Shanhe Builders
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Luyu Games
Windows
Build an ancient mountain settlement in a deterministic 3D colony survival sim. Choose settlers, plan shelters, farms, workshops, storage and defenses, then survive hunger, winter, illness, trade demands and social strain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Trading 15.2%, Crafting 13.9%, Building 13.2%, Survival 9.8%
- #12 Chinese Frontiers
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Farming Sim 15.4%, Crafting 13.6%, Medieval 12.8%, Building 12.5%, Historical 11.4%
- #13 Once Upon a Time in the Colony
90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Song Qiang Sheng
Windows
"Once Upon a Time in the Colony" is a third-person game with simulation survival, action and shooting elements. Go to virtual amusement parks called "colony" in parallel time and space. Survive and develop, farm, explore and fight in various harsh environments. Write your own legendary story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Hunting 22.3% ★, Farming Sim 14.8%, Trading 13.2%, Survival 8.6%
- #14 Breadoria
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Crafting 14.1%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 7.5%, PvE 6.5%
- #15 Monastery: Ora et Labora
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dragonkin Studios
Windows
Lead your monks in prayer and labor to build a thriving medieval monastery. Manage resources, brew ale, craft manuscripts, and face trials like war and weather. Customize, expand, and guide your brotherhood to achieve spiritual and economic prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Farming Sim 13%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11%, Medieval 10%
- #16 KINGDOMS
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 4,086 reviews2015
Dev: Oreol
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.
Why similar: Building 18.3%, Medieval 17.9%, Hunting 15.4% ★, Crafting 13.3%, Survival 13%
- #17 Satus Colony Survival
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Re³ Studios
Windows
Satus (Latin for beginning/sowing) is a voxel-based sand box colony management sim. Players will be tasked with overseeing their colony as they fight for survival while expanding their colony's influence, creating new outposts, and attracting new colonists in the process.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Medieval 12.4%, Building 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 11%
- #18 Ember's Verge
84% matchPositive87% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Feralless Games
Windows
Survive on a deserted island with no modern tools or electricity. Gather resources, craft everything you need, and adapt to changing seasons including winter conditions. No zombies, no supernatural. Man vs nature survival. Your adventure, your choice.
Why similar: Hunting 20.3% ★, Crafting 15.4%, Nature 13.7%, Survival 13.5%, PvE 9.1%
- #19 AColony
85% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Trading 20.1%, Immersive Sim 12.1%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%
- #20 Patron
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 33.2%, Survival 12.7%, Medieval 9.9%, Moddable 9.7% ★, Resource Management 9.7%
- #21 Koloni
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnwareStudio
Windows
Koloni is a city-building strategy game that puts you in charge of a group of pioneers who have discovered a new land to colonize. However, you're not alone in your quest to settle on this uncharted territory, as other groups have their sights set on the same land.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Resource Management 14.9%, Building 14.7%, Medieval 11.9%, Survival 9.6%
- #22 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
83% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, Survival 14.5%, Resource Management 13%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 11.6%
- #23 Humanica
80% matchVery Positive93% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Resource Management 11.6%, Survival 11.4%, Building 11%, Historical 9.9%
- #24 Wildstrive
82% matchMixed46% of 41 reviews2023
Dev: MonsterGaze
Windows
Wildstrive - is an open-world first-person survival game. Craft tools, build a camp, harvest crops, explore the land, tame and fight wild animals. Challenge nature and solve the mystery of the lost island!
Why similar: Hunting 26% ★, Farming Sim 14.9%, Building 13%, Crafting 12.2%, Immersive Sim 12.2%
- #25 Architect of Ruin
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Building 11.6%, Moddable 10.8% ★
- #26 First Feudal
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Resource Management 14%, Building 14%, Medieval 12.9%, Crafting 12.6%
- #27 Wildwood: A Town Building Game
79% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Thermal Expansion Games
Windows
Welcome to Wildwood, the ultimate town building game. Start from nothing. Provide food, shelter and protection for your settlers. Forage for resources, research new technologies, Craft new items, construct new buildings and grow from a surviving colony into a thriving one.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Resource Management 12.3%, Immersive Sim 12%, Crafting 11.2%, Farming Sim 11.1%
- #28 Compact Colonies
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Resource Management 16.3%, Survival 12.6%, Nature 11.1%, Historical 8.5%
- #29 KingForge
78% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ElykraGames
Windows
Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Building 14.7%, Resource Management 13.5%, Survival 13.3%, Medieval 11.2%
- #30 Paleolith
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NatureGames
Windows
Paleolith – a hardcore survival simulator set 40,000 years ago. Hunt, craft primitive tools, build fires, and endure the brutal winter. No technology, no magic – just nature, instincts, and the fight to survive in prehistoric Europe. Will you make it?
Why similar: Hunting 23.4% ★, Immersive Sim 18.1%, Survival 15.1%, Nature 14.7%, Crafting 11.2%
- #31 Deichgraf
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Resource Management 14.4%, Medieval 13.6%, Building 13.3%, Immersive Sim 13%
- #32 Havelyn
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: All Loose®
Windows
A peaceful open world of forests, rivers and wide meadows. Set out alone or with up to 4 friends to find the place you’ll call home. Build a quiet life or grow your settlement into a thriving new civilization. The choice is yours.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Farming Sim 23.3%, Hunting 17% ★, Immersive Sim 12.9%, Crafting 7.7%
- #33 All Roads Connected
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Trading 18%, Farming Sim 14.9%, Resource Management 14.2%, Building 11.7%
- #34 Artemis Survival
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironborn Gaming Studios
Windows
Attempt survival after escaping captivity from the Imperium. Adventure into an unknown world on one of Saturn's moons set in the medieval era. Craft, Build, Hunt, and Explore to survive in this unique single player adventure RPG.
Why similar: Hunting 29.3% ★, Building 13.8%, Crafting 13.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Medieval 12.4%
- #35 DuneHaven
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Trading 13.4%, PvE 10.7%, Open World 7.4%, Building 7.3%
- #36 Cat Cafe Simulator
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blink Studios
Windows
Start your new life as the owner of a charming but rundown Cat Cafe. Your mission? To clean, renovate, and bring warmth to a place where both humans and cats can find comfort in the cozy ambiance of your making.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, Trading 21%, Farming Sim 14.5%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Building 12.2%
- #37 Farming & Defense - Farmfence
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alkame Games
Windows
Supermarket Simulator meets Farming Simulator—with zombies. Build your store, grow crops, and survive nightly undead attacks in this fast-paced farming defence game. Harvest, sell, and fight to keep your business and farm alive.
Why similar: Trading 24.8%, Farming Sim 18.5%, Immersive Sim 15.8%, Resource Management 14.8%, Nature 12.2%
- #38 Bread and Blood
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eraslt
Windows
Hunt, craft, fight, and survive in the brutal Middle Ages. Rise from a poor peasant to power — or die trying. This is a survival RPG set in medieval Europe.
Why similar: Building 16.1%, Crafting 15.4%, Farming Sim 14.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Nature 13.3%
- #39 Missing Plane: Survival
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: SU Games
Windows
You survived a plane crash, and now you will need to find a way to be rescued, for that you will be building an SOS signal and wait for a rescue. In the meantime you will need to eat, drink and build stuff to stay alive
Why similar: Hunting 36.7% ★, Building 18.3%, Crafting 17.2%, Survival 12.9%, RPG 6.1%
- #40 NEED: No End
71% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: PopcornPub: Popcorn Forge
Windows
Build and upgrade production loops, manage resources and workers, and expand your realm. Trade, adapt and survive hunger, pressure, decay, and threats in a tense, multi-layered strategy game where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Trading 20%, Resource Management 16.4%, Survival 10.4%, Medieval 8.2%
- #41 The Guild II Renaissance
75% matchVery Positive84% of 4,195 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, Trading 19.7%, Medieval 16.9%, Resource Management 6.9%, RPG 4.5%
- #42 Blacksmith Master
70% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 26.5%, Moddable 13.6% ★, Building 13%, Resource Management 12.7%, Medieval 12.6%
- #43 A Kingdom of Soil
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: NicoDocci
Windows
Return to a medieval borderland. Rebuild from a hoe, forge, hunt, and reclaim your tavern amid faction conflicts. Words sway deals, cooking wins hearts, choices shape your legacy. Live your legend in an open world.
Why similar: Hunting 27.5% ★, Trading 16.7%, Medieval 13.1%, Building 11.4%, Crafting 11.3%
- #44 Why Am I Here
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hamiga Studio
Windows · Mac
A thought-provoking exploration survival game. You must endure a frozen wilderness threatened by both brutal natural forces and demonic creatures. Starting with nothing, you will fight the cold, manage resources, maintain body temperature, and gradually take in survivors to build a home together.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, Immersive Sim 16.6%, Building 10.3%, Crafting 9.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #45 Homeless farmer
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ADDink
Windows
"Homeless Farmer" is a survival strategy where you start from scratch, even a little bit in the red. Your goal is not just to survive, but to save up for an apartment in a world where prices are rising every day.
Why similar: Trading 26.7%, Farming Sim 24.7%, Survival 13.2%, Crafting 11.9%, Nature 11.7%
- #46 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
72% matchMixed66% of 6,015 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 45.3%, Resource Management 13.9%, Medieval 11.1%, Building 10.1%, Survival 9.2%
- #47 Red Dust Colony
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Resource Management 15.1%, Survival 13.2%, Building 11%, Moddable 7% ★
- #48 Mars Colony Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almaty Studios
Windows
Build humanity’s first home on Mars. Mine resources in first person, construct life-sustaining domes, grow lush vegetation, and launch rockets to reconnect with Earth in this immersive colony-building simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #49 Embark
72% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Moddable 6.3% ★
- #50 Minor Deity
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Re: cOg Mission
Windows · Linux
Command the elements to create the landscapes of your imagination in this gridless interactive sandbox. Control dynamic weather and allow vegetation and animals to flourish. Lay out towns for growing populations, establish resource outposts, and encourage trade via road, river and sea routes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Trading 18.7%, Nature 15.4%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Building 10.7%
- #51 Sengoku Dynasty
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,793 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Medieval 12.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.6%, Survival 11.5%
- #52 Don't get lost
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 480 reviews2023
Dev: Michael HutcheonPub: miicck
Windows · Linux
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 11.5%, Resource Management 9.9%, Nature 9.3%
- #53 Tree House Colony
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Resource Management 16.5%, Building 14.9%, Crafting 14.4%, Survival 13.3%
- #54 Survive 10,000 B.C.
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Echoes of Existence
Windows
12,000 years ago, the ice is retreating, and humanity is expanding north. Survive 10.000 B.C. is a brutal prehistoric survival game set in the unforgiving European Alps. Nature is abundant but everything is a threat. Forage, craft, hunt, and survive.
Why similar: Hunting 23.5% ★, Immersive Sim 15.1%, Historical 11.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Building 9.4%
- #55 Feudal Craft
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: anratio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting medieval settlement simulator where you will have to fight for your place in the feudal hierarchy. Use a smart strategy to develop your settlement. After all, it is the skills and equipment of each peasant that can make the difference.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Building 13.3%, Medieval 13.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Survival 10.9%
- #56 Clanfolk
67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 26.4%, Farming Sim 19.2%, Medieval 13.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Building 12.7%
- #57 Stranded: Alien Dawn
67% matchVery Positive84% of 11,322 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 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 26.2%, Hunting 23.2% ★, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 13.8%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #58 Project Arsk
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZerrnArsk
Windows
In the great outdoors, climate change, aggressive animals, hunger, and thirst all pose challenges to survival. Your mission is to acquire key assets on the island and return safely. Gather resources from the wild, process them, and evolve to become even more advanced.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Nature 19.7%, Survival 17.8%, PvE 9.6%, Crafting 7.4%
- #59 Ecopunk
65% matchVery Positive83% of 133 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 41.1%, Hunting 16.1% ★, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 11%, Building 6.1%