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A medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, City Builder 21.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Simulation 14.4%, 3D 4%

Build the garden, fulfilling requests from the cute visitors, and even recruit them to create items! Decorate your misty garden to welcome cute little creatures, provide a place to help them relax!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 20%, Point & Click 14.2%, Cute 5.5%, Simulation 5%

Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, City Builder 21.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 8.5%, Management 5.7%

Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 23.4%, Simulation 14.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Casual 4.9%

A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Simulation 12.9%, City Builder 11.8%, Building 7.3%

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 39%, City Builder 25.2%, Sandbox 16.5%, Building 7.9%, Simulation 7.5%

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 45%, City Builder 21%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 7.8%, Simulation 6.3%

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 43.2%, City Builder 22.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Casual 6.4%, Sandbox 5.4%

A group of travelers has left their home and is trying to restart their lives in a new land. They don't have much but they are determined to thrive. However, an invisible force seems to be guiding them. Will this force help guide them to success or doom them?

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, City Builder 26.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Building 6.8%, Top-Down 5.1%

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 45.5%, City Builder 19.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Simulation 9.7%, Building 8.1%

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 41.9%, City Builder 27.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 9.5%, Simulation 4.5%

Coraland is a unique simulation and strategy game where you take on the role of a marine biologist tasked with restoring and protecting a fragile coral reef. Every coral you place, every fish that spawns, and every structure you build affects the ecosystem, for better or worse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, 3D Vision 32.5% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Top-Down 4.7%, Simulation 3.8%

An evil scientist has kidnapped a kind, old wizard! As the magician's young apprentice, you might not have a beard, but don't let that stop you from saving his wrinkled skin! The journey will be fraught with obstacles but also filled with laughs.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 19.1%, Point & Click 12.9%, Building 9.6%, Top-Down 6.2%

Design your Event Sites, Book Artists, Build your Career as a Promotor and Produce your own Festivals!

Why similar: 3D Vision 28.2% ★, City Builder 23.5%, Sandbox 14.1%, Simulation 13.5%, Building 6.1%

You are the Director of a secret government organization that contains all the things that go bump in the night. From tall brutalist towers to hidden underground bunkers, design and build your personalized horror monster containment facility.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, City Builder 17.3%, Simulation 14.9%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%

Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, City Builder 14.4%, Simulation 13.2%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 6.8%

Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 10%, Sandbox 8.9%

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 44.4%, City Builder 33.5%, Sandbox 8%, Simulation 7.4%, Building 2.7%

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, City Builder 27.7%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 7.1%, Simulation 6.7%

Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, City Builder 23.8%, Sandbox 14.2%, Building 9.6%, Management 5.6%

Hamlet in a Pond is a unique looking relaxed city builder. Live out your creativity and build your own little slice of paradise in a tiny pond - with no pressure like goals to reach and no stress from juggling resources.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 25.9%, Sandbox 14.7%, Cute 5.9%, Building 5.9%

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 44.8%, City Builder 33.5%, Building 6.2%, Simulation 5.4%, Resource Management 5%

The ultimate management challenge: rebuild the lost utopia of Atlantis after its fall. Restore essential services, appease the gods, and forge a new Atlantean civilization stronger and more resilient than ever, ensuring the cataclysm never returns.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2%, City Builder 31%, Simulation 17.5%, 3D 5.2%, Resource Management 4.8%

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 34.6%, City Builder 29.6%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 8.9%, Casual 6.5%

Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, City Builder 24.1%, Sandbox 12.3%, Simulation 11%, Management 6.3%

Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 18.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Building 10%, Simulation 8.5%

It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, City Builder 25%, Simulation 11.5%, Casual 7%, Building 7%

A cozy colony sim where survival is gentle—but life is alive. Build, farm, cook, craft and grow your settlement as colonists form relationships, help each other, and shape small, meaningful stories together.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 23.4%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 9.6%, Management 6.3%

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 18.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Building 10%, Simulation 8%

Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Simulation 7.6%, Management 6.9%

Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.6%, City Builder 28.7%, Simulation 9%, Casual 5.9%, Resource Management 4.4%

Build as many terrariums as you like, enjoying lo-fi peaceful and relaxing music. Sculpt the terrain, choose plants and decorations, and finally take pictures to share with everyone.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 24.6%, Simulation 15.8%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 6.9%

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, City Builder 26.5%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 6%

Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 13.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Top-Down 5%

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 37.9%, City Builder 28.3%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 8.5%, Sandbox 4.5%

Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, City Builder 24.8%, Simulation 13.1%, Casual 7.9%, Building 4.6%

A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, City Builder 25.8%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Colorful 4.9%

Hika-Ri is strong and brave and Kao-Ri is skilled in magic, but neither of them were prepared for what happened the day bandits landed on their uncharted shores. Guide Hika-Ri as he embarks on an epic adventure to save his sister from an unknown fate!

Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Point & Click 9.9%, Building 8.7%, Simulation 7.3%

Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.1%, City Builder 25.1%, Simulation 11%, Management 6%, Building 5.9%

Join two heroes on one grand adventure! Guide Hika-Ri and Kao-Ri on the adventure of their lives and enjoy countless hours of fun on the enchanted island of Tapa-Tui!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 19.7%, Point & Click 11.8%, Building 7.9%, Simulation 7.1%

A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 23.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Building 7.4%

Tired of grey cities full of cars and concrete? Let's build charming European-style old towns full of life, color and bustling energy. Beautiful architecture, parks and cobbled streets lined with cafés, shops and restaurants. Relax as you watch your residents enjoy life in your cozy little town.

Why similar: City Builder 30.6%, Sandbox 18%, Simulation 16.3%, Building 7%, Cute 6.3%

Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, City Builder 21.4%, Sandbox 12.9%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 6.4%

Grow a multiplying population of adorable creatures and guide them as they rebuild their world. Assign tasks, gather resources, and watch your colony come to life as their numbers rise. Turn a handful of creatures into a thriving world and uncover all their secrets in this cozy, incremental game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.4%, Sandbox 14.2%, Point & Click 13.1%, Building 7.4%, Cute 5.8%

Wheat and Wrath is a fantasy city-builder about straw people transitioning from nomadic wheat gathering to a settled farming village with a patron god. To survive, players must sustain and grow the community, manage wrathful gods, trade for technology, and defend the village from raiders.

Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Colony Sim 23.9%, Sandbox 16.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Cute 5.2%

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: Colony Sim 27.4%, City Builder 25.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 8.2%, Simulation 5.6%

Build, manage, and thrive in Island Master! Procedural islands, resource control, citizen happiness. Become the ultimate Island Master in this top-down city builder.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, City Builder 26.2%, Simulation 7.9%, Top-Down 6.4%, Building 6.1%

Using your knowledge and expertise, make your way through the planet, scavenge its resources and plunder until you are the most powerful factory owner in the universe!

Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, City Builder 23.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Top-Down 6.2%, Logic 5.6%

Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 26.7%, Building 10.1%, Management 5.3%, Simulation 4.9%

Cat Island is a colony survival game with voxel building and multiplayer! You start off with nothing and must grow your island with the help of a couple cat friends. Gather resources, complete building contracts, and expand your colony to do the labor for you!

Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, City Builder 21%, Sandbox 13%, Building 8.4%, Simulation 6.6%

Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 14.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Logic 6.6%

A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, City Builder 30.4%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 6.8%

Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!

Why similar: Colony Sim 67.3%, City Builder 12.4%, Simulation 7.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, Management 3.1%

Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Building 8.6%

Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50.2%, City Builder 39.9%, Simulation 9.9%

Serve up food, drinks, and smiles in this retro cafe management sim!

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, City Builder 21.4%, Sandbox 15.2%, Simulation 9.9%, Casual 5.3%

Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 7.8%, Management 6.4%, Sandbox 5.8%

Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, City Builder 22%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 8.5%, Simulation 8.2%

Desktop Town is a relaxing idle city builder that runs directly on your desktop. Build and decorate your own tiny town, or watch your little citizens go about their day, while doing your usual tasks on the PC.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 15.5%, Building 8.6%, Simulation 6.2%