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Games Like Aquatico

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

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 871 reviews
Released: 2023-01-12
Developer: Digital Reef Games
Publisher: Overseer Games
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 3.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 7.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 85%

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    97% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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!

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  2. #2 Surviving the Abyss
    96% matchMixed65% of 1,077 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

    Why similar: Underwater 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Economy 8%, Base Building 7.8%

  3. #3 Cliff Empire
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 reviews2019
    Dev: Lion's Shade
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

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  4. #4 Patron
    95% 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.

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    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

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  6. #6 New Cycle
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

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  7. #7 Flotsam
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 4,563 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 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.

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  8. #8 Endzone - A World Apart
    92% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,980 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

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  9. #9 IXION
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  10. #10 Settlement Survival
    90% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

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

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  11. #11 ALL WILL FALL
    89% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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.

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  12. #12 Aven Colony
    91% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,779 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  13. #13 Life Below
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 198 reviews2026
    Dev: MegapopPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows

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  14. #14 Foundation
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    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac
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    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    76% matchMostly Positive70% of 832 reviews2025
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    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,948 reviews2025
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  36. #36 Ratopia
    73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
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    73% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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    76% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,727 reviews2021
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  39. #39 Flooded
    75% matchVery Positive80% of 137 reviews2023
    Dev: Artificial Disasters
    Windows
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    75% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    74% matchMixed62% of 1,618 reviews2023
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,977 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Building 13.2%, Economy 10.7%, Base Building 9.7%

  53. #53 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    71% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, City Builder 10.3%, Survival 5.9%

  54. #54 Worshippers of Cthulhu
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,542 reviews2025
    Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 10.4%, Building 9.1%

  55. #55 Frostpunk
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Resource Management 7.3%, Building 6.4%

  56. #56 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
    68% matchMixed62% of 117 reviews2025
    Dev: Lunar pug studio
    Windows · Mac

    A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Economy 9.6%, Building 8.6%

  57. #57 The Colonists
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,240 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 22.6%, Economy 11.6%, Building 9.9%, Base Building 8.9%

  58. #58 Sphere - Flying Cities
    70% 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 27.8%, City Builder 25.9%, Building 9.9%, Management 8%, Strategy 6.7%

  59. #59 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    64% matchVery Positive82% of 1,472 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 9.2%, Economy 8.6%

  60. #60 Crab God
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 326 reviews2024
    Dev: Chaos Theory GamesPub: Firesquid
    Windows

    Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!

    Why similar: Underwater 29.3%, Colony Sim 24.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Management 8.6%, Nature 7%

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