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  1. #1 The Wandering Village
    97% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 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 35.8%, Farming Sim 21.3%, Sandbox 11.8%, Simulation 8.8%, Survival 7.1%

  2. #2 Flotsam
    96% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Farming Sim 24%, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 8%, Strategy 6.1%

  3. #3 Demon Castle Story
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Tower Defense 21.7%, 2.5D 11.7%, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 11.2%

  4. #4 Ratopia
    95% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 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 40.6%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 10.3%, Building 9%, Strategy 8.4%

  5. #5 Guardians of the Sanctree
    94% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2024
    Dev: HuCang Studio
    Windows

    You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Survival 8%, Strategy 6.6%

  6. #6 Catizens
    94% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    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 32%, Farming Sim 20.6%, Sandbox 13.3%, Survival 7.6%, Strategy 6.7%

  7. #7 Becastled
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
    Dev: Mana Potion Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 48.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Building 11.5%, Tower Defense 8.8%, Survival 6.1%

  8. #8 Drill Core
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Side Scroller 13.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Strategy 8.8%

  9. #9 Founders' Fortune
    91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 57.8%, Sandbox 12.5%, Simulation 7.7%, Survival 7.6%, Strategy 7.5%

  10. #10 Zombie Cure Lab
    90% matchMixed69% of 448 reviews2025
    Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Time Management 12.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 7.5%

  11. #11 Surviving Ceres
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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 36.2%, Farming Sim 24.6%, Survival 10.7%, Simulation 9.5%, Building 7.8%

  12. #12 Embark
    91% matchMixed61% of 386 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 57.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 7.9%, Survival 7.6%

  13. #13 AColony
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 134 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 49.3%, Survival 12.5%, Exploration 9%, Building 8.8%, Strategy 8%

  14. #14 Kubifaktorium
    88% matchVery Positive81% of 786 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 50.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 7.3%

  15. #15 The Monarch
    87% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Citadel Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Tower Defense 24.8%, Side Scroller 12.6%, Survival 9%, Exploration 6.4%

  16. #16 Timberborn
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Farming Sim 23.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Survival 8%, Building 6.7%

  17. #17 Astro Colony
    86% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 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 48.5%, Sandbox 16.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 10%, Building 8.9%

  18. #18 Ascent of Ashes
    85% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.1%, Sandbox 15.2%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.4%

  19. #19 Cataclismo
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Tower Defense 28.9%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 8.4%

  20. #20 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 52.6%, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 13.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.1%

  21. #21 Exodus Borealis
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 302 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 38%, Tower Defense 30.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 9%, Survival 7.7%

  22. #22 Idle Colony
    82% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 54.6%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 10.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Cute 9%

  23. #23 Mountaincore
    82% matchMixed66% of 253 reviews2025
    Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.2%, Sandbox 15.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 8.2%

  24. #24 Tower Factory
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
    Dev: Gius Caminiti
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 46.5%, Sandbox 20.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Building 8.8%, Exploration 8%

  25. #25 Mistward
    79% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    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 37.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Exploration 7.1%

  26. #26 Stonehearth
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 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 50.9%, Sandbox 16.6%, Survival 9%, Building 8%, Strategy 7.7%

  27. #27 Phoenix Hope
    81% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: Honorable Pixel
    Windows

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Tower Defense 21.7%, Side Scroller 10.5%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%

  28. #28 Rise to Ruins
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 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 41.5%, Tower Defense 29.7%, Survival 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Sandbox 7.5%

  29. #29 Of Life and Land
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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 33.5%, Farming Sim 22.8%, Sandbox 13.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 7.8%

  30. #30 Unholy Heights
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,637 reviews2013
    Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Tower Defense 21.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 8.7%

  31. #31 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
    77% matchMostly Positive74% of 608 reviews2024
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Tower Defense 33.1%, Sandbox 26.5%, Survival 17.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%

  32. #32 STARIO: Haven Tower
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 337 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Time Management 15.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 8.5%

  33. #33 Fantasy Village Simulator
    76% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: CYCLOPS
    Windows · Mac

    Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 19%, Building 10%, Fantasy 9.2%

  34. #34 Craft The World
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
    Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Sandbox 19.5%, Building 9.2%, Survival 8.6%, Tower Defense 6.5%

  35. #35 Mob Factory
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, Sandbox 19.3%, Simulation 13.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 7.5%

  36. #36 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2017
    Dev: ActaLogic
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A colorful but challenging blend of classic RTS and tower defense. Build, expand, research, and defend your alien colony as you race to construct a teleportation device and escape a dying star.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Exploration 8.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Cute 6.1%

  37. #37 Cavern Adventurers
    74% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.7%, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 8.2%, Survival 8.2%, Mining 6.7%

  38. #38 Night is Coming
    73% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2025
    Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows

    Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Survival 10.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 9%

  39. #39 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
    Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 35.5%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Sandbox 13.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%

  40. #40 Until We Die
    75% matchMixed64% of 4,581 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixeye Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Survival 11.9%, Strategy 9.8%

  41. #41 Synergy
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 43.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 9.1%, Building 9%

  42. #42 I Am Future: Cozy Apocalypse Survival
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 4,518 reviews2024
    Dev: MandragoraPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    I Am Future is a relaxing single-player survival game about building a cozy rooftop camp amid a flooded post-apocalyptic city. Set up a farm, go fishing, tinker with gadgets, craft new tools, manage a team of cute robots to automate and expand your base, explore the mysterious world, and chill out!

    Why similar: Farming Sim 37.2%, Sandbox 20.2%, Simulation 10%, Survival 9.2%, Building 9%

  43. #43 Illuminaria
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Tower Defense 25.8%, Mining 12.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 8%

  44. #44 Gnomes
    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
    Dev: DYSTOPIAN
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Colony Sim 28.2%, Farming Sim 27.3%, Survival 8.5%, Strategy 6.9%

  45. #45 Airborne Empire
    70% matchVery Positive91% of 688 reviews2025
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Sandbox 14.6%, Building 7%, Simulation 7%

  46. #46 The Monarch: First Light
    72% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2024
    Dev: Citadel Games
    Windows

    Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Tower Defense 27.6%, Side Scroller 13.9%, Survival 9.9%, Exploration 7%

  47. #47 Autonauts vs Piratebots
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 514 reviews2022
    Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.

    Why similar: Farming Sim 26.3%, Colony Sim 26.2%, Sandbox 15.3%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.8%

  48. #48 Moons of Ardan
    71% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
    Dev: Pandora Technology
    Windows

    Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 59.5%, Building 12.2%, Exploration 9.7%, Cute 8%, Relaxing 5.7%

  49. #49 Farthest Frontier
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 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: Colony Sim 44.5%, Time Management 19.3%, Building 13.9%, Survival 11.3%, Strategy 11%

  50. #50 Plan B: Terraform
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 3,463 reviews2025
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1%, Sandbox 21.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 8%, Building 7.3%

  51. #51 Stonedeep
    73% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
    Dev: Direfang
    Windows

    Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, 2.5D 17.1%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 8.8%, Building 6.5%

  52. #52 Settlements Rising
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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 39.4%, Tower Defense 13.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.9%

  53. #53 Town Keeper
    68% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Cuddle Code
    Windows · Mac

    Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 55.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Cute 10.8%, Relaxing 7.3%, Building 6.9%

  54. #54 Border Pioneer
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
    Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 69.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Fantasy 9.9%

  55. #55 Ratropolis
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.2%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 17.1%, Survival 16.5%, Fantasy 9.3%

  56. #56 Against the Storm
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Sandbox 18.6%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.6%

  57. #57 SteamWorld Build
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 2,093 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    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: Sandbox 33.9%, Strategy 18.9%, Building 16.6%, Cute 16.5%, Relaxing 14.1%

  58. #58 Paragon Pioneers
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Tobias Arlt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 66.2%, Building 13.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Relaxing 5.9%, Fantasy 3.3%

  59. #59 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    70% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 57%, Survival 13.9%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 9.4%, Building 7.1%

  60. #60 City idle
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
    Dev: Grest Games OÜ
    Windows

    Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, 2.5D 18.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Exploration 7.8%

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