- #1 Zombie Cure Lab
97% matchMixed68% of 462 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 23.3%, Tower Defense 13.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 8.3%
- #2 Diluvian Winds
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 388 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 27.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 11.5%, Building 10.2%, Economy 9.3%
- #3 Mob Factory
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 25.2%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 8.6%, Building 8%
- #4 Goblins of Elderstone
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 9.1%
- #5 Of Life and Land
94% matchVery Positive86% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 25.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 10%, Building 8.7%, Management 7.6%
- #6 Starmancer
94% matchMixed63% of 1,041 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, 2.5D 12.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 10.3%, Management 9.8%
- #7 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
93% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Baikin
Windows
An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 8%
- #8 Kingdom's Deck
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 504 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 7.7%
- #9 Drill Core
91% matchVery Positive85% of 2,404 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 34.3%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Management 6.8%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #10 Founders' Fortune
91% 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 39.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 8.3%, Survival 6%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #11 First Feudal
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 26.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 9%, Crafting 7.2%
- #12 Oxygen Not Included
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 142,307 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 10.1%, Building 8%
- #13 King's Keeper
88% 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 27.3%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 8.2%, Survival 7.7%
- #14 Zomboard
87% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 7.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #15 Settlements Rising
86% 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 27.9%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 9.8%, Tower Defense 8.9%, Building 8%
- #16 Oxygen: First Breath
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. 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 keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Survival 8.3%, Building 8.3%
- #17 SeaColony
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and set up production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #18 Giantfall
83% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Birchwood Games
Windows
Build a medieval kingdom and survive giant invasions in this colony sim tower defence RTS. Research technologies, raise armies, manage your economy, and fortify your defences as towering giants and deadly creatures lay siege to your realm
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, Tower Defense 14.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 8.1%, Survival 7.6%
- #19 Phoenix Hope
85% 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 25.6%, Tower Defense 17%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 8.9%, Building 7.8%
- #20 Hold The Roost
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jody Hiatt
Windows
A strategic tower defense where you command a flock of chickens to gather resources, fortify defenses, and survive relentless predator attacks. Balance growth and survival as you protect the next generation through treacherous nights against tactical predators.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 10%, Building 5.8%
- #21 Villagedom
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dazar
Windows
Are you worthy of being a king? Test your mettle in this city-builder and resource management game as you develop your kingdom. Face challenges at every turn and transform your village into something mighty. Protect your subjects. Slay your enemies. Be a king!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 9.3%, Medieval 5.7%
- #22 Aztecs: The Last Sun
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Economy 10.2%, Building 10%
- #23 Embark
82% 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 43.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 7.8%, Survival 6.8%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #24 The Wild Age
81% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 9.8%, Building 8%
- #25 Farmman
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
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 28.9%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.3%, Economy 9.6%, Crafting 8.5%
- #26 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
80% matchMixed69% of 365 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 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 36.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 10.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 8.1%
- #27 Wall World Strategy
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing – in Wall World, it's easy to fall.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Base Building 12%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 8.3%
- #28 Stonedeep
79% matchMixed46% of 105 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 26%, Base Building 14.6%, 2.5D 11%, Resource Management 10.3%, Building 9%
- #29 Common'hood
79% matchMixed51% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.1%, Management 7.9%
- #30 Cloudlings
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Middle Space
Windows
Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.5%, 2.5D 9.5%, Economy 7.9%
- #31 Oxygen
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Building 8.3%, Survival 8.2%
- #32 Galaxy Scavengers
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #33 Settlement Survival
75% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Building 11.2%, Medieval 8.8%, Survival 8.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #34 Kingdom Workshop
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Economy 9.4%
- #35 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 9.6%
- #36 TFM: The First Men
76% matchMixed61% of 412 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Building 7.6%, Resource Management 6.5%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #37 Lil Guys
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Survival 9.6%, Management 8.2%
- #38 Isla Paradiso
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Building 11%, Economy 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Cozy 8.1%
- #39 Tree House Colony
73% 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 30.3%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Building 9.8%, Survival 9.1%
- #40 Zombie Warz
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GobiGD
Windows · Mac
Zombie Warz is a strategy survivor RTS with rogue-lite gameplay elements. Play as the king of a kingdom under siege by zombies and survive to discover their origins.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Tower Defense 20.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 8.9%, Management 8.6%
- #41 Stardeus
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,543 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9%
- #42 Anvil Saga
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,811 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 8.9%, Economy 8.3%
- #43 Grim Realms
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.5%, Management 6.8%
- #44 Kingdom: Classic
73% matchVery Positive91% of 22,639 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.9%
- #45 Cosmic Castaway
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinciware
Windows
Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Resource Management 9.1%, Survival 8.9%
- #46 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,330 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.6%, Economy 8.9%, Management 8.7%
- #47 Settletopia
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
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 29.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 9%, Management 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #48 KingForge
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 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 28.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #49 Ratopia
68% matchVery Positive88% of 4,734 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 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 29.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 8.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #50 Rustbound
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wylde Wisp Games
Windows
Turn forgotten ruins into a thriving settlement. Craft hundreds of items, manage specialized workshops, recruit survivors, and transform scrap into prosperity in a hopeful post-post-apocalyptic management RPG.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Cozy 15.4%, Crafting 11.1%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.6%
- #51 Galaxy Pass Station
69% matchVery Positive86% of 282 reviews2023
Dev: Galactic Workshop
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build a space station for 15 alien races! 👽 Inspect IDs, catch criminals, and manage a chaotic galactic hub. A vibrant mix of colony sim & document-checking action. Can you build the ultimate hotel?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Cozy 16.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 12%, Management 8.1%
- #52 Planet Barren Objective
70% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Kaan Özgül
Windows
Fight, upgrade, explore, and build your way out of a dangerous planet in this 2D pixel art side scroller. Stream of foes will keep you on your toes while beating them will reward you with much needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Tower Defense 17%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 9.3%
- #53 MeadowMeld
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MeldFire
Windows
Raise a thriving colony of unique hybrid animals - breed and build for satisfying genetic traits while nurturing moods and relationships. Choose to lead with Heart, Mind or Soul through each chapter. Decisions and events ripple through time - each MeadowMeld village is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Cozy 22.6%, Building 9.5%, Resource Management 7.4%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #54 Noble Legacy
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.5%, Economy 8.4%, Building 8.2%
- #55 Blacksmith Master
65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,646 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 23.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
- #56 Dig a Little Deeper
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unbound Sparks
Windows · Mac
Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 8.8%, Crafting 8.4%
- #57 Lords and Villeins
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 974 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Building 9.7%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Economy 8.5%
- #58 Tokeis
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Economy 11.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.1%