Games Like Artificer's Tower

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 27.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 11%, Building 10.4%, Economy 9%

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 25.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 14%, Crafting 8.7%, Building 8.2%

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 23.8%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 9%, Building 8.1%

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 16.4%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 8.1%, Survival 7.9%

SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 8.3%, Building 7.6%

An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Tower Defense 21.2%, Building 11%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 8%

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 25.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 8.9%, Management 7.5%

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 22.4%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 9.2%

Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 11%, Management 8%, Building 7.2%

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 26.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 7.2%

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 27.2%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7.8%

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 37.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 10.3%, Building 8%

A 2D Tower Defense Survival game inspired by Brazilian folklore. Expand your territory, rescue animals to build your defenses, and use Boitatá's abilities to fight waves of invaders in battles that combine strategy, action, and territory management.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Base Building 14%, Cozy 10.6%, Building 10%

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%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 8.4%, Survival 6.3%, Sandbox 5.6%

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 15.2%, Building 7.4%, Resource Management 6.7%

Build a thriving colony in a mysterious forest where every season, setback, and choice creates a different story.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Cozy 14.5%, Base Building 14%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 7.6%

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 28%, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 9.5%, Tower Defense 9%, Building 8.1%

Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 12%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 8.2%

Build your medieval kingdom. Raise an army. Defend against towering Giants and monstrous creatures as they lay siege to everything you've built

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, Tower Defense 14.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 7.8%, Resource Management 7.7%

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 24.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Survival 8.6%, Building 8.4%

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 13.9%, Survival 9.1%, Building 7.9%

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 30.9%, Tower Defense 17.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 9.4%, Medieval 5.8%

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 35%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 8.9%, Management 7.9%

Necromancer’s Workshop is a fantasy tycoon game. Craft zombies, work the land. Build a cozy countryside business, worth waking the dead for.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Base Building 13%, Cozy 9.6%, Resource Management 9%, Management 7.5%

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 7.9%, Survival 7%, Sandbox 6.5%

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 30.7%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 10%, Building 8.1%

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 29.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 10.4%, Economy 9.2%, Crafting 8.6%

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 25.3%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 8.4%

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 36.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 10.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 8.2%

Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 9.3%

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 24.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 11.3%, Crafting 9.2%, Management 7.8%

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 26.1%, Base Building 14.7%, 2.5D 11.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 9.1%

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 26.4%, Base Building 13%, Building 9.6%, 2.5D 9.6%, Survival 7.8%

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 21.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 9.2%, Economy 9.1%

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 25%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 9.9%, Survival 8.5%, Building 8.4%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 9.8%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.2%

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 30.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 10%, Survival 9.3%

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 37.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 7.7%, Sandbox 6.2%, Resource Management 6.2%

You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 11.2%, Survival 9.8%, Resource Management 9.4%

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 23.8%, Tower Defense 20.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 8.5%, Management 8.5%

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 27.4%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%

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 31.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Building 8.6%, Management 6.7%

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 19.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Tower Defense 13%, Resource Management 10.2%, Building 10%

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 22.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 8.5%, Building 8.2%

Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 11.4%, Sandbox 6.8%, Simulation 6.4%

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 31.8%, Building 11.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 10.3%, Management 7.9%

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 24.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 9.8%, Management 8.6%, Economy 8.6%

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 29.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 7.7%, Management 7.7%

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1%, Building 8.3%, Simulation 8%, Resource Management 8%, Management 7.2%

STRANDING ECHOES is a minimalist colony sim. Manage the non-corporeal creatures called echo to build your base and survive the heat.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 9.9%, Survival 6.6%

Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 9%, Sandbox 8.1%, Management 7.4%

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 28.7%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 10%

Run an evil asteroid base in the void. Dig, claim, and build your lair, summon entities through Warp Rifts, and repel the Vanguard raids hammering your Void Core — while MALACHAR, your AI narrator, judges your every move.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Tower Defense 12.4%, Management 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%

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 25.3%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.9%

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 31.5%, Building 12.5%, Survival 9.8%, Management 9%, Base Building 8.5%

TimbrianGuard is a voxel-based sandbox colony management sim. Lead colonists to a new home, guide their survival, expand your colony's influence, establish outposts, and attract new settlers as your community grows.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9%, Building 9%, Survival 8.9%

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 29.9%, Cozy 13.7%, Crafting 11.5%, Economy 10.4%, Management 9.7%

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 29.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 11.7%, Survival 8.9%, Resource Management 8.4%