- #1 Exodus H
97% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Silversoft
Windows
Take command of your own colonial ship. Ensure the survival of your inhabitants and try to find a new habitable planet. This is the goal of the the Exodus H Space Commanders.
Why similar: Political Sim 18.2% ★, Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Space 10.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8.7%
- #2 Amazing Space
96% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Political Sim 20.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Space 12.4%, Building 11.5%, Base Building 8.9%
- #3 Nuclear Crawler
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4% ★, Base Building 17.6%, Building 16.1%, Management 14.5%, Space 7.6%
- #4 Starship Colony
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Management 12.5%, Building 10.1%, Space 9.8%
- #5 Ratopia
94% 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 22.9% ★, Building 15.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Management 12.2%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #6 Resort Galactica
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
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 22.6% ★, Building 15.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 12.7%, Sandbox 10.8%
- #7 Dungeons & Kingdoms
93% matchMixed42% of 77 reviews2025
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, Building 14.1%, Economy 13.1%, Management 13%, Base Building 12.3%
- #8 Starmancer
92% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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 21.4% ★, Management 13.8%, Space 13.1%, 2.5D 12.5%, Building 12.4%
- #9 TFM: The First Men
91% matchMixed62% of 406 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 31.4% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Building 10.9%, Management 10.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #10 Noble Legacy
90% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Political Sim 19.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Building 11.2%, Economy 11.1%, Management 10.6%
- #11 The Spatials: Galactology
91% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Management 12.5%, Building 11.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Space 11.7%
- #12 Space Architect
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Management 12.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 11.5%, Economy 9.7%
- #13 Arbeiter
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umigame Studios
Windows
Arbeiter is a survival-management game about working-class life. Form unions, spread your ideology, or carve your own path while dealing with hunger, stress, and fatigue. Can you change the system while counting every penny?
Why similar: Political Sim 34.4% ★, Management 16.1%, Economy 13.1%, Building 10.6%, Open World 10.4%
- #14 SuperColony
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Management 11.5%, Sandbox 10.8%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #15 Seeds of Resilience
88% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23% ★, Building 14.2%, Economy 12.6%, Management 12.5%, Base Building 11.7%
- #16 Terra-7
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
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 24.7% ★, Management 16.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%
- #17 Starfall Protocol
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #18 Interstellar Inn
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kunaya
Windows
Interstellar Inn is a 2D hotel building and management sim in space.
Why similar: Building 18.8%, Economy 17.8%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 15.4%, Space 15.3%
- #19 Kolo
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21% ★, Economy 14.1%, Management 11.3%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 11%
- #20 Dig a Little Deeper
84% 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 24.5% ★, Building 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 12.3%, 2.5D 9.2%
- #21 Outland Kingdoms
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Building 12%, Base Building 9.9%, Management 8.8%
- #22 Settletopia
82% 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 25.8% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Management 13.3%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #23 Mind Over Magic
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,302 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% ★, Building 13%, Management 12.2%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Economy 11%
- #24 Edge Islands
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8% ★, Building 17%, Base Building 16.3%, Management 13.5%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #25 Stonedeep
82% 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 23.3% ★, Base Building 14.3%, 2.5D 13.9%, Building 13.5%, Management 11.5%
- #26 MEMORIAPOLIS
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 22% ★, Building 13.1%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 10.5%
- #27 Rogue AI Simulator
79% matchVery Positive83% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Why similar: Political Sim 24.3% ★, Colony Sim 18.7% ★, Building 11.5%, Management 11%, Base Building 10.6%
- #28 Prison Architect
80% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 23.6% ★, Building 16.1%, Management 14.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #29 Worlds Explorers
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Space 14.8%, Management 11.9%, Building 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%
- #30 CLOUD DWELLERS
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2% ★, Building 17.7%, Management 16.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Cartoony 6.4%
- #31 The Black Bahr
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zeynova Production
Windows
The Black Bahr is a sandbox colony simulation RPG blending ocean exploration, crew management, and dynamic faction politics. Freely chart your course as a pirate, merchant, or honorable captain, shaping your destiny across the open seas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1% ★, Management 15.2%, Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 11.6%
- #32 Pseudo World
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Professional Bad Guys
Windows
Roll your own story in Pseudo World, a third-person, endless-world ARPG with procedurally generated quests. Recruit any NPC into your party, for better or worse, and be the "hero" that Lan Redic needs!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8% ★, Nonlinear 17%, Building 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Management 11.4%
- #33 Farmman
76% 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 26.3% ★, Building 15.7%, Economy 14.4%, Management 13.1%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #34 Beneath a Dead City
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30% ★, Management 17.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Nonlinear 8.7%
- #35 Frontier Governor
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: Political Sim 23% ★, Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Building 14.9%, Economy 14.1%, Management 14%
- #36 First Feudal
75% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 25.5% ★, Building 14.9%, Base Building 14%, Management 11.8%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #37 Oxygen Not Included
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 36.2% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Building 12.9%, Management 9.8%, Space 7.4%
- #38 RPG Town
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cardboard Utopia
Windows
"Mr Mayor, we have an emergency! A party of adventurers just arrived in town! They're looking for an apothecary, a bladesmith and an inn to spend the night... but we don't have any of that stuff! These guys are getting kinda restless - what should we do?"
Why similar: Political Sim 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 22.9% ★, Management 14.2%, 2.5D 12.8%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #39 Space Haven
74% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Space 13.1%, Management 13%, Building 13%, Base Building 12.6%
- #40 Exile 2097: Space Odyssey
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KarmanLine Studio
Windows
Exile 2097: Space Odyssey is a near-future hard sci-fi epic. Lead the Human Continuity Government, build solar-system colonies, upgrade space stations, shape society, uncover the AI rebellion threat, and guide humanity’s final return to Earth amid unknown dangers.
Why similar: Political Sim 23% ★, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Space 20.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 12.9%
- #41 Primage
72% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Fadzior
Windows
As the leader of a Stone Age tribe, gather resources, develop your settlement and lead your people through the challenges of a world full of danger and mystery. Your survival skills, strategic planning and decision-making will be key in this battle for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5% ★, Strategy RPG 16%, Base Building 12.2%, 2.5D 12.1%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #42 Mars Colony Builder
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Building 13.6%, Management 13.2%, Space 11.1%
- #43 OEDO DEVELOPER
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 株式会社ドリームスレッド
Windows
“Oedo Developer” is a city builder featuring Ieyasu Tokugawa's Edo. Story and free play modes are available, the first offering a history based city building experience, and the second allowing you to freely develop the lands. Plan, build, distribute, and learn as you make the Edo of your dreams!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, Political Sim 19% ★, Building 13.3%, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 9.8%
- #44 Planetary Governor
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LensyPub: Lensy Games
Windows · Linux
The Empire has appointed you as Planetary Governor, you have de jure authority to rule as you see fit provided you send the required tribute and keep the planet loyal. Will you work with the factions who hold influence over the planet, set them against each other, or crush them under your boot?
Why similar: Management 19.4%, Political Sim 18.5% ★, Economy 17.9%, Space 16.8%, Strategy RPG 16%
- #45 The Diner at the End of the Galaxy
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 38 reviews2025
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Influence the fate of the Nusa star system through your clientele’s stomachs. Grow exotic ingredients, create a menu that appeals to intergalactic palates, and discover treasures in the outer worlds. Come on in! The Diner is always open for business.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Political Sim 15.5% ★, Management 13.3%, Economy 12.8%, Base Building 12%
- #46 City idle
70% 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 29.1% ★, 2.5D 15.3%, Building 13.1%, Economy 12%, Management 8.9%
- #47 AstroCore Mining
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: gamegine
Windows
AstroCore Mining puts you in charge of a colony where profit is everything and survival is fragile. Extract resources, balance factions, and face pirates and unrest. Lead not just a colony but the future of a nation in the brutal reality of space capitalism. Join to the Playtest now!
Why similar: Political Sim 26.7% ★, Colony Sim 25.9% ★, Building 11.8%, Space 10.7%, Management 9.8%
- #48 Founders' Fortune
70% 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 38.2% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 13.8%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #49 Embark
71% 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 41.5% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 8.3%
- #50 Citizens: On Mars
69% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars! 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 23% ★, Economy 14.2%, Space 13.4%, Management 13.2%, Building 12.2%
- #51 The Spatials
71% matchMixed69% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.
Why similar: Space 18.7%, Management 18.4%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 14.2%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★
- #52 Space Drilling Station
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, Management 12.9%, Space 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 12.2%
- #53 Hell Architect: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive82% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Hell Architect is a hell colony sim. Build and manage your hell. Take care of the sinners with funny cartoon-style tortures, fill their needs, develop buildings, gather resources, grow your population. Prologue is a free standalone version of the game 'Hell Architect'.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Building 13.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 13.3%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #54 Angkor: The Holy City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4% ★, Building 14.6%, Economy 12.2%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%
- #55 Settlements Rising
66% 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 27.7% ★, Building 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 7.9%
- #56 Synthaar
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thauxan Studios
Windows
Synthaar is a game where Life Simulation meets Grand Strategy. Create your legacy, build your home, business, base and beyond, and accumulate power and wealth to ensure your descendants have a prosperous future under your care.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.5% ★, Building 13.1%, Management 12.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Colony Sim 11.4% ★
- #57 Make Your Kingdom
68% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Building 16.5%, Management 15.5%, Economy 13.2%, Base Building 12.2%
- #58 H3X@G0N@L
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManoVersa Studios
Windows
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 26.4% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Economy 10.7%, Management 9.1%
- #59 Exoplanet Outpost
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aartform Games
Windows
Establish a base on a distant planet. In this immersive sci-fi colony building sim, you'll balance economic growth, tourism, and defense against hostile alien forces. Your decisions shape the fate of your settlement and its inhabitants. Are you ready to thrive on the frontier of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, 2.5D 11.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Economy 11.3%, Management 10.4%
- #60 Blacksmith Master
65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 22.7% ★, Building 14.1%, Management 13.7%, Economy 13.2%, Base Building 13.1%