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  1. #1 Settletopia
    97% 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 27.3%, Base Building 14.7%, City Builder 11.9%, Management 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8.5%

  2. #2 Windowed Realms
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
    Windows

    Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 8.9%, Survival 7.2%

  3. #3 Odd Realm
    96% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 10.9%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, City Builder 9.3%

  4. #4 TFM: The First Men
    95% 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 35.5%, Base Building 18.8%, Management 8.6%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Survival 7.1%

  5. #5 Harrowlands
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: BashfulWolf Studio
    Windows

    Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 15.1%, City Builder 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Survival 10.2%

  6. #6 Pawnholm
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hugimugi
    Windows · Linux

    Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Base Building 13.8%, City Builder 12.3%, Management 10.4%, Survival 8.6%

  7. #7 Founders' Fortune
    93% 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 40.7%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 13%, Survival 7.7%, Management 7.2%

  8. #8 Starship Colony
    92% 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 29.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, City Builder 8.1%

  9. #9 RimWorld
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.1%, City Builder 7.9%

  10. #10 After the Collapse
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 11.7%, City Builder 11.3%, Survival 10.5%

  11. #11 Lil Guys
    90% 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 33.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Management 12.1%, City Builder 12%, Survival 12%

  12. #12 Noble Fates
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Base Building 13.6%, City Builder 12.3%, Management 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8.9%

  13. #13 Pixel Colony
    89% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2023
    Dev: Broken Toilet Games
    Windows · Linux

    Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, City Builder 17.2%, Management 13.5%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 7.1%

  14. #14 Arcane Shores
    88% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Absent Slumber
    Windows

    Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Survival 11.7%, Base Building 8.5%, Management 7.4%

  15. #15 Settlements Rising
    87% 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 30.3%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 10%, Procedural Generation 7.6%

  16. #16 Oxygen: First Breath
    86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 26.8%, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 14.8%, Survival 11.1%, Management 9.9%

  17. #17 Edge Islands
    85% 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 32.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 11.8%, City Builder 9.5%, Survival 8.4%

  18. #18 Planetbase
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 18.2%, City Builder 17.1%, Survival 10.7%, Management 6.1%

  19. #19 Paleon
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
    Dev: Paleodev
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.8%, Survival 14.4%, City Builder 13.1%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 6.1%

  20. #20 Lost Heaven Station
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Varnonsoft
    Windows

    Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 14%, Management 10%, Survival 7.9%

  21. #21 Settler's Domain
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: rick
    Windows

    Settler's Domain is a settlement-building survival game with resource management and diplomacy elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, harvest resources, and deal with other settlements to expand your domain.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Survival 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10%, Management 8.4%

  22. #22 Orc Colony
    84% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
    Dev: Luzon Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, Management 10.3%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, City Builder 9.3%

  23. #23 SuperColony
    81% 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 34.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 11.8%, Management 10.4%, Procedural Generation 9%

  24. #24 Oxygen Not Included
    81% 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 42.2%, Base Building 22%, Survival 14%, Management 8.5%, Simulation 3.1%

  25. #25 Seeds of Resilience
    82% 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 28.2%, Base Building 13.9%, City Builder 13.9%, Management 11.3%, Survival 10.3%

  26. #26 Cat Island
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Purple X Studios
    Windows

    Cat Island is a colony survival game with voxel building and multiplayer! You start off with nothing and must grow your island with the help of a couple cat friends. Gather resources, complete building contracts, and expand your colony to do the labor for you!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 13.4%, City Builder 13%, Management 11.8%, Procedural Generation 10.1%

  27. #27 Meowdieval Clowder
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DrillMind
    Windows

    Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.4%, Management 9.9%, Procedural Generation 7.2%

  28. #28 Kingdom: Classic
    79% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 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 20.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Management 12.3%, Survival 10.2%, City Builder 10.1%

  29. #29 Beyond These Stars
    77% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows

    Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 12.8%, Management 11.3%, Survival 9.9%

  30. #30 Maia
    79% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Management 13.5%, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 7.1%

  31. #31 Make Your Kingdom
    78% 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 28.5%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 13.2%, Survival 11.1%

  32. #32 Isla Paradiso
    77% 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 33.3%, City Builder 17.9%, Management 12.2%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 8.7%

  33. #33 Arcbound
    76% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outbreak Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 13.3%, Survival 7.6%, Simulation 6.8%

  34. #34 Ratopia
    74% 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 29.5%, Base Building 15.9%, City Builder 12.4%, Management 11.7%, Survival 10.8%

  35. #35 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
    Dev: Purple Nebula
    Windows

    A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.5%, Strategy 7%

  36. #36 Embark
    76% 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 48.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 9.2%, Management 7.2%, Strategy 5.7%

  37. #37 Exile
    73% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: JD7 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, City Builder 15.4%, Management 12.3%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 8.5%

  38. #38 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    75% 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 35.6%, Base Building 18%, Survival 13.4%, Management 7%, City Builder 6.9%

  39. #39 Aven Colony
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.2%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Simulation 5.6%

  40. #40 T-Minus 30
    73% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
    Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
    Windows

    Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

  41. #41 Gateworlds
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Hydrarch
    Windows · Mac

    Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 12%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Management 10%

  42. #42 One More Island
    73% matchMixed68% of 250 reviews2022
    Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 11.5%, Survival 10.8%

  43. #43 Architect of Ruin
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Linux

    Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 12.5%, Management 10.9%, Survival 9.7%

  44. #44 Surviving the Aftermath
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 13.1%, Strategy 8%

  45. #45 Humanica
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

    Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 12.8%, Survival 11.1%

  46. #46 Rise Against the Invaders
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
    Windows

    BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 6.7%

  47. #47 Underground Nomads
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Funzen Games
    Windows

    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 39.2%, Base Building 19%, Survival 12.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Exploration 5.5%

  48. #48 Venusville
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
    Windows

    Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 17%, City Builder 15.1%, Survival 10.7%, Management 9.6%

  49. #49 Generation Exile
    69% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
    Dev: Sonderlust Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 12.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%

  50. #50 Farmman
    70% 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 32.3%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 11.9%, Survival 9.5%

  51. #51 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    71% 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 40.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14.3%, City Builder 12.5%, Strategy 5.6%

  52. #52 Dwarf Fortress
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 15.5%, City Builder 13.4%, Management 12.7%, Survival 10.7%

  53. #53 Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ufuk Yurtman
    Windows

    A side-view colony sim set in feudal Japan, shaped by myth and folklore. Take on the role of a local lord as you build a lively village, explore faraway lands, trade across the world, and defend your people from the Yokai lurking in the dark.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 14.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Management 11.2%, Survival 9.9%

  54. #54 Island Master
    68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Cody Cornell
    Windows

    Build, manage, and thrive in Island Master! Procedural islands, resource control, citizen happiness. Become the ultimate Island Master in this top-down city builder.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 17%, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Management 11.1%, Base Building 9.6%

  55. #55 Avian Colony
    67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
    Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
    Windows

    Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Management 14%, City Builder 13.2%, Survival 12.3%

  56. #56 Crowded Blue Dot
    69% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
    Dev: cys20 studio
    Windows · Linux

    Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 18%, City Builder 18%, Management 14.5%, Survival 7.5%

  57. #57 Our Freedom: Prologue
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
    Windows

    The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 18.9%, City Builder 15.2%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 10.7%

  58. #58 Sect Leader's Decree
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alena Selezneva
    Windows

    Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Management 14.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.2%, Simulation 8.2%

  59. #59 Settlement Survival
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 30.7%, City Builder 17.9%, Management 12.8%, Survival 11.4%, Base Building 9.8%

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