- #1 Mars Colony Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Almaty Studios
Windows
Build humanity’s first home on Mars. Mine resources in first person, construct life-sustaining domes, grow lush vegetation, and launch rockets to reconnect with Earth in this immersive colony-building simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, Immersive Sim 22.2%, Building 13.9%, Simulation 13.8%, 3D 3.7%
- #2 Hotel Simulator
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lifesim Games S.A
Windows
In Hotel Simulator, you become the new owner of an old and neglected hotel. Bring back its splendor by cleaning, renovation, and interior design. Hire the crew, manage your business, and make it known as the fanciest hotel in the city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, Immersive Sim 30.2%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 11.6%
- #3 Fish Simulator
96% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: JosephTheFishPub: Astro Inc.
Windows
Simulate how fish thrive in the open ocean.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.9%, Immersive Sim 17.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Exploration 10.9%, Character Customization 4.7%
- #4 Penta Terra
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barking Mudpuppy LLC
Windows
A fantasy colony simulator built in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50%, Immersive Sim 23.9%, Simulation 15.1%, Third Person 7.1%, 3D 4%
- #5 Roving Rovers - Australian Rover Challenge 2026
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mini Mammoth Games
Windows
Ensure the moon is safe for humanity’s lunar settlement! Explore the moon as a Lunar Rover and interact with crashed ships, natural resources, and the nearby landmarks to determine if humans can live here!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Physics 14.4%, Building 11.6%, Exploration 9.1%
- #6 诸天领主
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 燧星工作室
Windows
HonorOfLord is a UE5 colony sim driven by the Heart of Lord. Build a faithful empire, command multi-race followers, and conquer a vast world under the Abyss' shadow — your will is law.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.2%, Simulation 13.3%, Building 11.9%, Character Customization 6.3%, Third Person 5.5%
- #7 GNOPE - Gnome Owner Simulator
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moodneys
Windows · Linux
A simulator where you catch wild gnomes and turn them into slaves to build a grand statue.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Building 18.1%, Immersive Sim 16.7%, Physics 13.4%, Exploration 8.4%
- #8 City idle
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 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 43.3%, Immersive Sim 21.4%, Building 14.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Simulation 9.1%
- #9 Spirit & Stone
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4%, Immersive Sim 17.4%, Simulation 13.9%, Building 12.5%, Exploration 10.9%
- #10 AColony
90% matchVery Positive89% of 140 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Building 15.3%, Exploration 9.8%, Character Customization 8%
- #11 Biosys Inc
91% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Fire Game Studios
Windows
Biosys Inc. is a biology simulator that takes you to a new planet where you will be responsible for the process of abiogenesis. Start with a single cell and watch your ecosystem thrive by itself. All cells carry DNA that will allow them to mutate and evolve into complex beings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Building 21.7%, Immersive Sim 17.7%, Exploration 12.1%, Simulation 9.9%
- #12 Mars Colonization.Survival Simulator
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GAM33
Windows
Welcome to the Red Planet! Mars Colonization Survival Simulator offers you the opportunity to take on the role of the first pioneers of Mars. You will find yourself in extreme conditions with limited resources and your mission is to build, develop, sustain and explore the mysterious Martian terrain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.4%, Immersive Sim 22.1%, Building 17.2%, Exploration 12.3%, Open World 4.3%
- #13 Boss Beek-Beekeeping Simulator
89% match8 user reviews33% of 9 reviews2022
Dev: Ray Smith
Windows
Boss Beek is a beekeeping game that allows you to play the role of a beekeeper! You'll have hours of entertainment building hives with the best parts you can find to house the best queens and make the best honey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Building 14.5%, Exploration 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #14 The Stellar Station Engineer
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbital Flag StudioPub: Unknown
Windows · Mac · Linux
A sci-fi turn-based strategy, station building game where you need to manage resources and protect the station and human inside from the danger of space, and your own action.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Building 16.7%, Exploration 10.9%, Action-Adventure 5.2%
- #15 Surviving Ceres
86% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Building 20.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Exploration 8.9%
- #16 Skytropolis
86% matchPositive80% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Build the world's first SKYTROPOLIS, a vertical mega city where you control its design, architecture, economy, and sustainability! Play both on desktop or in virtual reality.
Why similar: Colony Sim 85.6%, Simulation 14.4%
- #17 Why Am I Here
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hamiga Studio
Windows · Mac
A thought-provoking exploration survival game. You must endure a frozen wilderness threatened by both brutal natural forces and demonic creatures. Starting with nothing, you will fight the cold, manage resources, maintain body temperature, and gradually take in survivors to build a home together.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.4%, Immersive Sim 22.7%, Simulation 14.8%, Building 13%
- #18 Kinlings
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gobbo
Windows
Craft your tale in a whimsical fantasy world. Shape a charming city, fulfill Kinlings' needs, and watch their unique stories unfold. Explore, quest, farm, and build. Experience the enchantment of Kinlings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Building 17.7%, Immersive Sim 15.6%, Exploration 8.7%, Simulation 7.6%
- #19 The Colony
85% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 86.7%, Simulation 13.3%
- #20 White Signal
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frenari
Windows
Manage a remote mountain shelter, rescue stranded survivors, and survive the brutal cold.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.3%, Immersive Sim 26%, Simulation 9.9%, Exploration 8.7%
- #21 Park Life - Circuit of Happiness -
83% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2021
Dev: RedLeg
Windows
Be the Jissouseki in the Park!! Survive in the Park and make your own Family. Build Your own House, army, and Find your enemy that take your families life. Be Clever. Human's are Dangerous.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, Building 18.7%, Exploration 13.7%, Open World 10.3%, Third Person 5.2%
- #22 Extreme Cleaning Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameCompany
Windows
Extreme Cleaning Simulator is a realistic game where you must restore order to the most neglected and disgustingly filthy homes. Get rid of mountains of trash, scrub walls stained with who-knows-what, and tackle the nightmare that is the toilet!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 35%, Physics 25.2%, Simulation 20.7%, Exploration 15.1%, 3D 4.1%
- #23 Nuclear Crawler
81% 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 51.4%, Building 22.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Open World 6.3%, Simulation 4.3%
- #24 Red Sky
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rawbots Interactive Inc.
Windows
Red Sky is a decentralized universe where every verified user owns a unique planet. Customize your planet, broadcast your presence, build AI-powered communities and explore endless galaxies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Simulation 15.2%, Exploration 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10%, PvP 9.1%
- #25 Hexagge
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technical Khaos
Windows
A group of travelers has left their home and is trying to restart their lives in a new land. They don't have much but they are determined to thrive. However, an invisible force seems to be guiding them. Will this force help guide them to success or doom them?
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5%, Simulation 15.9%, Building 15.1%, Exploration 13.3%, 3D 4.1%
- #26 Cutthroat Cove
80% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Wicked Games
Windows
Welcome to Cutthroat Cove. Get ready to pillage and plunder, or be prepared to walk the plank. In this open world pirate thriller you can craft, engage in combat with the nasty locals, and follow clues to unlock the secrets of the Old World.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, Immersive Sim 21%, Building 12.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Action-Adventure 6.9%
- #27 Insect Wars
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MauricePub: The Chair Studios
Windows
Insect Wars is a real-time strategy game where you lead an army of insects. Collect resources, build your colony, and destroy the enemy's to win. Scout the enemy, master different unit types and technologies, and face off in 1v1 or team-up against the AI.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.4%, Building 21.6%, Simulation 6%, 3D 4.7%, Combat 4.1%
- #28 Embark
79% 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 69.2%, Building 15.8%, Simulation 8%, Open World 5.6%, 3D 1.4%
- #29 Cairns
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kaijuStomp
Windows
Balance. Patience. Perfection. Cairns is the quintessential Stone Stacking game. Experience diverse and atmospheric environments, and master the art of building the freestanding stone towers know as Cairns.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 38.1%, Building 28.4%, Physics 18.6%, Simulation 11%, 3D 4%
- #30 Metaverse: Origins
78% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Penumbra.tech
Windows
Early development open world sandbox survival game with a focus on detail and granularity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Immersive Sim 19.3%, Building 12.7%, Exploration 10.5%, Action-Adventure 8%
- #31 Nyric
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lovelace Studio
Windows
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Building 19.4%, Exploration 13%, Open World 8.8%, Simulation 7.8%
- #32 SkyMine
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whitewave Interactive
Windows
Start digging, discover valuable resources, and uncover the secrets of surviving among the mines. This game combines strategy and creativity, offering an exciting experience.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 28.1%, Building 24%, Exploration 15.9%, Physics 15.4%, Open World 7%
- #33 Orc Colony
77% matchMixed60% of 43 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 69.7%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 15%
- #34 Iskarn
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iskarn
Windows
Build and defend a medieval colony in a vast, infinite voxel world. Gather resources, craft gear, train citizens, and survive brutal zombie hordes. Dig deep, explore wild biomes, and turn a handful of survivors into a thriving settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.2%, Building 19.6%, Exploration 8.5%, Action-Adventure 6.2%, Third Person 4.5%
- #35 Castle Story
76% matchMixed65% of 10,627 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.3%, Building 27.3%, Open World 4.4%, Multiplayer 3.4%, Simulation 2.6%
- #36 HavenCraft
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows
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 54.6%, Building 16%, Simulation 11.1%, Third Person 8.4%, Character Customization 4.6%
- #37 Dungeons & Kingdoms
73% matchMixed43% of 82 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 39.7%, Building 20.2%, Character Customization 9.9%, Exploration 9.8%, Third Person 7.3%
- #38 Century of Steam
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 346, Inc.Pub: Studio 346, Inc.
Windows
Century of Steam is a physics-based multiplayer railroad simulator and strategy game. Build your route through beautiful landscapes, customize and operate your fleet of historic trains, discover the sights, sounds, and stories of railroading with industry-leading steam, firing, and audio simulation.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 26%, Building 24.6%, Physics 12.8%, Simulation 11.8%, Third Person 7.2%
- #39 Our Dear Kingdom
74% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 92.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #40 Bank King Simulator
72% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: RRG Studio
Windows
Bank King Simulator is a strategic simulation game where players take on the role of a bank manager. The goal is to expand and manage a bank, increase profits, and handle various financial and security challenges.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Simulation 16.6%, Building 15.2%, Open World 6.4%
- #41 Zodchy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Try Hard Games
Windows · Mac
Zodchy is a top-down, co-op PvE action game for 1-10 players, set on the volatile surfaces of alien worlds. Drop into short, intense missions, tackle bonus objectives for extra rewards, and extract with valuable loot. Teamwork is your greatest weapon!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Building 19.8%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, PvP 10.3%, Exploration 9.1%
- #42 Against The Tide
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Times Pi
Windows
Against The Tide is a simulation strategy game about restoring a dying coral reef. Build your conservation facility, grow your marine gardens, thwart invasive species, and discover new technologies to save the reef.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.8%, Building 17.8%, Exploration 13.6%, Simulation 11.6%, 3D 4.2%
- #43 MEMORIAPOLIS
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,776 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Immersive Sim 20.3%, Building 18.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #44 Kingdom Legends: The fallen kings
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mamora.me
Windows
Kingdom Legends: The fallen kings is a roguelike experience that lets you take control of an adventurer king exploring a long forgone fortress after a disastrously multi nation invasion gone wrong.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3%, Immersive Sim 22.1%, Building 15.3%, Simulation 8.2%, Third Person 6.3%
- #45 RoveSoSimulator
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Mars Rover Design Team
Windows · Linux
A realistic Mars Rover driving and engineering simulator built by the Missouri S&T Mars Rover Design Team, letting you pilot a competition-grade rover through URC-inspired navigation, obstacle, and manipulation challenges.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 40.8%, Physics 24.3%, Simulation 12.5%, Third Person 9.5%, Open World 7.7%
- #46 All My Gods
73% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 87.8%, Simulation 12.2%
- #47 Project-Starbound
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spaced Out Studios
Windows
Project Starbound is a single-player space exploration game built in Unreal Engine 5. After a habitable moon is discovered, players explore the solar system, take on missions, build bases, and navigate faction conflicts in a story-driven, low-poly universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Building 17.4%, Exploration 13.9%, Character Customization 12.7%, Open World 8.3%
- #48 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 67.9%, Building 18.3%, Simulation 7.5%, Character Customization 6.3%
- #49 Planet Miner
71% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2021
Dev: Cherniukh Andrii
Windows
Remove fog, look for and mine minerals, construct buildings, upgrade the rover and reach the portal.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3%, Simulation 15.6%, Exploration 11.4%, Action-Adventure 10%, Third Person 6.7%
- #50 Kingdom Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid Horizon Games
Windows
Build, rule, and conquer in this immersive Kingdom Simulator. Shape your medieval realm, manage resources, navigate challenges, and strategize for the prosperity of your kingdom. Will you be a benevolent monarch or a cunning conqueror?
Why similar: Colony Sim 71.6%, Simulation 12.2%, Action-Adventure 11.2%, 3D 4.9%
- #51 Underground Nomads
69% 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 56.5%, Building 21.8%, Exploration 12%, Simulation 9.7%
- #52 Rise - The Vieneo Province
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2020
Dev: Unistellar Industries, LLC
Windows
Rise is a persistent science fiction sandbox strategy MMO set on Vieneo, an exomoon about 225 LY from Earth. Use ground, air, and space vehicles to explore this vast open world of 100 million square kilometers in size! You are helping establish a living, breathing world with virtually no boundaries!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Immersive Sim 18%, Building 11.9%, PvP 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #53 Paleon
68% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 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 69.7%, Building 18.8%, Simulation 11.5%
- #54 Sproyt
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chris Thazz
Windows
Shape life from the very first cell and forge your destiny across the stars in this expansive evolution adventure. From microscopic beginnings to commanding a galactic empire, design, adapt, build, conquer, explore, colonize, and rule in a universe shaped entirely by your creations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.1%, Immersive Sim 28.3%, Action-Adventure 6.8%, Third Person 4.8%, Simulation 4.8%
- #55 Load Shedding
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Archor WrightPub: Archor Games
Windows
Load Shedding - Bad Dudes have taken over the island and stolen all of the power, it is up to You to stop them!
Why similar: Building 29.9%, Simulation 26%, Exploration 21.4%, Action-Adventure 16.2%, 3D 6.5%
- #56 Hexoplanet
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sirnic Interactive
Windows · Mac
Colonize new planets from the comfort of Earth with our remote control planet management system. In Hexoplanet, you're in charge of building and managing entire planetary economies from terraforming and infrastructure to tourism and energy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.1%, Building 24.7%, Simulation 16.2%, 3D 3%
- #57 Malignus
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossbomb
Windows
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 58.9%, Building 23.4%, Simulation 13.4%, Open World 3.3%, Multiplayer 1%
- #58 CLOUD DWELLERS
64% matchVery Positive86% of 88 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 57.5%, Building 25.3%, Simulation 7.7%, Exploration 5.9%, Open World 3.6%
- #59 Abyssals
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Abyssals is a Survival City Builder in the dark depths of an inhospitable planet. Build your underwater colony, explore where light can’t reach, and hunt for scarce resources. Expand your infrastructure and power your lamps, as danger lies in the deep, hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.6%, Building 15.5%, Simulation 15.4%, Exploration 13.4%, 3D 4.1%