- #1 Settlements Rising
97% matchVery Positive81% of 436 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 16.3%, City Builder 14.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Medieval 6.7%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #2 DarkSwitch
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 783 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.7%, City Builder 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Tower Defense 8%, Base Building 7.5%
- #3 Siege of Irdor
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HardCodeWayPub: Vision Edge Entertainment
Windows
Siege of Irdor is a city-builder strategy game set in dark medieval times, where fantasy and reality collide. Build by day and defend the sieges by night to survive against the armies of darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.2%, City Builder 11%, RTS 10.3%, Tower Defense 9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #4 Phoenix Hope
95% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Tower Defense 10.9%, Base Building 9.7%, RTS 9.5%
- #5 Civitatem
94% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Base Building 8.4%, Medieval 7.4%
- #6 Oxygen: First Breath
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 15%, City Builder 14%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 7.9%
- #7 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
93% matchVery Positive92% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Strategy 12.5%, RTS 10.8%, Tower Defense 10.5%
- #8 Kingdom: Classic
92% matchVery Positive91% of 22,754 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 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: Strategy 15.8%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Base Building 10.1%, Simulation 9.8%, City Builder 9.6%
- #9 Isla Paradiso
91% 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 18.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Strategy 11.9%, Economy 10.1%, Building 8.9%
- #10 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
91% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Baikin
Windows
An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.
Why similar: Strategy 20.6%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Tower Defense 15%, Building 9.9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #11 Exile
90% matchMixed60% 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 16.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Economy 8.5%, Building 7.4%
- #12 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Medieval 9.1%, Colony Sim 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #13 Mawang: Dark Lord Defense
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SANDY FLOOR
Windows · Mac
Mawang: Dark Lord Defense is a real-time tactical tower defense game. As Princess Lua, defend the demon realm against the hero alliance. Build unique towers, manage unit morale, and use tactical pauses to repel invasions. Your strategy decides the demon realm's fate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 12.3%, City Builder 12%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Building 8%
- #14 Tokeis
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 14%, Colony Sim 12.8%, Economy 10.5%, Strategy 9.6%, RTS 9.3%
- #15 Our Freedom: Medieval Village - Prologue
87% 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: Strategy 20.7%, Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 14.1%, Simulation 12.1%, Base Building 11.5%
- #16 Kingdoms Reborn
86% matchVery Positive90% of 9,742 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Economy 6.9%
- #17 VENOY
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Strategy 18.8%, Colony Sim 18.2%, RTS 15%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 8.2%
- #18 Arcane Shores
85% matchNo user reviews2027
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 20.4%, City Builder 17.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Economy 9.8%, Building 8.3%
- #19 Age of Respair
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.6%, City Builder 13.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Base Building 10%, RTS 9.2%
- #20 Founders' Fortune
84% 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 25.6%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Building 7.5%
- #21 Angkor: The Holy City
83% 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 16.8%, City Builder 14.6%, Strategy 10.2%, RTS 7.9%, Economy 7.9%
- #22 Goblin Colony
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quench Forge
Windows
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 22.4%, City Builder 13%, Strategy 12.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #23 The Wild Age
82% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Tower Defense 12.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #24 Feudal Craft
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: anratio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting medieval settlement simulator where you will have to fight for your place in the feudal hierarchy. Use a smart strategy to develop your settlement. After all, it is the skills and equipment of each peasant that can make the difference.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.2%, City Builder 10.9%, Strategy 10.4%, RTS 10%, Base Building 8.4%
- #25 Depraved
81% matchMixed61% of 1,255 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bite
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.9%, City Builder 12.7%, RTS 9%, Economy 8.5%, Base Building 7.8%
- #26 Patron
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 16.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Survival 8.1%, Economy 7.4%
- #27 Civica: Italian Renaissance
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Strategy 17%, Colony Sim 16.3%, RTS 13.5%, Simulation 11.3%
- #28 Arcane Rings
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameTide
Windows
Defend your imperial cities against the invasion of underworld mages! Rally survivors, mages and soldiers, strengthen your defenses and fight for survival in this epic tower defense fantasy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 12%, City Builder 11.9%, Tower Defense 11.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #29 Aquis
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pomo Games
Windows · Mac
Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Economy 11.3%, RTS 10.5%
- #30 Skyline Settlers
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 19.3%, Strategy 17.7%, Economy 10.4%, Medieval 9.2%
- #31 Pioneers of Pagonia
75% matchVery Positive81% of 5,512 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14%, City Builder 11.1%, RTS 10.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #32 Wall World Strategy
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing – in Wall World, it's easy to fall.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, Tower Defense 11.1%, City Builder 10.9%, Base Building 9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #33 Above: Colonies of the Mist
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docklight GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything.
Why similar: Strategy 21.3%, Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Simulation 8.7%, Building 6.4%
- #34 Hexity
75% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
Build a city that grows together with its people. Start with a small settlement in the wild lands and turn it into a thriving medieval city. Construct housing, develop production, meet the needs of your population, and maintain a stable economy.
Why similar: Strategy 19.6%, Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 16.3%, Simulation 13.7%, RTS 13.3%
- #35 Kingdom Workshop
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.5%, Strategy 12.8%, City Builder 12.6%, Economy 9.7%, Building 9.5%
- #36 Make Your Kingdom
74% matchMixed58% of 197 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 16.9%, City Builder 15.2%, Building 9.1%, Base Building 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
- #37 LowPolis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BroWar Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Building 10.5%, Medieval 9%
- #38 First Feudal
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 647 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 18%, City Builder 12%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 8.5%
- #39 Settlement Survival
72% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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 19%, City Builder 19%, Building 10.2%, Management 8.1%, Survival 7.8%
- #40 Bread & Bravery
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 12.6%, RTS 11.7%, Colony Sim 11.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Base Building 9%
- #41 Of Life and Land
71% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 14.3%, City Builder 12.4%, RTS 9.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Base Building 9.1%
- #42 Metropolisim
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy H
Windows · Mac · Linux
The deepest city-building simulation experience ever. Build, grow, and manage a bustling metropolis. Take on the administrative tasks necessary to keep a modern-day city functioning. Construction, zoning, transportation, budgets, city services, and more. You're in control of it all. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Strategy 26.2%, Simulation 17.2%, City Builder 13.7%, Indie 9%, Economy 7.6%
- #43 Becastled
70% matchVery Positive82% of 5,625 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 15.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Colony Sim 13.9%, RTS 11.7%
- #44 Hamlet
71% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: K2 Games
Windows
Hamlet is a medieval city builder where pivotal characters drive your economy and define product quality and quantity. Manage and develop your people wisely because every person counts! Can you grow your hamlet into a powerhouse that rivals even the capital?
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Strategy 14.6%, Base Building 9%, Medieval 8.1%
- #45 Dubai Builder
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Games Incubator
Windows
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: Strategy 21.1%, City Builder 18%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 9.3%
- #46 Kingdom III: Rising Realms
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Protect your crown! Kingdom returns in an all-new micro-strategy and tower defense game set in a shattered realm. Embark on an atmospheric adventure across lands of legend to build a lasting legacy and challenge the empowered Greed threat.
Why similar: Strategy 18.3%, Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 15.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Tower Defense 11%
- #47 Lands of Koastalia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 17%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 9.4%, Building 9.2%
- #48 The Citadel Must Hold
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klenisho Games
Windows
Build a fortress, command your army, and survive escalating Monster Tides in a fantasy base-building RTS. Explore the wilderness with your hero, claim Places of Power, and shape every run through powerful Oaths and Decrees.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 14.3%, RTS 11.2%, Tower Defense 8.5%
- #49 Seeds of Resilience
70% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 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 17.2%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 9.4%, Economy 9.3%, Building 8.6%
- #50 Stronghold HD (2012)
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,454 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.2%, City Builder 12.7%, RTS 11%, Tower Defense 10.7%, Economy 9.2%
- #51 Venusville
68% matchNo user reviews2026
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 19%, City Builder 15%, Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 11%, RTS 8.6%
- #52 Buggos 2
66% matchVery Positive84% of 703 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!
Why similar: Strategy 21.5%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%
- #53 Randoville
68% matchMixed65% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: AVE Team
Windows
Randoville is a medieval chill-builder where everything is decided by your luck! Will you get a shabby hut or a gorgeous palace? Throw D20 and find out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.8%, City Builder 14.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Economy 9.6%, RTS 9.6%
- #54 IXION
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,853 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 8.9%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #55 Offshore Prophets
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dofu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carve out a home on a perilous island in this roguelite city builder. Build production chains, discover powerful synergies, and endure catastrophic disasters as each attempt reveals new strategies to survive against the odds.
Why similar: City Builder 16%, Colony Sim 15%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 8.7%, Management 7.9%
- #56 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
66% matchVery Positive87% of 10,396 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 14.5%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Strategy 10.8%, RTS 10.4%, Tower Defense 8.9%
- #57 Crowded Blue Dot
68% matchMixed59% of 53 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: City Builder 17.9%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Strategy 10%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #58 The Blighted Frontier
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 16.4%, Strategy 13.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Simulation 10.7%