- #1 Mythic Isle
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lazy Gull Game Studios
Windows
"Create your mini fantasy island in the corner of your Windows desktop! Tired from work or study? Just click casually and watch adorable pets farm, mine, and build automatically for you~ From a deserted isle to a thriving paradise - all thanks to these little creatures with superpowers!"
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Idler 24.8%, Farming Sim 18.7%, Simulation 6.7%, Casual 6.5%
- #2 SuperColony
96% 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 35.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Roguelite 10%, Nature 8.9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #3 Embark
96% 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 47.2%, Base Building 18.5%, Crafting 7%, Strategy 6.3%, Sandbox 6.1%
- #4 Desktop Ant Farm Simulator
95% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Beef Cat
Windows
Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi beats. The game window persists over other applications on your desktop, and is fully re-sizeable.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Idler 21.3%, Simulation 11.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, Nature 9.3%
- #5 BugLab Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: ElykraGames
Windows
Manage terrariums, breed insects, produce resources, and expand your lab into a thriving ecosystem. BugLab blends automation, strategy, and simulation with ever-growing systems.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Idler 15.9%, Farming Sim 15.4%, Nature 7.6%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #6 Gridmax
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Survive a hostile alien world, gather resources, build a settlement, and grow your colony. Craft tools, construct defenses, and adapt to harsh environments in this open-ended survival colony simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Farming Sim 11.3%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 7.9%
- #7 Overlay
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Whiskerbox
Windows
Overlay is a desktop-overlay, idle game where players own Chickens that generate Eggs to buy Cards to use to upgrade their Chickens to generate more Eggs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Idler 20.5%, Farming Sim 17.4%, Roguelite 11.7%, Management 5.4%
- #8 Skyberry Garden
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Base Building 17.5%, Crafting 10.3%, Sandbox 9.4%, Management 5.8%
- #9 Build To The Moon
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BumpkinBrothers
Windows
A relaxing incremental tower builder—until hundreds of tiny workers turn it into complete chaos.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Idler 19.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Sandbox 7.6%, Strategy 5.8%
- #10 Dwarf Things
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.3%, Crafting 8%
- #11 Incremental Town RPG
90% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Idler 19.1%, Base Building 14%, Farming Sim 12.1%, Crafting 5.8%
- #12 Unlimited Farm Tycoon - Cozy Idle Farm Game
89% matchPositive89% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Build your dream farm in 8 different worlds. You can plant a tree farm, create a vegetable garden, or even raise animals. Build your fences wherever you want in the open world, create the farm you desire.
Why similar: Farming Sim 21.7%, Idler 21.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Nature 9.4%, Casual 9.3%
- #13 Altarnode: Roguelite Cult Colony
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Frostech Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Play as an evil god in this 2D top-down survival colony-defense roguelite. Defend your cult, satisfy your altar’s growing hunger for Meat sacrifice. Kill, harvest, process meat, optimize production, and survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Idler 23.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #14 Catizens
88% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Farming Sim 14%, Base Building 11.6%, Crafting 8.3%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #15 Grim Realms
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 6.5%, Building 6.3%
- #16 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Farming Sim 13%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #17 Queen to Bee
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shouty Knot Games Pub: Shouty Knot Limited
Windows · Mac
A cozy resource management game where you play as the Queen Bee. Good decisions for your loyal subjects will go a long way, as well as taking the time to know each and every one! Build cute new rooms and boost your honey production for a healthy hive. Will you be the next Queen?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Casual 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%, Nature 8.8%
- #18 Merge Me!
85% matchMostly Negative37% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: PELMENI GAMES
Windows
An idle merge game for your fun and relaxation. Combine various monsters, buy upgrades, unlock powerful artifacts and try to complete the game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Idler 19.1%, Farming Sim 16.5%, Crafting 7.6%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #19 Founders Legacy
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asfar GAMESPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows · Linux
A relaxing idle-colony builder that sits at the bottom of your screen while you do other things,Design Your Ultimate colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Idler 17.4%, Base Building 11.4%, Nature 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #20 Tap Craft
84% matchMixed56% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: PixelKeep
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather resources, craft new tools and build your idle empire on randomly generated islands. This is an idle crafting game like you've never seen. Mine up rare metals, grow food to feed your thriving idle settlement, unlock new buildings, craft new items, and expand to new islands in Tap Craft.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Farming Sim 16.9%, Sandbox 7.5%, Crafting 7.2%, Strategy 6.6%
- #21 ONE PIECE: Grand Gourmet
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,LtdPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc.
Windows
Hop aboard a delectable management sim in the world of ONE PIECE! Work alongside the Straw Hat Crew to build the greatest floating restaurant of the seas. Collect ingredients, dream up dishes, and decorate to have familiar faces lining up for more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Farming Sim 17.9%, Idler 16.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Casual 9.6%
- #22 Surviving Ceres
82% matchVery Positive87% of 138 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 32.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Farming Sim 15.3%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 8.1%
- #23 Tiny Idle Farm
81% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: MLK Games
Windows
A cozy, low-profile farming idle game that grows right at the edge of your screen.
Why similar: Idler 29%, Farming Sim 22.2%, Nature 12.7%, Casual 10%, Base Building 9.1%
- #24 Castaway: Lost Horizon
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Fortuna Lectiones
Windows
Stranded after a shipwreck, gather resources, craft tools, rescue survivors, and build a sustainable island village before time runs out in this cosy single-player survival adventure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Farming Sim 20%, Casual 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Crafting 5.9%
- #25 dEskape
82% matchMixed59% of 87 reviews2023
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows
'dEskape' is a base-building game which sits across the bottom of your desktop allowing you to work, browse, or watch something else while you play. It's idle when you like and active when you want.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Idler 18.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Farming Sim 14%, Building 7%
- #26 No Ticket Back: Craft, Survive & Escape
80% matchPositive83% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
As the brave crew sets course for the Red Planet, their mission takes a terrifying turn. In the vast emptiness of space, their once-proud vessel becomes a haunted nightmare. Can they survive the horrors that await them in the darkness and escape or will they succumb before completing their mission?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Farming Sim 14.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Crafting 10.4%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #27 My Shelter
79% matchMixed49% of 35 reviews2026
Dev: Fantasy Tree
Windows
A bottom-screen idle game that won't disrupt your work or study. Research tech, farm crops, raise animals, recruit survivors, unlock mines, hunt mutants, fend off aberrations, gear up your squad, craft with machinery, repair the rocket, build your shelter—and conquer the apocalypse!
Why similar: Idler 20.9%, Farming Sim 18.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Nature 8.9%, Crafting 7.1%
- #28 Terra-7
79% 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 33.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #29 Spruce
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vatt Labs
Windows · Linux
Create the perfect community for your town of wizards. Forge weapons and defensive towers in preparation for the onslaught of monsters - and pray you survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Farming Sim 17.9%, Roguelite 10.2%, Base Building 8.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #30 Terrafarm
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Justin
Windows
Robots emerge from the underground vault to cleanse the surface and restore nature. Replant and restore the wilds while growing food in order to support humans returning to the surface. A new culture of sustainable life and living in harmony with nature will be born.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Farming Sim 24%, Base Building 18.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #31 Founders' Fortune
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 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 49.1%, Base Building 18.9%, Building 6.8%, Sandbox 6.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #32 Island Idle RPG
77% matchMixed66% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Idler 17.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Farming Sim 14.7%, Crafting 6.1%
- #33 TFM: The First Men
76% matchMixed61% of 412 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 44.3%, Base Building 23.2%, Sandbox 6.4%, Building 6%, Crafting 5.5%
- #34 Arcbound
75% 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 42.8%, Base Building 20.5%, Simulation 7.4%, Building 7.4%, Crafting 7%
- #35 Forest Camp Story
76% matchVery Positive84% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Farming Sim 14.9%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Casual 9.5%
- #36 Children of Mare
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Roguelite 11.2%, Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #37 Desktop Town
73% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: EdelErde
Windows
Desktop Town is a relaxing idle city builder that runs directly on your desktop. Build and decorate your own tiny town, or watch your little citizens go about their day, while doing your usual tasks on the PC.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Idler 25.5%, Nature 11.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 7%
- #38 Blossoming Ruins
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Numor Games
Windows
Reclaim your land in this cozy idle kingdom simulator that quietly grows at the bottom of your screen as you go about your day. With 'The Great War' behind you, lead your villagers into an era of peace and prosperity, cultivating crops and rebuilding from the ruins.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Idler 19.4%, Farming Sim 15.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Nature 9.9%
- #39 Greenfeet Haven
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Farming Sim 13.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #40 Venture Towns
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Farming Sim 15.5%, Simulation 9.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Casual 7.3%
- #41 Dream Town Island
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 510 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Farming Sim 18%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Casual 6.5%
- #42 Palm Farm: Idle Crops
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Fantasy Tree
Windows
A relaxing idle desktop farming game where you grow crops, gather resources, upgrade facilities, tease little birds, earn extra coins by clicking or typing, and expand your farm at a laid-back pace.
Why similar: Idler 27.1%, Farming Sim 22.7%, Simulation 8.6%, Casual 8.3%, Crafting 7.7%
- #43 On & Under
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crabtr1
Windows
Build a fantasy settlement, guide unique villagers, reshape a fully destructible world, and lead your people in real-time battles against monsters, raiders, and rival factions. Raise a homestead, a druid's grove, a wizard's spire, a necromancer's deep lair—or something only you can imagine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 12.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Base Building 10.1%
- #44 All Roads Connected
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Farming Sim 13.9%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 7.2%
- #45 Under the blue horizon
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: PavdupPub: DEVDUP
Windows · Mac
"Under the Blue Horizon" is an idle simulation game. Play while performing other tasks on your computer! Place your own aquarium anywhere on your screen, coexisting with your work, games, and more!
Why similar: Idler 33.6%, Base Building 16%, Farming Sim 15.2%, Casual 9.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #46 Summa Expeditionis
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Lobico GamesPub: Megalevel
Windows
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 16.3%, Farming Sim 13.5%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 7%
- #47 Fosoria
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 6.7%, Management 6.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #48 World Cruise Story
71% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 13%, Casual 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #49 Edge Islands
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 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 38.7%, Base Building 21.7%, Building 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #50 Paragon Pioneers
70% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Idler 21.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 11%, Building 8%
- #51 GobZ
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Feodosiy
Windows
Gather new women of all possible races in the goblin dungeon to build a true goblin empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Idler 19.2%, Farming Sim 17.6%, Sandbox 9.5%, Casual 9.5%
- #52 CLOUD DWELLERS
67% matchVery Positive88% of 80 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 42%, Base Building 19.6%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Management 6.5%
- #53 Randoville
69% matchMixed66% 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 28.2%, Farming Sim 14.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Building 7.3%
- #54 Oxygen Not Included
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 142,307 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.4 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 49.1%, Base Building 25.3%, Building 6.8%, Sandbox 5.3%, Management 3.8%
- #55 One Lonely Outpost
67% matchMixed58% of 649 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Farming Sim 19%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #56 Compact Colonies
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Nature 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 6.2%
- #57 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,330 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 9.8%, Building 7.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #58 Scaling Up
66% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Become the owner of a snake ranch! As a small dragon, raise your ranch from the ground up. Gather and manage resources, build various facilities to house your snakes, make sure they are cared for to keep them happy, and collect their beautiful scales, to forge stronger equipment and scale up!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Farming Sim 19%, Sandbox 8.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Building 5.8%
- #59 Maia
70% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 50.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8%, Management 5.9%
- #60 Last Monument
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Levikinco
Windows
A deadline-driven roguelite management game set in ancient Egypt. Build impossible monuments under brutal deadlines. Push your workers to the limit, survive disasters and riots, and watch your civilization slowly transform into something far stranger.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Roguelite 13%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 6.7%