Games Like Cataclismo

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.2%, Base Building 13.1%, RTS 10.1%, Zombies 9.3%, Tower Defense 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive RTS survival game where building a fortified colony to withstand massive zombie swarms is the primary challenge.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Zombies 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the siege-defense focus of Cataclismo, tasking you with building massive fortifications to repel thousands of enemies.

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 18.4%, City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.3%, RTS 13.1%, Building 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A charming yet challenging city-builder that centers on constructing a castle and defending it from nightly waves of attackers.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: RTS 19.1%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 11.2%, Tactical 11%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RTS that emphasizes holding the line against endless waves of enemies using tactical base placement.

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 11.9%, RTS 9.9%, Tower Defense 9.6%, City Builder 9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy with tower defense mechanics, requiring you to expand your base while managing resources under constant threat.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that demands intense resource management and strategic planning to survive a hostile, ever-changing environment.

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 18.2%, Colony Sim 17.5%, RTS 13%, Tower Defense 11.6%, Base Building 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: The classic inspiration for castle-building games, focusing heavily on the structural integrity and defensive layout of your fortress.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Steampunk 16.9% ★, City Builder 16%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Resource Management 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival city-builder that forces you to make difficult decisions to keep your society alive in a frozen, unforgiving world.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 17.8%, Management 11.9%, Survival 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, voxel-based castle construction that allows for vertical building and complex defensive planning.

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: City Builder 16%, Base Building 15%, Zombies 14%, Colony Sim 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%

Why You'll Like It: Allows you to build a base in real-world locations, focusing on scavenging and defending against zombie hordes.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.3%, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game where you must build and expand your kingdom while defending it from nightly waves of creatures.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 20.6%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid of god-game, city-builder, and tower defense that challenges you to manage a colony under constant siege.

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: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Base Building 9.8%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a resilient colony in a post-apocalyptic world, requiring careful management of resources and defenses.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Building 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features unique vertical building mechanics that allow for complex engineering and water management in a post-apocalyptic setting.

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 20.9%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based city-builder that combines resource management with the survival of your station and crew.

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 12%, Building 9.5%, Isometric 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder with a dark twist, focusing on building a functional undead metropolis while defending against invading heroes.

Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 16.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Survival 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival city-builder that emphasizes resource management and expanding your settlement in a harsh wasteland.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Base Building 22.7%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Building 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Blends detailed medieval city-building with tactical, large-scale combat that rewards thoughtful defensive planning.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Difficult 20.2%, City Builder 19.2%, Survival 17.1%, Strategy 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced card-based tower defense game that requires quick thinking to build and protect your city from invading vermin.

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 24.8%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 11.8%, Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate colony simulation that offers unparalleled depth in structural construction and defensive engineering.

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that focuses on defending a subway base from mutant hordes in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.6%, City Builder 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Base Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features vertical city-building and tactical combat in a futuristic, industrial setting.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 17.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, RTS 11.4%, Resource Management 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder where you build your settlement on the back of a giant, moving creature while managing survival and defense.

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 33.8%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.8%, Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-less city-builder that allows for organic, sprawling castle and town construction without the constraints of rigid geometry.

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 23.4%, Real-Time with Pause 16.3% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Survival 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on surviving the apocalypse by building a base and defending it from demons.

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Tower Defense 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A vertical city-builder that challenges you to manage resources and space on narrow cliffside platforms.

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.8%, RTS 16.2%, Zombies 13.4%, Base Building 10.3%, Tactical 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on building a base on Mars to survive alien attacks.

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 32.5%, Base Building 19.2%, City Builder 12.6%, Survival 11.4%, Management 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony simulator where building a secure base is essential to surviving the many threats of an alien planet.

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 14.8%, RTS 13.7%, Zombies 12.2%, Survival 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D strategy game that emphasizes building and defending a village against nightly waves of monsters.

Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!

Why similar: Survival 53.9%, Building 43.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides robust base-building mechanics where constructing strong fortifications is vital to surviving raids and environmental threats.

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 13.9%, City Builder 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%, RTS 9.7%, Zombies 9.6%

New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 18.9% ★, Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.1%, RTS 15.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Tactical 9.8%, Resource Management 9.1%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.7%, RTS 12.2%, Zombies 10.5%, City Builder 10.3%, Base Building 9.8%

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 11.1%, Tower Defense 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Zombies 9.4%

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 15.5%, RTS 11.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Tower Defense 9.8%

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, City Builder 11.5%, RTS 9%, Strategy 8%

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 15.2%, RTS 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8.9%

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 25.9%, Steampunk 13.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 12.2%

Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 21.2% ★, Colony Sim 12.1%, RTS 10%, City Builder 10%, Tower Defense 9.5%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11.3%

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Resource Management 8.2%

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 19.5%, City Builder 15.2%, Tower Defense 13%, Base Building 11%, Building 8.2%

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.8% ★, Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 15.5%, RTS 14.9%, Base Building 13%, Zombies 11.4%

Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22.7% ★, Tower Defense 13%, Zombies 11.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.5%

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Tower Defense 15.3%, Zombies 14.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Resource Management 10.1%

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 13.9%, RTS 10.5%, Management 9.3%

Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 22% ★, RTS 14.3%, Tower Defense 13%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 8.2%

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 12.9%, Resource Management 11.7%, Tactical 11.1%

Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 14%, City Builder 13.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, RTS 8.5%

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 10.7%, Isometric 10.6%

Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, RTS 14.8%, City Builder 12.2%, Tower Defense 11.7%, Base Building 11.1%

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 25.7%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Survival 9.8%

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Tower Defense 17.9%, City Builder 17.6%, RTS 16.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Zombies 11.9%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 23.9% ★, Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 8.1%

Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 15.1%, RTS 11.1%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 9.1%

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.3%

Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Resource Management 10%, Building 9%

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 17.1%, RTS 13.4%, Building 13%, Base Building 11.1%