- #1 Deepworks
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: EZDev Games
Windows · Linux
Earth is gone. The fleet is hungry. Drop a Hub on a generated claim, find the seam, and let the robots dig. Every machine you build makes noise — and noise is how the machines that took the planet find you. Hold the line, launch with the take, sell it, and go deeper.
Why similar: Mining 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.1%, Tower Defense 15.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Underground 8.3% ★
- #2 Drill Core
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Tower Defense 14.6%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 9.3%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #3 Rogue Drone
96% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: KBGS
Windows
A sci-fi mining and base-building game where efficient mining is the key to survival. Gather crystals, expand your colony, upgrade your defenses, and withstand increasingly dangerous nightly attacks.
Why similar: Mining 34.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, Tower Defense 12.6%, City Builder 11.7%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #4 Scherbenmark: The Old Mine
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bernhard Kokesch
Windows · Linux
You are the Steiger, the foreman responsible for the mine and everyone who works beneath the earth. Hire and manage miners, expand the tunnels, secure valuable ore, trade your resources and keep the mine running. The deeper you dig, the greater the rewards and the greater the dangers waiting below.
Why similar: Mining 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 23.6%, Underground 19.5% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Management 6.1%
- #5 Digging Dudes
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Valiantus
Windows · Linux
Command a squad of hard-working dudes, tunnel through different biomes and layers, collect rare ores and gemstones, equip powerful pickaxes, and descend into the depths!
Why similar: Mining 35.6% ★, Underground 12.8% ★, Colony Sim 11.7%, Roguelite 10.2%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #6 Wall World Strategy
94% 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 19.9%, Mining 16.8% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Tower Defense 13.6%, Base Building 10.2%
- #7 The Undercity: Last Light
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ufuk HalisPub: Evuk Games
Windows · Mac
Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 20.4%, Underground 17.7% ★, Base Building 8.5%, Management 7.9%
- #8 ExoColony: Planet Survival
91% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Simplemole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.
Why similar: Mining 21.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 15.7%, Underground 15.5% ★, Base Building 8.6%
- #9 Dungeon D14
92% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Mining 27.4% ★, Colony Sim 23.6%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 10%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #10 Deepstrata
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gelm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fly your mining pod into the crust of Luna, Mars, Io and Callisto. Drill deep, haul ore up, and pour the profits into your rig. Fuel always burns, hulls crack, and something old is awake down there. A 2D mining adventure with a story campaign, base building and a living ore market.
Why similar: Mining 27.2% ★, Tower Defense 14.9%, Underground 14.8% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #11 Fio and the Doomed City
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows · Mac
A “city-building” x “tower defense” SLG by a young girl, Fio. Fio and her guardians, the Flora Bears, are building a city in the last city of humanity. Increase facilities, residents, and resources, and prepare for battle. Withstand enemy attacks and defeat the boss with your big beam cannon!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 23.4%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #12 Wall World
89% matchVery Positive91% of 12,734 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
Why similar: Mining 28.7% ★, Tower Defense 14.3%, Roguelite 10.9%, Roguelike 8.5%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #13 Cannon Keep
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brainflick
Windows
Build your city block by block and defeat waves of mechs in this tower defense roguelike! Combine powerful cannons with unique effects to survive the unforgiving wasteland and explore the underground to gather resources and find powerful relics.
Why similar: Mining 23.9% ★, Tower Defense 14.7%, City Builder 11.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Roguelite 9%
- #14 Wall World 2
88% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,999 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
Why similar: Mining 24.7% ★, Tower Defense 14%, Roguelite 9.3%, Roguelike 8.4%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #15 The Great Beyond
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Rosa Borrego
Windows
Defeat the onslaught of aliens by building your own moon base, placing & upgrading tower defences, managing units, and mining resources!
Why similar: Mining 22.4% ★, Underground 16.4% ★, Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 14.6%, Tower Defense 13.7%
- #16 Odd Realm
86% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, Mining 19.4% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #17 Stormbridge
86% matchPositive86% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows
Can you build the longest bridge before the storm catches up? Stormbridge is a roguelite city builder about growth, survival, and watching everything fall apart. Stay ahead of the danger, unlock upgrades between runs, and uncover the storm’s origin.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #18 Oreia
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CRT Glow Studios
Windows
A roguelite automation miner. Every run: dig, deploy robots, lay roads, deploy buildings, expand, refine, defend - and escape before instability tears the site apart. Cargo you don't ship is cargo you lose. Permanent upgrades and new contracts wait at the Corporate Hub™. Sandbox mode included.
Why similar: Mining 29.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Tower Defense 10%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #19 Orebiters
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Explorer Tales
Windows · Linux
Become an independent miner in worlds full of monsters and dangers that keep living even when you're not around. Dig deeper, gather resources, upgrade your machine, and build a crew. Shape living worlds that react to your every move. Each expedition brings different conditions, threats, and outcomes
Why similar: Mining 33.7% ★, Underground 19.6% ★, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Roguelite 8.3%, Exploration 6.1%
- #20 One More Wave
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juha Kiili
Windows
Tower defence with a touch of colony sim. Balance workers across defences, ammo, and food production to protect the King for one more wave.
Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 11.1%, Strategy 9.8%
- #21 Sylox
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonz
Windows
Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, City Builder 24%, Tower Defense 18.9%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #22 Destroy The Monoliths
83% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Radiant Sloth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore. Mine. Build. Fight. Destroy The Monoliths is a single-player real-time mining tower offense roguelike where you explore a randomly generated map, mine the terrain to get resources, and build turrets to both protect your base and fight monoliths that keep spawning ever more minions.
Why similar: Mining 26.8% ★, Tower Defense 16.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Roguelite 8.9%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #23 Echo Zero
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildboy Studios
Windows · Mac
Descend into a dangerous, procedurally generated sci-fi underworld. Explore, gather resources, uncover powerful wargear and upgrades, rally your droids, build and defend your base, and battle a mysterious new species on the verge of breaching the surface, either alone or in co-op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.1%, Underground 13.9% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Roguelite 11.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #24 Richat Structure
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Strategic excavation simulator. Dig deep into the mysterious Earth's bullseye, build underground bases and study anomalous finds. The deeper your miners advance, the more questions this geo-phenomenon raises. Will you be able to unearth the true nature of the Richat Structure?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Mining 20.2% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Underground 10.9% ★, Management 5.3%
- #25 Diseased
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yavuz Kala
Windows
Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to expand your borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Tower Defense 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Roguelite 10%
- #26 Feluna Base
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LiberaByte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tiny base builder roguelite where the only enemy is time. Provide food and shelter for your growing outpost. Produce advanced resources for your home station. Discover the mysteries of Feluna with every new run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #27 Settlements Rising
79% 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 25.7%, City Builder 23.8%, Resource Management 10.3%, Base Building 9.8%, Tower Defense 8.7%
- #28 Rise to Ruins
80% matchVery Positive88% of 7,765 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 28.7%, City Builder 23%, Tower Defense 21%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 4.7%
- #29 Offshore Prophets
78% 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 23%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Roguelite 11.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 8.5%
- #30 There Is mORE
76% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: ByteBeyond
Windows · Linux
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
Why similar: Mining 28.6% ★, Tower Defense 17.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #31 RAT CITY: Ratocracy
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Underground 10% ★, Resource Management 9.9%
- #32 Nordhold
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,393 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 18.7%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #33 Those UnderHex
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Egg or Chicken Games
Windows
A game that combines elements of strategy, colony simulation, base defense, exploration, and hidden object exploration. All in a roguelike style with meta-progression. Procedurally generated maps and endless replayability.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 11.6%, Tower Defense 11.4%
- #34 Derelict Void
78% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: Stirling Games
Windows · Linux
Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Roguelite 16.4%, Resource Management 14.4%, Base Building 10.8%, Management 8.8%
- #35 Fosoria
75% 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 34.2%, Base Building 17%, City Builder 13.5%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #36 Afterdepth
74% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Dannark Studios
Windows · Mac
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
Why similar: Mining 35.7% ★, Underground 15.5% ★, Roguelite 14.5%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #37 Beneath a Dead City
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Management 10.4%
- #38 EndZ Village
77% matchMixed54% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: DEVCLIED
Windows · Mac · Linux
EndZ Village is a 2D post-apocalyptic zombie survival game developed by DEVCLIED. This 2D survival game immerses you in a post-apocalyptic world infested with zombies, where humanity is fighting endlessly against the constant onslaught of infected zombie hordes.
Why similar: Mining 26% ★, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Colony Sim 9.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #39 Maize Mace Maze
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Samuel
Windows
Delve for materials, machines and curiosities in this game inspired by Dungeon Keeper and Pikmin.
Why similar: Mining 27.6% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Tower Defense 17%, Roguelike 11%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #40 Children of Mare
72% 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 26.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Mining 12.2% ★, Roguelite 10.9%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #41 BEACONFALL
70% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2026
Dev: Game Dynasty
Windows
A fast-paced tower defense strategy with settlement management. Build, assign villagers, empower the lighthouse, and keep the light alive until the final wave.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #42 Sin & Siege
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nova xPressPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Sin & Siege is a rogue-lite strategy where you must restore the shattered circles of Hell. Harvest and process sinful souls, amass Sins, forge new demons, populate the abyss, and defend it from holy monstrosities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Underground 13.8% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #43 Aven Colony
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,789 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, City Builder 30.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Strategy 6.5%
- #44 ITER-8
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: fluckyMachinePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.
Why similar: Mining 20.5% ★, Tower Defense 15.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Roguelite 10%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #45 KRAPHIS : DRILLER
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ANIMALZ
Windows
Mining roguelite. The detector pulses. Dig deeper. Find it and it's yours. Fuel is your only limit. 2041 you're a contract driller for STRATUM Corporation. How deep you go, when you return every decision is life or death.
Why similar: Mining 34.3% ★, Underground 19% ★, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 13.2%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #46 Mercury Fallen
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Mining 21.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.6%, Underground 16.4% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #47 Basalt: The Cursed Vein
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RubarbPub: Games People Play
Windows
Basalt is a haunted roguelite match-3 mining adventure. Dig for precious ores, battle unsettling creatures, and rebuild a town of strange, whispering residents. The deeper you reach, the greater the rewards… though the villagers keep warning you - don't dig too deep!
Why similar: Mining 40.9% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Roguelite 13%, Strategy 8%, Base Building 7.4%
- #48 NecroCity: Prologue
71% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
NecroCity: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. Push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! 🔥
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 8.7%
- #49 Fortifend
68% matchPositive88% of 41 reviews2026
Dev: Side Crumb
Windows
Fortifend is a fantasy city builder with a mix of resource management and strategic tower defense. As Lord Mayor, build your settlement into a fortified city capable of fending off waves of demonic invaders. Guard the gates!
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Tower Defense 23%, Base Building 19.7%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #50 VegeMine
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows
Under tier upon tier of dark stratas, there grows endless vegetables, dig them, merge them, then eat them! This is a rouge-lite strategy game in which you play as a rabbit digging for vegetables, increasing your power as you advance through layers until you reach the final treasure!
Why similar: Mining 50.8% ★, Roguelite 11%, Resource Management 10.5%, Underground 8.9% ★, Strategy 7.4%
- #51 Prospect
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dylan Wells-McNair
Windows
Prospect is a mining roguelike where you carve through the depths of the mines on a perilous journey towards the world above. Vanquish your foes, find mythical artifacts, and forge your own path with your trusty pickaxe. Will you be the first dwarf to ever reach the surface?
Why similar: Mining 34.4% ★, Underground 20.9% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #52 The Citadel Must Hold
68% 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 34.6%, Base Building 21.1%, Tower Defense 12.3%, City Builder 11.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #53 The Anchored Hour
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Hourwisp Studio
Windows
Defend a displaced royal keep in a roguelite tower-defense strategy game. Build, scout, gather resources, and send units down the path to destroy enemy towers, outposts, and bases across unstable timelines as each run escalates.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Roguelite 18.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 14%, Strategy 9.9%
- #54 Cavern Adventurers
67% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 25.5%, Underground 15.4% ★, Mining 14% ★, Exploration 6.3%
- #55 TowerKeep - Tower Defense
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Giraffe
Windows
In a living land of magic and monsters, the world itself is your greatest weapon. Gather from the land, build your defenses, and hold back the horde. A tower defense where no two lands are ever the same.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 13.2%, Base Building 9.5%
- #56 Exipelago
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: reiti.net
Windows
Manage and grow your tribe in this sandbox village simulation in a fully destructible voxel world
Why similar: Mining 23.6% ★, Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 19%, Underground 14.9% ★, Management 6.3%
- #57 Block Tower TD
68% matchVery Positive86% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%, Base Building 8%
- #58 Devouring City
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Napforge Studio
Windows
Devouring City is a top-down management game about a living city that swallows giant minerals whole. Guide residents and organs as they digest matter, then turn visible resources into power, structures, inhabitants, and weapons. Balance expansion, production, and defense as your organism grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 28.2%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 6.2%