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Games Like City idle

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include City Builder, Resource Management, Simulation, Strategy.

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Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 72% — of 214 reviews
Released: 2023-09-08
Developer: Grest Games OÜ
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

Overview

City idle combines the satisfying progression of incremental games with the depth of a traditional colony-sim, offering a charming pixel-art experience where every citizen's life is simulated. These recommendations focus on titles that balance automated idle mechanics with strategic city-building, progression through historical eras, and the management of individual inhabitants.

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  1. #1 Paragon Pioneers 2
    97% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
    Dev: Tobias Arlt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 9.6%, Economy 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep city-building experience with strong idle elements that allow for steady, rewarding expansion.

  2. #2 CivIdle
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 974 reviews2025
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 79.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    CivIdle is an idle/incremental game that allows you to lead your own civilization through thousands of years from ancient times to the modern era. Expand your territory, explore a vast tech tree, build various wonders, and trade with global players: empire must grow and numbers must go up!

    Why similar: Building 16.7%, Management 15.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Medieval 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the historical progression and idle automation mechanics found in City idle.

  3. #3 Paragon Pioneers
    96% 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 34.9%, Economy 12.6%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: The original title provides a similar blend of colony management and idle progression in a compact, accessible format.

  4. #4 Factory Town Idle
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,204 reviews2024
    Dev: Erik Asmussen
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 72.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.6%, Crafting 16.5%, Management 11.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Colorful 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on the automation and minimalist management aspects that make City idle so addictive.

  5. #5 SimPocalypse
    95% matchMixed68% of 115 reviews2021
    Dev: Gamex Studio
    Windows · Linux

    A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, Building 16.5%, Simulation 11.3%, Strategy 10%, Management 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the incremental strategy and civilization-building aspects of the seed game while adding complex automation.

  6. #6 Settlement Survival
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 36.2%, Building 13.6%, Economy 8.8%, Medieval 7.8%, Management 7.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a more detailed colony-sim experience that captures the challenge of guiding a civilization through survival and growth.

  7. #7 Lords and Villeins
    93% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Economy 10.3%, Building 10%, Strategy 7.9%, Crafting 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game shares the focus on managing individual citizens and their specific needs within a growing medieval settlement.

  8. #8 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
    92% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
    Dev: HandyGames
    Windows
    Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 48%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 14.3%, Economy 6.7%, Building 6.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This classic city-builder provides a similar colorful aesthetic and focus on managing the daily lives of your townspeople.

  9. #9 Ratopia
    90% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Building 14%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 7.6%, Economy 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This game adds a layer of survival and complex base-building to the colony-sim formula, perfect for those who enjoy managing a busy population.

  10. #10 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
    91% matchMostly Positive71% of 215 reviews2022
    Dev: The Evergloom Team
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Desktopia is a city-builder game which simulates an evolving, medieval-esque village along the bottom of your desktop, allowing you to work, watch, or browse something else while you play.

    Why similar: Simulation 32.2%, Immersive Sim 19.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Medieval 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar idle-focused village simulation that runs in the background while you manage your growing population.

  11. #11 Kubifaktorium
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 786 reviews2021
    Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Economy 12.9%, Building 11.5%, Crafting 10.1%, Management 7%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim building with automation mechanics that feel like a natural step up from the seed game.

  12. #12 MicroTown
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
    Dev: Snowy Ash Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Economy 15.3%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Medieval 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: It features a similar cute, pixelated art style and focuses on the foundational aspects of city-building and resource management.

  13. #13 Founders' Fortune
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 50.6%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Economy 6.1%

    Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim emphasizes the individual needs and personalities of your settlers, mirroring the simulated citizen aspect of the seed game.

  14. #14 MEMORIAPOLIS
    87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
    Dev: 5PM Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 8%, Exploration 8%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on city-building by focusing on the evolution of a city across different historical eras.

  15. #15 Kingdoms and Castles
    88% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Medieval 7.6%, Simulation 6.4%

    Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, enjoyable city-building experience that focuses on expansion and defense against external threats.

  16. #16 Ancient Cities
    86% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
    Dev: Uncasual Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Economy 11.8%, Simulation 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It focuses on historical accuracy and long-term civilization development, aligning with the era-progression theme of the seed game.

  17. #17 Rise to Ruins
    85% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 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 62.1%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Base Building 5.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It blends pixel-art aesthetics with intense colony-sim management, offering a challenging progression path similar to City idle.

  18. #18 Civitatem
    86% matchMixed63% of 133 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: Strategy 23.2%, Simulation 20.4%, Building 13.1%, Economy 12.7%, Medieval 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This medieval city-builder emphasizes the survival and growth of a small tribe into a thriving village.

  19. #19 Dream Town Island
    84% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 40.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 10.9%, Economy 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: This casual simulation game captures the cute, management-focused spirit of the seed game in a relaxing environment.

  20. #20 Orrstead
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
    Dev: IndividualKex
    Windows

    Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Building 14.4%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Medieval 7.4%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a sandbox approach to colony-sim management, allowing for creative building and population growth.

  21. #21 Clanfolk
    82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
    Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Building 15.4%, Crafting 14.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This simulation focuses heavily on the daily lives and survival of your settlers in a harsh environment, providing deep, meaningful management.

  22. #22 Timberborn
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 49.1%, Building 16%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: This unique colony-sim features complex water management and vertical building, offering a fresh take on the genre.

  23. #23 Stonehearth
    83% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 57.5%, Building 15.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Crafting 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: It offers a charming, blocky aesthetic and a focus on building a thriving community through individual citizen tasks.

  24. #24 Fabledom
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
    Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Economy 16.6%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: This city-builder captures the cute, fairy-tale aesthetic while providing satisfying progression and management mechanics.

  25. #25 Highrise City
    81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,282 reviews2023
    Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Highrise City offers a new spin on City Simulations & Tycoon games expanding the economy and resource management aspect. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex resource based economy system.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It combines traditional city-building with complex economic simulation, perfect for players who enjoy deep management systems.

  26. #26 Incremental Town RPG
    82% matchMixed60% of 96 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 40.7%, Simulation 10.8%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.3%, Management 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: It blends town-building with RPG elements, offering a unique progression path for those who enjoy incremental games.

  27. #27 Idle Colony
    80% matchVery Positive83% of 544 reviews2024
    Dev: Faith G.
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Economy 17%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 8%

    Why You'll Like It: This title leans heavily into the idle and clicker mechanics, making it a great choice for fans of the seed game's automated progression.

  28. #28 Village Tale
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 299 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl Games
    Windows
    Median: 18.1 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    A relaxing idle village-building simulator nestled in the corner of your screen! Build, Craft, and Trade to guide your village from humble beginnings to a thriving trading hub, it's time to write your own Village Tale!

    Why similar: Building 17.2%, Crafting 12.6%, Management 12%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%

    Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the farming and automation aspects of village life with a charming pixel-art style.

  29. #29 Banished
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 60%, Strategy 11.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 5.2%, Medieval 4.7%

    Why You'll Like It: As a foundational colony-sim, it provides the core challenge of managing a population's needs through changing seasons and limited resources.

  30. #30 Heian City Story
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A city-building sim with a historical twist

    Why similar: 2.5D 26.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Cute 8%

  31. #31 Settlements Rising
    76% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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 39.3%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.3%, Economy 7.6%

  32. #32 A Game of Humans
    79% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: Scion Studios
    Windows

    A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Economy 9.4%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: This management-heavy game focuses on the interactions and needs of your citizens, mirroring the simulation depth of City idle.

  33. #33 Crafting Town
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 55 reviews2022
    Dev: Musa GUNGOR
    Windows

    Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.

    Why similar: Immersive Sim 17.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Colony Sim 10.6%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 9.6%

  34. #34 Mistward
    75% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Logic 8.3%, Exploration 8%

  35. #35 City Tales - Medieval Era
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 542 reviews2026
    Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

    Why similar: Economy 24.5%, Building 22.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Management 12.1%, Logic 11%

  36. #36 Empire City Simulator
    76% matchMixed61% of 75 reviews2024
    Dev: Red Brix Wall
    Windows

    Become a ruler and build the ancient city of your dreams in Empire City! Unlock new opportunities for your city's prosperity, gain the support of the gods, construct grand buildings, and create unique infrastructure. Transform a small settlement into a magnificent center of civilization!

    Why similar: 2.5D 14.6%, Economy 14.4%, Building 13.8%, Simulation 13.6%, Strategy 13.2%

  37. #37 Skyline Urban Story
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: PandaUpStudio
    Windows · Mac

    From barren land to towering metropolis, every decision you make shapes the destiny of your city. Industrial flow, global trade, surging land values, and growing wealth, offers deep management gameplay, perfect for players who love strategic city-building and economic simulation.

    Why similar: Economy 27.1%, Immersive Sim 25.1%, Building 22.8%, Simulation 17.4%, Colorful 4.5%

  38. #38 Patron
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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 44.8%, Economy 11.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 9.5%, Management 6%

  39. #39 Folklands
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
    Windows · Linux

    Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, Economy 14.8%, Building 12.7%, Exploration 8.8%, Management 7.3%

  40. #40 Pocket Clothier
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Building 6.8%

  41. #41 AColony
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
    Dev: ZeroTris
    Windows

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 8.9%, Exploration 6.5%

  42. #42 Idle Commonwealth
    72% matchMixed66% of 103 reviews2025
    Dev: Qbusik Games
    Windows

    Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.

    Why similar: Building 23.1%, Strategy 20.1%, Economy 16.6%, Management 13.6%, Resource Management 8.1%

  43. #43 Of Life and Land
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    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 32.1%, Building 10.7%, Economy 10.1%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%

  44. #44 The Pyraplex
    72% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%

  45. #45 Foundation
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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: Colony Sim 23.1%, Economy 14.2%, Simulation 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 12%

  46. #46 Catizens
    71% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 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 37.9%, Building 12.9%, Crafting 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7.7%

  47. #47 Town to City
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,836 reviews2025
    Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Build an idyllic 19th century Mediterranean town and help it flourish into a prosperous city. Freely place and customise each element to create the perfect home for your growing population in this cozy city builder from the creators of Station to Station.

    Why similar: Building 22.3%, Economy 21.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 11.7%, Management 10.9%

  48. #48 Colonize
    71% matchMostly Negative38% of 168 reviews2026
    Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows

    Colonize is a relaxing 17th-century city-builder. Establish a settlement in the New World, manage resources, and ensure your people thrive across three unique levels. No combat, just pure strategy and management in a peaceful isometric world. Build your legacy at your own pace!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 59.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Exploration 10.8%, Medieval 6.8%, Building 3.2%

  49. #49 Oh! Edo Towns
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 100 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, 2.5D 14.7%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%

  50. #50 Primitive Society Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Management 9%, Strategy 7.3%

  51. #51 Celestial Empire: Prologue
    68% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2025
    Dev: President Studio
    Windows

    Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 8.5%

  52. #52 Forest Camp Story
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 217 reviews2022
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Simulation 18.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Building 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%

  53. #53 Humanica
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

    Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 10.1%, Strategy 9.5%

  54. #54 Industry Idle
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,446 reviews2024
    Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 29.1 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.

    Why similar: Economy 19.8%, Building 17.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 11.6%

  55. #55 Randoville
    70% matchMixed66% of 65 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 32%, Economy 14.4%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%

  56. #56 Let Them Trade
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 1,033 reviews2025
    Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.

    Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Building 15.1%, Management 10.5%, Medieval 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%

  57. #57 Synergy
    66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Economy 16.4%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Management 7.5%

  58. #58 LakeSide
    67% matchMostly Positive70% of 184 reviews2024
    Dev: Massive Galaxy Studios
    Windows

    A cozy minimalist city builder. Build and manage a quiet town by the lake or expand it into a picturesque city state in this side-scrolling city builder featuring hybrid mechanics. Construct marvelous buildings, epic wonders and become the envy of the known world!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Management 8%

  59. #59 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    64% matchVery Positive85% of 729 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 12.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Management 8.2%

  60. #60 Dream Park Story
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 143 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Simulation 16.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Economy 7.6%, Building 7.4%

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