- #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 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep city-building experience with strong idle elements that allow for steady, rewarding expansion.
- #2 CivIdle
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,037 reviews2025
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 78.6 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 15.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Medieval 12.3%, Simulation 12%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the historical progression and idle automation mechanics found in City idle.
- #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 35%, Economy 12.4%, Building 12.2%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: The original title provides a similar blend of colony management and idle progression in a compact, accessible format.
- #4 Factory Town Idle
94% matchVery Positive91% of 1,215 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 73.6 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 11.1%, Simulation 7.2%, 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 SimPocalypse
95% matchMixed68% of 116 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 11.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the incremental strategy and civilization-building aspects of the seed game while adding complex automation.
- #6 Settlement Survival
93% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 36.3%, Building 13.7%, Economy 8.7%, 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 Desktopia: A Desktop Village Simulator
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 216 reviews2022
Dev: The Evergloom Team
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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 32.3%, Immersive Sim 19.8%, Strategy 14%, 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.
- #8 Lords and Villeins
92% matchMostly Positive71% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 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 35.3%, Economy 10.2%, Building 10.1%, 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.
- #9 Ratopia
90% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 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 37.2%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Management 7.5%, Economy 7.3%
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 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,364 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 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 48.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14.2%, Economy 6.6%, 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.
- #11 Kubifaktorium
91% matchVery Positive81% of 795 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 33.4%, Economy 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Crafting 10.1%, Management 6.9%
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 MicroTown
89% matchVery Positive95% of 475 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 42.7%, Economy 15.1%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 8.4%, 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 Founders' Fortune
89% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 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 50.8%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 7.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Economy 6%
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 MEMORIAPOLIS
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,755 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Immersive Sim 15.4%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Exploration 8.1%
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 Kingdoms and Castles
88% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 39.2%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a straightforward, enjoyable city-building experience that focuses on expansion and defense against external threats.
- #16 Ancient Cities
86% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 24.9%, Immersive Sim 17.1%, Economy 12.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%
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 Dream Town Island
84% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 40.4%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 11%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This casual simulation game captures the cute, management-focused spirit of the seed game in a relaxing environment.
- #18 Rise to Ruins
85% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 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 62.2%, Strategy 11.9%, 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.
- #19 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 23.3%, Simulation 20.4%, Building 13.2%, Economy 12.5%, 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.
- #20 Orrstead
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 78 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 41%, Building 14.4%, Management 9%, Strategy 7.8%, Medieval 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a sandbox approach to colony-sim management, allowing for creative building and population growth.
- #21 Clanfolk
82% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 38.5%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 13.6%, Simulation 9.6%, Medieval 8.8%
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 Fabledom
81% matchVery Positive85% of 7,484 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.5 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 40.6%, Economy 16.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: This city-builder captures the cute, fairy-tale aesthetic while providing satisfying progression and management mechanics.
- #23 Stonehearth
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 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%, Crafting 7.3%, 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 Timberborn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,576 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 42.2 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 48%, Building 15.5%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This unique colony-sim features complex water management and vertical building, offering a fresh take on the genre.
- #25 Incremental Town RPG
82% 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 40.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 9.2%, Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends town-building with RPG elements, offering a unique progression path for those who enjoy incremental games.
- #26 Idle Colony
80% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 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 33.4%, Economy 16.7%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 7.9%
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.
- #27 Highrise City
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,288 reviews2023
Dev: Fourexo EntertainmentPub: Deck13
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 34.7%, Immersive Sim 14.5%, Economy 10.5%, Building 10.2%, 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.
- #28 Village Tale
78% matchVery Positive84% of 306 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 20.7 hrsMean: 23.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 21.4%, Management 15.4%, Strategy 15.1%, Simulation 14.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the farming and automation aspects of village life with a charming pixel-art style.
- #29 Banished
79% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 60.2%, 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 Heian City Story
77% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: 2.5D 26.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 14.5%, Building 11.6%, Cute 8%
- #31 Settlements Rising
76% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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 39.4%, Building 10.9%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.3%, Economy 7.5%
- #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 35.4%, Economy 9.3%, Immersive Sim 9.1%, Building 8.6%, Strategy 8.6%
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 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 17.5%, Crafting 16.1%, Colony Sim 10.6%, Simulation 10.4%, Building 9.7%
- #34 City Tales - Medieval Era
73% matchVery Positive90% of 571 reviews2026
Dev: Irregular ShapesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 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 24.2%, Building 23%, Simulation 16.1%, Management 12.1%, Logic 11.1%
- #35 Empire City Simulator
76% matchMixed61% of 85 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 14.7%, Economy 14.3%, Building 14%, Simulation 13.5%, Strategy 13.2%
- #36 Folklands
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 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 34.5%, Economy 14%, Building 12.1%, Exploration 7.9%, Management 7.1%
- #37 Mistward
74% matchMixed63% of 89 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 39.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Logic 8.3%, Exploration 8%
- #38 CLOUD DWELLERS
73% matchVery Positive92% of 71 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 45.9%, Building 15.4%, Management 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 7.9%
- #39 Skyline Urban Story
73% matchVery Positive89% of 104 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 26.8%, Immersive Sim 25.1%, Building 23%, Simulation 17.4%, Colorful 4.5%
- #40 Patron
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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 45%, Economy 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 9.6%, Management 6%
- #41 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 43.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 7%, Building 6.8%
- #42 AColony
72% 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 32.9%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9%, Exploration 6.6%
- #43 Idle Commonwealth
71% matchMixed66% of 119 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 23.2%, Strategy 20.1%, Economy 16.3%, Management 13.5%, Crafting 8%
- #44 The Pyraplex
72% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Building 13%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%
- #45 Catizens
70% matchVery Positive82% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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%
- #46 Of Life and Land
69% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 32.2%, Building 10.8%, Economy 10%, Immersive Sim 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%
- #47 Pompeii: The Legacy
69% matchVery Positive84% of 237 reviews2026
Dev: Siscia Games
Windows
Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, Immersive Sim 15%, Economy 14.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Simulation 8.7%
- #48 Foundation
67% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Economy 14%, Simulation 12.4%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 12%
- #49 Primitive Society Simulator
70% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 42.3%, Building 14.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #50 Colonize
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 171 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 6.7%, Building 3.2%
- #51 Oh! Edo Towns
71% matchVery Positive86% of 102 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 14.8%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%
- #52 Idle Grid
70% matchMixed64% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Lake Country Games
Windows
Build and optimize your industrial empire in this grid-based idle game. Place factories, power plants, and research labs strategically to maximize efficiency through adjacency bonuses. Upgrade your buildings, manage power consumption, and watch your profits soar while you're away.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Immersive Sim 15.9%, Building 14.2%, Economy 10.9%, Crafting 8%
- #53 Town to City
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 6,166 reviews2025
Dev: Galaxy GrovePub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 21.9%, Economy 21.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Management 11.7%, Simulation 10.3%
- #54 Celestial Empire: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive85% of 396 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 37.2%, Building 12.5%, Economy 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 8.5%
- #55 Humanica
66% matchVery Positive94% of 149 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 36.5%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #56 Forest Camp Story
69% matchVery Positive84% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Simulation 18.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Building 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #57 Industry Idle
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,467 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.3 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 19.5%, Building 17.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Crafting 12%, Simulation 11.6%
- #58 Let Them Trade
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,081 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 21.6%, Building 15.2%, Management 10.4%, Medieval 9.3%, Simulation 8.9%
- #59 Synergy
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,039 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 34.1%, Economy 16.2%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.5%
- #60 Randoville
68% 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 32.2%, Economy 14.2%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9.2%