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  1. #1 Colonize Prologue
    97% matchMixed64% of 514 reviews2022
    Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, City Builder 30.5%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 6.3%, 3D 2.8%

  2. #2 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    96% matchMixed66% of 6,027 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, City Builder 40.1%, Strategy 6.8%, Medieval 6.6%, Building 1.5%

  3. #3 Founders' Fortune
    96% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 51%, City Builder 29.1%, Base Building 7.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Medieval 3.1%

  4. #4 Farthest Frontier
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 25,602 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 21.3%, RTS 17%, Agriculture 11.8% ★, Medieval 6.4%

  5. #5 Patron
    95% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 38.4%, City Builder 34%, Strategy 8.6%, Medieval 7%, Base Building 4.4%

  6. #6 Of Life and Land
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    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 29%, City Builder 26.2%, RTS 20.9%, Medieval 7.6%, Strategy 7.1%

  7. #7 Settlement Survival
    93% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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: City Builder 36.1%, Colony Sim 34.7%, Agriculture 8% ★, Strategy 4.5%, Medieval 4.4%

  8. #8 Foundation
    92% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 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: City Builder 48.2%, Colony Sim 16.5%, RTS 10.9%, Medieval 10.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  9. #9 Imagine Earth
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 970 reviews2021
    Dev: Serious Bros.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 24.6%, RTS 22.9%, Top-Down 7.2%, Strategy 6.4%

  10. #10 Ostriv
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,692 reviews2020
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Colony Sim 28.7%, Agriculture 9.9% ★, Strategy 8.2%, Medieval 5.7%

  11. #11 Land of the Vikings
    90% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,266 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, City Builder 33.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Realistic 6.7%, Base Building 5.5%

  12. #12 Republic of Pirates
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
    Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

    Why similar: City Builder 29.8%, Colony Sim 28.5%, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 8%, Base Building 2.8%

  13. #13 Settlements Rising
    89% 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 37.1%, City Builder 34%, Medieval 8.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Base Building 5.1%

  14. #14 Synergy
    86% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
    Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    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 40.4%, City Builder 38%, Strategy 9.2%, Base Building 7.9%, Building 3.1%

  15. #15 Dawn of Man
    87% matchVery Positive87% of 17,862 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Colony Sim 41.6%, Strategy 7.2%, RTS 6.8%, Simulation 0.5%

  16. #16 My Colony
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2018
    Dev: Ape Apps
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.2%, City Builder 44.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 0.8%

  17. #17 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 27.8%, City Builder 23.9%, RTS 20.4%, Strategy 6.1%, Medieval 5.9%

  18. #18 Havendock
    85% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,964 reviews2025
    Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 24.4%, Agriculture 15.5% ★, Life Sim 15.4%, Strategy 6.7%

  19. #19 New Cycle
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 29.2%, Realistic 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%, Top-Down 6.3%

  20. #20 Folklands
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
    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 30%, City Builder 25.9%, RTS 19.4%, Exploration 6.2%, Strategy 5.4%

  21. #21 Primitive Society Simulator
    83% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 34.2%, City Builder 29.1%, Agriculture 17.9% ★, Base Building 6.9%, Strategy 5.6%

  22. #22 The Crust
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 24.2%, RTS 15.8%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 6.7%

  23. #23 Surviving the Aftermath
    84% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 40.8%, Colony Sim 35.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Base Building 5.9%, Exploration 2.9%

  24. #24 Kingdoms and Castles
    82% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 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: City Builder 30.7%, Colony Sim 30.7%, RTS 18.9%, Medieval 6.5%, Strategy 6%

  25. #25 Going Medieval
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 33.1%, City Builder 26.8%, RTS 24.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Base Building 6.7%

  26. #26 Tribe: Primitive Builder
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 805 reviews2023
    Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, City Builder 30.4%, Realistic 10.1%, Base Building 7.4%, Exploration 7%

  27. #27 Settler's Domain
    79% matchMixed66% of 87 reviews2026
    Dev: rick
    Windows

    Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, City Builder 34.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Medieval 7%, Top-Down 5.1%

  28. #28 Lords and Villeins
    80% matchMostly Positive71% of 979 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    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 40.2%, City Builder 31.8%, Medieval 9.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Top-Down 6%

  29. #29 The Wandering Village
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 8,498 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 30.3%, City Builder 28.3%, RTS 18%, Life Sim 12.4%, Exploration 5.5%

  30. #30 Sapiens
    78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,200 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 29.5%, Life Sim 14.2%, Base Building 6.5%, Strategy 5.2%

  31. #31 Planetbase
    79% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, City Builder 35.2%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%, RTS 4.5%

  32. #32 Occupy Mars: The Game
    76% matchMixed70% of 3,170 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Survive and colonize Mars alone or in online co-op. Build and upgrade your base, craft equipment, mine resources, produce water, oxygen and food, explore an open world, and repair complex machinery in a technical survival sandbox.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.2%, Open World Survival Craft 24.5% ★, Exploration 21.1%, Realistic 19.5%, Building 7%

  33. #33 Pioneers of Pagonia
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 5,512 reviews2025
    Dev: Envision Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 22.3%, RTS 20.7%, Medieval 7.4%, Strategy 6.2%

  34. #34 Frozenheim
    77% matchMixed69% of 3,930 reviews2022
    Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 53.9%, Medieval 14.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 11.6%, 3D 6%

  35. #35 Ancient Cities
    77% matchMixed63% of 2,171 reviews2023
    Dev: Uncasual Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 11.1 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: City Builder 38.5%, Colony Sim 27.2%, Realistic 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Base Building 4.8%

  36. #36 Norland
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, City Builder 27.6%, RTS 22.4%, Strategy 7.6%, Base Building 6.6%

  37. #37 Celestial Empire
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 732 reviews2025
    Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, RTS 24.2%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Strategy 7.1%

  38. #38 Airborne Empire
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 948 reviews2026
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, City Builder 28.9%, RTS 19.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Exploration 6.4%

  39. #39 Oxygen
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 915 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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 34.6%, City Builder 32.4%, Realistic 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%, Base Building 7.8%

  40. #40 Corsair Cove
    71% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, City Builder 37.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Base Building 9%, Building 3.1%

  41. #41 Banished
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 43,352 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 43.2%, City Builder 39.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Medieval 4.7%, RTS 3%

  42. #42 Clanfolk
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
    Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 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 39.1%, Life Sim 23.3%, Agriculture 21.4% ★, Medieval 11.8%, Building 2.9%

  43. #43 Let Them Trade
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,191 reviews2025
    Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.5 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: City Builder 49%, Medieval 14.1%, Top-Down 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Strategy 8.5%

  44. #44 Kingdoms Reborn
    72% matchVery Positive90% of 9,742 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    Why similar: City Builder 39.3%, Colony Sim 29.4%, RTS 12.3%, Base Building 5.9%, Medieval 5.7%

  45. #45 Farlanders
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, City Builder 33.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Top-Down 8.1%, Base Building 7.7%

  46. #46 Depraved
    74% matchMixed61% of 1,255 reviews2019
    Dev: Evil Bite
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 26.9%, RTS 19.2%, Medieval 7.5%, Base Building 5.3%

  47. #47 Captain of Industry
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
    Dev: MaFi Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 28.6%, Base Building 14%, Strategy 11.2%, Agriculture 7.2% ★

  48. #48 Flotsam
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 33.8%, Base Building 8.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Exploration 6.9%

  49. #49 AColony
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 141 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 40.8%, City Builder 30.6%, Base Building 8.1%, Exploration 7.3%, Strategy 6.6%

  50. #50 Catizens
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, City Builder 29.2%, Life Sim 12.6%, Strategy 7.4%, Base Building 5%

  51. #51 SeaColony
    68% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

    SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 55.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Agriculture 9.7% ★, Top-Down 7.5%

  52. #52 Aquatico
    70% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, City Builder 39.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Base Building 6.5%, Building 2.6%

  53. #53 Blacksmith Master
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, City Builder 29.3%, Medieval 9.9%, Realistic 8.2%, Strategy 8%

  54. #54 Wild West Pioneers
    65% matchMostly Positive76% of 326 reviews2026
    Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Wild West Pioneers is a city-builder adventure about leading settlers into the untamed frontier. Build and manage growing settlements, establish production chains, and explore the world. Follow a story of gold rush dreams, dangerous encounters, and the search for your family.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, City Builder 34%, Strategy 8.1%, Exploration 6.7%, Base Building 5.8%

  55. #55 Mountaincore
    67% matchMixed65% of 268 reviews2025
    Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, City Builder 23.4%, Agriculture 10.2% ★, Strategy 8.5%, Medieval 7.3%

  56. #56 Astro Colony
    64% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 60.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Exploration 6.7%, Building 3.8%

  57. #57 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    64% matchVery Positive91% of 27,451 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    Why similar: City Builder 41.3%, Colony Sim 34%, Strategy 11.2%, Base Building 8.8%, Building 3.2%

  58. #58 Stonehearth
    68% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,081 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 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 49.2%, City Builder 39.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 2.8%, Simulation 0.5%

  59. #59 Aven Colony
    69% 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 46.9%, City Builder 38.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Base Building 5.1%, Simulation 0.7%

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