- #1 Karma Kingdom
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kucing Hitam
Windows
A Strategy RPG game where you must rebuild a shattered world using your skill and magic. Bring land, people and equipment back from Netherspace and create a home for them. As your kingdom grows you must consider the ecology, the kingdom's happiness and acts of charity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, RPG 14.9%, Magic 12.1%, Survival 9.3%
- #2 Oxygen Not Included
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 141,608 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 15.7%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 4.8%
- #3 Keziah's Realm
96% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, Survival 15.5%, RPG 10.5%, Base Building 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #4 众神的礼物
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: penguin_and_parrotPub: penguinandparrot
Windows
"The Gift of the Gods" is a Western fantasy theme of seed peas + town simulation business construction game. In the game, you will play a lord, recruit residents, assign jobs, appoint marriage, explore outlands, lead residents to expand their territory, and create your own utopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Magic 15.9%, RPG 14.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 7.3%
- #5 Underground Nomads
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11.8%, Exploration 4.4%
- #6 Castle Formers
94% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2021
Dev: Fernando AraujoPub: INK EYE Games
Windows
Defend your castle from the attacks of the night creatures. Collect coins, interact with the elements of the game, discover, explore, learn and survive for 30 days or try again.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Survival 16.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #7 Never Secure
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Survival 17.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 5.4%, Crafting 4.6%
- #8 DuneHaven
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.1%, RPG 8.5%, Magic 8.2%, Survival 7.4%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #9 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
92% matchMixed69% of 365 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.4%, Survival 16.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.5%, Crafting 5.3%
- #10 Embark
91% matchMixed61% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 11%, Building 9.3%, Crafting 4.5%
- #11 Sheltered 2
90% matchMixed45% of 2,199 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, Survival 17%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 8.4%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #12 Bonfire Kingdom
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bonfire Forged Games
Windows
Bonfire Kingdom is a survival city builder mixed with RPG elements in a dark medieval fantasy world - like a hauntingly beautiful German fairy tale. Superior enemies are creeping out of the darkness. Protect your village by leading your band of loyal knights into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 12.5%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Building 8.6%
- #13 Vilset
89% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.5%, Survival 14.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 6.3%
- #14 First Feudal
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 11.5%, Survival 9.2%, Crafting 5.8%
- #15 TFM: The First Men
87% matchMixed61% of 410 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 9.7%, Building 9%, Crafting 3.2%
- #16 Dwarf Things
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 13.1%, Building 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 5%
- #17 Founders' Fortune
86% matchVery Positive80% of 2,183 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 56.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 10.4%, Survival 10.2%, Character Customization 3.1%
- #18 Colony Survival
85% matchVery Positive92% of 8,892 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.2%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 16%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 3.8%
- #19 Arcbound
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outbreak Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 11.5%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 4.2%
- #20 Feartress
84% matchMixed50% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Frederik ListPub: Foo Dogs Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feartress is an idle RPG where you gather resources, build structures and hire workers and armies to help you succeed in battle and take over multiple dimensions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Building 9.9%, RPG 9.6%, Magic 8.5%
- #21 Beneath a Dead City
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3%, Survival 16.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Exploration 4.9%
- #22 Paleon
82% matchVery Positive82% of 415 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.3%, Survival 18.5%, Building 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%, Top-Down 3.3%
- #23 Lil Guys
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 15.9%, Building 9.9%, Crafting 4.8%
- #24 Surviving Ceres
81% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1%, Survival 16.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 13.1%, Crafting 7.3%
- #25 HullRats
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 15.1%, RPG 6.1%, Crafting 5.2%
- #26 Red Dust Colony
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 15.2%, Building 8.9%, Resource Management 5.2%
- #27 Terrestrial planet
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: glacier Studio
Windows
On a planet with a biome climate similar to Earth, manage your residents from basic construction and planting, develop and research various cutting-edge technologies, recruit soldiers to form troops, resist foreign enemies or actively conquer other countries, and unify this distant planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 14.2%, Strategy RPG 9.8%, Building 9.6%
- #28 One More Island
79% matchMixed68% of 257 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Survival 13.8%, Building 12.4%, Base Building 12%, Exploration 5.6%
- #29 Gateworlds
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.7%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 9.2%, Exploration 5.2%
- #30 Beastie Bay DX
78% matchVery Positive83% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1%, Strategy RPG 15%, RPG 10.3%, Survival 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #31 Idyll
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 18.4%, Building 4.6%, Fantasy 2%
- #32 Order: The New Dawn
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 11%, Building 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #33 Children of Mare
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 15.1%, Building 12.8%, Dark 5.4%
- #34 Endlanders
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Eteros Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your deck, glitch through enemies, translate unknown languages and decipher the mysteries of this universe, in this grid-based real time combat indie game. Endlanders features two main characters with diverging storylines in the same universe, fighting their way through unknown planes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7%, Magic 12.7%, RPG 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Top-Down 6.8%
- #35 King's Keeper
75% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Clément Andraud
Windows · Linux
A game of base building and colony simulation in a world where night is permanent. Survive, build, explore, repel enemy raids and tend to the needs of your workers and your king.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 13.9%, Building 11%, Crafting 6.3%
- #36 Wanderers' Outpost
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wind Arthouse
Windows · Linux
A Colony-Sim in a dungeonpunk-fantasy world where you build outpost near ancient ruins, support adventurers, and tax their loot. Expand your outpost, survive waves of dungeon-born monsters, and ultimately conquer the depths before they consume the outpost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 12.3%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 6.3%
- #37 Phoenix Hope
76% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%
- #38 The Omins
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TemesaGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Omins have taken their first step through mysterious portals, discovering new lands to explore and settle, inhabited by fantastic creatures and shaped by unknown forces. Guide them in this real time fantasy settlement game blending exploration, survival, and RTS mechanics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 13.8%, Building 7.1%, Exploration 4.6%
- #39 Autumn Leaves
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yamakoshi Hiroyuki
Windows
An artsy, text-based, fantasy management game. Not as difficult as it looks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.8%, Base Building 16.2%, Magic 11.4%, Survival 11.3%, Building 9%
- #40 Tree House Colony
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 12.5%, Crafting 6.7%
- #41 Kinlings
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gobbo
Windows
Craft your tale in a whimsical fantasy world. Shape a charming city, fulfill Kinlings' needs, and watch their unique stories unfold. Explore, quest, farm, and build. Experience the enchantment of Kinlings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Building 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Magic 8.3%, Base Building 7%
- #42 Eye of the Void: Unleashed - Tower Defense
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: PerpetualOOMM
Windows · Mac
The goblin tribes of the realm have united against you and the power of the Eye of the Void. Build towers, fortify walls, construct gold mines to gather resources, and cast powerful spells to fend off waves of determined goblins and their allies who seek to destroy you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 15.6%, Magic 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%
- #43 Cloudlings
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Middle Space
Windows
Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 13.3%, Building 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #44 Farmman
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.1%, Building 13.3%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 7%
- #45 Kingdom: Classic
72% matchVery Positive91% of 22,621 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 13.6%, Building 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%
- #46 CLOUD DWELLERS
68% matchVery Positive91% of 77 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 50.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 15.4%, Inventory Management 5.1%, Resource Management 4.5%
- #47 Veil of the Volcano
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BefuddleBug
Windows
Create a tribe to survive the natural disasters of the island. Prepare your community for the day the volcano blows. You'll need to survive until the Spring when life returns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.9%, RPG 10.1%
- #48 Nuclear Crawler
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.7%, Base Building 20.9%, Building 15.1%, Exploration 5.2%, Resource Management 4.5%
- #49 Feudal Craft
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: anratio
Windows
Immerse yourself in an exciting medieval settlement simulator where you will have to fight for your place in the feudal hierarchy. Use a smart strategy to develop your settlement. After all, it is the skills and equipment of each peasant that can make the difference.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.3%, Strategy RPG 9.5%
- #50 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
69% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Baikin
Windows
An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8%, Building 15.8%, Survival 15.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #51 The Wild Age
71% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, Survival 17.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 10.5%, Exploration 3.7%
- #52 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,254 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8%, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 6.9%, Crafting 4.6%
- #53 Villagedom
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dazar
Windows
Are you worthy of being a king? Test your mettle in this city-builder and resource management game as you develop your kingdom. Face challenges at every turn and transform your village into something mighty. Protect your subjects. Slay your enemies. Be a king!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Exploration 5.7%
- #54 Odd Realm
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,005 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 12.4%, Building 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%
- #55 Zomboard
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 10.1%, Survival 7.6%, Crafting 5.1%
- #56 Starship Colony
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 15.3%, Building 9.5%, Resource Management 4.3%
- #57 Clan & Flood
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9%, Survival 20.9%, Building 16.5%, Base Building 8.7%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #58 FarHearth
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: matchaserf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your last home in a desperate world. Grow your settlement from a humble hamlet to a great city-state. Manage resources. Appoint leaders. Pass laws. Shape the soul of your city. Save your people and build a glorious beacon to last the ages, or fall to ruin.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Survival 15.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 7%, Crafting 5.7%
- #59 The Blighted Frontier
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 11.7%, Building 8.2%, Crafting 4.1%
- #60 Project Arsk
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZerrnArsk
Windows
In the great outdoors, climate change, aggressive animals, hunger, and thirst all pose challenges to survival. Your mission is to acquire key assets on the island and return safely. Gather resources from the wild, process them, and evolve to become even more advanced.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, Survival 21.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Exploration 6.4%, Top-Down 5.3%