- #1 Treetopians
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aparato Games
Windows
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.
Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Colony Sim 26.4%, Outbreak Sim 18% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 5.5%
- #2 Zombie Colony
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Outbreak Sim 27.6% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 3.6%
- #3 Eco Park
96% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: LunaBrod
Windows
Eco Park is a game about ecology and lo-fi hip-hop. Manage a dynamic ecosystem with creatures eating, breeding, and dying in real time. You’ll need to introduce species to increase biodiversity. Keep population sizes under control, or one species might extinguish another.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 42.4% ★, Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 23%, Strategy 8.1%
- #4 Theos: Cities Of Myth
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
A modern take on classic city-builders, Theos: Cities of Myth lets you develop a thriving metropolis dedicated to one of 7 Greek Deities. Raise an imposing sanctuary, meet your citizens’ needs, and found a city worthy of the Gods.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 29.5% ★, City Builder 28%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Building 6.2%
- #5 Brew & Defend
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sketchy Rabbit
Windows
Brew & Defend is a medieval tavern management game with tower defense mechanics. Build your supply chain, grow crops, brew beverages, and place taverns along the road to satisfy a parade of thirsty customers before they ruin your reputation!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, City Builder 25%, Grand Strategy 21.2% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Action 5.6%
- #6 Ivilyn Kingdoms
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HKGamesSTUDIOS
Windows
A fantasy kingdom builder with tactical combat and survival elements. Lead settlers, make event-driven decisions that shape your story, and train armies to fight for survival or raid other players online. Every choice defines your legacy in a wild and unforgiving land.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25.6% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Grand Strategy 21.4% ★, Colony Sim 19.4%, Building 5.2%
- #7 Keep Them Busy
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hooded Penguin
Windows · Mac
A colony sim where you build, manage, and expand across an open galaxy. Keep NPCs occupied, or they’ll develop autonomous behaviours—leading to crime, chaos, or rebellion. Balance industrial growth with environmental preservation, enforce laws, and defend your colony from extra-terrestrial threats!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Outbreak Sim 26.8% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Building 8.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #8 Zombie Survival
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Dragon Games Inc.
Windows
The theme is literally zombie survival. No Humans Allowed, except as the main course. An apocalyptic city building survival game where you grow the zombie horde and take over the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.6% ★, Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 19.8%, Building 5.5%, Base Building 5.2%
- #9 Spirit & Stone
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, City Builder 29.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Building 6%, Exploration 5.5%
- #10 Business Shark
91% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: SmartLife
Windows
You will have to develop your city, watch over expenses, strive for higher tax revenues, meet the needs of your residents by producing the right products for them
Why similar: Grand Strategy 28.5% ★, City Builder 28.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 10.5%
- #11 Anno 1404 - History Edition
90% matchVery Positive82% of 3,586 reviews2020
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.
Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Grand Strategy 13.6% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Building 10.1%
- #12 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
89% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, City Builder 33.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Building 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%
- #13 After Inc: Revival
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,446 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.1% ★, Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 5.9%, Strategy 5.1%
- #14 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
89% matchMixed66% of 6,015 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 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 41%, City Builder 38.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Building 5.7%, Resource Management 3.8%
- #15 Rogue Carrier
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wild FieldsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Lead a perilous expedition to study the mysteries of a sentient world in this roguelite colony management game. Build and manage a city atop an ocean-faring ship, and try to survive as the planet fights back!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 9%
- #16 Aven Colony
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,779 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 43.3%, City Builder 36.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Base Building 7%, Simulation 2%
- #17 CorruptedZ
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JMVGames
Windows
Lead a handful of survivors through the zombie apocalypse. Raise a colony from the ruins, ration every scrap of food and water, research lost tech, and hold the line against night hordes — and raiders who want their cut. Every survivor ages, sickens, and matters. How long can your camp last?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 38.6% ★, Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 19.4%, Strategy 6.2%, Base Building 5.7%
- #18 Age of Pyramids
86% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 37.1%, Colony Sim 30.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Realistic 6.5%, Base Building 6%
- #19 PlanetX
84% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Grand Strategy 26.4% ★, City Builder 24.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Building 7.1%
- #20 Dead Night Highway
84% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.6% ★, Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 5.7%, Building 4.8%
- #21 Virum:Colony
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeuroOre
Windows
A colony-building strategy about settling a hostile alien world. After a failed mission, your crew crash-lands on Erythra, cut off from Earth. Build a base from scratch, connect power and oxygen systems, manage colonists, and turn survival into a thriving colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 26.5%, Cyberpunk 12.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #22 One Hunread-Year Kingdom
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DerstyPub: HappyForest
Windows
Use your actions to build your kingdom and manage resources to achieve prosperity. With each turn, the enemy's ambition grows, but with your wise leadership, you can endure for 100 years.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, City Builder 32.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Building 7.2%, Base Building 6.2%
- #23 Rise Against the Invaders
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, City Builder 33.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Building 8.7%
- #24 Mound Kingdoms
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVA Devs
Windows
Build and lead a Mississippian city centered on sacred mounds. Gather resources, grow your population, and expand your influence while competing with rival chiefdoms in a living world shaped by land and culture.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, City Builder 31.6%, Strategy 15.5%, Realistic 6.3%, Building 6.1%
- #25 My Colony
82% matchVery Positive90% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3%, City Builder 44.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 2.5%
- #26 Above: Colonies of the Mist
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docklight GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 30.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Building 6.3%, Exploration 5.6%
- #27 Founders' Fortune
79% 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 43.6%, City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 7.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #28 The Blighted Frontier
78% 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 37.5%, City Builder 28.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Building 5.4%
- #29 Mad Tower Tycoon
79% matchMostly Positive78% of 444 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 21.6%, City Builder 21.5%, Building 7.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #30 Find Your Way Home: Last Flight
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ert Gaming Studio
Windows · Mac
Build your colony in the zombie apocalypse, gather resources, and defend against raids. Send your team to loot houses for supplies, advance through research, struggle to survive, and try to build your plane to return home.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 26.6% ★, Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 21.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Building 5.5%
- #31 Dying Reign
78% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bryce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disease spreads across your lands, destabilizing regions, draining your resources, and testing your authority. Quarantine cities, draft troops, balance fear and order… but every choice comes at a cost.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.9% ★, Colony Sim 27.2%, Grand Strategy 22.2% ★, Strategy 5.7%, Resource Management 2.1%
- #32 Peasants
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meeki Games
Windows
A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 29.8%, Strategy 10%, Building 7.8%, Base Building 7.3%
- #33 Little Porp
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, City Builder 39%, Strategy 14.7%, Building 6.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #34 Last Rail
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LunaGames
Windows · Linux
Lead a train carrying the last survivors of humanity across a frozen world. Manage resources, explore abandoned locations, and make difficult decisions that will determine the future of Convoy 07.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 51.2% ★, Colony Sim 31.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Resource Management 2.5%, Choices Matter 1.4%
- #35 Lil Guys
75% 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 35.2%, City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 7.2%
- #36 Fleeting World
76% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Ozol Games
Windows
Fleeting World - a city-building game where the landscape around you is constantly changing. Build a settlement, collect resources, adjust it to the changing terrain, avoid natural hazards, offer the resources to the gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, City Builder 31.2%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 12.1%, Colorful 4%
- #37 OBRII
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Exponenta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game focused on building and managing a Mars colony, featuring meticulously handcrafted missions and a procedurally generated sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 32.9%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 8.1%, Base Building 7.3%
- #38 Beware of Light
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bajka Games
Windows
Beware of Light is a «hard sci-fi» city-building game focused on narrative and survival. After an unexpected crash landing on a dead world, as the new Captain, you must manage colony infrastructure and manpower. Can you thrive under the scorching sun? Will this planet become your grave or salvation?
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9%, City Builder 37%, Strategy 19.6%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #39 Banished
74% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 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%, City Builder 40.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Building 2.6%, Simulation 2%
- #40 Undead Defense TD
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sugradh_Dev
Windows
Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.2% ★, Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 21.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Building 6.6%
- #41 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 40.7%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 8.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Building 7.3%
- #42 Project Apocalypse
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Sargonius Games
Windows
Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 28% ★, Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 7.1%, Building 6.5%
- #43 Repterra
69% matchVery Positive93% of 115 reviews2026
Dev: Chute AppsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS set in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Manage your colony while battling massive dino hordes. Breed and ride your own dinos, unlock permanent upgrades, and fight to reclaim the world for humanity.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 25% ★, Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 17.5%, Grand Strategy 17.4% ★, Base Building 6.6%
- #44 Shanhe Builders
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Luyu Games
Windows
Build an ancient mountain settlement in a deterministic 3D colony survival sim. Choose settlers, plan shelters, farms, workshops, storage and defenses, then survive hunger, winter, illness, trade demands and social strain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, City Builder 32.7%, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Crafting 6.6%
- #45 Outlands
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, City Builder 31.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Exploration 5.8%, Building 5.3%
- #46 Tides of Tethys
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Rust LLC
Windows
A tactical exploration building game where you explore the uncharted depths of Tethys; scavenging resources and lost technologies, to survive the dangers of the abyss. As the Overseer, lead expeditions of Knights through the dark trenches and the unknown, and help them rebuild their lost Kingdom.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 22.7%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #47 Planetbase
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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 38.8%, City Builder 32.7%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 7.9%, Building 4.5%
- #48 Skyline Settlers
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Colony Sim 35.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Building 7.4%, Crafting 3.6%
- #49 Gnomoria
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, City Builder 32%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 8%, Crafting 4.9%
- #50 Post-Apo Builder
69% matchMixed43% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 33% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Grand Strategy 16.4% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Building 8.4%
- #51 Lands of Koastalia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, City Builder 31.5%, Building 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 8.2%
- #52 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,400 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.4 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 43.5%, City Builder 29.1%, Strategy 15%, Building 5.1%, Simulation 3.6%
- #53 Ever Onward
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artificium Games
Windows
Build the town of your dreams in this cosy fantasy city-builder. Pass policies which impact future gameplay, unravel the mysteries which led to the horrifying downfall of your predecessors and try to keep things together as invisible forces claw at the edges of your hard-fought peace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 24.5%, Grand Strategy 15.6% ★, Strategy 8%, Building 7.7%
- #54 Lord Of Anatolia
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Mustafa Aykut Karacan
Windows
Lead a 14th-century Anatolian tribe from a small camp to a great Sancak. Build your dynasty, manage characters with real personalities, survive seasons and raids — a deep colony management game. Made solo over 2 years.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 25.8%, Outbreak Sim 17.6% ★, Strategy 7.3%, Base Building 7%
- #55 Stonehearth
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 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 42.4%, City Builder 35.3%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 7.4%, Crafting 3.4%
- #56 Stranded Engineers
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual Art Division
Windows
Stranded Engineers is a city-building game in which your strategy and economy skills are required. Build large citys on several islands, take care of your resource buildings and make your citizens happy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.1% ★, Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 23.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Exploration 4.9%
- #57 Arcane Shores
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, City Builder 34.6%, Strategy 9%, Building 9%, Base Building 5.1%
- #58 Isla Paradiso
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, City Builder 34.1%, Building 9.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Base Building 6.8%
- #59 Settlement Survival
66% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 35.6%, Colony Sim 33.4%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 5.4%, Strategy 5%
- #60 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
65% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: City Builder 36.7%, Colony Sim 34.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 7.3%, Building 5.1%