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Games Like Dark Moon

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Survival, Colony Sim, Management.

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Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!

Reviews: Mixed — 49% — of 150 reviews
Released: 2025-10-29
Developer: Jujubee S.A.
Publisher: 101XP
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Space 11.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Economy 8.2%

  2. #2 The Crust
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 9.1%, Space 9.1%

  3. #3 Oxygen
    96% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 24.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Economy 12.8%, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 8.6%

  4. #4 Surviving the Abyss
    95% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Economy 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, RTS 11.2%, Management 10.4%

  5. #5 Frostpunk
    94% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 8.3%

  6. #6 The Tribe Must Survive
    94% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac

    The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 12.1%, Choices Matter 8.4%

  7. #7 New Cycle
    93% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 25.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Resource Management 11%, Management 10.6%

  8. #8 The Last Haven
    92% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Base Building 24.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, RTS 10.1%, Colony Sim 9%, Strategy 9%

  9. #9 Anoxia Station
    91% matchVery Positive80% of 195 reviews2025
    Dev: BonereadersPub: Abylight Studios
    Windows

    Descend into darkness in Anoxia Station, a turn-based strategy game with puzzle elements. Operate a subterranean mining station, where you'll gather resources, confront horrors, and make life-or-death choices for the survival of your crew.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 11.4%, Dark 9.5%

  10. #10 After Long Night
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
    Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, Base Building 16.2%, RTS 16.1%, Resource Management 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%

  11. #11 Planetbase
    90% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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 34.4%, Base Building 19.4%, Space 11.2%, Survival 8.5%, Resource Management 7.2%

  12. #12 Oxygen Not Included
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 35.9%, Base Building 21.4%, Resource Management 12.4%, Survival 10%, Management 8.1%

  13. #13 Space Haven
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Management 11.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%

  14. #14 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    86% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Colony Sim 24.2%, Survival 13.3%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 8.4%

  15. #15 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    87% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 30.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Survival 9.6%, Resource Management 7.2%

  16. #16 The Deadly Path
    86% matchMixed48% of 93 reviews2025
    Dev: Owlskip EnterprisesPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows

    Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 14.4%, RTS 13.9%, Management 12.2%, Resource Management 11.4%

  17. #17 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Management 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Survival 8.9%

  18. #18 Ascent of Ashes
    83% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Base Building 22.1%, Management 16.7%, Survival 11.4%, Strategy 6.1%

  19. #19 Maia
    85% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Management 12.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 9%, Space 7.2%

  20. #20 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    82% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 13.6%, Economy 9.1%, Space 8.2%

  21. #21 Black Forest
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2023
    Dev: LemuriaPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, Base Building 17.6%, RTS 17.3%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 10.7%

  22. #22 Buoyancy
    84% matchMixed56% of 820 reviews2019
    Dev: Devs on a Boat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, RTS 7.6%, Resource Management 7.6%

  23. #23 Infection Free Zone
    80% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Colony Sim 19.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, RTS 12.3%, Management 11.4%

  24. #24 Drill Core
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.6%, Base Building 18.8%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Exploration 6.9%

  25. #25 Surviving the Aftermath
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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: Colony Sim 29.4%, Post-apocalyptic 20.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 11.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  26. #26 Starship Theory
    81% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 33%, Space 16.9%, Management 16.2%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  27. #27 The Banished Vault
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 194 reviews2023
    Dev: Lunar DivisionPub: Bithell Games
    Windows · Mac

    A strategy game of exploration, endurance, and space travel on an interstellar gothic monastery. Explore solar systems, harvest resources, construct outposts, and face hazards in the challenging universe of The Banished Vault.

    Why similar: Base Building 29.5%, Resource Management 25.5%, Dark 12.4%, Space 11.9%, Strategy 7.3%

  28. #28 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, RTS 25.2%, Resource Management 14.9%, Survival 11.9%, Dark 10.5%

  29. #29 Exogate Initiative
    77% matchMostly Positive76% of 699 reviews2025
    Dev: Xeno Bits
    Windows

    Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Base Building 15.5%, RTS 12.6%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 11.6%

  30. #30 Industries of Titan
    78% matchMixed63% of 1,604 reviews2023
    Dev: Brace Yourself Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Space 8.4%

  31. #31 Starport Delta
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 75 reviews2020
    Dev: Cloudfire Studios
    Windows

    Build amongst the stars in Starport Delta, a light sci-fi strategy game that focuses on survival. Station Commanders across the universe will turn to you for guidance to expand, defend, and survive. Help them build a thriving station, but watch out, there are many dangers hiding in space...

    Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, RTS 17.5%, Strategy 15.4%, Resource Management 14.1%, Space 13%

  32. #32 Space Architect
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 15.5%, Management 12.2%, Economy 11.9%, Resource Management 9.5%

  33. #33 Base One
    77% matchMostly Negative38% of 478 reviews2021
    Dev: PixFrozePub: Blowfish Studios
    Windows · Mac

    Base One is a space base builder game where you take control of a network of space stations and its crew's tasks and wellbeing. Maintain your resources and defenses as you navigate the wide array of dangers ahead of you!

    Why similar: Management 27.8%, Space 17.3%, Survival 13.6%, Exploration 13.3%, Strategy 12.3%

  34. #34 Atrio: The Dark Wild
    74% matchVery Positive80% of 592 reviews2023
    Dev: Isto Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Keep your disposable android-body alive by automating everything. Automate farming, foraging, crafting and capturing - and even assimilate creatures into your production lines during your impossible mission to relight the world.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.4%, Survival 15.6%, Resource Management 15.4%, Management 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%

  35. #35 The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
    75% matchMixed68% of 434 reviews2023
    Dev: Supercube
    Windows

    Deep and innovative space survival simulation experience. Build your station, manage your crew and explore the harsh environment of Io, the innermost moon of Jupiter. Are you brave enough to survive?

    Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, RTS 18.5%, Management 16.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 11%

  36. #36 Mercury Fallen
    74% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 18%, Management 15%, Survival 9.6%, Space 9.2%

  37. #37 They Are Billions
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Base Building 25.5%, RTS 15.7%, Survival 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 5.6%

  38. #38 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
    72% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
    Dev: Exabyte Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 16.2%, RTS 12.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Economy 11.5%

  39. #39 Surviving Ceres
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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 34.5%, Base Building 19.9%, Management 15.1%, Survival 12.4%, Exploration 5.2%

  40. #40 Life in Bunker
    76% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
    Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.8%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Management 14.3%, Strategy 10%

  41. #41 Solargene
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
    Dev: Alexander Semenov
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 17.3%, Economy 15%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 11.9%

  42. #42 Oxygen: First Breath
    71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. 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 keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Economy 13.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 9.8%

  43. #43 Derelict Void
    73% matchMixed64% of 53 reviews2021
    Dev: Stirling Games
    Windows · Linux

    Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

    Why similar: Resource Management 24.3%, Management 20.2%, Base Building 19.5%, Space 17.4%, Strategy 9.5%

  44. #44 Farlight Explorers
    73% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

    Why similar: Space 49.3%, Strategy 29.9%, Simulation 10.8%, Indie 10%

  45. #45 Reshaping Mars
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 831 reviews2023
    Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 17.5%, RTS 16.6%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.6%

  46. #46 Dawnfolk
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
    Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?

    Why similar: Base Building 28.6%, Resource Management 23.1%, Survival 15%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Exploration 8.6%

  47. #47 Farlanders
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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 27.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 13.1%, Management 12.5%, Space 10.5%

  48. #48 Titan Outpost
    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 97 reviews2019
    Dev: The Boar Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Titan Outpost is a hard science fiction role-playing game in which you must build a base, manage its crew, develop your character's skills and attributes, and explore Saturn's sixth moon, uncovering its mysteries and harvesting its resources.​

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 18.9%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

  49. #49 Gord
    70% matchMixed54% of 976 reviews2023
    Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, RTS 19.2%, Resource Management 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Choices Matter 8.7%

  50. #50 Sheltered 2
    70% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 27.4%, Base Building 16%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Resource Management 14.9%, Survival 10.1%

  51. #51 The Alters
    64% matchVery Positive90% of 16,976 reviews2025
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Management 18.6%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 13%, Space 9.2%

  52. #52 Nonentity Galaxy
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 493 reviews2026
    Dev: Brick-Up StudioPub: 2P Games
    Windows

    Fight, Scavenge, Survive, and File Your Taxes. A grim yet hilarious space strategy roguelite where you must balance hull integrity against your company's relentless profit margins. Warning: Contains lethal doses of dark humor and corporate exploitation.

    Why similar: Management 26.5%, Resource Management 26.5%, Space 20.4%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Strategy 9.6%

  53. #53 Endzone 2
    67% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Economy 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 9.1%

  54. #54 Dawn of Man
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 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: Colony Sim 52%, Survival 13.5%, Economy 9.1%, Strategy 6.9%, RTS 6.5%

  55. #55 Sheltered
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.4%, Survival 19%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 10.7%

  56. #56 Alien Marauder
    69% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

    “Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, RTS 18%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 13.1%, Survival 9.5%

  57. #57 Chromosome Evil
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 348 reviews2022
    Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?

    Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Resource Management 16.7%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Survival 10.7%

  58. #58 Grim Realms
    66% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows

    A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 22.6%, Economy 14.7%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 5.9%

  59. #59 Calyx
    64% matchVery Positive89% of 308 reviews2026
    Dev: Studio 568
    Windows

    A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Economy 13.8%, Base Building 13.8%, RTS 13.4%, Management 11%

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