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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: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Survival 9.3%, Base Building 8.9%

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 26.6%, Colony Sim 22.8%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 7.6%

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 19.9%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 9.3%, Resource Management 9%

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: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 11.5%, Building 6%

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Resource Management 10.2%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.6%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9%, RTS 8.1%

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 23.1%, City Builder 21.8%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10%, Base Building 9.1%

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 26%, City Builder 18.8%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Management 6.5%

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: Tower Defense 16.8%, Base Building 15%, RTS 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Building 10.7%

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 18.7%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 7.7%, RTS 7.7%

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 15.1%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 10.8%, RTS 10.1%, Resource Management 9.7%

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 10%, Building 8.6%

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 22.1%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 9.2%, Survival 9.1%, Resource Management 7.8%

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 18.5%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Building 11.4%, Base Building 9.5%, Resource Management 9.2%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Colony Sim 13.5%, Survival 13.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Strategy 6.5%

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%, Management 8.5%

Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 9.4%, Survival 8.1%

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Survival 15.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Colony Sim 7.9%

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 12.3%, Base Building 10.1%, Tower Defense 9.5%, RTS 8.8%

Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Tower Defense 11.1%, Survival 8.4%

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 23.9%, City Builder 22.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 8.7%, Economy 8%

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 19.8%, Colony Sim 19.5%, RTS 10.6%, Building 9.5%

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 25.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, RTS 11.1%, Survival 10.5%

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Resource Management 9%, Tower Defense 8.5%, Economy 8.1%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 8.6%

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!

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 9.8%, Economy 9.8%

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 20.2%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 9.2%

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 9.6%

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 25.1%, City Builder 22.3%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 7.7%, Resource Management 7.6%

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 21.1%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 10.8%, RTS 9.6%, Survival 9.1%

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 9%, Building 6.9%

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 20.2%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Building 9.1%

A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

Why similar: City Builder 27.1%, Survival 13.2%, Tower Defense 13.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Management 9.2%

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 24.8%, Base Building 17.9%, RTS 10.4%, Tower Defense 10.3%, City Builder 10.1%

Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Survival 9.6%, Strategy 7.9%

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 10%, Survival 7.1%

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 25.2%, City Builder 23.9%, Resource Management 14%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.2%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.5%, Survival 8.5%

Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 15.2%, RTS 11.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Tower Defense 10.9%

Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 10%, Difficult 9.7%

You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Tower Defense 11.9%, Resource Management 9.2%

Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 21.1%, Survival 11%, Resource Management 10.5%, Building 8.8%

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 16.4%, City Builder 13.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 9.2%, Survival 8.8%

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 33.9%, City Builder 31.1%, Resource Management 10.8%, Survival 7.6%, Building 6.8%

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 8.9%, Building 7.6%

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 24.7%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 10.6%, Building 9.9%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 13.5%, RTS 11.7%, Survival 10%

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 34.9%, Colony Sim 32.9%, Survival 11.4%, Strategy 5.5%, Economy 3.5%

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 21%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10.6%, Economy 9.8%

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 30.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13%, City Builder 10.4%, Resource Management 7.5%

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 37.9%, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 7.9%, Resource Management 6.6%

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Tower Defense 16.5%, Base Building 15.9%, RTS 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%

A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 22.6%, Resource Management 13%, Survival 12.5%, Strategy 7.9%

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 21.9%, City Builder 20.2%, Resource Management 9.5%, Base Building 8.1%, Building 7.3%

A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 23.6%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 10.8%, Economy 9.6%

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 24%, City Builder 21.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Base Building 9.2%, RTS 8.8%

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 23.7%, Colony Sim 22.8%, Building 10.4%, Survival 9.6%, Management 8.4%

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 24.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 9%, Survival 8.8%, Building 8%

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 19.3%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 10.8%, RTS 10.1%, Resource Management 9.5%

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 19.3%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 8.8%, Resource Management 8.5%