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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Base Building, Strategy, City Builder, Colony Sim.

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DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 77% — of 535 reviews
Released: 2026-04-09
Developer: Cyber Temple
Publisher: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  2. #2 IXION
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    Dev: PlaySide
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    95% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Windows
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    Dev: Lemuria
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    92% matchVery Positive85% of 50,888 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Windows
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  10. #10 Frostpunk
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    84% matchMixed54% of 994 reviews2023
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    Windows
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    Windows

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  30. #30 Cliff Empire
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    Windows

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    74% matchVery Positive88% of 258 reviews2026
    Dev: CableHook Games
    Windows

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    77% matchMixed67% of 863 reviews2023
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    73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,489 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    76% matchMixed63% of 1,609 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    Windows
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    76% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
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    71% matchVery Positive95% of 693 reviews2025
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    72% matchMostly Positive74% of 481 reviews2025
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    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    68% matchVery Positive93% of 3,024 reviews2025
    Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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  45. #45 The Tribe Must Survive
    72% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
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    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 618 reviews2024
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  47. #47 The King is Watching
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 9,652 reviews2025
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    67% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2025
    Dev: Parallel 45 Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    70% matchVery Positive86% of 303 reviews2021
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    70% matchMixed49% of 154 reviews2025
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
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  52. #52 ALL WILL FALL
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,116 reviews2026
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    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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  53. #53 After Long Night
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 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 22.6%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Tower Defense 10.1%, Resource Management 9.7%

  54. #54 Goblins of Elderstone
    69% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
    Dev: Outerdawn
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 16.8%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 9.3%

  55. #55 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    70% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 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 36.5%, City Builder 31.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 7.6%, Building 7.3%

  56. #56 Buoyancy
    71% matchMixed56% of 825 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 42.2%, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 8.2%, Resource Management 6.5%

  57. #57 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 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 34.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 13.7%, City Builder 11.1%, Resource Management 7.4%

  58. #58 Infection Free Zone
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 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: City Builder 27.2%, Base Building 22%, Colony Sim 21.9%, Survival 9.9%, Management 8.5%

  59. #59 STARIO: Haven Tower
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 343 reviews2025
    Dev: Stargate Games
    Windows

    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 28.8%, City Builder 26.6%, Resource Management 14.4%, Building 13%, Management 7.9%

  60. #60 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 198 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 20.7%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 13.9%, Tower Defense 12.7%, Survival 10.4%

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