- #1 Captain of Industry
97% matchVery Positive90% of 11,125 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 84.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 19.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 16.6%, Economy 12.2%, Colony Sim 9.1%
- #2 Scorchlands
96% matchVery Positive90% of 135 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 13.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, City Builder 11.3%, Automation 10.3%
- #3 Greedy Little Kingdoms
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather lanterns, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfil demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Automation 12.2%, Colony Sim 10.2%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #4 MicroTown
95% matchVery Positive95% of 476 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 11.9%
- #5 Isla Paradiso
94% 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 22.3%, City Builder 20.6%, Economy 14.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Management 9.3%
- #6 Oxygen: First Breath
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 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 18.5%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Economy 11.7%
- #7 Kingdom Workshop
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 14.3%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #8 Dungeon Overseer
92% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Economy 14.7%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #9 The Colonists
91% matchVery Positive86% of 1,231 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6%, City Builder 15.8%, Automation 14.1%, Economy 13.4%, Base Building 11.1%
- #10 Factory Town
91% matchVery Positive91% of 4,454 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.8%, Automation 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Resource Management 12.7%
- #11 Astral Enterprises
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cosmic Fin Studios
Windows · Mac
As CEO, build your corporate empire! Design space-efficient factories in a grid-based puzzle system. Fund cutting-edge research to optimize production, master complex supply chains, and dominate a living interstellar economy.
Why similar: Base Building 17.6%, Economy 16.9%, Resource Management 16.2%, Automation 15.2%, Management 13.3%
- #12 Crowded Blue Dot
90% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 15.6%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Management 11.1%
- #13 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
88% matchVery Positive82% of 1,442 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 17.3%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 12%, Automation 11.2%
- #14 The Fire Must Grow
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elliott Ayling
Windows
In this hex-based village builder, the flame provides all. Manage your village, build homes, farms, and workplaces. Expand the fire’s glow to protect against the darkness- where strange creatures lie. Sacrifice villagers to the flame to unlock new structures and upgrades, and keep the flame alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 19.9%, Economy 13.7%, Hex Grid 13.5% ★, Base Building 10%
- #15 Virum:Colony
87% 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 21.3%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Economy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #16 Beyond These Stars
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Automation 11.7%
- #17 Factory Town 2: Paradise
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A combination Town Builder + Factory Sim where you build a tropical island village, produce tons of goods, automate everything, and feed a giant sentient volcano in exchange for super powers!
Why similar: City Builder 16%, Automation 15.5%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Economy 12.9%
- #18 Before We Leave
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,716 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.7% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Economy 13.9%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Resource Management 11.8%
- #19 Founders' Fortune
84% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 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 31.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 17%, Building 7.8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #20 Halloween Store Simulator
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 17%, Economy 12%, Base Building 10.6%, Automation 10%
- #21 Industry Idle
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,478 reviews2024
Dev: FishPondPub: Fish Pond Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Industry Idle is an idle game that combines factory building, resource management and market trading. Design & build your base, expand & scale up your productions, improve & optimize your economy. Plus all the incremental game goodies: offline earnings, prestige to unlock more powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Automation 14.5%, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 12.3%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #22 Kingdoms Reborn
82% matchVery Positive90% of 9,656 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 25.7%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Economy 10.5%, Management 9.2%
- #23 The Crust
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,637 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 19.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Automation 15.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Resource Management 13.1%
- #24 Angkor: The Holy City
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 18.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, Economy 11.9%, Base Building 11.7%
- #25 Resort Galactica
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, Base Building 16.3%, City Builder 15.1%, Economy 11%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #26 Settlements Rising
78% matchVery Positive81% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
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 22.9%, City Builder 20.2%, Resource Management 13.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 8.6%
- #27 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 11%, Economy 10.2%
- #28 Seeds of Resilience
79% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Economy 13.5%, Management 9.5%
- #29 Our Freedom: Prologue
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 18.4%, City Builder 18.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #30 Architect of Ruin
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 12.3%, Automation 10.9%
- #31 Oxygen
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 19.6%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 13.3%, Economy 11.3%
- #32 Lands of Koastalia
75% 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 23.1%, City Builder 21.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 12.3%, Building 9.6%
- #33 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
74% matchVery Positive89% of 632 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Resource Management 16%, Economy 13.2%, Management 11.3%
- #34 Pico Islands
74% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BitSpree GmbH
Windows · Mac
Lead your settlers to build cities in a medieval island world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 18%, Economy 16.2%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 10.1%
- #35 Cliff Empire
75% matchVery Positive87% of 4,363 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Economy 14.4%, Resource Management 11.9%, Base Building 10.8%
- #36 20 Minute Metropolis - The Action City Builder
76% matchMostly Positive68% of 47 reviews2020
Dev: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
Construct the infrastructure to rebuild civilization. Set up supply lines, mine skyscrapers for plastics, and find a place to process all the poop your people will generate. You have twenty minutes.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 13.5%, Economy 11.8%, Building 11.8%
- #37 Egypt
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 12.2%, Economy 11.9%
- #38 Landnama
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.4% ★, Colony Sim 19.2%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #39 Doodle Factory
73% matchPositive96% of 27 reviews2024
Dev: Jan Francis Berdan
Windows
Welcome to Doodle Factory - your ticket to the world of factory fun! Dive into building and designing with ever-changing boards. Get creative, boost your efficiency with cool upgrades, and make each factory uniquely yours!
Why similar: Automation 18.4%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Building 8.5%
- #40 Gnome Glen
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 15.4%, Economy 13.5%, Resource Management 13.3%
- #41 Age of Respair
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Automation 10%
- #42 Kubifaktorium
72% matchVery Positive81% of 796 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Automation 15.2%, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 11.6%
- #43 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 23.4%, City Builder 19.9%, Economy 15.1%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 9.8%
- #44 Diluvian Winds
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 388 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Economy 12.3%
- #45 Tokeis
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Economy 16.8%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 11.2%
- #46 Truck City
68% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: City Builder 16.1%, Automation 14.6%, Base Building 13.8%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #47 Idle Empires
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vethon
Windows
Idle Empires is an incremental strategy game where you build and expand a thriving empire, one hex at a time. Place buildings, gather resources, and upgrade your empire automatically over time. Whether you’re actively playing or letting progress tick while idle, your empire is always growing.
Why similar: Hex Grid 18.1% ★, Automation 15.1%, City Builder 15%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Resource Management 12.9%
- #48 Galaxy Scavengers
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Resource Management 15.6%, Management 9.5%, Automation 9.4%
- #49 Patron
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 25.3%, City Builder 21.7%, Economy 11.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #50 Blueprint Tycoon
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Management 17.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Resource Management 13.9%, Economy 12.8%
- #51 Skyline Settlers
68% 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: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 24.9%, Economy 15.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 7.6%
- #52 Avian Colony
67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
Windows
Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 17.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 11.6%
- #53 Odd Realm
67% matchVery Positive84% of 1,012 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 20.6%, Base Building 15.1%, City Builder 13.3%, Resource Management 12.8%, Automation 12%
- #54 What's Left Behind
69% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Hoovler Industries, Inc.
Windows
A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 24.6%, Economy 15.6%, Management 11.5%, Building 10.5%
- #55 Pixel Colony
67% matchPositive93% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 23.1%, Resource Management 14.4%, Management 12%, Economy 8.1%
- #56 The Blighted Frontier
67% 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 28.7%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 17.9%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #57 Exile
66% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 19.7%, Economy 13.9%, Management 10.4%, Base Building 8.8%
- #58 Venusville
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 8%