Games Like dotAGE

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 25.4% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Resource Management 16.3%, Roguelite 11.6%, Building 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A premier roguelite city-builder that perfectly captures the high-stakes, run-based progression and survival pressure found in dotAGE.

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: Colony Sim 26.5% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Roguelite 14.2%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This turn-based survival game focuses on resource management and expansion under the constant threat of a harsh environment.

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 18.4% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, City Builder 15.9%, Resource Management 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based colony-sim that emphasizes grid-based planning and resource management on a hostile planet.

Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, City Builder 22.5%, Resource Management 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Survival 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game roguelike that challenges you to protect your civilization from waves of destruction, mirroring the apocalyptic themes of dotAGE.

Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Tabletop 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Resource Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, nomadic city-builder where you must manage resources and travel to survive, sharing the tabletop feel of the seed game.

Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.

Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Resource Management 10.4%, Survival 9%

Why You'll Like It: This unique survival city-builder uses dice-based mechanics to manage your population, echoing the board-game influence of dotAGE.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6% ★, City Builder 29.8%, Survival 11%, Resource Management 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging mix of tower defense and colony-sim that forces you to survive against constant, escalating threats.

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: City Builder 21.2%, Board Game 19.7%, Resource Management 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Survival 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, puzzle-like city-builder that focuses on efficient resource placement and strategic expansion.

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 24.4% ★, Resource Management 15.7%, Building 11.2%, Roguelite 11%, Difficult 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony-sim where you must manage the psychological and physical needs of your tribe against encroaching darkness.

A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.

Why similar: City Builder 25.6%, Tabletop 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Roguelike 10.5%, Resource Management 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike city-builder that utilizes hexagonal grids and strategic planning to overcome environmental challenges.

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 26.3% ★, City Builder 19.3%, Resource Management 12.4%, Building 12.3%, Difficult 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends survival and economic management with a unique, charming visual style.

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Colony Sim 34.7% ★, Building 14%, Survival 11.8%, Simulation 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder where managing water and resources during recurring droughts is the core challenge.

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 29.1%, Colony Sim 24.1% ★, Resource Management 19%, Survival 13%, Building 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival city-builder that forces difficult moral choices while managing a population against an unrelenting, frozen apocalypse.

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 29.4% ★, City Builder 27.2%, Resource Management 18.8%, Survival 8.7%, Roguelike 7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique survival city-builder where you build your settlement on the back of a giant, moving creature while managing environmental hazards.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 47% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Survival 16%, Building 10.5%, Simulation 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim that excels at emergent storytelling and managing survival against unpredictable, often catastrophic events.

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 40.9%, Colony Sim 38.8% ★, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 3%, Simulation 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that tasks you with guiding a prehistoric tribe through the ages while managing food and weather.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3% ★, Building 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Cute 8.9%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony-sim set in the Scottish Highlands that emphasizes seasonal resource management and family growth.

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 25%, Colony Sim 24.4% ★, Resource Management 16.5%, Building 16.1%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed survival city-builder that requires careful resource management to protect your villagers from harsh winters and disease.

Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 10.2%, Medieval 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the social and economic management of a medieval village, providing a more structured management experience.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.1% ★, City Builder 34.9%, Survival 16.8%, Simulation 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes survival and base-building in a post-plague world, requiring defensive planning against raids.

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 28.8% ★, City Builder 24.8%, Building 12.5%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder where you must manage limited resources to rebuild after a natural disaster.

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 35.6%, Colony Sim 31% ★, Survival 14.6%, Building 7.4%, Simulation 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes survival against environmental disasters and resource scarcity.

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 29.8% ★, City Builder 24.3%, Resource Management 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim focused on survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, requiring careful management of water, radiation, and food.

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 27.5%, Colony Sim 26.9% ★, Building 12.4%, Survival 10.4%, Resource Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that offers deep management mechanics and various environmental challenges to overcome.

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 42% ★, City Builder 23.5%, Building 10.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Survival 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that balances resource management with the individual needs and personalities of your settlers.

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.9%, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Survival 8.5%, Roguelike 8.2%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, City Builder 19%, Resource Management 16.7%, Building 11.3%, Medieval 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that combines base-building and resource management with a focus on medieval survival.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4% ★, City Builder 27.3%, Building 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Medieval 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale colony-sim that allows for complex management of thousands of citizens in a survival-oriented fantasy world.

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 36.7% ★, City Builder 33.4%, Survival 9.5%, Resource Management 6.6%, Medieval 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The classic survival city-builder that sets the standard for managing a population against starvation and harsh weather.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Colony Sim 27.5% ★, Building 13.8%, Survival 10.9%, Medieval 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that focuses on building and defending a kingdom against waves of enemies, emphasizing survival and management.

Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.8%, City Builder 18%, Resource Management 12.9%, Survival 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy simulation game that focuses on managing a city under the constant threat of magical collapse.

Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Colony Sim 12.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Resource Management 9.5%

Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.8%, City Builder 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 10.7%

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 25.9% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Resource Management 15%, Building 11.8%, Survival 11.1%

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 33.4% ★, City Builder 24%, Roguelite 15.7%, Roguelike 9.8%, Resource Management 7.7%

What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.7%, City Builder 15%, Colony Sim 13.8% ★, Resource Management 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%

Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Resource Management 17.2%, Survival 14.8%, Roguelike 8%

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.4% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Survival 14.1%, Building 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

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 19.6% ★, Resource Management 16%, Tabletop 14.6%, Dark Humor 13.6%, Roguelite 10.7%

Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, City Builder 29%, Survival 8.3%, Resource Management 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

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 27.9%, Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Resource Management 17.5%, Survival 11.6%, Building 9.2%

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Resource Management 18.9%, Survival 11.1%, Medieval 10.5%, Building 9.8%

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 29.6%, Resource Management 20.9%, Colony Sim 20% ★, Building 10.1%, Survival 7.3%

Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Tabletop 18.6%, Roguelite 16.6%, Survival 15.6%, Building 12.7%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8% ★, City Builder 27.4%, Building 14.4%, Survival 12.9%, Simulation 4.3%

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 33.7% ★, City Builder 30.4%, Resource Management 13.8%, Survival 6.9%, Building 6.8%

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Survival 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Roguelite 6.3%

Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9% ★, City Builder 25.1%, Resource Management 13.7%, Roguelite 11.4%, Roguelike 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 27.7% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Resource Management 16.7%, Building 11.8%, Survival 10.9%

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 40.1% ★, City Builder 32.3%, Building 13.3%, Survival 10.5%, Simulation 2.4%

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 29.1% ★, City Builder 26.1%, Resource Management 16.2%, Building 9.9%, Medieval 7.8%

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 26.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Roguelite 17.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Roguelike 11.2%

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 25.4% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Resource Management 18.4%, Survival 12.5%, Difficult 8.8%

Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.

Why similar: City Builder 45.2%, Resource Management 26.5%, Roguelite 24.9%, Roguelike 3.5%

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

Why similar: City Builder 41%, Colony Sim 39.6% ★, Survival 19.5%

Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.

Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Roguelite 15.9%, Building 10.7%, Funny 9.1%

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.6%, Roguelite 18%, Roguelike 15.9%, Survival 13%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%

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 28.8%, Resource Management 22.7%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 13%, Medieval 11.1%

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8% ★, City Builder 28.8%, Resource Management 20%, Medieval 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

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 24% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Resource Management 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Survival 9%