- #1 Oxygen: First Breath
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 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: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 9.9%, Survival 9.7%
- #2 Isla Paradiso
96% 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: City Builder 26.6%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Economy 11.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 7.5%
- #3 The Blighted Frontier
96% 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 25.2%, City Builder 24.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 7.5%, Resource Management 7%
- #4 Ratopia
95% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 19.6%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 9.5%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #5 IXION
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 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: City Builder 26.8%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 10.8%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #6 Patron
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 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: City Builder 26.2%, Colony Sim 22.7%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 9.7%, Economy 8.5%
- #7 Founders' Fortune
92% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 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 30.1%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 7.5%, Building 5.7%
- #8 Farlanders
91% matchVery Positive91% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: City Builder 18.2%, Turn-Based 17.3%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #9 Arcane Shores
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Economy 11.8%, Survival 11%, Base Building 8.4%
- #10 Virum:Colony
90% 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: City Builder 23.7%, Colony Sim 20.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Economy 10.4%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #11 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
89% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Colony Sim 24.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 10.5%, Building 7.4%
- #12 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
88% matchVery Positive89% of 631 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 27%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 10.2%
- #13 Crowded Blue Dot
89% 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 27.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Resource Management 12.7%, Survival 6.7%
- #14 Oxygen
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 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: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 10%
- #15 Rise Against the Invaders
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: City Builder 29.9%, Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 9.3%, Building 6.8%
- #16 Planetbase
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 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: City Builder 27.9%, Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 18%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #17 Pixel Colony
85% matchPositive93% of 40 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: City Builder 28.4%, Colony Sim 23.5%, Resource Management 10.8%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 7.1%
- #18 Lil Guys
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #19 Marble Age: Remastered
84% matchVery Positive86% of 392 reviews2020
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 16.3%, Colony Sim 10.3%, Survival 10.2%, Economy 8.6%
- #20 Kingdoms Reborn
83% matchVery Positive91% of 9,605 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 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 33.4%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Economy 8.4%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #21 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
81% 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: City Builder 16.5%, Colony Sim 15.5%, Base Building 14.3%, Zombies 10%, Survival 9.8%
- #22 Farmman
82% 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: City Builder 24.9%, Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 12%, Economy 11.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #23 Bronze Age - HD Edition
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 372 reviews2017
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 16.7%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Survival 9.8%, Economy 9.2%
- #24 United Penguin Kingdom
80% matchMostly Positive75% of 439 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 12%
- #25 Project Apocalypse
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Sargonius Games
Windows
Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.
Why similar: City Builder 18.9%, Colony Sim 16.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Zombies 10.4%, Resource Management 8%
- #26 Tokeis
78% 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 23.7%, Colony Sim 16%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 10.2%
- #27 Endzone - A World Apart
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,875 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 35.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 13.9%, Colony Sim 12%, Strategy 6.7%
- #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: City Builder 23%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Base Building 14%, Economy 10.9%, Survival 9.9%
- #29 Settlements Rising
76% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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: City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 7.3%
- #30 One More Island
78% matchMixed68% of 254 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Economy 11.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #31 Endzone 2
75% matchMixed69% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.1%, Economy 10%
- #32 First Feudal
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 21.6%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 7.2%
- #33 Gnome Glen
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Economy 10.7%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #34 Marble Age
77% matchVery Positive83% of 744 reviews2015
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 19.9%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 10.1%, Economy 8.4%
- #35 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
76% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #36 Compact Colonies
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 22.6%, Resource Management 12.7%, Survival 11.2%, Economy 9.2%
- #37 Frostpunk: 1886
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 10.6%
- #38 Drownlight
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FathomlightPub: Crytivo
Windows
Drownlight is a city-building survival simulator set in a flooded world. Build and expand your city around a lighthouse, manage resources, and make moral decisions that shape the fate of the survivors. Secrets lurk in the raging waters, and if the lighthouse goes out, the city may be lost forever.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 9.6%
- #39 Egypt: Old Kingdom
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,246 reviews2018
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Economy 8.4%
- #40 Guild of Dragons
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artcue
Windows · Mac
Your settlement-builder with dragon taming. Raise your dragons and build a thriving settlement. Enjoy city-building, dragon taming, exploration, and conquest in a magical world.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.9%, Economy 9%
- #41 Deep Space Directive
71% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Resource management without micro-management! Build, defend, and optimize your ever-growing industrial colony in a dynamic hex-tile world. Buy low, sell high to expand and upgrade your base. Even your enemies are a resource to be exploited. Profit waits for no one!
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Economy 13.6%, Resource Management 13.5%
- #42 Settlement Survival
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 28.4%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Survival 10.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Economy 7.4%
- #43 Kingdoms and Castles
73% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 30%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Resource Management 10.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Economy 6.6%
- #44 Frostpunk
72% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 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: City Builder 29.4%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Survival 12.8%, Resource Management 12.4%, Base Building 7.7%
- #45 Exile
70% 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: City Builder 25.3%, Colony Sim 21.8%, Economy 11.1%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 8.5%
- #46 Offshore Prophets
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dofu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carve out a home on a perilous island in this roguelite city builder. Build production chains, discover powerful synergies, and endure catastrophic disasters as each attempt reveals new strategies to survive against the odds.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Resource Management 11.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Survival 8.9%
- #47 Cliff Empire
70% matchVery Positive87% of 4,350 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 23.8%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Economy 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #48 What's Left Behind
71% 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: City Builder 31.8%, Colony Sim 25.1%, Economy 12.5%, Building 7.8%, Zombies 7.3%
- #49 Beware of Light
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bajka Games
Windows
Beware of Light is a «hard sci-fi» city-building game focused on narrative and survival. After an unexpected crash landing on a dead world, as the new Captain, you must manage colony infrastructure and manpower. Can you thrive under the scorching sun? Will this planet become your grave or salvation?
Why similar: City Builder 33.4%, Colony Sim 27.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Survival 12.9%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #50 NecroCity
69% matchMixed51% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
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: City Builder 26.1%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 8%, Zombies 7.8%
- #51 Venusville
68% 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: City Builder 24.7%, Colony Sim 23.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #52 Zombie Cure Lab
67% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Zombies 9.3%
- #53 Dungeon Overseer
69% 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: City Builder 23.1%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Economy 13%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #54 Blacksmith Master
66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 10.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #55 Ostriv
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Economy 9.2%, Resource Management 9%
- #56 They Are Billions
68% matchVery Positive85% of 50,888 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.2 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: Base Building 23.9%, Colony Sim 23.8%, Zombies 12.8%, City Builder 12.5%, Survival 10.5%
- #57 Forgotten Vale
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rospeath Studios
Windows
Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Colony Sim 20.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Economy 11.4%, Survival 8%
- #58 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
64% matchVery Positive83% of 1,397 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 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: City Builder 22.8%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 10.4%, Economy 9%
- #59 Island Dwellers
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Avokodo Studios
Windows
Island Dwellers is a turn-based strategy game where you guide a tribe through the challenges of rising sea levels. Assign tasks to your people, unlock technologies and build a thriving village. Adapt to new challenges as your tribe sails to different climates in search of a better future.
Why similar: City Builder 22.8%, Turn-Based 18%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Base Building 9.6%