Games Like Dungeon Settlers

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 31.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Management 13.4%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar focus on managing a settlement, resource gathering, and exploring dangerous underground areas reminiscent of Dungeon Settlers.

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 33.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Management 14.6%, Survival 12.9%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This medieval colony sim shares the core base-building and survival management mechanics of leading a small group of people in a harsh world.

Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 13.3%, Survival 12%, Resource Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Though set in space, it mirrors the intimate colony management and expedition-focused survival loops found in Dungeon Settlers.

Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 14.9%, Tactical RPG 14%, Management 12.2%, Survival 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game combines school management and base building with deep dungeon exploration and combat against dangerous threats.

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: Colony Sim 35.7%, Management 15.1%, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Medieval 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on resource management and keeping your people alive through challenging environments just like Dungeon Settlers.

Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 13.7%, Dungeon Crawler 12.6%, Tactical RPG 12.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides intense tactical party-based combat and dungeon exploration that appeals to players who enjoy the expedition side of the seed game.

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Base Building 19.1%, Management 14.1%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the medieval strategy and simulation aspects of managing people and kingdoms facing constant survival pressures.

A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 14.4%, Medieval 11.6%, Management 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Blends medieval building and survival elements with strategic adventuring similar to managing your expedition's growth.

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 20.9%, Survival 17.2%, RPG 14.8%, Medieval 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the gritty, tactical dungeon-crawling and survival focus that makes venturing deep into dangerous ruins so compelling.

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 26%, Base Building 15.2%, Party-Based RPG 13%, Management 10.8%, Survival 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A harsh survival colony sim where managing your base and protecting your people against hostile forces is paramount.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Management 11.3%, Character Customization 11.2%, Medieval 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers deep colony simulation and reactive character-driven management within a fantasy-inspired medieval world.

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 28.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Medieval 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a medieval settlement from scratch while defending your people against external raids and threats.

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, Base Building 19.3%, Management 11.1%, Medieval 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim focused on survival and crafting within a dark medieval fantasy environment.

An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, Base Building 21.5%, Tactical RPG 9.9%, Management 9%, Survival 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony building and strategic tactical combat with unique character customization and progression.

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 39.1%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 15.1%, Management 7.6%, Resource Management 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that forces you to balance base-building with sending survivors out on dangerous scavenging expeditions.

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 42.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 8.4%, Management 7.5%, Character Customization 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the cheerful colony-building loop of providing food, shelter, and managing your colonists' needs.

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 33.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Medieval 12.2%, Management 11%, Resource Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Emphasizes medieval resource management, city planning, and keeping your growing population alive through tough seasons.

Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 11.4%, Medieval 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder and colony sim where resource chains and population management determine your success.

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: Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Medieval 12.5%, Management 12.1%, Survival 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Appeals to the management and medieval production chain aspects of running a settlement and economy.

A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 13%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on managing a small group of survivors and sending them out on risky expeditions for essential gear.

Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Base Building 19.8%, Management 11.5%, Survival 8.4%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy and colony-sim title focused on expansion, resource gathering, and base-building on isolated lands.

A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 17.1%, Medieval 12.3%, Tactical RPG 11%, Dungeon Crawler 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines base-building and strategy in a medieval setting with unique dungeon and lair management elements.

Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Tactical RPG 13.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Medieval 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: Blends medieval strategy, simulation, and colony management to help your people thrive in untamed territory.

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 29.5%, Survival 16.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Character Customization 10.6%, Resource Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A colony survival simulation that tasks you with managing clones and resources on unforgiving alien worlds.

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 45.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 13.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends god-game colony survival with tower defense and resource management against dark forces.

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 13.2%, Medieval 10.6%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game focused on keeping a small civilization alive against harsh environmental odds.

Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.9%, Base Building 21%, Survival 9.7%, Management 7.3%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: An intricate colony sim with deep subterranean mining, crafting, and base-building mechanics.

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 34.7%, Base Building 20.6%, Management 15.5%, Survival 13.5%, Strategy 7.4%

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 28.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Management 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Survival 11.3%

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 21.8%, Survival 17%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building survival strategy game that challenges you to protect your underground refuge from hordes of monsters.

Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 12.7%, Management 12%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features underground base-building and colony simulation that matches the subterranean expedition vibe.

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 26.1%, Management 20.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Medieval 14.9%, Strategy 8.7%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, Base Building 23.3%, Survival 16.2%, Management 7.5%, Strategy 6%

A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.

Why similar: Management 26.5%, Dungeon Crawler 22.8%, Character Customization 18.1%, Resource Management 12%, Strategy 7.6%

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 61.5%, Survival 16%, Strategy 8.7%, Management 5.3%, Simulation 5.1%

CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Management 16.2%, Resource Management 7.8%, Strategy 7.1%

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 29.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 12.5%, Management 10.9%, Medieval 8.5%

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 39%, Management 16%, Medieval 15%, Strategy 7.9%, Resource Management 7.5%

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: Colony Sim 36%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 16.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 9%

Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 12.7%, Management 11%, Resource Management 9.2%

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 21.8%, Tactical RPG 19.4%, Character Customization 14.5%, Perma Death 13.7%, Strategy RPG 8%

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 47.6%, Medieval 22.8%, Simulation 8.8%, RPG 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Base Building 26.3%, Survival 17.5%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 7.4%

Goblins have been hunted to extinction by cruel adventurers. Embark on a heartwarming adventure to rebuild their lair and help them thrive in this award-winning turn-based RPG where every decision counts.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Dungeon Crawler 16.2%, Party-Based RPG 15.6%, Perma Death 10.7%

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 41%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 14.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%

SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Management 12.6%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 8.1%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, Survival 26.6%, Management 12.9%, Resource Management 7.6%, Strategy 7.2%

A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, Base Building 23.6%, Management 16.6%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 6.3%

Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Strategy 14.6%, RPG 14.3%, Simulation 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%

Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?

Why similar: Party-Based RPG 26.5%, Management 18.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.4%, Character Customization 15.1%, Tactical RPG 7.9%

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 51.6%, Medieval 12.3%, Survival 10.5%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 7.5%

KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.

Why similar: Base Building 27.3%, Management 19.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Survival 16.8%, Strategy 9.3%

Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.

Why similar: Colony Sim 59.2%, Survival 14.9%, Simulation 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, 2D 3.1%

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: Base Building 30%, Colony Sim 27.8%, Management 15.3%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 8.5%

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: Colony Sim 29.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Medieval 13.9%, Management 12.5%, Survival 10.8%

Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Base Building 15%, Medieval 11.4%, Management 11.2%, Survival 10.3%

Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!

Why similar: Colony Sim 60.9%, Management 21%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Simulation 6.3%, 2D 2.4%

Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!

Why similar: Colony Sim 49.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.8%, RPG 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 23%, Survival 11.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 7.1%