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

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A cyberpunk colony simulator where you take over, manage & build bases, create & lead the crew to survive in a dark cybercity. Every member of the society makes their own decisions based on various factors and stats, for you is to decide and point out what would be best to do next!

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Space Boat Studios
Publisher: PlayWay S.A.
Genres: Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Funzen Games
    Windows

    You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 10.8%, Survival 9.6%, Simulation 7.3%

  2. #2 Subzero Tides
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Logical Progression Games
    Windows · Linux

    Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 14%, Dystopian 12.5%, Building 9.8%, Strategy 6.6%

  3. #3 Embark
    96% matchMixed61% of 386 reviews2019
    Dev: Overly Complicated Games
    Windows

    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 41.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Building 8.2%, Survival 7.3%, Strategy 6.8%

  4. #4 Stonedeep
    95% matchMixed46% of 104 reviews2021
    Dev: Direfang
    Windows

    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 24.4%, Base Building 16.5%, 2.5D 12.2%, Building 9.3%, Management 8.9%

  5. #5 Reclaim Earth
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blue Radish Games
    Windows · Mac

    Reclaim Earth is a base-building, colony management, survival game where you play as a semi benevolent robot crash-landed on a post apocalyptic Earth. You must build your base, enlist the help of humans, and defend against hordes of mutated bugs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 10.5%, Survival 9.3%, Management 7.3%

  6. #6 Red Dust Colony
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lorin Atzberger
    Windows · Mac

    Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.7%

  7. #7 Oxygen Not Included
    92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, Base Building 22.6%, Survival 11.7%, Building 9%, Management 7.7%

  8. #8 Maia
    93% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, Base Building 13%, Management 12.1%, Survival 10.7%, Strategy 8.8%

  9. #9 Dinky Guardians
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 107 reviews2023
    Dev: Endless Loop Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Automation 12.7%, Management 10.6%, Building 9.3%

  10. #10 Arcbound
    90% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outbreak Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 19%, Management 12%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 8.3%

  11. #11 Vilset
    91% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
    Dev: Another Reality
    Windows

    Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 12.6%, Automation 11.2%, Survival 10%

  12. #12 Lil Guys
    89% 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 31.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Management 11.5%, Survival 10.5%, Building 8.7%

  13. #13 Sigma Draconis
    89% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
    Dev: Draconis Games
    Windows · Linux

    A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 9.4%

  14. #14 Survival Vacancy
    88% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Automation 9.7%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.2%

  15. #15 Common'hood
    87% matchMixed51% of 338 reviews2022
    Dev: Plethora Project
    Windows

    Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 12.3%, Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%

  16. #16 CLOUD DWELLERS
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
    Windows

    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 33.7%, Base Building 18.1%, Management 13.7%, Building 13.1%, Strategy 6.9%

  17. #17 Nuclear Crawler
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
    Windows

    Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 23.6%, Management 13.1%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 8.4%

  18. #18 Surviving Ceres
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 11.9%, Survival 11%, Management 10.9%

  19. #19 Founders' Fortune
    85% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 41.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Building 9.8%, Management 7.4%, Survival 7.3%

  20. #20 Tree House Survivors
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

    Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 10.4%, Management 10.4%, Survival 9.9%

  21. #21 Avian Colony
    83% 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 30.6%, Base Building 18.3%, Management 12.7%, Survival 10.3%, Automation 7.7%

  22. #22 Sect Leader's Decree
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alena Selezneva
    Windows

    Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Management 13.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 9.2%

  23. #23 Dig a Little Deeper
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Unbound Sparks
    Windows · Mac

    Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 11.1%, Management 10.6%, 2.5D 8.9%

  24. #24 Edge Islands
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
    Dev: LS Games
    Windows

    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 31.8%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 12.8%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%

  25. #25 TFM: The First Men
    81% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
    Dev: Gathering Tree
    Windows

    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 37.5%, Base Building 22.6%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.6%, Survival 7%

  26. #26 Oxygen: First Breath
    80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 26.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 10%, Building 9.7%, Management 9.7%

  27. #27 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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: Base Building 23.5%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Survival 13.6%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 7.5%

  28. #28 Never Secure
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blank Page Games
    Windows

    In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 13%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 8.8%

  29. #29 Clipper
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Adequate Games
    Windows · Linux

    An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Automation 16.1%, Management 14.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.6%

  30. #30 Terra-7
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gamyeon
    Windows · Mac

    A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Management 14.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 13%

  31. #31 Settletopia
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
    Windows · Linux

    Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Base Building 18.4%, Management 11.5%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 7.8%

  32. #32 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 188 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: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 12.8%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 9.3%

  33. #33 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    77% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 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 38.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 12.5%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 7.3%

  34. #34 Beyond These Stars
    76% 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.

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  35. #35 Mars Colony Builder
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GameHunters
    Windows

    Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!

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  36. #36 Hexoplanet
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sirnic Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    Colonize new planets from the comfort of Earth with our remote control planet management system. In Hexoplanet, you're in charge of building and managing entire planetary economies from terraforming and infrastructure to tourism and energy.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Building 13.5%, Simulation 13.4%, Automation 12.4%, Base Building 9.7%

  37. #37 Architect of Ruin
    74% 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 26.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Management 10.5%, Automation 9.8%, Building 9.6%

  38. #38 SuperColony
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Antic Games Inc.
    Windows · Mac

    A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 20%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%

  39. #39 Beneath a Dead City
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonroof Studios
    Windows

    Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Management 15.2%, Survival 11.7%, Simulation 7.6%

  40. #40 Horizon 1990
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
    Windows

    Gather exotic resources, build defenses, research new technologies, and explore the mysteries of the void, all while being chased by the darkness from the end of time.

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  41. #41 Orc Colony
    74% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
    Dev: Luzon Games
    Windows

    Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 13.1%, Management 10.3%, Building 8.8%

  42. #42 Venusville
    72% matchNo user reviews
    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 31.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 9.5%, Management 9.2%, Building 7.7%

  43. #43 Survivors of the Wildstone
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Fire Toast
    Windows

    Survive, build, and conquer in Survivors of the Wildstone! After being shipwrecked on a mysterious island, lead a group of survivors! Manage, expand, and evolve to forge a civilization from scratch in this challenging building and strategy game!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, 2.5D 12.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 12%, Survival 10.6%

  44. #44 Colony Survival
    72% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 38.9%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 12.3%, Building 11.7%, Management 6.4%

  45. #45 Cosmic Castaway
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinciware
    Windows

    Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.7%

  46. #46 Kingdom: Classic
    71% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Management 12.2%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 11%

  47. #47 Oxygen
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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!

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  48. #48 Isla Paradiso
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Paradiso Studio
    Windows

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    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 13%, Management 12.2%, Strategy 8.4%

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    71% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 32.1%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 13%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 8.6%

  50. #50 Artificer's Tower
    69% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
    Dev: RodentGames
    Windows · Linux

    Are you a master of the magical arts? Prove it in this cozy colony-sim wizard tower defense game. Curl up and build your base, keep your mages happy, craft recipes, research new magic spells, and defend your wizard's keep. Will your Artificer's Tower be the envy of all your magical friends?

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    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Management 11.9%, Automation 11%, Building 9.6%

  52. #52 Wanderers' Outpost
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wind Arthouse
    Windows · Linux

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    69% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
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    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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    66% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

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  55. #55 Starship Colony
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Black Belt Software
    Windows

    A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

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  56. #56 Starmancer
    69% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
    Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

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  57. #57 The Crust
    66% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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  58. #58 Biofactory
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Bioreactor Studios
    Windows

    Build your living factory using organs and fleshy biomachines. Combine your pulsating machines to automate and scale up production. Mine, harvest, produce and assemble weird materials in a grimdark biopunk setting. You are an evolving hive-mind brain, driven by one instinct: The factory must grow.

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    67% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
    Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
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    Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!

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  60. #60 Zomboard
    66% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Tania Felidea
    Windows

    Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, Base Building 21%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 9.3%, Simulation 8.1%

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