- #1 Dungeon D14
97% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Mining 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 25.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 5.4%
- #2 Odd Realm
96% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Mining 18.5% ★, Resource Management 9.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #3 Survival Vacancy
96% 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 23%, Mining 14.7% ★, Inventory Management 11.8%, Crafting 10.5%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #4 Hammerting
95% matchMixed57% of 2,601 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 20.8% ★, Colony Sim 20%, Inventory Management 11.7%, Crafting 9.8%, Base Building 8.4%
- #5 Dig a Little Deeper
94% 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 25%, Mining 19% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #6 Hearthkeeper
94% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Prancing Death Studios
Windows
Hearthkeeper is a fantasy colony simulator, with rpg and platformer elements. Your characters will require food, water and shelter as the seasons change and the world turns. Plant crops, build structures, defend against raiders and beasts, research technologies and much more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Mining 23.4% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Perma Death 9.6%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #7 Too Far Too Late
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fly Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a Colony in Space. Build a base to ensure your colonists survive. Explore, mine resources, craft items, and thrive in a realistic atmospheric and electrical simulation. Watch out for potential dangers before it’s too late!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, Mining 18.1% ★, Inventory Management 9.1%, Perma Death 9%, Base Building 8.6%
- #8 Oreguard: Mining Endeavors
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noditot
Windows
Descend into the depths, extract valuable resources, and turn them into the engine of a growing industrial operation. Build underground infrastructure and process everything on the surface to expand your production and unlock increasingly powerful upgrades.
Why similar: Mining 30.2% ★, Crafting 13.4%, Inventory Management 12.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Base Building 9.7%
- #9 Breadoria
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Crafting 14.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #10 Never Secure
91% matchNo user reviews2026
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 30.6%, Inventory Management 13.4%, Resource Management 13.2%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.3%
- #11 CLOUD DWELLERS
90% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 32.8%, Inventory Management 14.5%, Base Building 12%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #12 Malignus
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossbomb
Windows
Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Mining 13.3% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #13 Rogue Drone
88% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: KBGS
Windows
A sci-fi mining and base-building game where efficient mining is the key to survival. Gather crystals, expand your colony, upgrade your defenses, and withstand increasingly dangerous nightly attacks.
Why similar: Mining 41.6% ★, Colony Sim 17.2%, Resource Management 10%, Strategy 8.3%, Management 7.5%
- #14 Illuminaria
89% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Mining 24.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, Crafting 11.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #15 Lil Guys
86% 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 32.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Crafting 10.4%, Management 10.3%
- #16 Tree House Colony
86% 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 30.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Resource Management 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 9.4%
- #17 SeaColony
84% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
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 31.9%, Crafting 13.2%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.3%
- #18 EndZ Village
87% matchMixed54% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: DEVCLIED
Windows · Mac · Linux
EndZ Village is a 2D post-apocalyptic zombie survival game developed by DEVCLIED. This 2D survival game immerses you in a post-apocalyptic world infested with zombies, where humanity is fighting endlessly against the constant onslaught of infected zombie hordes.
Why similar: Mining 26.1% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 10.2%
- #19 Scherbenmark: The Old Mine
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bernhard Kokesch
Windows · Linux
You are the Steiger, the foreman responsible for the mine and everyone who works beneath the earth. Hire and manage miners, expand the tunnels, secure valuable ore, trade your resources and keep the mine running. The deeper you dig, the greater the rewards and the greater the dangers waiting below.
Why similar: Mining 33% ★, Colony Sim 31.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 5%
- #20 Factor Y
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 24 reviews2024
Dev: Martin Buck Software
Windows · Linux
Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.
Why similar: Mining 29.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 11.7%, Strategy 7%
- #21 Exipelago
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: reiti.net
Windows
Manage and grow your tribe in this sandbox village simulation in a fully destructible voxel world
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Mining 23.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 11.6%, Crafting 11%, Management 7.7%
- #22 Oxygen Not Included
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 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 41.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, Survival 8.3%, Management 7.2%
- #23 Duck the Miner
81% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Atlas Brightway
Windows
Your ultimate goal was to achieve the dream of living on Mars, but the journey didn't go as planned. After a rough ride that left your engine destroyed, you are now stranded on space and must mine asteroids to repair your ship to try finish the voyage.
Why similar: Mining 43.2% ★, Crafting 17.8%, Resource Management 15.6%, Procedural Generation 5.4%, Management 5%
- #24 TFM: The First Men
82% matchMixed60% of 413 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 38.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 8%, Resource Management 7.4%, Crafting 7.4%
- #25 Sphere - Flying Cities
81% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Mining 23.9% ★, Crafting 11.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 7.9%
- #26 Truck City
78% matchPositive83% of 24 reviews2025
Dev: Mikel Fernandez
Windows · Mac · Linux
Grow your truck fleet, build your city and design a supply chain to extract, refine and process natural resources into complex items. Manage your factories and optimize delivery logistics to prevent traffic jams. Unlock new research and turn your small mining town into an efficient industrial city.
Why similar: Mining 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.8%, Grid-Based Movement 12.4%, Resource Management 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%
- #27 Story of Mine Company
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Nine Four Games
Windows
Hire miners and help them to extract ore using different tools. Try to control the chaos of the workflow. Trade in the market. Improve your buildings. Craft items. Manage resources wisely to stay profitable.
Why similar: Mining 31.8% ★, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 12.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Inventory Management 10.8%
- #28 Expresso Espresso
80% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: PixelSteel Games
Windows · Mac
Expresso Espresso is a coffee shop management game with a great focus on in-depth coffee creation and market simulation. Roast different coffee beans from across the world, create different drinks from a variety of syrups and styles, manage your team of baristas to create the best coffee drink!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 22.4%, Inventory Management 17.2%, Management 13.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Strategy 8.7%
- #29 Arcbound
78% 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 37.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 11.5%, Crafting 9.7%, Building 6.9%
- #30 Underground Nomads
77% 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 36.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 11%, Building 7.7%, Survival 7.3%
- #31 Settletopia
76% 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 31.1%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 10.6%, Management 10.3%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #32 Death By FrostByte
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Stormee Games
Windows
Build up your company to mine resources and manufacture parts, research new technologies, build up your industry with limited resources. Can you survive the harsh arctic climates of a new ice age?
Why similar: Mining 25.6% ★, Colony Sim 25.5%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 7.2%
- #33 Mercury Fallen
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 318 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Mining 22.6% ★, Crafting 10.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Management 9.6%
- #34 Stranded: Alien Dawn
76% matchVery Positive84% of 11,322 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 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: Colony Sim 23.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 14.2%, Inventory Management 10.2%, Survival 9.5%
- #35 Shanhe Builders
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Luyu Games
Windows
Build an ancient mountain settlement in a deterministic 3D colony survival sim. Choose settlers, plan shelters, farms, workshops, storage and defenses, then survive hunger, winter, illness, trade demands and social strain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Crafting 16.4%, Base Building 8.8%, Management 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #36 Survindust
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IS Games
Windows
Stranded on a small island, you must gather, build, and automate to survive and turn a humble camp into a thriving, self-sustaining base.
Why similar: Crafting 18%, Resource Management 16.3%, Inventory Management 15.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Survival 10%
- #37 From Nothing
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Power Hobo Games
Windows
Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Crafting 16.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Grid-Based Movement 8.9%, Survival 7.5%
- #38 16 Bit Gold
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LongPig Studio
Windows
Build a humble gold mining business from the ground up. Pan dirt, process ore, automate production and transform an overgrown claim into a thriving mining operation - one gold bar at a time.
Why similar: Mining 43% ★, Crafting 17%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 9.2%, Building 8.8%
- #39 Digging Dudes
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Valiantus
Windows · Linux
Command a squad of hard-working dudes, tunnel through different biomes and layers, collect rare ores and gemstones, equip powerful pickaxes, and descend into the depths!
Why similar: Mining 46.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, Management 13.5%, Procedural Generation 5.5%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #40 First Feudal
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 30.4%, Crafting 14%, Resource Management 13.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 9.1%
- #41 Orebiters
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Explorer Tales
Windows · Linux
Become an independent miner in worlds full of monsters and dangers that keep living even when you're not around. Dig deeper, gather resources, upgrade your machine, and build a crew. Shape living worlds that react to your every move. Each expedition brings different conditions, threats, and outcomes
Why similar: Mining 38.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 22.2%, Crafting 8.2%, Resource Management 7.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #42 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 40.1%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Survival 8.7%
- #43 Worlds Explorers
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Management 12.1%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 8.7%, Crafting 8.7%
- #44 ExoColony: Planet Survival
71% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Simplemole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.
Why similar: Mining 26% ★, Colony Sim 22.6%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 8.9%, Management 8.3%
- #45 Cloudlings
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Middle Space
Windows
Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #46 Children of Mare
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Mining 13.2% ★, Resource Management 8.1%, Strategy 7.8%
- #47 The Blighted Frontier
70% 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 38.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 10.8%, Crafting 9%, Resource Management 9%
- #48 Nuclear Crawler
69% 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 36.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Management 12.5%, Resource Management 11%, Strategy 9%
- #49 Dwarf Things
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Crafting 12.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Survival 6.7%
- #50 Frontier Roots
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%
- #51 Embark
72% matchMixed60% of 389 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 48.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 6.3%
- #52 Dust & Diamonds
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SAD Games Studio
Windows
Humans are extinct, and Goblins proudly stand at the top of the food chain! Take over a mine, expand your surface base, and automate logistics. Manage workers, trade, avoid cave-ins and lava, and above all – try to endure your father's constant grumbling!
Why similar: Mining 28.8% ★, Colony Sim 24.5%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #53 Wall World Strategy
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing – in Wall World, it's easy to fall.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Mining 21.5% ★, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Management 9.3%
- #54 Night Frontier
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rotwired Studios
Windows
Night Frontier is a survival-management game about building a camp, preparing squads, and sending them into a dangerous and cursed wasteland. Gather resources, craft equipment, manage injuries and disease, and decide how much risk your people can survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, Inventory Management 15.5%, Crafting 13.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Base Building 11.5%
- #55 HullRats
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 12.4%, Management 11.8%, Inventory Management 9.1%
- #56 CitaDrill
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio MokaPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Captain a giant drill-city in this roguelite citybuilder. Dig deep into an infested planet, collect resources, expand your city under the dome, upgrade your drill, and protect yourself against waves of fearsome creatures together with your mettle and paw-some cat crew.
Why similar: Mining 29.4% ★, Colony Sim 24.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Management 7.5%
- #57 Dynamine
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HexagonNico
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dynamine is an incremental mining game based on Minesweeper. Dig for ores while avoiding explosives, sell what you found, buy better tools to dig more efficiently, then rinse and repeat!
Why similar: Mining 23.8% ★, Inventory Management 16%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 12.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #58 Swarmdustry
65% matchPositive91% of 43 reviews2026
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Mining 19.1% ★, Crafting 12.1%, Base Building 12%, Inventory Management 11.8%, Resource Management 11%
- #59 Craterville
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fat Plankton
Windows
A base-building, simulation and inventory management game where you build and defend your base in the crater formed when blasting into a new dimension. Hire and equip combat units then send them into battle. Organise loot in your inventory. Complete objectives to advance your reputation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, Inventory Management 21.5%, Base Building 15.3%, Management 13.3%, Crafting 11.5%