- #1 Amazing Cultivation Simulator
97% matchVery Positive86% of 23,604 reviews2020
Dev: GSQ Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Why similar: Martial Arts 25.7% ★, Wuxia 22.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Base Building 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive sect-management simulation that mirrors the cultivation and base-building depth found in Eastern Era.
- #2 The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
96% matchMixed65% of 70,131 reviews2026
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 61.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Wuxia 38.1% ★, Martial Arts 26% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Open World 7.2%, Building 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep, procedurally generated martial arts world with complex systems for character development and sect management.
- #3 The Lost Village
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,124 reviews2024
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?
Why similar: Martial Arts 24.7% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Farming Sim 11.4%, Colony Sim 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on the management of a martial arts sect, requiring you to balance resource gathering with the training of your disciples.
- #4 The Matchless Kungfu
95% matchMostly Positive80% of 7,901 reviews2024
Dev: HuanMos GamePub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Matchless Kungfu is an open world sandbox RPG game based on a WuXia background. You can play any martial arts role you imagine in this wild world. Travel through the great wilderness, or be the leader of the group. The most important thing is, build your own story and live the experience!
Why similar: Martial Arts 30% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Sandbox 11.8%, Open World 11%, Building 10%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox open-world game that captures the freedom of a martial arts world, allowing for extensive base building and character progression.
- #5 我来自江湖 From Jianghu
94% matchVery Positive82% of 2,533 reviews2020
Dev: Gamexel StudioPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 64%
《我来自江湖》是一款结合武侠、角色扮演、模拟经营多种元素的独立游戏。在游戏中,你需要扮演一个小势力的掌门,带领弟子在开放的江湖里自由探索,发展自己的势力,经营不同产业,在风云诡谲的江湖里生存下去。
Why similar: Wuxia 30.4% ★, Martial Arts 24.5% ★, Building 19%, Simulation 8.5%, RPG 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines sect management with RPG elements, tasking you with rebuilding a fallen sect through exploration and disciple training.
- #6 Norland
93% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: 4X 14.6% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, Moddable 11.4% ★, City Builder 10.4%, Base Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep colony management with a focus on social dynamics and political maneuvering, similar to managing a sect's internal hierarchy.
- #7 大衍江湖 - Evolution Of JiangHu
94% matchMixed62% of 737 reviews2023
Dev: SourceIn Games
Windows
《大衍江湖》是一款武侠题材,结合经营养成,角色扮演的游戏。玩家将操控一个江湖门派;与江湖上的其他各色各样的门派打交道,或建立贸易或直接攻陷;与其他门派弟子交流,或结交或抢夺;江湖世界上各种随机事件,能获得具体好处同时也伴随着各种风险;门派传承,终有一日,将主宰江湖。
Why similar: Wuxia 49.4% ★, Martial Arts 25.9% ★, Management 8.4%, Simulation 5.2%, RPG 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses specifically on the evolution and management of a Jianghu sect, emphasizing strategy and simulation.
- #8 Kenshi
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 115,920 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 71.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Management 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Immersive Sim 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: While not wuxia-themed, its brutal survival, squad management, and sandbox base-building mechanics are the gold standard for the genre.
- #9 Pathless Woods
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,110 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.3%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 13.7%, Sandbox 11.4%, Open World 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This survival game features an Eastern aesthetic and focuses on crafting and building within a hostile, open-world environment.
- #10 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
91% matchMixed55% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 31.2 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: Management 33.9%, Sandbox 32.1%, Simulation 14.5%, RPG 12.3%, Adventure 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A highly popular open-world cultivation game that emphasizes the journey of a martial artist in a dangerous, myth-inspired world.
- #11 Myth of Empires
90% matchMixed68% of 17,524 reviews2024
Dev: Angela GamePub: Imperium Interactive Entertainment
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 229.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Myth of Empires is a multiplayer war sandbox game featuring a high degree of freedom and multiple civilizations. Players must survive, craft, create, and lead troops in their quest to conquer PVE or PVP territory and build their own empire. Xizhou Civilization Pack is now officially released!
Why similar: Base Building 19.1%, Building 17.4%, Sandbox 16.9%, Open World 13.6%, Survival 12.2%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox survival game that allows for extensive base building and large-scale warfare in an ancient, martial-inspired setting.
- #12 Settlement Survival
89% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 21.8%, Building 11.6%, Management 10.6%, Survival 9%
Why You'll Like It: This city-builder incorporates survival mechanics and resource management that are essential for maintaining a growing community.
- #13 Going Medieval
87% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20.3%, Moddable 17% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: A robust colony-sim that excels in vertical base building and survival, providing a solid mechanical foundation for sect development.
- #14 下一站江湖Ⅱ
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 9,421 reviews2024
Dev: 白玉京工作室
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
(“Steam成就”现已推出,当前已更新17个免费玩法资料片)《下一站江湖Ⅱ》是白玉京工作室研发的第二款3D单机武侠游戏,是一款包含了沙盒式的剧情主角养成、无缝大地图任意采集建造模拟经营、骑砍Like式门派霸图玩法的开放世界游戏,无内购、可离网游玩!
Why similar: Wuxia 35% ★, Martial Arts 18.5% ★, Colony Sim 14.5%, City Builder 10.7%, Sandbox 7%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world martial arts RPG that emphasizes exploration and the freedom to forge your own path in a dangerous world.
- #15 Noble Fates
88% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 19.9%, City Builder 14%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that allows for deep character customization and management, perfect for those who enjoy the leadership aspects of Eastern Era.
- #16 JIANGHU CHRONICLES
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,410 reviews2025
Dev: 一品阁Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
JIANGHU CHRONICLES is a Wuxia-themed clan simulator, which focuses on simulating Jianghu clans and experiencing realistic battle. Set up a clan of your own, recruit disciples, complete missions... And eventually make your clan second to none by improving its power and reputation.
Why similar: Martial Arts 43% ★, Base Building 24.3%, Wuxia 15.1% ★, Immersive Sim 8.7%, Simulation 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure title that incorporates base-building and martial arts progression within a classic Jianghu setting.
- #17 Blacksmith Master
86% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 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: Colony Sim 17.5%, Moddable 14.5% ★, City Builder 13%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the production and management aspects of a fantasy world, which complements the crafting systems found in Eastern Era.
- #18 Farthest Frontier
84% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: 4X 20.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep city-builder that emphasizes the struggle for survival against environmental challenges and resource scarcity.
- #19 Ascent of Ashes
85% matchMixed70% of 303 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
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 20.3%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 8.7%, Building 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends base building with tactical combat, mirroring the need to defend your sect from external threats.
- #20 House of Legacy
84% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.7% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Management 11.6%, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the diplomacy and management of a lineage, which is a core component of maintaining a sect's longevity.
- #21 Against the Storm
83% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: 4X 13.5% ★, Diplomacy 12.9% ★, Colony Sim 12.8%, Moddable 10.6% ★, City Builder 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that forces players to adapt to changing conditions, similar to the survival challenges in a martial world.
- #22 Path of Kung Fu
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,524 reviews2025
Dev: 游鲤化龙工作室Pub: IndieArk
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!
Why similar: Wuxia 66.4% ★, Sandbox 13.5%, Open World 11.5%, RPG 5.5%, Adventure 3%
Why You'll Like It: A martial arts RPG that emphasizes the journey of a disciple, focusing on combat and character growth.
- #23 Huaxia: Warring States
82% matchMixed64% of 752 reviews2026
Dev: 秦川汉渚
Windows
Forge your epic in Huaxia: Warring States. Form your clan, conquer the lands, and build an empire. The fate of heaven & earth lies within you hands.
Why similar: 4X 31.9% ★, Management 14%, Sandbox 13%, Character Customization 12.5%, Open World 12%
Why You'll Like It: Features management and RPG elements set in a historical period that aligns with the atmosphere of Eastern Era.
- #24 Primitive Society Simulator
81% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Diplomacy 20.8% ★, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the early stages of colony building and survival, offering a challenging management experience.
- #25 Medieval Dynasty
81% matchVery Positive90% of 52,032 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.6 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 18.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 11.7%, Open World 11.3%, Survival 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines survival, base building, and management in a historical setting that feels grounded and immersive.
- #26 RimWorld
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Base Building 14.3%, Moddable 14.3% ★, City Builder 8.6%, Survival 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: The foundational colony-sim that provides the most robust systems for managing groups of characters in a hostile, unpredictable environment.
- #27 Stack to Ascension
80% matchMixed56% of 351 reviews2026
Dev: Stack to AscensionPub: Luckycalf
Windows
The beasts have ravaged your ancestral sect, leaving you as the sole survivor. With your cultivation regressed to Qi Condensation stage, you must start anew. Rebuild strength, recruit disciples, and uncover the dark truth behind the disaster.
Why similar: Wuxia 44.5% ★, Martial Arts 19.2% ★, Management 8.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Survival 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A wuxia-themed game that uses card-based mechanics to simulate survival and management, offering a unique twist on the genre.
- #28 龙胤立志传
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 7,517 reviews2026
Dev: TPP StudioPub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 57.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《龙胤立志传》是一款融合门派经营的开放江湖武侠游戏。在各大门派割据一方的神州之上,你可以自由驰骋,历经奇遇,修炼神功,踏上行侠仗义或行凶作恶之路,也可以经营自己的门派,攻城略地,称霸一方,最终谱写一段独一无二的武林传奇。
Why similar: Wuxia 38% ★, Martial Arts 25.8% ★, Open World 9.4%, Management 8.8%, Sandbox 5.9%
- #29 Songs of Syx
79% matchVery Positive94% of 9,164 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.7 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: 4X 17.6% ★, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 12.7%, Moddable 12.6% ★, Base Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: Allows for massive-scale colony management, providing the depth needed for players who want to build a sprawling sect base.
- #30 Clanfolk
78% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 28.9%, Farming Sim 22.9%, Sandbox 13.3%, Building 12.7%, Open World 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the survival of a family unit, emphasizing the importance of resource management and planning.
- #31 Mandate Order
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 24.4%, Base Building 17%, Building 13.3%, Management 11.7%, 4X 11.5% ★
- #32 Whiskerwood
76% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: 4X 13.4% ★, Colony Sim 13.3%, Diplomacy 12.5% ★, Moddable 10.5% ★, City Builder 9.8%
- #33 Corsair Cove
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Colony Sim 13.4%, 4X 11.2% ★, City Builder 11.1%, Diplomacy 10.3% ★, Moddable 10.1% ★
- #34 Ascension
77% matchMixed61% of 2,689 reviews2025
Dev: Element Game 微元游戏Pub: 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Why similar: 4X 39.4% ★, Building 14.8%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 12.9%, Base Building 12%
- #35 Empires of the Undergrowth
75% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: 4X 13.4% ★, Colony Sim 13.1%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Moddable 10.6% ★, City Builder 9.7%
- #36 Edge Islands
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 23.6%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 10.3%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #37 Nova Roma
72% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: 4X 13.2% ★, Colony Sim 12.6%, Diplomacy 12.1% ★, Moddable 10.5% ★, City Builder 10.4%
- #38 Wandering Sword
72% matchVery Positive95% of 44,862 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 23.1 hrsMean: 44.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: Wuxia 48.4% ★, Martial Arts 34.3% ★, Open World 7.5%, RPG 5.7%, Strategy 2.6%
- #39 Manor Lords
71% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 15.5%, 4X 9.1% ★, Colony Sim 9%, Diplomacy 8.8% ★
- #40 Surviving Ceres
73% matchVery Positive87% of 139 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 22.1%, Farming Sim 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10.2%, Survival 9.2%
- #41 Surviving the Aftermath
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 24.1%, City Builder 23.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #42 Sapiens
73% matchVery Positive81% of 2,162 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 15%, Moddable 12.1% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Building 7.8%
- #43 Noble Legacy
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 793 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
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 19.7%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 8.5%
- #44 Ragnorium
74% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
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 20.6%, City Builder 15.1%, 4X 14.5% ★, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 11.2%
- #45 Odd Realm
71% 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 24.6%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 14%, Management 10.6%, Sandbox 10%
- #46 Three Kingdoms Mushouden
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,146 reviews2025
Dev: NanBei StudioPub: Paleo
Windows
Set on the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion (AD 182), you can play as an original character or a historical warlord, building forces and forging alliances. Whether you choose to be a lone wanderer or rally famous generals, use your knowledge and wisdom to reshape history!
Why similar: Open World 30%, Survival 24.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 13.2%, RPG 10.9%
- #47 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 25.3%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 15%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.8%
- #48 Cataclismo
69% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: 4X 13.5% ★, Diplomacy 13.1% ★, Colony Sim 12.7%, Moddable 10.8% ★, City Builder 9.6%
- #49 Card Cultivation
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 785 reviews2026
Dev: DarkIndexPub: IndieArk
Windows
Card Cultivation is a card management game that visualizes the process of cultivating immortality through cards. In the game, you will play as a cultivation practitioner: cultivate techniques, explore treasures, and craft weapons, Throughout re-cultivation, you will recover memory.
Why similar: Management 28.3%, Sandbox 25.4%, Open World 23.9%, Simulation 11.6%, RPG 10.8%
- #50 Summa Expeditionis
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: Lobico GamesPub: Megalevel
Windows
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, Base Building 13%, City Builder 12.4%, Farming Sim 12.3%, Management 9.5%
- #51 Dwarf Fortress
66% matchVery Positive95% of 31,421 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 39.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 21.4%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 9.8%
- #52 Mountaincore
68% matchMixed65% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Moddable 17.3% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 9.3%
- #53 Settlements Rising
67% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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: Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8.7%, Management 8.4%
- #54 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
65% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.5%, City Builder 12.4%, 4X 10.7% ★, Diplomacy 10.6% ★, Base Building 9.5%
- #55 Of Life and Land
67% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 12.3%, Moddable 11.1% ★, Base Building 10.3%, Farming Sim 9.5%
- #56 Ostriv
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 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: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 11.6%, Farming Sim 9.5%, Management 8.8%
- #57 Stonehearth
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 32.3%, City Builder 22.4%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 8%
- #58 Chinese Frontiers
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 537 reviews2025
Dev: SolidGamesPub: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
Plan, build, and unwind in medieval China. Lead villagers, fine-tune production, and craft iconic Chinese landmarks brick by brick. Roam passes, deserts, and river valleys; farm, cook, and decorate. Master new crafts, earn imperial favor, and turn smart design into lasting legacy.
Why similar: Farming Sim 17.7%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 12.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #59 TFM: The First Men
70% 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 31.4%, Base Building 18.8%, Sandbox 8.1%, Building 7.8%, Management 7.7%
- #60 Sengoku Dynasty
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,793 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Open World 10.5%, Building 10.2%