- #1 SuperColony
97% 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 33.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 10.2%, Nature 9.6%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #2 Baugarten
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Treibrad Games
Windows · Mac
Baugarten is a new kind of empire-builder. Baugarten plays like a traditional empire builder - but those interested can push the limit by leveraging their math and science skills to optimise everything further and get ahead faster.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Steampunk 20.9% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Nature 9.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #3 Keziah's Realm
96% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #4 Embark
95% 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 48.3%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Crafting 6.1%
- #5 TFM: The First Men
94% 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 40.2%, Base Building 21.7%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Survival 7.2%
- #6 Tales of Mist
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Quasimodo
Windows
Tales of Mist is a survival game integrating strategy and adventure in a decaying world. Plagued by the presence of witches and the tyranny of creatures straight out of fairy tales, take command of a city to bring light to this fog-filled world.
Why similar: Steampunk 33.1% ★, Colony Sim 32.2%, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #7 Black Skylands
93% matchVery Positive84% of 4,496 reviews2023
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.
Why similar: Steampunk 31.8% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 9%
- #8 From Nothing
92% 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 34.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Survival 11.4%, Crafting 9.4%
- #9 Dwarf Things
91% 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 39.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 9.9%, Simulation 8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #10 Starfall Protocol
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Base Building 17.2%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 6%
- #11 Breadoria
89% 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 41.1%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 9.7%, Procedural Generation 7.9%
- #12 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
90% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 37.7%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 12.7%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #13 After the Collapse
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 17.9%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #14 Worlds Explorers
88% 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 34.7%, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #15 Settletopia
87% 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 34%, Base Building 18.6%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #16 Nyric
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lovelace Studio
Windows
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #17 The Glorious Colony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WeLIAS Studio
Windows
Take control of a colony made of ant-like creatures and develop it. Learn how to use your environment, re-discover ancient technology and grow even more! The sky is the limit... (or is it?)
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Steampunk 12.7% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Nature 10.9%, Simulation 9.9%
- #18 Oxygen Not Included
85% 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 46.8%, Base Building 24.9%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 6.3%, Simulation 3.3%
- #19 Beneath a Dead City
84% 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 39.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Procedural Generation 16.9%, Survival 12.6%, Simulation 6%
- #20 RimWorld
84% 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 38.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 11.3%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #21 Forsaken: Year One
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #22 The Five Monks
82% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
Windows
A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 12.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Procedural Generation 5.2%
- #23 Desktop Ant Farm Simulator
81% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Beef Cat
Windows
Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi beats. The game window persists over other applications on your desktop, and is fully re-sizeable.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.1%, Sandbox 13.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Nature 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
- #24 Project Arsk
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZerrnArsk
Windows
In the great outdoors, climate change, aggressive animals, hunger, and thirst all pose challenges to survival. Your mission is to acquire key assets on the island and return safely. Gather resources from the wild, process them, and evolve to become even more advanced.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Nature 18%, Survival 15.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #25 Gateworlds
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #26 Starship Colony
80% 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #27 Impurity
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incurso Studios
Windows
Build and lead a settlement in a ruthless dark fantasy world. Command companions, explore shifting open world lands, and navigate rival settlements - trading, allying, or waging war. Walk the path of light or corruption as you endure relentless seasons and ancient horrors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Crafting 7.9%
- #28 Meowdieval Clowder
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #29 Odd Realm
78% 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 31%, Base Building 16.7%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 9%
- #30 SeaColony
77% 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 37.9%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 9.5%, Crafting 8.6%
- #31 Founders' Fortune
79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.8%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.8%, Simulation 5.2%
- #32 DuneHaven
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, Top-Down 6.7%, Open World 5.6%
- #33 Idyll
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1%, Base Building 24.3%, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Procedural Generation 4.7%
- #34 Malignus
76% 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 42.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Simulation 9.2%, Sandbox 8.8%, Crafting 6.3%
- #35 Rows Of Earth
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8%, Base Building 23.6%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 9.3%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #36 King's Keeper
73% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Clément Andraud
Windows · Linux
A game of base building and colony simulation in a world where night is permanent. Survive, build, explore, repel enemy raids and tend to the needs of your workers and your king.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.1%
- #37 Colony Survival
75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 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 45.1%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 5.6%
- #38 Don't get lost
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 480 reviews2023
Dev: Michael HutcheonPub: miicck
Windows · Linux
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Nature 9%
- #39 StoneEra
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arrock Games
Windows · Mac
Build, manage, and expand a medieval voxel colony in a procedurally generated world. Gather resources, assign AI-controlled villagers, reshape the terrain, survive changing seasons, and grow your settlement block by block.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #40 The Colony Experiment
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bilboldev
Windows
The Colony Experiment is a colony simulator where you lead a group of Joes trapped in The Scientist's experiment. Gather resources, build your colony, survive the challenges ahead, and uncover the Scientist's base to finally break free.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Simulation 12.7%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 10.5%
- #41 Ecopunk
71% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Base Building 12%, Survival 10.9%, Simulation 6.8%
- #42 Dungeon Renovators
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sentient Play
Windows
Dungeon Renovators is a base-builder and action RPG with online co-op. You are a Renovator: combat-ready craftsmen who reclaim dungeons for humanity, demolish evil structures for materials, then build bases to train, craft equipment, attract workers, level up and rebuild civilization!
Why similar: Steampunk 30.3% ★, Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.6%
- #43 Seeds of Resilience
74% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 16.7%, Nature 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Survival 10.9%
- #44 Zenith Expanse
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.9%, Base Building 20%, Survival 11.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #45 Fosoria
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.3%, Base Building 24%, Sandbox 7.9%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, Simulation 6.3%
- #46 Oceaneers
68% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10%, Procedural Generation 8.9%
- #47 HullRats
70% 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 40.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 7.9%, Sandbox 6%
- #48 Frostpunk: 1886
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: Steampunk 37.4% ★, Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 15%, Survival 11.9%, Simulation 4.7%
- #49 Terrahold
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMAR Studio
Windows
Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.7%, Base Building 21.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Survival 7.2%, Nature 6.6%
- #50 Maia
72% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 51.8%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.6%, Simulation 8.1%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #51 Pawnholm
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Sandbox 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Survival 10.2%
- #52 Vilset
71% 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 39.9%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #53 Take Root
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhukovsky Games
Windows
Take Root is a COOPERATIVE colony simulator where plants and robots survive together in an urban post-apocalypse. Develop your settlement, build outposts, explore a procedurally generated city, and uncover the mystery behind the strange Event.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Survival 5.4%
- #54 Galaxy Scavengers
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 27.3%, Survival 14.7%, Sandbox 13.1%, Simulation 6.6%
- #55 Volcanoids
69% matchVery Positive83% of 9,332 reviews2019
Dev: Volcanoid
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Why similar: Steampunk 38.9% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%
- #56 Stardeus
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,552 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 31.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #57 Stone to Stars
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OnlyLogic
Windows · Mac
Stone to Stars is a colony sim and ruler simulator set at the dawn of civilization. Settle an uncharted continent, build a thriving settlement, discover new technologies, trade or wage war with your neighbors—and hold on to power as you guide your dynasty through the ages.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 9.4%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #58 Never Secure
66% 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 41.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 16.1%, Simulation 9.2%, Crafting 7.7%
- #59 Edge Islands
66% 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 41.3%, Base Building 23.8%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 6.3%
- #60 Adaptory
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9%, Base Building 21.2%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Survival 11.7%, Simulation 7%