- #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 33.9% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 10.1%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Nature 9.6%
- #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 25.4% ★, Steampunk 20.6% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Nature 9.6%, 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 32.3% ★, Procedural Generation 17%, Survival 12.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 6.6%
- #4 Embark
95% 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 48.9% ★, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 8.1%, Sandbox 7.8%, Crafting 6.1%
- #5 TFM: The First Men
94% 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 40.3% ★, Base Building 21.6%, Procedural Generation 10%, Sandbox 7.3%, Survival 7.1%
- #6 Black Skylands
94% matchVery Positive84% of 4,328 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 31.1% ★, Base Building 16%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Survival 8.9%
- #7 Tales of Mist
93% 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 32.7% ★, Colony Sim 32.5% ★, Survival 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #8 Starfall Protocol
92% 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 15%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 6.1%
- #9 Gateworlds
91% 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 35.2% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #10 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 37.9% ★, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 12.5%, Procedural Generation 7.7%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #11 Odd Realm
90% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Survival 9.6%, Crafting 7.4%
- #12 Wanderers' Outpost
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wind Arthouse
Windows · Linux
A Colony-Sim in a dungeonpunk-fantasy world where you build outpost near ancient ruins, support adventurers, and tax their loot. Expand your outpost, survive waves of dungeon-born monsters, and ultimately conquer the depths before they consume the outpost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7% ★, Steampunk 19.1% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Crafting 8.5%, Survival 6.9%
- #13 After the Collapse
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 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 33.4% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #14 Settletopia
88% 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 34.1% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%, Survival 8.4%
- #15 Nyric
87% 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 25.4% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Procedural Generation 14%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #16 Oxygen Not Included
86% 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 47% ★, Base Building 24.8%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 6.2%, Simulation 3.3%
- #17 Beneath a Dead City
86% 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 39.2% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Procedural Generation 17%, Survival 12.4%, Simulation 6%
- #18 The Glorious Colony
85% 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 32% ★, Steampunk 12.4% ★, Sandbox 11.2%, Nature 10.9%, Simulation 10%
- #19 RimWorld
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 38.6% ★, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #20 Desktop Ant Farm Simulator
83% match4 user reviews100% of 4 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 12.8%, Nature 11.5%, Procedural Generation 11%
- #21 Project Arsk
84% 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 36.2% ★, Nature 18%, Survival 15.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #22 Starship Colony
82% 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 35.8% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 11.2%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #23 Meowdieval Clowder
81% 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 41% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 10.3%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #24 Founders' Fortune
82% 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 50.1% ★, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.8%, Simulation 5.2%
- #25 Woodland Rebels
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Procedural Generation 14.5%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #26 Light Up the Dark
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MountQ Studios
Windows · Linux
Light Up the Dark is a colony survival sim set in a dark world filled with unseen horrors. Collect, build, automate, research techs, and explore the procedural map. Manage three classes of colonists; keep them sane, or make use of their insanity. Solve endless interesting problems, your way.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5% ★, Steampunk 28.2% ★, Procedural Generation 15.9%, Base Building 15%, Survival 7.7%
- #27 Colony Survival
80% 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 45.2% ★, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 8.9%, Crafting 5.6%
- #28 King's Keeper
78% 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 36.2% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 9.1%
- #29 Ecopunk
77% matchVery Positive84% of 114 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 43.9% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 10.7%, Simulation 6.9%
- #30 Don't get lost
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 479 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 33% ★, Procedural Generation 16.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Nature 8.9%
- #31 Project: Zenith Expanse
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3% ★, Base Building 21.2%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sandbox 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%
- #32 Seeds of Resilience
79% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 33.4% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Nature 12%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Survival 10.8%
- #33 Dungeon Renovators
76% 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 29.8% ★, Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 10%, Crafting 8.7%
- #34 Pawnholm
75% 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 31.2% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Sandbox 12%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Survival 10.1%
- #35 Take Root
74% 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 48.4% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Survival 5.3%
- #36 Impurity
74% 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 36.8% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 8.1%
- #37 Going Medieval
71% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 28% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Nature 11.7%, Survival 9.3%
- #38 Vilset
75% 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 40% ★, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 10.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #39 Stardeus
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 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 31.4% ★, Base Building 17%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #40 Frostpunk: 1886
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
The original Frostpunk experience is being reimagined and expanded with new events, mechanics, and laws within a new Purpose Path. Return to your role as the ruler of Earth's last city, manage its citizens, weigh up your choices and ensure your society's survival.
Why similar: Steampunk 36.7% ★, Colony Sim 29.9% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 11.9%, Simulation 4.8%
- #41 Maia
76% 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 52.4% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 13.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Sandbox 5.8%
- #42 Oceaneers
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable 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 16.4%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 10%, Procedural Generation 9%
- #43 Edge Islands
70% 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 41.5% ★, Base Building 23.8%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 9.3%, Simulation 6.3%
- #44 Never Secure
71% 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 41.9% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 15.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Crafting 7.7%
- #45 Underground Nomads
70% 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 47% ★, Base Building 23%, Survival 13.4%, Simulation 7.7%, Crafting 4.4%
- #46 They Are Billions
71% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8% ★, Base Building 28.9%, Steampunk 18.8% ★, Survival 11.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #47 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
72% 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 48.9% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 8.7%, Simulation 6.3%
- #48 Steampunk Genius
72% matchVery Positive91% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: PS Games
Windows · Mac
Create futuristic designs in the fantastic world of Steampunk.
Why similar: Steampunk 67.5% ★, Sandbox 16.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Indie 0.9%
- #49 Mars Colony Builder
70% 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!
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 12%, Sandbox 11.3%, Crafting 8%
- #50 Adaptory
68% 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Base Building 21.1%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Survival 11.5%, Simulation 7%
- #51 Greenfeet Haven
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 10.4%, Crafting 6%
- #52 Nested Lands
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 344 reviews2026
Dev: 1M Bits HordePub: META Publishing
Windows
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.7% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%, Crafting 7.6%
- #53 Buzzopolis: Hive Incremental
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
An incremental roguelite colony sim about bees, mutations, and controlled chaos. Experiment with management, crafting, research, and upgrades. When mutations spiral out of control — collapse the hive, keep progress, and start fresh. Every run unlocks new strategies and a buzz of unpredictable fun.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Nature 12.4%, Crafting 8.1%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #54 Farmman
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 12.4%, Crafting 10.6%, Survival 10.1%
- #55 Humanica
66% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Survival 12%, Nature 10.6%
- #56 Windowed Realms
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.4% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Procedural Generation 10%, Simulation 9%, Survival 8.9%
- #57 First Feudal
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 37.6% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 9.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 8.3%
- #58 Red Dust Colony
67% 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 48.2% ★, Base Building 23.8%, Survival 13%, Simulation 9%, Crafting 4.4%
- #59 Dungeon D14
69% 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: Colony Sim 39.1% ★, Base Building 22.9%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Survival 3.3%
- #60 The Travelling Land
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brain Up
Windows
Build, sail, and thrive in a strategic floating city! Manage biomes, rescue species, and harness the power of wind to navigate a world shaped by extreme climates. Balance ecology, exploration, and survival in this unique city-builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28% ★, Base Building 20.5%, Procedural Generation 17.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Nature 10.5%