- #1 R & P: Prologue
97% matchPositive86% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Mystiqular
Windows
Build and survive in Prologue to Revive & Prosper, a voxel base-building strategy. Cultivate food, gather resources, and control mutants. Remodel the terrain, and flow of water, build automated factories. Unlock the entire build menu by completing the map goal! Wishlist FULL Revive & Prosper game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, Moddable 15.7% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Level Editor 12.2%
- #2 L'Avancée du désert
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: Ian Corbeil
Windows
L'Avancée du désert est un jeu de gestion où vous devez développer votre colonie spatiale pour récolter de la nourriture et trouver de nouvelles technologies tout en combattant la désertification.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Base Building 21.3%, Resource Management 15.7%, Strategy 10.7%
- #3 Dig In
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitar Games
Windows
A WW1 trench warfare colony sim where you build an evolving trench network with layered defenses, manage soldiers under pressure while holding a fragile sector of the front in real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 17%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #4 Crashbound
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foolhardy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand and survive in a magical hand-painted world filled with friends and foes. Grow and manage your settlement in the day, defend it through the night, and rebuild your broken airship to claim your escape!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.3%, Side Scroller 18%, Base Building 15.7%, Strategy 7.4%
- #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 37.4%, Base Building 24.9%, Sandbox 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #6 RimWorld
94% 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 33%, Base Building 21.9%, Moddable 20.1% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Strategy 4.1%
- #7 SpaceSlog
92% matchMixed68% of 46 reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This challenging survival colony sim features deep simulated ship systems and a whole universe to explore.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Moddable 20.4% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #8 Embark
93% 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 45.4%, Base Building 22.7%, Sandbox 11.5%, Moddable 9.3% ★, Strategy 5.5%
- #9 Beyond These Stars
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Moddable 16.2% ★, Sandbox 12.4%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #10 Subciety
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rhydermike
Windows · Linux
Build and defend an underwater colony on Europa. Master the physics of towing massive structures through the deep. Hack hostile tech and mine rare resources to out-compete rival factions in this atmospheric underwater survival-builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 11.4%
- #11 Poly Kingdom: Siege
89% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Mason Brignac
Windows · Mac
Poly Kingdom: Siege is a medieval kingdom-building and strategy game where you rule as a living king in a dynamic, open world. Build your settlement, command armies, and defend your realm in a feudal society shaped by war, economy, and survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 24.3%, Base Building 19.9%, Resource Management 8%, RPG 5.7%
- #12 Oxygen Not Included
90% 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 40.9%, Base Building 26.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, Strategy 2.8%
- #13 Windowed Realms
89% 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 34.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #14 SkillGrid
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Vlad BuculeiPub: Kanaforge
Windows
SkillGrid is a minimalist strategy game where you expand, manage, and defend a growing grid against an evolving hostile force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Real Time Tactics 24%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9%
- #15 Prison Architect
88% matchVery Positive89% of 73,696 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Moddable 15.1% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #16 Galaxy Scavengers
86% 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: Base Building 27.5%, Colony Sim 23%, Sandbox 16.6%, Resource Management 14.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #17 After the Collapse
86% 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 30.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Moddable 19.9% ★, Sandbox 12.5%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #18 Oxytopia
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: iida-lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
A co-op colony sandbox where temperature and fluids run on a living cellular-automaton simulation. Terraform a dead world with friends, build a base that runs itself… then watch one leak bring it all down.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Moddable 18.3% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #19 Never Secure
84% 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 33.8%, Base Building 19.2%, Resource Management 14.9%, Side Scroller 8.2%, Simulation 7.2%
- #20 Runai
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Douli Games
Windows
‘Runai’ is a cute pixel art sandbox game for casual players. Team up with various animal companions to build a village and explore unknown planets.
Why similar: Base Building 24.6%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Sandbox 19.5%, Moddable 16.8% ★, Adventure 9.1%
- #21 Microtopia: Prologue
83% matchVery Positive95% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Moddable 21.1% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #22 Dwarf Things
82% 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%, Base Building 23.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #23 Blacksmith Master
81% 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 24.8%, Moddable 20.9% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 12.3%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #24 Founders' Fortune
82% 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 44.3%, Base Building 21.8%, Sandbox 10.8%, Resource Management 7.3%, Character Customization 6.5%
- #25 Architect of Ruin
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Moddable 17.5% ★, Sandbox 12%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #26 Nestphalia 1401
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BadRAM
Windows · Linux
A Tower Defense/Real Time Strategy hybrid. In the year 1401, bug kingdoms do battle from massive fortresses. Can you topple them all?
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Moddable 25% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Character Customization 10%, Simulation 7.6%
- #27 Blockbuster Inc.
79% matchMixed52% of 639 reviews2024
Dev: Super Sly FoxPub: EndGameLoop Games
Windows
Ever dreamed of making your own movies? Build up your own movie studio, scout for upcoming stars, and produce cutting-edge films and TV shows. Try to stay ahead of your competition throughout the history of cinematography.
Why similar: Moddable 20.2% ★, Level Editor 16.9%, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 12.3%, Immersive Sim 10.4%
- #28 Fosoria
78% 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 41.5%, Base Building 25.5%, Resource Management 11.1%, Sandbox 10.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #29 The Final Earth 2
79% matchVery Positive97% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Moddable 19.9% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #30 Ascent of Ashes
77% 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 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Immersive Sim 11.1%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #31 Factory Town
78% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 13.9%, Resource Management 13.2%, Moddable 12.4% ★
- #32 CircuitVeil
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tylerlee Burhans
Windows · Linux
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Base Building 21.3%, Sandbox 14.6%, Resource Management 10.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #33 Age of Respair
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 9%
- #34 Of Life and Land
75% 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 24.6%, Base Building 17.7%, Moddable 17.6% ★, Sandbox 11.1%, Resource Management 11%
- #35 Mars Colony Builder
76% 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 30.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Moddable 19.5% ★, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 5.4%
- #36 The Land of Babel
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: kingrokaPub: Me
Windows · Linux
Build and nurture the universe of your dreams with Land of Babel; an expansive simulation city builder. Construct and manage powerful empires, establish intricate and detailed economies, explore unknown lands, embark on captivating quests, and much more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Moddable 25.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, RPG 6.5%, Strategy 5.7%
- #37 Villagedom
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dazar
Windows
Are you worthy of being a king? Test your mettle in this city-builder and resource management game as you develop your kingdom. Face challenges at every turn and transform your village into something mighty. Protect your subjects. Slay your enemies. Be a king!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Base Building 23.9%, Side Scroller 21.6%, Resource Management 6.3%, Strategy 4.7%
- #38 Our Freedom: Medieval Village - Prologue
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 23.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Resource Management 9.5%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #39 Going Medieval
70% 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 23.1%, Moddable 19.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 11.1%
- #40 Erazer - Devise & Destroy
75% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Creetah Ltd
Windows
Erazer is a 2D action shooter with pixel perfect destroyable terrain. Dig, sneak and blow your way through the campaign, create your own maps with the built-in level editor, or play levels created by other players.
Why similar: Level Editor 29.2%, Moddable 23.6% ★, Sandbox 18.2%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Character Customization 11.6%
- #41 On & Under
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crabtr1
Windows
Build a fantasy settlement, guide unique villagers, reshape a fully destructible world, and lead your people in real-time battles against monsters, raiders, and rival factions. Raise a homestead, a druid's grove, a wizard's spire, a necromancer's deep lair—or something only you can imagine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Sandbox 18.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 11%
- #42 Meeple Station
74% matchMixed57% of 954 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, Moddable 20.2% ★, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 11%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #43 Stardeus
72% 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 27.1%, Moddable 19% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Sandbox 11.9%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #44 Grim Realms
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 22.2%, Sandbox 12.5%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #45 Lost Heaven Station
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 22.4%, Sandbox 14.8%, Resource Management 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #46 Noble Fates
71% 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 29%, Base Building 18.7%, Moddable 18.3% ★, Sandbox 14.1%, Character Customization 11.9%
- #47 Red Dust Colony
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Base Building 25.1%, Resource Management 14.3%, Moddable 11.4% ★, Simulation 7.1%
- #48 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 35.7%, Base Building 23.4%, Sandbox 8.3%, Combat 7.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #49 Ocean Punk
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 169 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Moddable 19.7% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 12.2%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #50 Realm Keep
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harry Mahal
Windows
Realm keep is a turn based tactical RPG where you build and defend your settlement. You lead your colonists, plan battles, explore distant dungeons and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, Base Building 24%, Sandbox 16.9%, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 7%
- #51 IdleZomb
68% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: STLgame
Windows
IdleZomb: Manage a ruined hospital, create zombies, evolve them, or sacrifice them for DNA. Every decision counts in this post-apocalyptic management game. Early Access focuses on the basics, with content available up to level 20.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, Real Time Tactics 27.4%, Simulation 10.6%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #52 Big Mushroom RPG
73% matchNo user reviews2020
Dev: TheRealBigMushroom
Windows
极简化角色扮演游戏制作工具,0代码可视化编辑
Why similar: Moddable 35.1% ★, Level Editor 31.7%, Character Customization 13.1%, RPG 12.2%, Adventure 4.8%
- #53 VENOY
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 17.4%, Sandbox 15%, Resource Management 11.1%, Strategy 10.1%
- #54 Stranding Echoes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mend Games
Windows
STRANDING ECHOES is a minimalist colony sim. Manage the non-corporeal creatures called echo to build your base and survive the heat.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Base Building 25.1%, Resource Management 15.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5.4%
- #55 Terrestrial planet
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: glacier Studio
Windows
On a planet with a biome climate similar to Earth, manage your residents from basic construction and planting, develop and research various cutting-edge technologies, recruit soldiers to form troops, resist foreign enemies or actively conquer other countries, and unify this distant planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Base Building 21.5%, Sandbox 13%, Resource Management 8.2%, Character Customization 7.8%
- #56 Rows Of Earth
67% 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 45.5%, Base Building 27.3%, Resource Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #57 SeaColony
65% 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 36.2%, Base Building 23.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #58 Planet Barren Objective
68% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Kaan Özgül
Windows
Fight, upgrade, explore, and build your way out of a dangerous planet in this 2D pixel art side scroller. Stream of foes will keep you on your toes while beating them will reward you with much needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Side Scroller 17.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #59 Umbral Coterie
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deep Ledger Games
Windows
A dark medieval city simulation with procedural generation and emergent storytelling. Play as a vampire and observe, befriend, manipulate, and betray hundreds of fully simulated citizens as they live, work, scheme, and die around you. Shape bloodlines and uncover the forces moving beneath the city.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Real Time Tactics 28.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Character Customization 7.2%
- #60 Sheltered 2
69% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, Base Building 22.4%, Resource Management 18.2%, Character Customization 9.4%, Strategy 6.8%