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  1. #1 These Doomed Isles
    97% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
    Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, God Game 18.5%, City Builder 18%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Mythology 12.4%

  2. #2 Night is Coming
    96% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2025
    Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows

    Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Tower Defense 15.4%, City Builder 15.3%, Building 11.6%, Mythology 10.7%

  3. #3 Surviving the Aftermath
    96% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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: City Builder 34.6%, Colony Sim 29.7%, Strategy 12%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.1%

  4. #4 Goblins of Elderstone
    95% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
    Dev: Outerdawn
    Windows
    Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 17.9%, God Game 16.9%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Building 12.1%

  5. #5 Reignfall
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 424 reviews2018
    Dev: Checkmaty
    Windows
    Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 57.3%, City Builder 29%, Strategy 9.1%, Difficult 2.8%, Indie 1.9%

  6. #6 Settlement Survival
    94% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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: City Builder 32.5%, Colony Sim 31.4%, Building 18.5%, Survival 9.4%, Strategy 4.9%

  7. #7 They Are Billions
    93% 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 35.3%, Tower Defense 20.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Survival 9.4%, Strategy 8.5%

  8. #8 Rise to Ruins
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Tower Defense 22.6%, City Builder 21.7%, God Game 15.6%, Survival 6.1%

  9. #9 Thronefall
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024
    Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, City Builder 31.9%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Fantasy 3.8%

  10. #10 New Cycle
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 28%, Building 17.2%, Survival 9.8%, Strategy 8.3%

  11. #11 Cataclismo
    89% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 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: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 19.4%, Tower Defense 19%, Building 12.8%, Survival 7.2%

  12. #12 Banished
    89% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7%, City Builder 36.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Survival 8%, Building 4.5%

  13. #13 Mind the Vikings
    90% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
    Dev: Miso Games
    Windows

    Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, God Game 20.9%, Mythology 16.5%, Building 13.7%, Survival 8.3%

  14. #14 Super Fantasy Kingdom
    86% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
    Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 50.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Fantasy 14%, Difficult 10.7%, Indie 4.9%

  15. #15 Land of the Vikings
    88% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,203 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 25%, Building 12.5%, Mythology 11.8%, Survival 7.6%

  16. #16 Stonehearth
    87% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 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 35.5%, City Builder 29%, Building 15.1%, Survival 7.2%, Strategy 6%

  17. #17 Nordhold
    85% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
    Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, City Builder 35.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Tactical 6.8%, Indie 3.3%

  18. #18 Against the Storm
    84% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 28.9%, Building 18.7%, Survival 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%

  19. #19 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
    86% matchMixed56% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 19.5%, God Game 19%, Mythology 13.4%, Building 12.4%

  20. #20 Artisan TD
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,252 reviews2024
    Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Building 21.2%, Strategy 12%, Tactical 9.6%, Difficult 7.8%

  21. #21 Becastled
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
    Dev: Mana Potion Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    Why similar: City Builder 30%, Colony Sim 25.6%, Building 16.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Tower Defense 5.4%

  22. #22 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 44.1%, Building 19.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Tactical 9%, Difficult 6.7%

  23. #23 Isle of Arrows
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,065 reviews2022
    Dev: Gridpop
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 47.3%, City Builder 23.1%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 13%, Fantasy 1.9%

  24. #24 Odd Realm
    79% 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 32.8%, God Game 24.2%, City Builder 19.6%, Survival 8.6%, Strategy 7.8%

  25. #25 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 44.6%, Building 18.4%, City Builder 16.5%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 6.9%

  26. #26 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 729 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 23.7%, God Game 16.4%, Building 14.6%, Survival 8.4%

  27. #27 Gnomoria
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, City Builder 29.1%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Survival 7.4%

  28. #28 Edge Islands
    79% 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 36.5%, Building 20%, City Builder 18.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Survival 7.4%

  29. #29 Creo God Simulator
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
    Dev: MKSM Design LLC
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.

    Why similar: God Game 29.8%, City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 23.3%, Mythology 8.8%, Strategy 6.6%

  30. #30 STARIO: Haven Tower
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 337 reviews2025
    Dev: Stargate Games
    Windows

    A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 25.6%, God Game 18.7%, Building 15.3%, Strategy 7.4%

  31. #31 Oxygen
    76% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, City Builder 29.4%, Building 15.9%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 9%

  32. #32 pyramida
    76% matchVery Positive84% of 743 reviews2020
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

    Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Colony Sim 31.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Survival 12%, Indie 5%

  33. #33 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 82 reviews2017
    Dev: ActaLogic
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A colorful but challenging blend of classic RTS and tower defense. Build, expand, research, and defend your alien colony as you race to construct a teleportation device and escape a dying star.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 25.8%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Building 8.5%, Strategy 6.6%

  34. #34 Endzone - A World Apart
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.3%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Survival 13.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Building 10.6%

  35. #35 Dawn of Man
    74% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: City Builder 42.1%, Colony Sim 39.3%, Survival 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Indie 0.7%

  36. #36 Border Pioneer
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
    Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 40.8%, City Builder 38.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Fantasy 7.5%, Singleplayer 1%

  37. #37 Noble Fates
    74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 33.8%, City Builder 27.9%, Building 15.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Survival 6.9%

  38. #38 Siegebreaker
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2024
    Dev: Immortal ForgePub: indie.io
    Windows

    Conquer the realm in this strategic tower defense game. Build unique towers, unlock powerful upgrades, and master new tactics to overpower your enemies and vanquish the fallen gods.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Building 19.4%, Mythology 16.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Tactical 9.4%

  39. #39 Aurora Defense
    73% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
    Dev: Moka Games
    Windows

    A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 40.7%, City Builder 37.9%, Strategy 13%, Fantasy 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  40. #40 Buoyancy
    75% matchMixed56% of 820 reviews2019
    Dev: Devs on a Boat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.6%, City Builder 29.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Survival 7.3%, Indie 3%

  41. #41 Kingdom's Deck
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2025
    Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, City Builder 25.7%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Building 10.6%, Survival 7.8%

  42. #42 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
    71% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2022
    Dev: Hippo Rider Games
    Windows

    Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 41.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Demons 12.9%, Tactical 9.6%, Fantasy 8.8%

  43. #43 Last Outpost
    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: Troyd Games
    Windows

    Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, City Builder 35.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 6.8%, Difficult 3.8%

  44. #44 Endzone 2
    70% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, City Builder 29.1%, Building 16%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 5.5%

  45. #45 Phoenix Hope
    72% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: Honorable Pixel
    Windows

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Tower Defense 25%, Building 14.4%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 10.2%

  46. #46 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 40%, City Builder 21.9%, Building 13.4%, Survival 11.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  47. #47 NecroCity
    71% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2023
    Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 25.9%, Building 16%, Strategy 8.3%, Tower Defense 7.7%

  48. #48 Grim Realms
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 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 50.1%, Building 21%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 7.9%, Fantasy 5.5%

  49. #49 Planetbase
    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, City Builder 32.9%, Survival 9.3%, Building 8.6%, Strategy 7.9%

  50. #50 Farlanders
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, City Builder 28.8%, Building 17.4%, Survival 8%, Strategy 7.6%

  51. #51 Songs of Syx
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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: Colony Sim 32.4%, City Builder 28.6%, Building 16.3%, Survival 8.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  52. #52 Tower Dominion
    65% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
    Dev: Parallel 45 Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 48.9%, Building 22%, Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 11.9%, 3D 2.6%

  53. #53 Settlements Rising
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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 31%, City Builder 28.3%, Building 13.5%, Tower Defense 12%, Strategy 7.7%

  54. #54 Ascent of Ashes
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 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 35.1%, City Builder 27%, Building 18.2%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 9.1%

  55. #55 Diplomacy is Not an Option
    65% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9%, Tower Defense 21.9%, Survival 8.4%, Tactical 7.1%, Strategy 6.9%

  56. #56 Scarecropia
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: JYP Studio
    Windows

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, God Game 18.9%, Tower Defense 18.7%, City Builder 18.3%, Building 11.7%

  57. #57 Gnomes
    64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
    Dev: DYSTOPIAN
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

    Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 23.3%, Survival 8.7%, Strategy 6.9%

  58. #58 IXION
    66% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: City Builder 34%, Colony Sim 29.5%, Building 14.2%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 9.2%

  59. #59 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    69% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, City Builder 36.2%, Building 10.2%, Strategy 6.9%, Survival 6.3%

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