- #1 Camping Keeper
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Durand
Windows
Build your campground from the ground up: tent sites, cabins, showers, pools, and the pipes and power lines behind them. Watch autonomous campers live, complain... and review you. Set prices, hire staff, and climb from a muddy one-star field to a five-star resort.
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.2%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Isometric 9.4%, Capitalism 8.8%
- #2 Colonize Prologue
96% matchMixed64% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 16.8%, Trading 11%, RTS 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #3 Idle Terra
96% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Boris NaftalievPub: Snowpard Labs
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Trading 9.8%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #4 CENTAVO
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Trocado Studio
Windows
A city sim where money never comes from nowhere. You lay the streets and zone the lots; residents build with their own money, open businesses, hire and leave if work or food runs out. Click any payment and see whose pocket it came from. Grow a camp into a metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 19.6%, Capitalism 12.6%, Economy 10.9%, Base Building 7.5%
- #5 Warehouse Tycoon
94% matchNo user reviews
Windows
Warehouse Tycoon is a journey to Warehouse Legendary! Brave the business war. Today's dog in the water must be the crown in the city! With the company's destiny in your hands, every success drives you farther. Use your wisdom and guts to build a warehouse Empire!
Why similar: Trading 13.4%, Capitalism 13.1%, RTS 12.8%, Economy 11.5%, 2.5D 10.1%
- #6 Property Pro
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SimDevs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your tower is falling apart and your staff came from the classified ads. Build the rooms, take in the guests, then hire the people to keep it standing. Send the plumber to the burst pipe, not the front desk. Put the wrong worker on the wrong job and you'll watch your guests walk out.
Why similar: City Builder 17.1%, Colony Sim 16.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Economy 10.4%, Capitalism 9.8%
- #7 The Wuslers
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Quolz-Systems
Windows
Build a cozy settlement and economy where little Wuslers carry every single good on foot along the roads you lay out. Feed your mines, expand your territory with barracks and play solo, against the AI or with up to eight players on PC and Android.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 16%, RTS 12.2%, Base Building 10.1%, 2.5D 9.8%
- #8 VENOY
91% 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 22.4%, RTS 17.7%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9%
- #9 Nebuchadnezzar
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,840 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: City Builder 19.6%, Colony Sim 10.9%, Trading 10.8%, RTS 10.4%, Economy 9.7%
- #10 Terra-7
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A Business Colony Sim where you build your company on a hostile alien world. Keep your employees happy. Bring results—and profits—to investors. All at the same time!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 20.6%, Economy 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Base Building 10.2%
- #11 Colonization Simulator
89% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
Windows
Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 11.9%, RTS 11.5%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #12 BünzliFight: Swiss City Simulator
88% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Bünzli Studios
Windows
Cooperative real time city building simulator with Swiss flair. Build a town together manage resources and budgets solve quirky everyday problems and experience a world that keeps running even when you are offline.
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, City Builder 16.4%, 2.5D 10.3%, Sandbox 9.8%, Isometric 9.7%
- #13 The Spatials: Galactology
89% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 8.4%, 2.5D 8.3%
- #14 Folklands
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 11.7%, Economy 9.7%, Base Building 9.7%
- #15 Make Your Kingdom
87% matchMixed58% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 10.2%, RTS 9.5%, Economy 8.8%
- #16 Arcane Shores
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 22.9%, Economy 10.2%, Building 7.2%, Base Building 6.6%
- #17 Gargantua
84% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Abdullah Furkan Doğan
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, Gargantua. Establish industries, shape the free market, trade between planets, and defend your wealth. A single mistake can collapse supply chains and trigger interstellar economic crises. Remember, war is money.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Capitalism 14.5%, Economy 9.6%, Trading 9.2%, Base Building 8.2%
- #18 Prison Architect
85% matchVery Positive85% of 76,934 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 20.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 9.9%, Capitalism 8.8%
- #19 Resort Galactica
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 8%
- #20 Sigma Draconis
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Base Building 12%, Strategy 9.4%, 2.5D 9.1%, Isometric 9.1%
- #21 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
81% matchVery Positive82% of 192 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 11.5%, Trading 9.3%, Isometric 9.1%
- #22 Spacebase Startopia
82% matchMixed56% of 662 reviews2021
Dev: Realmforge StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
Why similar: City Builder 14.8%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Economy 8.5%, Space 8.4%
- #23 Venusville
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 12.7%, RTS 10.1%, Space 8.3%
- #24 Rise of Industry
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,197 reviews2019
Dev: Dapper Penguin StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Put your entrepreneurial skills to the test in the first title in the ROI series as you create & optimise intricate production lines. As an early 20th-Century industrialist, grow your empire & adapt to an ever-changing business landscape with unexpected events that could lead to boom…or bust.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Economy 12.4%, Trading 9.7%, Management 9.7%, Base Building 8.6%
- #25 All Roads Connected
78% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Trading 10.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #26 Empires Edge
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Mega Lo Mania. Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 15%, RTS 14%, Base Building 10.7%, Isometric 10.1%
- #27 Egypt
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 18.3%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 10.1%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #28 Planetbase
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 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 27.9%, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Space 9.1%, Strategy 4.9%
- #29 Synergy
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 15.2%, Trading 10%, Isometric 9.9%, Economy 9.4%
- #30 Construction Company
76% matchMixed60% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: Single Game Production
Windows
Your grandfather's construction company is now in your hands. Take over a business burdened by debt and lead it to success. Hire workers, build crews, purchase equipment, complete contracts, expand your office, and turn the company into a thriving construction empire.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, RTS 16.7%, Capitalism 12.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 10.2%
- #31 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 20.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Trading 9.7%, Economy 7.1%
- #32 Orrstead
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 10.4%, Isometric 9.9%
- #33 Uber Urban
75% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: J.F
Windows · Mac
Build your city in multiple different hand-crafted worlds and manage all the complexities that a real mayor would. From city services to demand, finances, policies, approval ratings and re-election, Uber Urban offers a complete and innovative take on the city building genre.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Capitalism 12.9%, Isometric 11.2%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #34 Forgotten Vale
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rospeath Studios
Windows
Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 18.5%, RTS 10.8%, Economy 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #35 Office Management 101
76% matchMixed64% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: tulevik.EU
Windows · Linux
Office Management 101 is a satirical office life simulation tycoon game set in a fictional capitalistic dystopia. Step over competitors, drive your staff to the limit and milk your customers for every penny in the pursuit of spiraling success!
Why similar: City Builder 14.8%, Capitalism 14.3%, Base Building 10.6%, Isometric 10.6%, Economy 9.9%
- #36 The Hostel Project
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: figmargaux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run your own backpacker hostel in this cozy management sim. Start from humble beginnings and grow your hostel to be the most legendary, or infamous, spot in town. Host influencers, pub crawls, and complete local-themed sponsorships to build your fame and achieve that prestigious 10/10 rating.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Capitalism 11.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 10%
- #37 Mercantile Might
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, RTS 18%, Sandbox 12%, Strategy 9.9%, Trading 7.1%
- #38 Seven Wonders
74% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Tomas Daugela
Windows
Seven Wonders is an ancient city-building game. It brings you back to ancient times, where you have to build the seven wonders of the ancient world. You have to manage resources and labor to build the wonders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 16.3%, RTS 13.9%, Base Building 10.4%, 2.5D 8.9%
- #39 Quriocity
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 11.4%, RTS 10.9%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #40 Mad Tower Tycoon
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Economy 9.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Trading 8.4%
- #41 Box World: Space Courier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 黑子游戏Pub: B站@畑黑子Hata
Windows
"Box World: Space Courier " is a minimalist sandbox-style strategy management game. In this playful and pun-filled miniature world, calmly sketch out your own little world~ Make money! Make money! And make more money!!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, City Builder 15.3%, RTS 13.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Capitalism 11%
- #42 T-Minus 30
72% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Base Building 13.7%, 2.5D 8%, Isometric 7.7%
- #43 Cloudlings
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Middle Space
Windows
Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 11.6%, 2.5D 11%, Isometric 10.5%
- #44 Aven Colony
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,789 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, City Builder 26.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #45 The Crust
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 13.3%, RTS 8.6%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #46 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 21.6%, Isometric 11.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 9%
- #47 Gnomoria
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 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 28.9%, City Builder 22.3%, Sandbox 12.9%, Isometric 7.6%, Building 6.7%
- #48 Tokeis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Colony Sim 17.1%, RTS 12%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #49 FD's Industry Tycoon
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows
Build a global industrial empire from a 1990s desktop. A retro business management sim, hand-drawn in pixel art. Alone or in MP: open factories worldwide, broker supply deals across continents, and acquire rivals when they falter. Markets shift, empires grow, and the CRT flickers.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Capitalism 13%, Economy 11.7%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10%
- #50 Tinytown
69% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2024
Dev: RPGames
Windows
Tinytown is a cozy zen-like building strategy and puzzle game where you create a small city by placing new buildings. Manage resources, upgrade buildings and use all the small space to build your dream city!
Why similar: City Builder 13.7%, Capitalism 12.8%, Colony Sim 12.3%, Isometric 9.4%, RTS 8.8%
- #51 Starmancer
70% matchMixed62% of 1,053 reviews2021
Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 65%
From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, 2.5D 12%, Sandbox 10%, Isometric 9.9%, Base Building 9.2%
- #52 nStations
70% matchMixed57% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: OxeLiz
Windows · Mac
Construct and manage your colony anytime, anywhere, any device!!!!
Why similar: City Builder 16.2%, Colony Sim 16.1%, RTS 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #53 Cannon Island
68% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: PlayDuck
Windows
Cannon Island is a roguelike city builder, where you colonize procedurally generated islands and fight rivals. Wise building placement and resource management are the key to victory.
Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Base Building 13.4%, RTS 11.8%, Sandbox 11.6%
- #54 Architects of Shangri-La
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SlavGames
Windows
Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 19.3%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 11%, Economy 7.6%
- #55 Founders' Fortune
68% 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 33.6%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, Building 6.7%
- #56 Foundation
66% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 32%, Colony Sim 11.2%, Sandbox 8%, Economy 7.8%, RTS 6.8%
- #57 Aztecs: The Last Sun
66% matchMixed70% of 135 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 16.5%, RTS 11.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 9.4%
- #58 Pico Islands
67% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BitSpree GmbH
Windows · Mac
Lead your settlers to build cities in a medieval island world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, City Builder 19%, Economy 11.5%, 2.5D 8.8%, Isometric 8%
- #59 Pixel Colony
67% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 23.8%, Management 8.5%, Relaxing 7.1%, Trading 6.3%