- #1 The Gears: Factory
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: StoryBox
Windows
[The Gears: Factory] is a third-person 3D factory-building game where the player's main goal is to build automated systems by mining minerals and producing industrial units.
Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 9.1%, Immersive Sim 7.4%
- #2 Final Frost
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunrise Lake Studios
Windows
Create your own story from the ashes of civilization, navigating treacherous terrains and fractured societies that have adapted to a harsh new reality. Build a base, forge alliances, or roam freely, battling for survival and shaping your journey with every decision.
Why similar: Automation 26.9%, Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 8.4%, Exploration 6.6%
- #3 Nebula Complex Survival
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hindpaw InteractivePub: Hindpaw Publishing
Windows
Stranded on Dylan-4, the elements are the least of your worries. Play solo or join forces in co-op to survive a learning, dynamic enemy faction. Research local materials, construct modular bases, fight and explore to pierce the planet's magnetic field to escape.
Why similar: Automation 27.2%, FPS 16.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Exploration 9.2%, First-Person 9.1%
- #4 The Crust
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Automation 34.6%, Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 5.4%
- #5 Big Market Simulator
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mobaroid
Windows
Build and manage a massive supermarket. Order products, stock shelves, serve customers, and expand your business into the ultimate shopping destination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 21%, Automation 18.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%
- #6 World Turned Stone
93% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! Prologue link below.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 5.8%
- #7 Stranded Engineers
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Virtual Art Division
Windows
Stranded Engineers is a city-building game in which your strategy and economy skills are required. Build large citys on several islands, take care of your resource buildings and make your citizens happy.
Why similar: Automation 27.9%, Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 17.8%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #8 Spaceflight Factory : Prologue
92% matchPositive82% of 44 reviews2023
Dev: Kanapper
Windows
Spaceflight: Prologue is an Automation and Base Building game with some survival game mechanics.During this prologue, You will lead a small colony of human remnants. Help them to survive, expand and gather enough resources to leave Earth for their new home planet.
Why similar: Automation 40.5%, City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 14.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Physics 6.5%
- #9 PoliPlanet
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: -
Windows
Set on small procedurally generated planets, PoliPlanet is a unique first-person city building game. Discover new planets, gather resources, craft, explore, and build.
Why similar: Automation 38.9%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Base Building 11.3%, City Builder 10.3%, Exploration 6.8%
- #10 Belts of Iron
89% matchPositive90% of 49 reviews2026
Dev: Builderment LLC
Windows
Explore, automate, and fight in this new open world factory automation game. Build factories connected by miles of conveyor belts. Manage power and fluid networks. Explore procedurally generated worlds filled with resources to harvest and hostile creatures to defeat. Play solo or online with friends
Why similar: Automation 38.2%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Immersive Sim 8.5%, Exploration 7.6%
- #11 Llanthmar
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jason Larrabee
Windows
Llanthmar is a turn-based, strategy game that tasks you with ensuring the survival of your lost colony on an unknown planet. Gather resources, manufacture supplies, and fight back against anything that threatens to take them away.
Why similar: Automation 28.5%, Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Base Building 9.1%
- #12 Ever Onward
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artificium Games
Windows
Build the town of your dreams in this cosy fantasy city-builder. Pass policies which impact future gameplay, unravel the mysteries which led to the horrifying downfall of your predecessors and try to keep things together as invisible forces claw at the edges of your hard-fought peace.
Why similar: Automation 24.4%, Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 19.1%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Strategy 7%
- #13 便利商店6
90% matchNegative0% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: West Dos (HK) LTD.
Windows · Mac
打造最輕鬆易玩的經營遊戲 ! 建設最有特色的【 便利商店 】! 玩家可以輕輕鬆鬆來經營一家或多家【 便利商店 】的模擬遊戲小品,透過不同的地區選擇、裝潢、擺設、貨架、請人、進貨及宣傳等等,都可以由自己隨意處理,享受一個更易玩的經營作品。
Why similar: Automation 50.2%, City Builder 30.8%, Exploration 14.2%, 3D 3.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #14 World Turned Stone: Apocalypse
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! The first stage of terraforming the world from the beginning of the apocalypse. Provides a discount for the full game.
Why similar: Automation 33.6%, Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Survival 5.9%
- #15 Forest Factory Simulator
86% matchMixed48% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Samle Indie Studio
Windows
Build, automate, and thrive in Forest Factory! Chop trees, craft wooden goods, and sell them to grow your factory. Manage your depot, fulfill orders, and balance nature with machinery in a serene forest setting. Experience automation in the wild!
Why similar: Automation 42%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Strategy RPG 11.9%, Base Building 8.3%, Exploration 6.6%
- #16 Microtopia: Prologue
86% 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: Automation 32.3%, Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Exploration 6.2%
- #17 Terra Crafter
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Greenway Interactive
Windows
A sci-fi survival colony sim. Mine ore, craft equipment, and build a base. Recruit and provide for humans, robots, and aliens to grow your colony. Raise oxygen, heat, and pressure in order to turn a dead planet into a living one. Defend against enemy attacks and keep the base running.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Automation 24.9%, Base Building 8.8%, Exploration 8.6%, First-Person 7.1%
- #18 Phantasm Cube
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HAEMOSU
Windows
Automate production lines to generate cubes, manage resource conversions, maintain crucial buffs, and build your ultimate production line.
Why similar: Automation 66.4%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #19 Modulus: Factory Automation
82% matchVery Positive91% of 846 reviews2026
Dev: Happy VolcanoPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build, automate, & optimize production lines across sky islands with real spatial constraints. Every production line is an open-ended puzzle: which operators to use, how to route your belts and how to fit your factory into the landscape. Your solutions, like your factories, are uniquely your own.
Why similar: Automation 39%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Immersive Sim 8.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #20 Planet Barren Objective
85% 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: Automation 30.8%, Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 13%, Base Building 9.5%, Exploration 7.5%
- #21 Techtonica
83% matchMixed65% of 3,253 reviews2024
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Techtonica is a first-person factory automation game with a gripping mystery about mining your way out from the depths of an alien planet. Explore bioluminescent caves, mold destructible terrain, construct a massive subterranean factory. Dig your way toward answers & discover the secrets of Calyx.
Why similar: Automation 40%, City Builder 16.1%, Immersive Sim 13.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Exploration 7.4%
- #22 Avian Colony
82% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
Windows
Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Automation 23.6%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Immersive Sim 8.2%
- #23 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
80% matchVery Positive82% of 1,472 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 20%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Base Building 9%
- #24 Total World Liberation
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Open World Survival Automation Crafting Building Turn-Based game, yup that's a huge mix of genres and it works!
Why similar: Automation 32.9%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Immersive Sim 10.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Open World 6.3%
- #25 Deep Crafter
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.
Why similar: Automation 39.6%, City Builder 12.5%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Exploration 8.2%
- #26 Tribe: Primitive Builder
81% matchVery Positive81% of 795 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Automation 32.8%, Colony Sim 19.7%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 8.9%, First-Person 6.8%
- #27 Beyond These Stars
78% 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: Automation 27.7%, Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 7.1%
- #28 Captain of Industry
79% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Automation 52%, Base Building 14%, Colony Sim 13.5%, City Builder 13.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #29 Aquasplendere
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ivan Armandy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nothing is greater than Aquasplendere, and we hear his voices. His blood flows through our world. Embody the descendants of the Great Deaf bloodline and lead the epic journey of our civilization.
Why similar: Automation 34.3%, Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 23.1%, Survival 6.6%, Strategy 6.1%
- #30 Ashenburrow
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ashynlight Studio
Windows · Linux
The depths of Ashenburrow are alive. Wildlife hunts, feeds, breeds and dies — with or without you. Survive, craft, build. But remember: you are not alone underground.
Why similar: Automation 30.8%, Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 22.7%, Exploration 11%, Strategy 8.5%
- #31 Dawn Apart
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Automation 44.3%, Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Strategy 7.2%, Physics 2.5%
- #32 Agromatic
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gimcraft
Windows
An industrial empire builder where the workforce is the automation. Hire specialists with their own traits and put them to work wherever the operation needs them, mines, workshops, rail depots, research labs. You decide what gets built. They make it run.
Why similar: Automation 35.6%, Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 8.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #33 Rise Under the Warstorm
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Last Signal
Windows
Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.
Why similar: Automation 44.3%, Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 8.2%, Strategy 7.2%
- #34 Microtopia
75% matchVery Positive87% of 966 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in 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: Automation 32.2%, Colony Sim 21.6%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 9%, Futuristic 7.1%
- #35 Spirit & Stone
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 26%, Strategy 13.5%, Immersive Sim 13.2%, Exploration 8.7%
- #36 Junk Rise
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bario
Windows
Build your recycling empire from junk! Collect, process, and craft valuable products in a chill, satisfying simulator where garbage becomes gold ♻️ .
Why similar: Automation 26.8%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Immersive Sim 11.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #37 Arcfactory
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SadMofrog
Windows
Factory automation meets megastructure. Explore an ancient space station in search of a buried star. Build automated factories and defend against a living and realigning station.
Why similar: Automation 47.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Open World 8%, Survival 6.6%
- #38 Cog Foo
72% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Anforus Games
Windows
A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?
Why similar: Automation 41.2%, Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Strategy 4.7%
- #39 The Glorious Colony
73% 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: Automation 54.9%, Colony Sim 25.8%, Exploration 9.9%, Survival 4.8%, Strategy 4.1%
- #40 Astro Colony
70% matchVery Positive81% of 2,699 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Automation 40.2%, Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 14%, First-Person 6.1%, Strategy 6%
- #41 CircuitVeil
72% 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: Automation 42.6%, Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Exploration 5.8%
- #42 The Factory Must Grow
73% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Krayno Studios
Windows
The Factory Must Grow is a 3D first-person factory builder where you mine resources, craft machines, and research tech. Begin by unlocking your first technology, then expand into a sprawling, multi-layered production empire. From small setups to massive systems, your imagination is the only limit!
Why similar: Automation 48.8%, First-Person 13.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Strategy 10%, Base Building 8%
- #43 White Fountain
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mick609
Windows
Build and direct an isometric colony from its first shelters to automated production. Assign colonists, gather and craft resources, build power and logistics, defend against raids, and lead expeditions across the world map.
Why similar: Automation 52.3%, Colony Sim 40.8%, Strategy 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #44 Colony
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbit Games
Windows · Mac
Craft, defend, and conquer in Colony! Solo or with friends. Engage in battles against rival colonies, harness automation for efficient production, explore new islands with new resources, and master the art of survival. Don't wait, your colony needs you!
Why similar: Automation 36.2%, Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 9.5%, First-Person 8.7%, Strategy 7.7%
- #45 Nuclear Engineer Tycoon
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows · Linux
Build a nuclear power plant and manage reactors, generators, and turbines, producing energy to keep the city lit and prevent reactor explosions. Earn resources, research nuclear technologies, build larger and more modern reactors, refine uranium, and create a nuclear energy empire.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Automation 26.4%, Immersive Sim 18%, Strategy 16.4%, Base Building 7.2%
- #46 Mycelium Conquest: Mitosis
70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: YCF Productions
Windows
A free co-op automation game where you and up to 3 friends grow a living mycelial network across an alien planet. Consume local creatures, build biological production chains, and evolve from a tiny spore into a cosmic entity together.
Why similar: Automation 51.3%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 13.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Exploration 6.3%
- #47 挂机工厂 AFK Industarry
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 34 reviews2025
Dev: weathering
Windows
从钻木取火,到飞向银河!《挂机工厂》是一款麻雀虽小,五脏俱全的流水线建设游戏。种田→畜牧→冶金→工业革命→开辟航线→电子芯片→改造星球→探索宇宙,用你的双手创造这一切!
Why similar: Automation 56.7%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 15%, Open World 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #48 Ian's Rocket
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: IQopolis
Windows · Mac · Linux
A history-based, strategy, open-world game in which a nation's economy is built from scratch by utilizing all available resources. Create cities and wonders, hire labor, sell crafted products, and build armies. Meet historical figures who will either fight to stop your efforts or trade with you.
Why similar: Automation 45.7%, Colony Sim 17%, Strategy 12.1%, City Builder 11.4%, Base Building 6.9%
- #49 ALL WILL FALL
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Automation 27.7%, Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Strategy 5.9%
- #50 FluxWerks
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Metallibitti Oy
Windows
Every block of this planet is real, including fluids! Dig it, flood it, process it. FluxWerks is a factory automation game on a fully destructible voxel world with physical fluid and heat simulation. Dig anywhere, automate everything, and survey a world that was supposed to be empty.
Why similar: Automation 44.7%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 6.2%, Exploration 4.8%
- #51 The Colonists
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,240 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Automation 35.1%, Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 8.5%, Survival 5%
- #52 Clipper
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Adequate Games
Windows · Linux
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Automation 51.6%, Colony Sim 28.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Base Building 8.6%, 3D 2.1%
- #53 Architect of Ruin
68% 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: Automation 25.9%, Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #54 Virum:Colony
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeuroOre
Windows
A colony-building strategy about settling a hostile alien world. After a failed mission, your crew crash-lands on Erythra, cut off from Earth. Build a base from scratch, connect power and oxygen systems, manage colonists, and turn survival into a thriving colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 24%, Automation 14.3%, Base Building 13.6%, Strategy 7.4%
- #55 Hexfactory
67% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Aquila Industrial
Windows
Build cities and factories in an infinite Hex World. Explore more tiles. Balance your city's production and consumption, attract more citizens of different classes, research new technologies and build more factories and cities.
Why similar: Automation 31.3%, Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Exploration 7.9%, Futuristic 5.8%
- #56 Survivors of the Wildstone
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fire Toast
Windows
Survive, build, and conquer in Survivors of the Wildstone! After being shipwrecked on a mysterious island, lead a group of survivors! Manage, expand, and evolve to forge a civilization from scratch in this challenging building and strategy game!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Automation 23.9%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 8.2%, Survival 7%
- #57 Skyberry Garden
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Automation 45.9%, Colony Sim 34%, Base Building 12.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #58 Oasis Mission: Colony Sim
66% matchMixed62% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Lunar pug studio
Windows · Mac
A Sci-Fi colony and strategy sim with a complex economy, immersive logistics, and a war against the rise of the machines! Build your colony and ensure supplies for your people. Automate industrial ships and create combat groups to defend against waves of enemies.
Why similar: Automation 30.9%, Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 18%, Immersive Sim 10.8%, Base Building 8.6%
- #59 CivDle
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Star Software
Windows · Linux
A relaxing idle city-builder where a single hut grows into a sprawl of millions. Build production chains, let your civilisation expand while you're away, and Ascend to push the whole world up an order of magnitude.
Why similar: Automation 37.8%, City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 8.3%