- #1 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
97% matchVery Positive89% of 700 reviews2021
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Terraformers: First Steps on Mars is a free prologue of Terraformers, featuring an exclusive challenge to lead humanity's first attempt at settling the Red Planet.
Why similar: Mars 30.7% ★, Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #2 Farlanders
96% matchVery Positive91% of 583 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Mars 21.6% ★, Colony Sim 13.9%, City Builder 10.7%, Base Building 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
- #3 Space Haven
92% matchVery Positive86% of 10,886 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 9.5%, Management 7.1%
- #4 Colonize Prologue
94% matchMixed64% of 513 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 27.3%, City Builder 21.1%, Building 11.8%, Economy 10.5%, Management 8.7%
- #5 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, City Builder 24.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 11%, Base Building 9.5%
- #6 Oxygen: First Breath
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. 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 keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 8.3%, Economy 8%
- #7 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 828 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Mars 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 7%
- #8 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
90% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Building 14.8%, Economy 14%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #9 Mini Settlers: Prologue
89% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Building 7.6%
- #10 The Riftbreaker: Prologue
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,125 reviews2020
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 47%
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Why similar: Base Building 33.3%, Building 18.8%, Isometric 16.5%, Survival 16%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #11 Reshaping Mars
87% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: Mars 26.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 9.7%, City Builder 6.3%
- #12 The Planet Crafter: Prologue
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,689 reviews2021
Dev: Miju Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience the first stages of terraforming an entire planet in this space survival open world terraforming crafting game prologue. Explore, survive, collect, build your base then create oxygen, heat and pressure to make an hostile planet livable for humanity.
Why similar: Mars 35.3% ★, Base Building 24.7%, Survival 14.5%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #13 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
86% matchMixed54% of 2,051 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
Why similar: Mars 25.1% ★, Colony Sim 17.7%, City Builder 13%, Economy 6.7%, Base Building 6.7%
- #14 Aven Colony
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,765 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 37.6%, City Builder 26.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 4.6%
- #15 Planetbase
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,370 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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 28.7%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 15.8%, Space 7.2%, Survival 6.9%
- #16 Moons of Ardan
84% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Pandora Technology
Windows
Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 20.4%, Building 12.2%, Economy 11.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #17 Solargene
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 841 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, Mars 15.1% ★, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 7.9%
- #18 The Colonists
82% matchVery Positive86% of 1,231 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.2 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: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 11%, Building 10.9%
- #19 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
82% matchMixed69% of 434 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Base Building 14%, Strategy 10.5%, Isometric 10.3%, Economy 7.8%
- #20 Microtopia: Prologue
80% matchVery Positive94% of 122 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 24.8%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #21 Plan B: Terraform
77% matchVery Positive91% of 3,542 reviews2025
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests.
Why similar: Mars 28.5% ★, Colony Sim 21.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #22 Celestial Empire: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive85% of 405 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 10.3%, Economy 8.2%
- #23 Founders' Fortune
78% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 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 32.8%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 8.8%, Survival 5.1%
- #24 One More Island
79% matchMixed67% of 260 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10%, Economy 9.3%
- #25 Space Company Simulator
81% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Mars 31.7% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Building 12%, Resource Management 7.4%, Management 7.4%
- #26 Sol 0: Mars Colonization
79% matchMixed69% of 409 reviews2016
Dev: Chondrite Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony. From the first human footprints on Martian soil to a thriving and self-sustaining colony, Sol 0 imagines a near future using technology that could be available within the next few decades.
Why similar: Mars 47.1% ★, Base Building 21.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Space 10.9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #27 Occupy Mars: The Game
74% matchMixed70% of 3,099 reviews2026
Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 34.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Mars 32.1% ★, Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 9.6%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #28 Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue
75% matchVery Positive88% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Build, strategize, and conquer with Citizens: Prologue - the free city-building and puzzler game for strategy masterminds! Extract resources, manage your population, and build the ultimate settlement. Ready to take on the challenge? Download now and discover the magic of Citizens: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 23.6%, Building 12.7%, Economy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #29 Odd Realm
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,012 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 12.6%, City Builder 12.4%, Procedural Generation 9%, Building 8.1%
- #30 CLOUD DWELLERS
72% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Base Building 17%, Building 14.1%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #31 Generation Exile
73% matchMixed69% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Sonderlust Studios
Windows
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.5%, Procedural Generation 8.2%
- #32 Meeple Station
76% matchMixed57% of 951 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 9.3 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 18.2%, Base Building 12.4%, City Builder 12%, Building 9%, Isometric 8.4%
- #33 T-Minus 30
74% 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: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Procedural Generation 7.5%, Management 7.3%
- #34 Per Aspera
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,722 reviews2020
Dev: Tlön IndustriesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
Why similar: Mars 24.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.8%, City Builder 12.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 7.8%
- #35 Space Colony: Steam Edition
75% matchVery Positive80% of 663 reviews2015
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 12%, Economy 8.3%, Isometric 7.2%
- #36 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
71% matchVery Positive86% of 202 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 11.9%, Survival 7.4%
- #37 Maia
76% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 9.8%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #38 Space Drilling Station
69% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Base Building 13.7%, City Builder 12.5%, Economy 9.3%, Building 9%
- #39 The Final Earth 2
71% matchVery Positive97% of 406 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 26.9%, Base Building 13.5%, City Builder 12%, Building 11%, Management 8.2%
- #40 Lords and Villeins
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 974 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, City Builder 18.4%, Building 9.9%, Economy 8.6%, Management 8.1%
- #41 Mr. Prepper: Prologue
71% matchVery Positive83% of 2,554 reviews2020
Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Mr. Prepper: Prologue is a free standalone version of the game Mr. Prepper, featuring an essential part of the story.
Why similar: Base Building 37%, Resource Management 24.8%, Survival 22.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #42 Terraformers
68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,713 reviews2023
Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!
Why similar: Mars 37.2% ★, Procedural Generation 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 8.5%
- #43 Before We Leave
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,716 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: City Builder 20.1%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #44 Vanaris Tactics - Prologue
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2022
Dev: Matheus ReisPub: Toge Productions
Windows
Play the Prologue chapter of Vanaris Tactics. Lead a group of refugees looking for freedom outside the walls of Vanaris, and experience the first three battles and story of Vanaris Tactics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.7%, Isometric 23.9%, Strategy 15.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.3%, Female Protagonist 6.7%
- #45 Settlement Survival
67% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 21.7%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 8.6%, Management 7.5%
- #46 Oxygen
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 21.4%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 9%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #47 Citizens: Far Lands
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #48 Seeds of Resilience
70% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 9.9%, Economy 8.9%
- #49 EarthX
66% matchVery Positive88% of 912 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 18.6%, Building 15.1%, Management 11.9%, Space 10.8%
- #50 Starship Theory
66% matchMixed50% of 1,119 reviews2026
Dev: Reconnect Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.
Why similar: Base Building 33.1%, Space 13.4%, Survival 12.2%, Management 11%, Strategy 9.6%
- #51 Surviving the Aftermath
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,548 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.3 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 25.1%, Colony Sim 24.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #52 Synergy
65% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,057 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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 20.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.5%
- #53 Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue
67% matchMixed61% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: AM PlayhousePub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!
Why similar: Economy 21.7%, Building 19.1%, Management 16.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Isometric 11.9%
- #54 The Crust
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,637 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 23.8 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: Colony Sim 24.2%, Base Building 16.2%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 8.9%