- #1 Oxygen: First Breath
97% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 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 19.4%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 10%, Economy 9.2%, Building 8.3%
- #2 Founders' Fortune
96% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 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 31.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #3 Make Your Kingdom
96% matchMixed58% of 195 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 18.6%, Building 10.3%, Economy 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #4 First Feudal
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 14.7%, Building 9.6%, Base Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%
- #5 Oxygen
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 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 19.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Economy 8.3%
- #6 Arcane Shores
94% matchNo user reviews
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 26.3%, City Builder 23.3%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10%, Survival 7.3%
- #7 Country Architect
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
Windows · Linux
Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 18.8%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.1%, Economy 7.9%
- #8 Gnomoria
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,535 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 28.7%, City Builder 21.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 8.1%
- #9 Isla Paradiso
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 23%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.1%, Management 7.6%
- #10 Frontera
90% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Duality LLC
Windows
Frontera is primarily a fantasy city builder with emphasis on producing items for unit wants and combat. Units have four stats trainable at buildings that will also sell technology. Available items and production will grow strong enough to challenge the monsters that infest the rest of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.9%, Economy 12.1%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 8.6%
- #11 Kingdoms and Castles
91% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 23.4%, Building 7.9%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #12 Tokeis
89% 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 18.8%, Colony Sim 16.9%, Economy 12.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9%
- #13 Resort Galactica
89% 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 21.7%, City Builder 15.8%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%
- #14 Settletopia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 9.4%, Building 9.1%
- #15 Lords and Villeins
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 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 23.8%, City Builder 18.3%, Economy 9%, Building 9%, Management 8.2%
- #16 Lil Guys
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 8.5%, Management 8%
- #17 Shipwrecked: Lost Colony
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Fuel Games
Windows
Shipwrecked: Lost Colony is an 18th Century city-survival builder set on a tropical isle lost to time. Lead a group of marooned survivors and forge a new beginning in an uncharted land, where dinosaurs are the biggest threat and your strongest allies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 16.7%, Crafting 8.8%, Building 8.6%, Economy 8.5%
- #18 Seeds of Resilience
85% 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 21.9%, City Builder 18.6%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10.2%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #19 The Blighted Frontier
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 10.5%, Management 7.8%, Building 6.6%
- #20 Prison Architect
84% matchVery Positive89% of 73,349 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.2 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 21.8%, City Builder 16.2%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, Base Building 9.7%
- #21 Settlement Survival
82% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 23%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Building 11.4%, Management 8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #22 Crowded Blue Dot
82% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 16%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 9.1%, Building 8.7%
- #23 Pixel Colony
81% matchPositive93% of 40 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 26.5%, City Builder 24.1%, Management 9.1%, Survival 6.7%, Economy 6.3%
- #24 Ratopia
79% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 16.7%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 9.8%, Management 7.6%
- #25 Stonehearth
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 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 32.1%, City Builder 25.4%, Building 11.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 6.7%
- #26 One More Island
80% matchMixed68% of 254 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 23.6%, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 8.3%
- #27 Terra-7
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Sandbox 13%, City Builder 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Building 9.1%
- #28 All Roads Connected
78% matchNo user 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 21%, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #29 Kingdom Workshop
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 17%, Building 11.8%, Economy 11.6%, Crafting 11.5%
- #30 Paleon
77% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, City Builder 18.4%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #31 Settlements Rising
76% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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 25.1%, City Builder 22.2%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 7.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #32 Gnome Glen
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 18.3%, Economy 10.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #33 Odd Realm
75% matchVery Positive85% of 996 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 21.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Sandbox 8.9%, Building 8.5%
- #34 Blacksmith Master
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,580 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 16.9%, Economy 10.8%, Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #35 Lost Heaven Station
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #36 Patron
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 23.4%, Economy 9.1%, Survival 8.2%, Building 7.6%
- #37 Dungeon Overseer
75% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 19%, Economy 12.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 10%
- #38 Endzone 2
72% matchMixed69% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 23.6%, City Builder 18.9%, Economy 10.3%, Sandbox 9.7%, Building 9%
- #39 Paragon Pioneers
73% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 19.5%, Economy 11.2%, Building 11.1%, Crafting 10.7%
- #40 Forgotten Vale
73% 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 22.9%, City Builder 20%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 10%, Building 9.9%
- #41 Frontier Roots
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 17.8%, Economy 11.8%, Crafting 11.2%, Survival 7.9%
- #42 Our Freedom: Prologue
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #43 Skyline Settlers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 27.1%, Economy 12.9%, Building 9.1%, Strategy 6.4%
- #44 SeaColony
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and set up production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 8.8%
- #45 Catizens
70% matchVery Positive82% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 19.1%, Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Crafting 8.9%
- #46 Edge Islands
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 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 27.8%, City Builder 13.8%, Building 12.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.3%
- #47 Ostriv
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Economy 9.3%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 8.3%
- #48 Diluvian Winds
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 385 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Economy 10.1%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #49 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
70% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 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 33%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Survival 9.4%, Crafting 9.4%
- #50 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 11.6%, City Builder 9.6%, Survival 9%, Sandbox 8%
- #51 Factory Town 2: Paradise
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Build and automate a tropical island village at the base of a sentient volcano. Use conveyor belts, boats, trains, catapults and ziplines to produce and deliver everything your town needs!
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Economy 11.2%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10.2%
- #52 Egypt
67% 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 20.3%, Colony Sim 19.4%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Economy 9.9%
- #53 H3X@G0N@L
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ManoVersa Studios
Windows
Using your knowledge and expertise, make your way through the planet, scavenge its resources and plunder until you are the most powerful factory owner in the universe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 20.8%, Sandbox 11.2%, Base Building 9.2%, Economy 8.9%
- #54 Banished
68% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 35.2%, City Builder 31.5%, Survival 7.2%, Sandbox 6.6%, Strategy 4.6%
- #55 Colony Survival
68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,872 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 32.6%, Base Building 12%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 11.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #56 Phantom of the Grove
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Survansix
Windows · Mac
A fungal fairycore colony sim where you are the vengeful spirit of an ancient forest. Possess and gaslight invaders into fighting each other, reclaim their bodies as fuel for the Grove, and guide your Seely mushroom children to build and expand. The Grove is done being nice.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 20.8%, Economy 13.2%, Crafting 8.9%, Management 8.5%
- #57 Exile
66% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 21.9%, Economy 11.5%, Building 10.5%, Management 8.5%
- #58 Above: Colonies of the Mist
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docklight GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 24.2%, Building 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Economy 7.8%