- #1 Catizens
97% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 23.8%, Farming Sim 12%, Base Building 9.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, City Builder 8.8%
- #2 Havendock
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,948 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, Agriculture 13% ★, Farming Sim 11.2%, Base Building 10.4%, Life Sim 9.8%
- #3 Castaway Coalition
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MehowLipa
Windows · Mac · Linux
Castaway Coalition: Experience an evolving survival simulation on a remote island. You're not just a player, you're part of a living ecosystem. Craft, build, bond & survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Life Sim 12.2%, Agriculture 10.5% ★, Farming Sim 9.7%
- #4 One Lonely Outpost
95% matchMixed58% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, Farming Sim 15.5%, Agriculture 14.4% ★, Life Sim 12.2%, Base Building 10.7%
- #5 Settletopia
94% 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 26.8%, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 9.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Survival 7.8%
- #6 Embark
94% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 8.2%, Sandbox 8.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #7 Surviving Ceres
93% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Base Building 14%, Farming Sim 13.6%, Survival 11.3%, Crafting 7.6%
- #8 Torp
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wobblegoat
Windows · Linux
Torp is a viking age colony simulator where you guide a group of norsemen in their quest to build a peaceful and thriving settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Farming Sim 16.8%, Life Sim 13.6%, City Builder 11.4%, Immersive Sim 8.1%
- #9 SeaColony
91% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 8%
- #10 Farmington County: The Ultimate Farming Tycoon Simulator
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 111 reviews2019
Dev: Grenoble Interactive, LLC
Windows · Mac
Farming & town living sim. Develop the farm of your dreams using tools, tractors, trucks & other vehicles. Build cabins, sheds, barns, and more! Hire workers to help out in your farm. Grow thousands of crops, raise hundreds of livestock and explore the world of Farmington County!
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.6%, Agriculture 18.2% ★, Life Sim 13.8%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #11 Dream Town Island
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 544 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, Farming Sim 15.6%, Life Sim 14.2%, City Builder 10.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #12 TFM: The First Men
89% matchMixed60% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Base Building 20.2%, Sandbox 7.8%, Survival 7.3%, Management 6.3%
- #13 Founders' Fortune
89% 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 39.1%, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 10.1%, Survival 7.9%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #14 Ostriv
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 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: Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 12.3%, City Builder 10.8%, Agriculture 10.2% ★, Farming Sim 9.4%
- #15 Galaxy Scavengers
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 21.3%, Colony Sim 20.7%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #16 Edge Islands
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 29.9%, Base Building 18.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 8%, Survival 7.9%
- #17 Pocket Harvest
86% matchVery Positive89% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Farming Sim 17.7%, Agriculture 16% ★, Life Sim 13.6%, City Builder 7.4%
- #18 Farmman
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 12%, City Builder 11.2%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 8.6%
- #19 Routes and Forges
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bznk Pixel Works
Windows · Linux
A unique blend of RTS, Tycoon, and Tower Defense, where you are the architect, mayor, and commander of a growing village (and conurbation of villages). Your goals are simple: build a prosperous community, optimize production chains, and survive the horrors that emerge from the dark.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Agriculture 14% ★, Farming Sim 13.2%, City Builder 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #20 Worlds Explorers
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Survival 12%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 9.3%
- #21 Colony Survival
82% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 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 35.8%, Base Building 18%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 8.6%, City Builder 5.9%
- #22 Idyll
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 13.4%, Management 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #23 8-Bit Farm
82% matchMixed67% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Farming Sim 19%, Agriculture 17.5% ★, Life Sim 14.1%, City Builder 8%
- #24 Of Life and Land
79% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Farming Sim 11.6%, City Builder 8.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #25 Sapiens
80% matchVery Positive81% of 2,162 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Base Building 13.9%, Life Sim 10.6%, City Builder 9.8%, Survival 8.4%
- #26 Settlement Survival
79% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 29.2%, City Builder 13.7%, Survival 11.4%, Management 9.3%, Base Building 9.1%
- #27 Meu Mundo
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Tiago PortellaPub: DuPortella
Windows
More than a game, a new way of seeing the world
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Farming Sim 14.8%, Agriculture 14% ★, Life Sim 12.8%, City Builder 9%
- #28 Gridmax
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Gridmax is a living board game of readable tiles, rules, and behaviors. Lost on a hostile alien world, gather, craft, and build to survive. Grow a team, expand your colony, explore the grid, and advance your technology as you search for a way home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 12.2%, Farming Sim 11.5%, Management 9.7%
- #29 Mars Colony Builder
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 10.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 7.9%
- #30 Lil Guys
77% 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 31.9%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 12%, City Builder 9.3%, Management 8.7%
- #31 Tree House Colony
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Life Sim 15.8%, Survival 11.4%, Management 7.9%
- #32 Exile
75% matchMixed60% 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 27.6%, Agriculture 13.8% ★, City Builder 11.2%, Survival 10.7%, Base Building 8.4%
- #33 Oxygen: First Breath
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 25.5%, Base Building 18%, City Builder 11.3%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #34 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
73% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Farming Sim 12.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Simulation 8.4%
- #35 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
76% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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 32.4%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 12.7%, Sandbox 7.8%, City Builder 5%
- #36 Pawnholm
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Sandbox 11.3%, City Builder 10%, Survival 9.2%
- #37 Breadoria
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 12%, Management 8.8%, Crafting 7.9%
- #38 Beneath a Dead City
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 12.4%, Management 10.7%, City Builder 7.6%
- #39 SuperColony
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 7.3%
- #40 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 10.5%, City Builder 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #41 Maia
75% 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 40.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 12.5%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #42 The Blighted Frontier
72% 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 35.3%, Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 11.9%, Management 8.4%, Survival 8.3%
- #43 The Hostel Project
70% 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 29.1%, Life Sim 17.6%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 10%
- #44 RimWorld
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 7.4%
- #45 Terrafarm
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Justin
Windows
Robots emerge from the underground vault to cleanse the surface and restore nature. Replant and restore the wilds while growing food in order to support humans returning to the surface. A new culture of sustainable life and living in harmony with nature will be born.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Farming Sim 22.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Agriculture 15.5% ★, Sandbox 7.4%
- #46 California Escapades
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 348 reviews2024
Dev: NUTS POWER ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Windows
In this simulation and adventure game, explore 19th-century Gold Rush California. Join Jim and Emma to build and manage your farm and city. Plant crops, raise animals, construct buildings, complete missions, uncover secrets, and collect treasures. Start your adventure now!
Why similar: Farming Sim 20.3%, Life Sim 15.4%, Agriculture 15.4% ★, City Builder 11.4%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #47 Farming & Supermarket Simulator: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: EY08 Games
Windows
Embark on a relaxing yet challenging journey to manage your own supermarket. Grow organic crops, care for your animals, and sell products to your customers. Build and expand your shelves. Can you transform your supermarket into an empire?
Why similar: Agriculture 16% ★, Farming Sim 15.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Life Sim 10.8%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #48 A Game of Humans
71% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Life Sim 13%, City Builder 10.8%, Management 8.6%
- #49 Oxygen Not Included
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Base Building 22.8%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 6.6%, Management 6.1%
- #50 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 36%, Sandbox 13.9%, City Builder 12.8%, Survival 9.4%, Strategy 6.4%
- #51 Clanfolk
68% matchVery Positive92% of 4,027 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Farming Sim 16.2%, Life Sim 13.9%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #52 AI Society
67% matchMixed63% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: b8ve
Windows · Linux
Build your society powered by AI characters. Give your townsfolk unique personalities, hobbies, and traits; then watch them work, argue, form friendships, fight on their own, and more. Complete dungeons & play mini-games with your characters to win artifacts. Runs 100% locally on your machine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Life Sim 16.1%, City Builder 12.1%, Agriculture 11.3% ★, Sandbox 10.3%
- #53 Country Architect
67% 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 26%, City Builder 11.2%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #54 Marscape
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rohn Media GmbH
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival management simulator on the red planet. Make sure your astronauts survive on Mars. Manage and expand your habitat. Produce enough resources, build facilities, explore the environment and brave the harsh weather until you are rescued.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Base Building 12.8%, Farming Sim 12.3%, Life Sim 10.6%, Survival 9.4%
- #55 After the Collapse
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 10.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, City Builder 9%
- #56 Ratopia
65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 10.7%, City Builder 9.5%, Management 8.3%
- #57 Malignus
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossbomb
Windows
Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #58 Planetbase
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 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 35.7%, Base Building 19%, City Builder 13.2%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 5.6%
- #59 Starship Colony
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 8.5%