- #1 Catizens
97% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 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 8.6%
- #2 Havendock
96% matchVery Positive80% of 1,861 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 10.5 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 12.8% ★, Farming Sim 11.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Life Sim 9.9%
- #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 12.3%, Agriculture 10.4% ★, Farming Sim 9.7%
- #4 One Lonely Outpost
95% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
Dev: indie.io
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 23.3% ★, Farming Sim 15.6%, Agriculture 14.2% ★, Life Sim 12.4%, Base Building 10.6%
- #5 Embark
94% matchMixed61% of 386 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 41.2% ★, Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 8%, Survival 8%, Strategy 5.5%
- #6 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 26.9% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, City Builder 9.2%, Management 7.9%
- #7 Surviving Ceres
93% matchVery Positive87% of 137 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 25.7% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Farming Sim 13.6%, Survival 11.2%, Management 7.7%
- #8 Dream Town Island
92% matchVery Positive96% of 450 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 14.4%, City Builder 10.2%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #9 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 17.9% ★, Life Sim 14%, Base Building 13.4%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #10 Founders' Fortune
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 39.4% ★, Base Building 16.5%, City Builder 9.9%, Survival 7.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #11 TFM: The First Men
90% matchMixed62% of 406 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 20.1%, Sandbox 7.8%, Survival 7.2%, Management 6.6%
- #12 Pocket Harvest
89% matchVery Positive90% of 112 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1% ★, Farming Sim 17.7%, Agriculture 15.8% ★, Life Sim 13.7%, City Builder 7.3%
- #13 Edge Islands
88% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 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 30% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 8.3%, Survival 7.8%
- #14 Ostriv
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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% ★, Base Building 12.4%, City Builder 10.5%, Agriculture 10% ★, Farming Sim 9.4%
- #15 Sect Leader's Decree
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alena Selezneva
Windows
Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Management 9.6%, Survival 9%, Immersive Sim 8.8%
- #16 Farmman
86% 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 10.9%, Sandbox 10.9%, Survival 8.5%
- #17 Colony Survival
85% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 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 35.8% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 8.7%, City Builder 5.9%
- #18 8-Bit Farm
84% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, Farming Sim 19%, Agriculture 17.2% ★, Life Sim 14.3%, City Builder 7.8%
- #19 Sapiens
84% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 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 10.7%, City Builder 9.6%, Survival 8.3%
- #20 Of Life and Land
82% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 13.4%, Farming Sim 11.6%, City Builder 8.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #21 Mars Colony Builder
82% 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 10.4%, Sandbox 10.2%, Management 8.1%
- #22 Meu Mundo
83% 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 23.1% ★, Farming Sim 14.8%, Agriculture 13.8% ★, Life Sim 12.9%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #23 Lil Guys
81% 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 32% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 11.8%, City Builder 9.1%, Management 9%
- #24 Oxygen: First Breath
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 25.5% ★, Base Building 17.9%, City Builder 11.1%, Survival 10.8%, Management 7.2%
- #25 Exile
79% 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 27.7% ★, Agriculture 13.7% ★, City Builder 11%, Survival 10.6%, Management 8.7%
- #26 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
81% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 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 32.6% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 12.5%, Sandbox 7.7%, Management 4.9%
- #27 Pawnholm
79% 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 24% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Sandbox 11.3%, City Builder 9.9%, Survival 9%
- #28 Beneath a Dead City
78% 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 33% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 12.2%, Management 11.1%, City Builder 7.5%
- #29 A Game of Humans
78% 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 26.1% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Life Sim 13.1%, City Builder 10.6%, Management 8.8%
- #30 Odd Realm
76% matchVery Positive85% of 992 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 28.8% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 9.7%, Management 8.8%, City Builder 7.6%
- #31 Oxygen
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 24.9% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 10.4%, City Builder 10.3%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #32 SuperColony
76% 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 32.9% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 7.6%
- #33 Maia
77% matchMixed44% of 1,063 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 41% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 12.4%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #34 California Escapades
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 310 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 20.4%, Life Sim 15.8%, Agriculture 15.1% ★, City Builder 11.1%, Immersive Sim 9.8%
- #35 Summa Expeditionis
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Lobico GamesPub: Megalevel
Windows
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Farming Sim 12.5%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #36 RimWorld
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 32.6% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 11%, Sandbox 8.7%, Management 7.7%
- #37 Farming & Supermarket Simulator: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive84% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Bull 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 15.7% ★, Farming Sim 15.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Life Sim 10.9%, Immersive Sim 9.7%
- #38 Gnomoria
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 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 36.1% ★, Sandbox 13.9%, City Builder 12.6%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 6.5%
- #39 Oxygen Not Included
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 40.3% ★, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 6.6%, Management 6.2%
- #40 Settlement Survival
72% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 27.9% ★, City Builder 12.7%, Agriculture 11.3% ★, Survival 10.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #41 After the Collapse
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 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 10.7%, Sandbox 9.5%, Management 9%
- #42 Planetbase
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8% ★, Base Building 19%, City Builder 13%, Survival 10.7%, Strategy 5.6%
- #43 Marscape
71% 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 12.7%, Farming Sim 12.2%, Life Sim 10.7%, Survival 9.2%
- #44 Tree House Survivors
71% 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 29.6% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Life Sim 15.9%, Survival 11.2%, Management 8.1%
- #45 AI Society
69% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: b8ve
Windows
Build a society powered by AI characters. Give your townsfolk unique personalities, hobbies, and traits; then step back and watch them work, argue, form friendships, and fight on their own. Runs 100% locally on your machine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, Life Sim 16%, City Builder 11.9%, Agriculture 11.2% ★, Sandbox 10.3%
- #46 Country Architect
70% 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%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 9.3%, Immersive Sim 9.1%
- #47 Make Your Kingdom
71% 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 27.1% ★, Base Building 14%, City Builder 11.3%, Survival 10.8%, Management 9.7%
- #48 Arctic Farmer Life Simulator
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: One Slice of Pizza Games
Windows
On a remote Arctic island, fresh produce arrives only by air until you decide to grow your own. Farm in harsh conditions, raise poultry for eggs, and supply local schools, shops, and restaurants. Expand with sleds, snowmobiles, hangars, and new air routes to nearby islands and the mainland.
Why similar: Farming Sim 18.8%, Agriculture 15.8% ★, Life Sim 15.6%, Immersive Sim 10.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #49 Meowdieval Clowder
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Management 7.3%
- #50 Ratopia
68% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 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 28.4% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 10.6%, City Builder 9.3%, Management 8.7%
- #51 Starship Colony
69% 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 30.6% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 11.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Management 8.8%
- #52 Harvest Hills
68% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Red Beans
Windows
Harvest Hills is a charming and relaxing farm simulator that allows you to run your own rancho. Cultivate various crops, take care of animals, and produce homemade products. Sell the goods in the local market to earn money and use it to upgrade or automate the farm.
Why similar: Agriculture 20.5% ★, Farming Sim 19.1%, Base Building 16.4%, Life Sim 13.9%, Immersive Sim 12.7%
- #53 Ecopunk
66% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9% ★, Sandbox 12.7%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 10.2%
- #54 Clanfolk
67% matchVery Positive92% of 3,737 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 22.3% ★, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Farming Sim 16.2%, Life Sim 14.2%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #55 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
69% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 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 38.7% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 13.9%, City Builder 9.3%, Crafting 6.5%
- #56 Arcane Shores
67% 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 34.4% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Survival 12%, Base Building 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #57 Quriocity
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 11.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 10.5%
- #58 All Roads Connected
67% matchNo user reviews
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 25.9% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Farming Sim 13.3%, City Builder 10.5%, Sandbox 10%
- #59 Terra-7
66% 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 29.9% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Sandbox 13.8%, Strategy 12%, Management 11.3%