Games Like Grim Realms

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 28.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 8.6%, Building 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Shares a very similar 2D aesthetic and focus on managing a fantasy colony through exploration and resource gathering.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Crafting 13.3%, Economy 10%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust 3D colony-building experience with a focus on medieval survival and architectural defense.

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 37.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 7.5%, Building 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with a dark, apocalyptic setting where you must survive against demonic forces.

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 39.7%, Base Building 21.7%, Sandbox 9%, Management 8.6%, Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive colony simulator that offers unparalleled depth in managing survivor needs, base construction, and defending against hostile threats.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, Base Building 28.9%, Zombies 14.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Building 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes strategy game that perfectly captures the tension of defending a base against massive swarms of undead.

LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 9.1%, Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a cult in a dark, Lovecraftian world, blending colony simulation with management and dark themes.

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7%, Base Building 19.9%, Building 13.1%, Zombies 8.8%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy city-builder where you control the undead, offering a unique twist on the traditional colony management genre.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Building 12%, Sandbox 10.8%, Management 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational simulation game that inspired the genre with its immense complexity and focus on managing a struggling community.

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Base Building 24.8%, Zombies 14.6%, Side Scroller 11.8%, Building 11.1%, Management 10%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival game that mirrors the tower-defense and base-building aspects of fighting off undead hordes.

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 21%, Side Scroller 12.1%, Management 9.3%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tense side-scrolling survival strategy game where you must protect your base from mutants in a post-apocalyptic metro station.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Sandbox 6.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival colony sim that forces players to manage resources while defending against waves of monsters.

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 38.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 10.4%, Crafting 7.9%, Sandbox 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person colony management game that emphasizes building defenses to protect your colony from nightly monster attacks.

Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Management 7%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal survival city-builder that emphasizes making difficult moral choices to keep your colony alive in a frozen, dying world.

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 27.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 9.4%, Medieval 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on resource management and base building as you grow from a small camp to a village.

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 32.6%, Crafting 16.2%, Building 11.8%, Medieval 11%, Sandbox 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands that emphasizes harsh environmental management and family lineage.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Building 9.9%, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy colony sim that allows for deep character interaction and kingdom management in a dangerous world.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.1%, Economy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive-scale colony simulation experience where you manage thousands of citizens and defend against large-scale threats.

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Crafting 13.6%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony sim that emphasizes survival, base building, and tactical combat against raiders and monsters.

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 40.5%, Sandbox 13.1%, Crafting 11.8%, Building 10%, Strategy 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox colony management game that shares the intricate building and simulation mechanics found in Grim Realms.

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Zombies 14%, Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused colony sim that pits your survivors against waves of zombies in a desperate struggle for resources.

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 30.5%, Crafting 9.6%, Building 9%, Management 9%, Medieval 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy colony sim that focuses on the social hierarchy and economic growth of a medieval settlement.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Crafting 21.9%, Building 16.5%, Sandbox 15.1%, Management 14.3%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal sandbox survival game where you build your own base and struggle to survive in a harsh, unforgiving world.

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 49.5%, Building 13.8%, Sandbox 12.1%, Crafting 9.4%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A charming but challenging colony sim that focuses on building, crafting, and defending your settlers in a fantasy world.

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 56.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Sandbox 7.8%, Medieval 6.8%, Simulation 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic survival city-builder that focuses on the struggle to keep a small community alive through harsh winters and resource shortages.

In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Zombies 12.1%, Building 9.5%, Economy 9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique colony sim where you manage a base to cure zombies rather than just destroying them, adding a layer of scientific management.

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 34.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 9.9%, Medieval 8.8%, Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates survival elements and resource management in a challenging, evolving environment.

A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?

Why similar: Crafting 27.1%, Pixel Graphics 24%, Sandbox 19.8%, Building 16%, Simulation 11.3%

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 41.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 12.4%, Building 9.2%, Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game where you manage a village and defend it against monsters during the night.

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Crafting 11.6%, Building 9%, Management 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A management-focused colony sim set in a mountain environment that requires careful planning to survive the elements.

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 9.8%, Sandbox 9%, Economy 9%

An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 13.4%, Building 10.3%, Zombies 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that blends base building and crafting with a dark fantasy setting.

Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Base Building 22%, Strategy 15.1%, Zombies 14.1%, Economy 8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that focuses on building a kingdom while defending against the encroaching undead.

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 8.7%, Side Scroller 7.4%, Medieval 7.1%

Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Economy 14.7%, Management 9.5%, Medieval 9.1%

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 41.1%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 6.7%, Management 5.2%

Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 9.9%, Dark Fantasy 8.1%, Medieval 7.7%

Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Crafting 10.7%, Management 9.3%, Medieval 8%

Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 22%, Building 11%, Management 9.4%, Medieval 9%

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: Base Building 26.5%, Building 15.6%, Medieval 13.8%, Tactical 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 19.8%, Building 13.9%, Medieval 11%, Strategy 6.4%

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Base Building 25%, Economy 17%, Strategy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Base Building 26.5%, Colony Sim 25.5%, Zombies 17.7%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 8.3%

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 20.6%, Zombies 13.7%, Economy 8.5%, Building 8.4%

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 32.5%, Crafting 24.9%, Sandbox 19.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 10.2%, Economy 9.1%, Management 9%

Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

Why similar: Management 19.3%, Medieval 18.7%, Base Building 17.1%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 12.6%

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 56.4%, Building 9.6%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 7%, Crafting 5.2%

Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!

Why similar: Simulation 24.5%, Zombies 17.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Management 13.1%, Medieval 10.9%

Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Building 11.4%, Management 9.6%

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: Colony Sim 68.6%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.

Why similar: Base Building 27.7%, Colony Sim 27.4%, Building 11.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 8.8%

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: Colony Sim 41.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 11.8%, Simulation 9.3%, Building 8.4%

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 36.1%, Base Building 19.7%, Crafting 11.8%, Management 10.2%, Sandbox 9.9%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Crafting 31.6%, Building 23.4%, Zombies 18.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Indie 5.9%

The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Base Building 19.4%, Building 13.3%, Management 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%

Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?

Why similar: Base Building 40.9%, Medieval 21.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Fantasy 9.7%

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 12.6%, Zombies 11.3%, Building 9.9%

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 35.4%, Building 13.8%, Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 8.3%

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 32.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Crafting 9.9%, Building 9.3%