- #1 Bomber Crew
97% matchVery Positive88% of 15,353 reviews2017
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Why similar: World War II 43.8% ★, Flight 13.8%, Management 12.4%, War 8.6%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the exact WWII air-crew management and mission-based gameplay loop found in Ground of Aces.
- #2 Aircraft Carrier Survival
96% matchMixed60% of 1,198 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: World War II 29.6% ★, Base Building 12%, War 10.9%, Economy 10.3%, Resource Management 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a military vessel during WWII, requiring similar attention to crew morale and resource allocation.
- #3 Project Wunderwaffe
96% matchMixed57% of 473 reviews2022
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Project Wunderwaffe will take you back into the realities of World War II, the end of which seems to be near. Germany is now just a shadow of its power. Your order is to build a secret military base and construct weapons of unprecedented power. Will you be capable of turning the tide of war?
Why similar: World War II 25.9% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Military 10.7%, Building 9.5%, War 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building strategy game set in WWII that emphasizes the construction and management of a secret military facility.
- #4 One Military Camp
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 727 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Economy 11.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly mirrors the base-building and personnel training aspects of managing a military installation.
- #5 UBOAT
94% matchVery Positive84% of 26,468 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 51.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: World War II 32.5% ★, Military 13.8%, War 11.3%, Historical 10.8%, RTS 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a deep, immersive simulation of WWII crew management and vessel maintenance that mirrors the intensity of airfield operations.
- #6 War Hospital
94% matchMixed60% of 1,228 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Take charge of a WW1 field hospital on the Western Front, and make all the decisions necessary to help the soldiers recover and to support the war effort. In this narrative management game, you are the last bastion of humanity.
Why similar: City Builder 15.6%, Military 13.2%, RTS 13%, Base Building 12.3%, Historical 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-pressure management of a WWII-era facility where staff well-being and resource scarcity are critical.
- #7 SimAirport
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,022 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build & Manage Your Airport. An International Hub or a Regional Masterpiece -- it's up to you. Buy more land to scale out, or escalators to scale up with MULTIPLE FLOORS. You're in full control in this modern business management tycoon!
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Flight 14.2%, Economy 10.8%, Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a comprehensive look at the challenges of building and maintaining a functional airport infrastructure.
- #8 Airport CEO
91% matchVery Positive83% of 8,179 reviews2021
Dev: Apog Labs
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build and manage an international airport!
Why similar: City Builder 13.6%, Flight 12.8%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This provides the most detailed simulation of airfield logistics, construction, and management mechanics.
- #9 Until the Last Plane
92% matchMostly Positive70% of 118 reviews2021
Dev: CarloC
Windows · Mac
Until the Last Plane is an airfield management game during WW2. Send pilots on mission. Craft spare parts. Repair your planes. Face your enemy and resist.
Why similar: World War II 30.5% ★, Military 12.7%, Management 12.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Historical 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses specifically on the logistics and management of an airbase, including pilot training and aircraft maintenance.
- #10 Captain of Industry
91% matchVery Positive90% of 10,894 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 84.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Resource Management 15.9%, Colony Sim 12.8%, Economy 11.2%, City Builder 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels in the complex resource management and logistics chains required to keep a large-scale base operational.
- #11 RimWorld
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 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 31.7%, Base Building 20%, City Builder 12.1%, Management 9.3%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony-sims, providing the most robust system for managing individual crew needs and base survival.
- #12 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
89% matchVery Positive91% of 25,891 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 73.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 12%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep simulation of logistics, construction, and resource management within a historical setting.
- #13 Frostpunk
89% matchVery Positive93% of 134,607 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 23.1%, Resource Management 13%, Base Building 8.2%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a high-stakes management experience where the survival of your people depends on efficient base-building and resource distribution.
- #14 Carrier Command 2
88% matchVery Positive82% of 3,688 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units. Compete against AI or human players and hop into every single vehicle to take matters into your own hands!
Why similar: RTS 24.7%, War 20.2%, Military 18.5%, Management 13.1%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a complex military simulation where you must manage both a base of operations and the vehicles deployed from it.
- #15 Planetbase
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 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 29.9%, City Builder 22%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 5.9%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A focused colony-sim that requires you to manage resources and personnel to keep a remote base operational.
- #16 Land of the Vikings
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,222 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 7.8%, Historical 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: It combines colony-sim mechanics with survival elements, requiring careful management of your people's needs.
- #17 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
86% matchMixed59% of 1,347 reviews2022
Dev: Real Welders
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build your own airport in Skyhaven! Live out your airplane tycoon and simulation game fantasies and make the best surroundings and strategy for both airline manager and passenger alike. Schedule flight plans, build terminals, landing strips and more and create an airport tycoon empire in Skyhaven.
Why similar: Flight 22.9%, Management 22.5%, Building 17.4%, Simulation 15.8%, Strategy 15.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated airport management simulator that focuses on the building and operational side of aviation.
- #18 Manor Lords
84% matchVery Positive84% of 87,232 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Historical 14.3%, Colony Sim 9.5%, Strategy 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends city-building with tactical military elements, providing a grounded sense of management and development.
- #19 KAISERPUNK
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 821 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
Why similar: World War II 19.1% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Military 9.6%, War 8.7%, Historical 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a mix of city-building and war strategy that mirrors the operational scale of a military base.
- #20 Surviving the Aftermath
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes survival and resource management within a base-building framework.
- #21 Space Haven
82% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 9.8%, Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building with detailed crew management, requiring you to keep your staff alive in a hazardous environment.
- #22 Empires of the Undergrowth
82% matchVery Positive94% of 17,871 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Historical 9.1%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game features unique base-building and resource management mechanics within a simulation-heavy environment.
- #23 Ostriv
83% 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: Colony Sim 17.3%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Historical 9.4%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes realistic logistics and the needs of a growing population.
- #24 Settlement Survival
81% 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: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 20.9%, Building 11.1%, Management 9%, Base Building 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep colony-sim experience that focuses on the growth and maintenance of a population under pressure.
- #25 Oxygen Not Included
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 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 36%, Base Building 22.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Building 9.7%, Management 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game features complex base-building and resource management mechanics that reward careful planning and crew oversight.
- #26 Norland
80% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.9%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 9.1%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses heavily on the individual lives and social dynamics of your inhabitants, similar to crew management.
- #27 Barotrauma
78% matchVery Positive94% of 86,224 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 54.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Why similar: Management 45.2%, Simulation 27.8%, Strategy 24.3%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the intense pressure of managing a crew and maintaining a complex machine in a hostile, high-stakes environment.
- #28 Primitive Society Simulator
79% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 71%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 14.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Historical 9.1%, War 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the development and management of a community over time.
- #29 Whiskerwood
77% matchVery Positive93% of 3,024 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Historical 9.1%, Economy 8.3%
- #30 Exogate Initiative
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 707 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.8%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 12.7%, RTS 10.5%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building and management game that requires you to oversee staff and facility operations.
- #31 MEMORIAPOLIS
78% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,755 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 12%, Building 9.8%, Historical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This city-builder focuses on the long-term development of a settlement, requiring careful planning and resource management.
- #32 Nova Roma
76% matchVery Positive95% of 1,833 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Historical 9.4%, Economy 8.3%
- #33 Blacksmith Master
77% 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 19.3%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 9.1%, Economy 9%
- #34 Air Defender
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 316 reviews2025
Dev: ROTOR3
Windows
Command the sky in a tense real-time strategy simulation where you manage a nation's air defenses. Analyze radar contacts, scramble interceptor jets, and make split-second decisions to protect your airspace from hostile threats.
Why similar: RTS 27.8%, Historical 18.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Flight 14.9%, Resource Management 14.4%
- #35 CLOUD DWELLERS
75% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 12.5%, Management 11%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #36 Endzone 2
74% 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 23.2%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 8.8%, Economy 8.7%
- #37 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
76% matchMixed66% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: XR Studio
Windows
This is a strategy game with the theme of WWII. As a battlefield commander, maintaining your army's motivation and satisfaction, promoting your generals, managing your own economy, dealing with your friends' armies, and real time grand battle. What kind of commander will you become in the process?
Why similar: World War II 22.6% ★, Historical 11.1%, Base Building 11.1%, RTS 10.7%, Military 10.6%
- #38 Global Rescue
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,266 reviews2026
Dev: PeDePe GbR Pub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Build your own base and take command of firefighting, police, EMS, and SWAT operations. Thanks to real map data, you can play right in your hometown - or anywhere in the world! Manage your fleet, hire staff, and take on a variety of authentic operations. In which city are you taking command?
Why similar: Base Building 18.5%, Building 14.8%, Management 14%, Sandbox 13.1%, Resource Management 12.5%
- #39 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
74% matchMixed70% of 995 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: World War II 17.3% ★, Historical 15.6%, Military 15.4%, War 15.1%, Management 13.2%
- #40 Republic of Pirates
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 487 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18%, City Builder 16.8%, RTS 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 8.2%
- #41 Foundation
70% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 10.7%, Resource Management 7.6%, Building 7.4%, Economy 7.3%
- #42 Infection Free Zone
71% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 21%, City Builder 20.7%, Colony Sim 17.7%, RTS 12%, Management 9.1%
- #43 Cliff Empire
73% matchVery Positive87% of 4,350 reviews2019
Dev: Lion's Shade
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #44 Builders of Greece
72% matchMixed56% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Immerse yourself in the beautifully recreated golden age of Hellenic city-states. Builders of Greece is a city management game that lets you display your strategic and economic mastery. Build your Polis from scratch, make meaningful decisions, trade, fight and expand to become the ultimate ruler.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Historical 10.2%, RTS 10%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%
- #45 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
70% matchVery Positive85% of 739 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 12.1%, RTS 11.5%, Building 8.9%
- #46 Scramble: Battle of Britain
70% matchVery Positive89% of 239 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Take control of a squadron of fighters, planning maneuvers, witnessing real-time simulations, and analyzing battle damage with detailed camera tools.
Why similar: World War II 48.4% ★, Flight 25.6%, War 12.7%, Strategy 9.3%, 3D 2.9%
- #47 Celestial Empire
68% matchVery Positive90% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 17%, RTS 14%, Historical 11.4%, Economy 10.6%, Building 10.3%
- #48 Plane Mechanic Simulator
71% matchMixed57% of 1,676 reviews2024
Dev: Cobble GamesPub: Ultimate Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 42%
England, 1940. The Luftwaffe is preparing for the invasion of Britain and the RAF need every man to stop it. They need you. Join the ground crews as they struggle to keep the aircraft flying. Repair engine, patch bullet holes, rearm machine guns and more.
Why similar: World War II 39.6% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Building 12.4%, Historical 10.7%, War 9.3%
- #49 National Machine
73% matchMixed61% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Eric Sun
Windows
You are a munitions manufacturer in 1930s. Help your nation for arms race. Before war break, you need to produce enough aircraft, tanks and guns.
Why similar: World War II 28.1% ★, Historical 11.2%, Building 11%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 10.7%
- #50 Space Drilling Station
68% matchVery Positive92% of 77 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, Base Building 13.9%, City Builder 12.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Economy 9%
- #51 Noble Fates
69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 25.3%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 9.8%, Building 9.8%
- #52 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
66% matchVery Positive83% of 1,397 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 9.6%, Building 9.5%
- #53 Becastled
66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,534 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 19.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Colony Sim 16.2%, RTS 11.3%, Building 8.7%
- #54 WW2 Rebuilder
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,545 reviews2023
Dev: Madnetic Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build the new future of Europe! Flip, renovate, repair and rebuild places destroyed during World War 2. Get to know the history and stories of civilians. Play an immersive building simulator with grappling storytelling.
Why similar: World War II 29.9% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 9.2%
- #55 Territory: Farming and Warfare
66% matchVery Positive85% of 715 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 13.9%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 9%, Military 8.3%
- #56 Builders of Egypt
69% matchMostly Negative35% of 470 reviews2025
Dev: Strategy Labs
Windows
Builders of Egypt is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history!
Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Historical 11.7%, Building 10.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Economy 9.2%
- #57 Airborne Empire
65% matchVery Positive88% of 851 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 18.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, RTS 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #58 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
71% matchMostly Negative34% of 656 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: Military 22.2%, War 17.8%, Historical 15%, Management 14.5%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #59 Edge Islands
67% 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 26.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Building 12.2%, City Builder 12.2%, Management 9.1%
- #60 The Crust
66% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 13.5%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 8.3%