- #1 Bomber Crew
97% matchVery Positive88% of 15,499 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 44.1% ★, Flight 14%, Management 12%, War 8.6%, Simulation 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the exact spirit of managing a WWII flight crew and their aircraft through dangerous missions.
- #2 Aircraft Carrier Survival
96% matchMixed60% of 1,229 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 30.2% ★, Base Building 12.1%, War 11.1%, Economy 9.9%, Resource Management 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the high-stakes naval management and crew coordination required to survive in a WWII combat zone.
- #3 One Military Camp
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 739 reviews2023
Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 18.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Building 11%, Economy 10.9%, Resource Management 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the training and management of military personnel within a custom-built base environment.
- #4 Project Wunderwaffe
95% matchMixed57% of 481 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 26.1% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Military 10.7%, Building 9.5%, War 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building strategy game set in WWII that emphasizes research, development, and infrastructure management.
- #5 War Hospital
94% matchMixed61% of 1,272 reviews2024
Dev: Brave Lamb Studio S.A.Pub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 15.7%, Military 13.3%, RTS 13.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Historical 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This title shares the WWII setting and the intense pressure of managing limited resources and personnel under fire.
- #6 RimWorld
93% 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 31.9%, Base Building 20%, City Builder 12.2%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: As the gold standard for colony sims, it offers unparalleled depth in managing individual crew needs and base defenses.
- #7 Until the Last Plane
94% 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 31% ★, Military 12.8%, Management 12.4%, Resource Management 11.9%, Historical 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a focused look at managing WWII aircraft logistics, pilot fatigue, and mission preparation.
- #8 Airport CEO
92% matchVery Positive83% of 8,330 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 13.8%, Flight 13.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a detailed look at the infrastructure and operational management required to run a functional airfield.
- #9 UBOAT
91% matchVery Positive84% of 27,151 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 52.4 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 32.9% ★, Military 13.8%, War 11.3%, Historical 10.7%, RTS 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, immersive simulation of managing a WWII crew and vessel under constant threat of attack.
- #10 SimAirport
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,044 reviews2020
Dev: LVGameDev LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 17.7%, Flight 14.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10.4%, Economy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the logistical challenges of airport design and management, similar to airfield construction.
- #11 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
90% matchVery Positive91% of 27,069 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 71.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 17.4%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 12%, Historical 9.5%, Building 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This offers an incredibly deep level of logistics and infrastructure management for those who enjoy complex building systems.
- #12 Captain of Industry
89% matchVery Positive90% of 11,469 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 84.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 14.9%, Colony Sim 13.7%, City Builder 12%, Economy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features complex industrial base-building and resource management that rewards strategic planning.
- #13 Empires of the Undergrowth
88% matchVery Positive94% of 18,736 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 18.2 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 17.6%, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Historical 9.1%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colony management game that emphasizes expansion, resource gathering, and defending your base from threats.
- #14 Frostpunk
89% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 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 25.8%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Resource Management 12.6%, Base Building 8.3%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at high-stakes management and survival, forcing players to make difficult choices to keep their base and people alive.
- #15 Oxygen Not Included
87% 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 36.2%, Base Building 22.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Building 9.7%, Management 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It provides complex resource management and base construction mechanics that appeal to fans of detailed simulation.
- #16 KAISERPUNK
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 921 reviews2025
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 19.5% ★, City Builder 13.7%, Military 9.6%, War 8.7%, Historical 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: An alternate history city-builder that integrates strategic military elements into its management loop.
- #17 Going Medieval
84% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 19.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 12.5%, RTS 11.6%, Historical 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that focuses on building, defense, and managing the daily lives of your settlers.
- #18 Land of the Vikings
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 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 22.2%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 9.7%, Building 7.8%, Historical 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that focuses on building, resource management, and defending your settlement.
- #19 Blacksmith Master
84% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 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 19.5%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 13%, Building 9.2%, Economy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on production management and building, offering a satisfying loop of resource conversion.
- #20 Carrier Command 2
85% matchVery Positive82% of 3,750 reviews2021
Dev: GeometaPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 15.7 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 24.9%, War 20.4%, Military 18.7%, Management 12.8%, Strategy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic military simulation that requires managing vehicles and base operations in a hostile environment.
- #21 Barotrauma
81% matchVery Positive94% of 89,315 reviews2023
Dev: FakeFishPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 56.1 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 44.8%, Simulation 27.7%, Strategy 24.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes intense crew management and survival in a hostile, high-pressure environment.
- #22 Ostriv
82% 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 17.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Historical 9.5%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that offers a realistic approach to resource management and village development.
- #23 Nova Roma
80% matchVery Positive94% of 2,244 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 14.6%, Base Building 12%, Historical 9.5%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder with deep simulation mechanics that requires careful planning and resource management.
- #24 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
83% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: RTS 19%, Military 18.4%, War 15.5%, Historical 14.9%, Management 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the tension of WWII military command and control through a unique management-focused perspective.
- #25 Planetbase
82% 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 29.9%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 5.7%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a challenging base-building experience where managing resources and crew survival is paramount.
- #26 Surviving the Aftermath
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 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 26.4%, Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This colony sim emphasizes base-building and resource management in a challenging, post-apocalyptic environment.
- #27 Primitive Society Simulator
79% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 19%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Historical 9.2%, War 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique take on colony simulation with a focus on agriculture and societal management.
- #28 Whiskerwood
77% matchVery Positive92% of 3,269 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 16.4 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 18%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 11.8%, Historical 9.2%, Building 8.2%
- #29 Exogate Initiative
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 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 16.9%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 12.8%, RTS 10.6%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building and management game that tasks you with overseeing personnel and infrastructure in a high-tech facility.
- #30 Clanfolk
78% 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 47%, Building 21.8%, Sandbox 18.9%, Simulation 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation that focuses on survival, management, and the daily lives of your people in a historical setting.
- #31 Corsair Cove
76% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Historical 9.6%, Building 8.4%
- #32 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
79% 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 31.1%, Base Building 18.6%, City Builder 9.5%, Sandbox 7.5%, Resource Management 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and colony management with a focus on surviving a hostile, apocalyptic world.
- #33 Mandate Order
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 897 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 11%, RTS 10.3%, Military 10.2%, Historical 9.1%
- #34 Norland
75% matchVery Positive82% of 10,349 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.4 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 18.2%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 11.9%, Historical 9.2%, Building 8.1%
- #35 Heavyarms Assemble: WWII
77% 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 22.8% ★, Historical 11.1%, Base Building 11%, RTS 10.7%, Military 10.6%
- #36 The Crust
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 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 21.6%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 13.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 8.2%
- #37 Celestial Empire
73% matchVery Positive90% of 718 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 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 14.9%, Colony Sim 13.9%, RTS 12.3%, Historical 9.9%, Building 9%
- #38 Sky Haven Tycoon - Airport Simulator
76% matchMixed58% of 1,364 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 23.3%, Management 22.1%, Building 17.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Strategy 15.2%
- #39 Air Defender
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 356 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 28%, Historical 18.5%, Flight 15.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 13.4%
- #40 Space Drilling Station
73% matchVery Positive92% of 84 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 22.1%, Base Building 14.1%, City Builder 12.4%, Resource Management 8.8%, Building 8.8%
- #41 Global Rescue
71% matchVery Positive86% of 1,799 reviews2026
Dev: PeDePe GbR Pub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 18.8%, Building 15.1%, Management 13.8%, Sandbox 13.1%, Resource Management 12.1%
- #42 Endzone 2
73% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 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 23.4%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 8.9%, Economy 8.4%
- #43 Manor Lords
71% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 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 21.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Historical 14.1%, Colony Sim 9.7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #44 CLOUD DWELLERS
72% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 28.5%, Base Building 16%, Building 12.6%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #45 Settlement Survival
72% 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 23.6%, City Builder 22.2%, Building 11.7%, Management 9.3%, Base Building 8.1%
- #46 MEMORIAPOLIS
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,785 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 21.8%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 12%, Building 9.9%, Historical 9.3%
- #47 Infection Free Zone
70% matchVery Positive81% of 18,524 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.7 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 21.1%, City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 17.6%, RTS 12.1%, Management 8.9%
- #48 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
70% matchMixed68% of 1,070 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 17.6% ★, Historical 15.6%, Military 15.5%, War 15.2%, Management 12.9%
- #49 Foundation
67% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 29.1%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Building 7.4%, Resource Management 7.3%, Base Building 7.2%
- #50 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
67% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 19.9%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 12.1%, RTS 11.6%, Building 8.9%
- #51 Scramble: Battle of Britain
68% matchVery Positive89% of 244 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 48.5% ★, Flight 25.7%, War 12.7%, Strategy 9.2%, 3D 2.9%
- #52 ALL WILL FALL
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,385 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15.2%, Sandbox 8%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #53 Republic of Pirates
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 18.1%, City Builder 17.1%, RTS 13.5%, Resource Management 9%, Management 8.1%
- #54 Builders of Greece
69% matchMixed56% of 592 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 21.2%, Historical 10.3%, RTS 10.1%, Building 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%
- #55 Plane Mechanic Simulator
69% matchMixed56% of 1,686 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 40.3% ★, Simulation 14%, Building 12.6%, Historical 10.6%, War 9.2%
- #56 Cliff Empire
68% matchVery Positive87% of 4,371 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 19.1%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 10%, Economy 9.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #57 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
65% matchVery Positive82% of 1,472 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.7 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 20.3%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 9.6%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #58 Becastled
64% matchVery Positive82% of 5,597 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 19.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Colony Sim 16.3%, RTS 11.4%, Building 8.6%
- #59 Territory: Farming and Warfare
65% matchVery Positive85% of 755 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 14%, Colony Sim 13.1%, Base Building 12.2%, RTS 9%, Military 8.4%
- #60 National Machine
70% 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 28.5% ★, Historical 11.3%, Building 11%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 10.6%