- #1 Oreborn
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gurbdev
Windows · Mac
Explore, mine, and fight your way through the galaxy in this 2D space mining adventure! Unearth the relics of ancient civilizations and face the horrors that linger beneath alien worlds.
Why similar: Mining 21.3% ★, Perma Death 16.1%, Roguelite 12.6%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Crafting 8.9%
- #2 Keziah's Realm
96% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5% ★, Survival 14.2%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Crafting 9.1%, RPG 8.7%
- #3 Earth Elements
96% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Jack G
Windows
Earth Elements. In three words: Dig, Mix, Build. Resource collecting, building and surviving game with not one but a few of game characters. Start with digging of Elements on map, mix in mixers to advance, build new features on map. RoundOnes will create Yours versions of great Monumental builds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9% ★, Mining 23.7% ★, Crafting 12%, Perma Death 9.5%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #4 Afterdepth
94% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: DANIEL QUEIROZ DE PONTES TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMACAO LTDA (DBA Dannark Studios)Pub: Dannark Studios
Windows · Mac
Explore, build, and survive in the depths of a forgotten world. Manage oxygen, power, and resources as you uncover the secrets buried beneath the surface.
Why similar: Mining 30.4% ★, Roguelite 15%, Survival 11.8%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Crafting 10.5%
- #5 Dungeon D14
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1% ★, Mining 26.6% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Procedural Generation 8.7%
- #6 Too Far Too Late
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fly Game Studio
Windows
Embark on a Colony in Space. Build a base to ensure your colonists survive. Explore, mine resources, craft items, and thrive in a realistic atmospheric and electrical simulation. Watch out for potential dangers before it’s too late!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1% ★, Mining 17.7% ★, Perma Death 13.1%, Survival 8.4%, Crafting 8.1%
- #7 Beneath a Dead City
93% 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 38.2% ★, Survival 15.5%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Nonlinear 10.6%, Exploration 5.7%
- #8 Gateworlds
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8% ★, Survival 14.6%, Sandbox 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%
- #9 Duck the Miner
91% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Atlas Brightway
Windows
Your ultimate goal was to achieve the dream of living on Mars, but the journey didn't go as planned. After a rough ride that left your engine destroyed, you are now stranded on space and must mine asteroids to repair your ship to try finish the voyage.
Why similar: Mining 39.7% ★, Crafting 16.8%, Resource Management 12.6%, Procedural Generation 12%, Survival 5.7%
- #10 Cube Universe
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Beosar
Windows
Cube Universe is a first-person voxel RPG. Visit many different, procedurally generated planets. Team up with your friends to fight against fierce enemies in dungeons. Do quests to save the world from the forces of evil - or throw it into chaos.
Why similar: Mining 20.5% ★, Crafting 14.3%, RPG 14.1%, Sandbox 11%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
- #11 Survival Vacancy
90% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31% ★, Mining 16.6% ★, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #12 FarHearth
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: matchaserf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build your last home in a desperate world. Grow your settlement from a humble hamlet to a great city-state. Manage resources. Appoint leaders. Pass laws. Shape the soul of your city. Save your people and build a glorious beacon to last the ages, or fall to ruin.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28% ★, Survival 14.3%, Perma Death 12.5%, Crafting 11.6%, Resource Management 9%
- #13 Children of Mare
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7% ★, Survival 14.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Mining 12.1% ★, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #14 Odd Realm
88% 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 34.6% ★, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 12.1%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Sandbox 5.4%
- #15 Settler's Domain
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a settlement-building survival game with resource management and diplomacy elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, harvest resources, and deal with other settlements to expand your domain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5% ★, Survival 14.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #16 Never Secure
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4% ★, Survival 18.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 11.1%, Simulation 7%
- #17 SuperColony
86% 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 39.9% ★, Survival 15.3%, Roguelite 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #18 TFM: The First Men
85% 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 45.2% ★, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Procedural Generation 8.6%, Crafting 7.6%
- #19 Minable & Create / ミナクリ
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: technopixel
Windows
World-building RPG "Minable & Create" is an easy-to-understand 2D screen sandbox game. Basically anything can be dug and you can create your own base with the acquired materials. Find and collect the people who were attacked by the Demon King and scattered, and save the world.
Why similar: Crafting 20.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Survival 16.9%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Roguelite 12.1%
- #20 Hammerting
84% matchMixed57% of 2,576 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7% ★, Mining 24.1% ★, Crafting 11.7%, Resource Management 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #21 DuneHaven
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4% ★, Sandbox 17.4%, Crafting 9.5%, RPG 8.5%, Survival 8.1%
- #22 Gnomoria
83% 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 44.6% ★, Sandbox 15.5%, Survival 12.6%, Crafting 12.3%, Simulation 5.3%
- #23 Settletopia
82% 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 36.5% ★, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Crafting 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #24 BLASTRONAUT
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Perfoon
Windows · Mac · Linux
BLASTRONAUT is a mining game in a procedural alien world. Explore, extract and profit.
Why similar: Mining 31% ★, Sandbox 12.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 11%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
- #25 Rock Digger
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rockin' Games
Windows
Start as a humble rock and evolve into a rock-digging rock star! Dig for resources, solve ancient puzzles, and uncover hidden secrets after crash-landing on an alien planet. Unearth countless upgrades and gain powerful abilities. Explore mysterious new worlds. Reach the core. Ascend to Rock God!
Why similar: Mining 36.1% ★, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, Exploration 6.8%
- #26 Terminal Bore
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SDG Games
Windows · Linux
Terminal Bore is a 2D mining game inspired by classics like Motherload. Dig deep, craft upgrades, and overcome obstacles as you become an unstoppable mining machine.
Why similar: Mining 31.9% ★, Crafting 12.5%, Survival 11.3%, Sandbox 10.6%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #27 Vilset
81% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Survival 15.8%, Crafting 15.5%, Sandbox 9.7%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #28 Rock the Islands
77% matchVery Positive90% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: HYPE GAME LLC
Windows
Team up with friends and dive into adventure! Rescue dwellers, let them work for you so they farm resources and protect you from enemies. Upgrade your equipment, explore new lands, complete quests and fight evil with glory!
Why similar: Mining 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 27.8% ★, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.4%
- #29 Mad Miner
78% matchPositive85% of 20 reviews2023
Dev: Mercimek Games
Windows · Linux
Mad Miner is a mining game where you try to survive in a new order where world life is trapped underground.
Why similar: Mining 30.6% ★, Survival 14%, Nonlinear 12.8%, Roguelite 12%, Sandbox 11.5%
- #30 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
79% 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 47.2% ★, Survival 18.6%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 10.6%, Simulation 5%
- #31 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
78% 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 42.3% ★, Survival 17.9%, Crafting 10.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #32 Bee-z Factory
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Felipe Tonkiel
Windows
Bee-z Factory is a farm-colony simulation game, where you provide guidance to a species of highly temperamental plant-like space colonizers called sproutlings, that are now stranded on a foreign planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, Perma Death 22.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Exploration 7.1%
- #33 Oxygen Not Included
75% 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 51.6% ★, Survival 19.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Sandbox 7.6%, Simulation 3%
- #34 Paleon
75% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 54% ★, Survival 20%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
- #35 Embark
76% 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 58.2% ★, Survival 12.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Sandbox 10.3%, Simulation 5.2%
- #36 There Is mORE
73% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: ByteBeyond
Windows · Linux
Mine by day, defend by night. Unlock powerful spells, build your strategy, and survive relentless waves as you dig deeper every run.
Why similar: Mining 34.2% ★, Roguelite 18.8%, Survival 18.3%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Exploration 6.5%
- #37 Endless Vine
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Circuit Root
Windows
Crash-landed in an endless jungle, you must rescue survivors, build a steam-powered colony, and construct an escape vehicle before the wilderness claims you. Endless Vine is a steampunk survival colony builder where every decision shapes your fight for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5% ★, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Survival 14.1%, Crafting 10.5%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #38 Void Harvest
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LoneBit
Windows
Condemned to work in an endless void, you must mine ore from asteroids, search wrecks and upgrade your ship to survive. Explore vast spaces, unlock upgrades, manage your crew and avoid constantly changing threats. Can you survive your sentence?
Why similar: Mining 26% ★, Roguelite 16%, Crafting 16%, Survival 15.4%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #39 Orc Colony
76% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.2% ★, Survival 9.6%, Simulation 9.5%, Resource Management 8.1%, Sandbox 8%
- #40 CitaDrill
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Moka
Windows
Captain a giant drill-city in this roguelite citybuilder. Dig deep into an infested planet, collect resources, expand your city under the dome, upgrade your drill, and protect yourself against waves of fearsome creatures together with your mettle and paw-some cat crew.
Why similar: Mining 28.7% ★, Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Roguelite 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #41 Mind Over Magic
70% matchVery Positive87% of 4,302 reviews2025
Dev: SparkypantsPub: Klei Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 30.7% ★, Nonlinear 15.1%, Survival 13.6%, Crafting 12.9%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #42 After the Collapse
73% 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 37.3% ★, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 11.5%, Sandbox 11%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
- #43 Stardeus
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, Crafting 13.2%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #44 Another Game About Digging A Hole
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: myownyose
Windows
A game about digging in the mines of an unknown and unclaimed planet. Collect resources, sell them and upgrade your equipment - discover all available resources!
Why similar: Mining 34% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Sandbox 13.5%, Resource Management 8.6%, Exploration 7.3%
- #45 Cavern Adventurers
71% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2% ★, Mining 15% ★, Survival 12%, Simulation 7.2%, Exploration 6.9%
- #46 Sphere - Flying Cities
72% matchMixed50% of 237 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5% ★, Mining 24.5% ★, Survival 13.8%, Crafting 12.6%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #47 Underground Nomads
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.7% ★, Survival 17.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Crafting 6.8%, Exploration 6.6%
- #48 Arrow & Fang
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Andrew "VAGRIENT" BrayPub: Andrew VAGRIENT Bray
Windows
Take on the role of Lena Morwyn and play her story in this survival game.
Why similar: Crafting 19.6%, Survival 18.6%, Nonlinear 13.9%, Resource Management 13.9%, Sandbox 13.1%
- #49 Forsaken Isle
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2025
Dev: Smoodlez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!
Why similar: Survival 30.6%, Crafting 26.4%, Sandbox 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, RPG 10.3%
- #50 Woodland Rebels
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, Crafting 17.9%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%
- #51 Restart
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 49Wares
Windows
A scientist with great knowledge about humanity ends up back in the Stone Age and has to build a civilization and develop it into the modern age.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Survival 15.6%, Crafting 15.2%, Sandbox 13.1%, Procedural Generation 5.9%
- #52 Elsewhere
67% matchVery Positive95% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows
Explore, dig for resources, and build factories in a vibrant open world with quests for both technological and magical progression. Inspired by classic old-school Minecraft modpacks and featuring many new and unique features.
Why similar: Mining 30% ★, Crafting 17.6%, Survival 16.9%, Sandbox 15.6%, Procedural Generation 10.1%
- #53 Pawnholm
69% 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 32.1% ★, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 13.3%, Procedural Generation 9.3%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #54 Dig a Little Deeper
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unbound Sparks
Windows · Mac
Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, Mining 23.8% ★, Crafting 15.6%, Resource Management 9.2%, Simulation 6%
- #55 Starfall Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6% ★, Procedural Generation 13.4%, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 10.1%, Mining 6.9% ★
- #56 Desktop Ant Farm Simulator
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Beef Cat
Windows
Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi beats. The game window persists over other applications on your desktop, and is fully re-sizeable.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9% ★, Sandbox 17%, Simulation 11.9%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%
- #57 Gelatine
68% matchPositive93% of 29 reviews2022
Dev: Tactical Air Horse
Windows · Linux
A 2D sandbox with a heavy emphasis on action and combat. Features music-synchronized boss fights, village invasions, and more!
Why similar: Survival 17.8%, Crafting 16.2%, Sandbox 15.7%, Nonlinear 14.4%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #58 Founders' Fortune
67% 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 56% ★, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Crafting 6.5%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #59 Deep Space Outpost
67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Niris Games
Windows · Linux
Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6% ★, Mining 24.2% ★, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Procedural Generation 9.2%
- #60 Doug The Digger
65% match7 user reviews83% of 41 reviews2025
Dev: Rapid Iterations
Windows
Doug The Digger is a casual, single-player mining and crafting game where you aim to escape a crash landing by crafting a rocket. The gameplay is simple but addictive—play at your own risk!
Why similar: Mining 40.8% ★, Survival 20.1%, Crafting 15.2%, RPG 8.6%, Exploration 7.3%