Games Like Hell Architect: Prologue

Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Dark Comedy 9.9%, Sandbox 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the seed game, offering expanded content and more complex torture and management mechanics.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Dark Comedy 16%, Base Building 14.9%, Dungeon Crawler 14.7%, Colony Sim 13.4% ★, City Builder 12.5%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the dark, dungeon-management humor and strategic base-building mechanics perfectly in a villainous setting.

Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24% ★, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 11.3%, Sandbox 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational colony-management game that shares the top-down, grid-based building style and complex prisoner needs management.

Ruinarch is an evil god simulator and sandbox game where you mess with people’s lives for hilarious results! Make them vampires, werewolves or bard haters and cackle as the drama unfolds. Once you’re done, unleash a malicious buffet of spells and custom plagues to wipe them out and start anew!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9% ★, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the villain-protagonist aspect, allowing you to manipulate and torment your subjects to create chaos.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2% ★, Base Building 17.8%, City Builder 13.2%, Sandbox 9%, Management 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony-sims, providing deep management systems and emergent storytelling that fits the base-building focus of the seed.

Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Building 12.8%, Management 11%, Dark Humor 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar premise of managing monsters in a building, blending tower defense with colony management.

Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.

Why similar: Strategy 65.8%, Base Building 34.2%

Why You'll Like It: The classic inspiration for dungeon-management games with a focus on dark humor and base building.

A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!

Why similar: Base Building 36.2%, Building 19%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Sandbox 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A villain-themed management game where you build a secret base and manage minions to achieve world domination.

KeeperRL is a retro dungeon simulator with roguelike and RPG elements. Take the role of an evil keeper and build a formidable dungeon. Recruit sinister minions, equip and train them to explore the world and fight the forces of good.

Why similar: Base Building 29.8%, Building 21.4%, Sandbox 20.3%, Management 19.7%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines dungeon management with roguelike elements, perfect for those who enjoy the evil overlord theme.

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 13%, Building 10.6%, Management 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building a functional society with complex economic management and population needs.

Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 10.2%, Management 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-management game that emphasizes base-building and economy management in a fantasy setting.

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 40.3% ★, City Builder 30.8%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 6.7%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that blends colony simulation with tower defense, mirroring the management challenges of the seed.

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 27.8% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 15.9%, Sandbox 11.2%, Management 11%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes building and survival in a historical setting with deep management systems.

This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5% ★, City Builder 23%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 9.5%, Management 8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that challenges you to manage resources and survival in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.

Why similar: Management 30.7%, Building 26.2%, City Builder 13%, Sandbox 12.4%, Funny 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the humorous, cartoonish management style and complex building requirements despite the different theme.

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3% ★, Building 16.8%, Sandbox 15.9%, City Builder 12.8%, Open World 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D base-building game where you manage dwarves, sharing the side-scrolling management feel and resource gathering.

Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 10.1%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A management sim that shares the grid-based building and population management mechanics of the seed game.

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 27.9% ★, City Builder 22%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 11.1%, Building 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game that allows you to influence your subjects' lives directly, similar to the management of sinners in hell.

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm! Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: City Builder 20.7%, Dungeon Crawler 16.3%, Management 12.5%, Dark Humor 10.8%, Sandbox 10.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management game focused on building and maintaining a dungeon for adventurers to explore.

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 27.7% ★, City Builder 21%, Management 10.3%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy colony-sim that focuses on the social hierarchy and individual needs of your population.

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3% ★, City Builder 27%, Base Building 17%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-themed colony-sim that leans into the hellish aesthetic and management mechanics.

Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.

Why similar: City Builder 31.4%, Dark Humor 19.3%, Cartoony 9.7%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the hellish theme and casual management focus of the seed game.

Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.4% ★, City Builder 25%, Base Building 13.9%, Strategy 6.5%, Open World 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A unique colony-sim where you manage a floating city, requiring similar resource and population management strategies.

Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!

Why similar: City Builder 33.3%, Building 17.5%, Sandbox 16.4%, Management 15.8%, Economy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes resource management and building layout, similar to the base-building aspects of the seed.

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 25.5% ★, City Builder 18%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10%, Sandbox 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that requires careful management of resources and base layout in a hostile, confined environment.

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9% ★, Sandbox 20.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Open World 9%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep colony-sim that offers immense control over your subjects' lives and spiritual development.

Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?

Why similar: Dungeon Crawler 22.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Management 15.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Building 13%

Free stand‑alone Prologue. Shape a grand colony where every life bends to your will. Feel the weight of absolute power as you decree laws, then march into chaos, leading squads in roguelite FPS battles from brutal skirmishes to large-scale battlefields. Play Sector One now & wishlist the full game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 52.5% ★, Base Building 25.4%, Management 13%, Dark Humor 9.2%

Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

Why similar: Colony Sim 53.2% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 8.3%, Economy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building and managing a settlement in a harsh, post-apocalyptic environment.

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 34.5% ★, Base Building 18.2%, City Builder 11.3%, Sandbox 8.6%, Open World 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that involves managing a base while dealing with demonic threats in a modern setting.

Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5% ★, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Management 8.6%, Building 8.1%

Blood Bar Tycoon is a vampire bar management game. Build bars and blood factories, lure humans to harvest their blood, process it, and serve your customers: other vampires. Research quirky machines and deal with hunters! Expand through Crimson City to become a mighty Elder!

Why similar: City Builder 18.4%, Dark Comedy 13.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 10%, Dark Humor 9.4%

Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2% ★, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 9.1%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Base Building 45.8%, Management 17.9%, Building 14.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Open World 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused colony-sim that tasks you with managing the needs and safety of a small group in a bunker.

Gym Manager: Prologue is a free simulation game where you can build, expand and manage your own Gym. To attract more clients - invest in new equipment, keep the room clean and sabotage your competitors.

Why similar: Management 23.4%, Base Building 20.8%, Sandbox 17.9%, Economy 16.8%, Building 15.2%

Gold makes God. Embrace city-building chaos around a monster-filled dungeon where danger & profit go hand in hand. Assign heroes quests, evolve powerful pets and expand your influence one gold coin at a time. Recruit, defend, explore — all in pursuit of Glory and Gold!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 14%, Management 13.4%, Sandbox 9.7%

This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.

Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 25.1% ★, Management 11.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Strategy 7.3%

Game Builder Tycoon - Prologue is a free simulation game in which you begin your journey as an indie game developer. Personalize your character, craft hit games, manage marketing and research stuff. Create best game on the planet!

Why similar: Management 20.9%, Building 18.9%, Sandbox 16.2%, Economy 13.4%, Base Building 13.4%

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26% ★, Base Building 21.3%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Dark Humor 11.1%, Building 10.1%

Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 12.1%, Sandbox 12.1%

Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7% ★, City Builder 29.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Base Building 9.2%

Step into the shoes of a hotel owner as you design, build, and manage grand hotels around the world. Juggle demanding guests, frantic logistics, and plenty of unexpected surprises in Hotel Architect; the ultimate hotel construction and tycoon management game!

Why similar: City Builder 31%, Building 16.3%, Sandbox 15.4%, Management 15.3%, Economy 10%

Restore your fantasy tavern to its full glory. Repair, improve and expand the establishment. Try running a tavern for a day in Prologue.

Why similar: Base Building 31.3%, Building 19.5%, Economy 15.9%, Management 15.8%, Sandbox 9.9%

Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 11.6%, Management 8.4%

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 25.5% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.5%

Lhama Clicker is a clicker game about reproduce an infinitly amount of lhamas, to increase your production to ridiculous numbers

Why similar: Dark Humor 24.8%, Building 22.5%, Economy 13.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Cute 10.2%

Bunker Builder Simulator: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Plan your work, dig a hole and build a bunker, that will survive anything! Manage safety, needs and moods of your clients, so you can become the best architect and earn a fortune.

Why similar: Base Building 31.9%, Building 24.1%, Management 20%, Sandbox 18.7%, Economy 5.3%

Save fantasy creatures and protect them until releasing them into their natural habitat. Build your shelter, explore the neighboring region, and encounter a series of events.

Why similar: City Builder 41.5%, Sandbox 21.1%, Building 15.4%, Management 9.4%, Cute 6.8%

Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

Why similar: Colony Sim 42% ★, City Builder 30.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Building 5.8%, Cute 4.6%

An idle dungeon management game, where high tier units can create low tier units.

Why similar: Economy 28.8%, Funny 22%, Strategy 20.3%, Comedy 16.5%, 2D 12.5%

Build stunning Arcade Centre’s, purchase a range of arcades machines, manage troublesome staff in this colourful and humorous simulation management game. Inspired by Two Point Hospital, Let's Build A Zoo and Megaquarium.

Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Management 12.4%, Building 12.3%, Sandbox 11.2%

Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, City Builder 25.4%, Sandbox 12.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Strategy 6.4%

Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Building 13.5%, Management 12.3%, Dark Humor 11.5%

Prologue to the Cafe Owner Simulator, where you can restore your own abandoned building, complete tasks at various levels, and start building a restaurant business from zero.

Why similar: Base Building 23.5%, Building 20.7%, Management 19.3%, Sandbox 15.5%, Economy 12.8%

A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.

Why similar: City Builder 28.3%, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, Management 13%, Building 8.8%, Economy 8.1%