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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Building, Base Building, Strategy, Colony Sim.

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A tower-defence-like colony sim where you must extract resources from the land and produce fuel to escape the planet. Expand across each map researching various structures, creatively avoiding or engaging with local creatures to take their precious crystals. Research, Build, Expand, Extract!

Reviews: 9 user reviews — 89% — of 9 reviews
Released: 2022-09-14
Developer: Bage
Genres: Casual, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Rosa Borrego
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    Defeat the onslaught of aliens by building your own moon base, placing & upgrading tower defences, managing units, and mining resources!

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  2. #2 Death By FrostByte
    96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
    Dev: Stormee Games
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    Build up your company to mine resources and manufacture parts, research new technologies, build up your industry with limited resources. Can you survive the harsh arctic climates of a new ice age?

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  3. #3 Zomboard
    96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Tania Felidea
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    Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 9.6%, Strategy 6.5%

  4. #4 Horizon 1990
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
    Windows

    Gather exotic resources, build defenses, research new technologies, and explore the mysteries of the void, all while being chased by the darkness from the end of time.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, Tower Defense 20.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 13.3%, Building 8.3%

  5. #5 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
    94% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Studio Baikin
    Windows

    An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Tower Defense 25.1%, Building 15.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 9.5%

  6. #6 Eye of the Void: Unleashed - Tower Defense
    94% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: PerpetualOOMM
    Windows · Mac

    The goblin tribes of the realm have united against you and the power of the Eye of the Void. Build towers, fortify walls, construct gold mines to gather resources, and cast powerful spells to fend off waves of determined goblins and their allies who seek to destroy you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Building 15.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 6.3%

  7. #7 Cosmic Castaway
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinciware
    Windows

    Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Time Management 15.1%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.6%

  8. #8 Wall World Strategy
    92% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows

    Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing – in Wall World, it's easy to fall.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Mining 17.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 10.5%

  9. #9 Gutfarm
    91% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2025
    Dev: TincatGames
    Windows

    Gutfarm is a top-down 2D pixel art game that blends farming, tower defense, and survival elements. On this alien island, you will expand and grow your farm by planting crops, unlocking genetically mutated varieties, defending against waves of monster attacks, collecting relics, and more!

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  10. #10 The Wild Age
    91% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.

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  11. #11 Castle Formers
    90% matchPositive96% of 48 reviews2021
    Dev: Fernando AraujoPub: INK EYE Games
    Windows

    Defend your castle from the attacks of the night creatures. Collect coins, interact with the elements of the game, discover, explore, learn and survive for 30 days or try again.

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  12. #12 CryoFall
    89% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,430 reviews2021
    Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, Agriculture 20%, Mining 19.2%, Base Building 9.9%, Building 8.9%

  13. #13 SeaColony
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

    SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and set up production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Time Management 16.2%, Base Building 14%, Agriculture 12.8%, Survival 8.1%

  14. #14 Dungeon D14
    88% 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 29.1%, Base Building 16%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 3%

  15. #15 Phoenix Hope
    87% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: Honorable Pixel
    Windows

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

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  16. #16 Illuminaria
    86% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.

    Why similar: Mining 24.1%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Tower Defense 19%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 12.7%

  17. #17 ExoFlora: First Seeds
    85% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Meristem Loop Games
    Windows

    ExoFlora: First Seeds is a farming simulation and management game set on an alien planet. Grow exotic species, control a greenhouse, research new technologies, and defend your crops in a living, unpredictable ecosystem.

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    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 和光同尘
    Windows

    Mining & Tower Defense! Build miners to gather ores, buy diverse cores, and freely assemble your own defense towers from modules! Your strategy and creativity forge the ultimate frontier against endless enemies!

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    84% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Clément Andraud
    Windows · Linux

    A game of base building and colony simulation in a world where night is permanent. Survive, build, explore, repel enemy raids and tend to the needs of your workers and your king.

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    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,491 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
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    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    82% matchMostly Positive77% of 403 reviews2024
    Dev: Angoo Inc.Pub: SUNSOFT
    Windows

    Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony simulation.

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    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
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    Windows
    Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 83.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    Dev: Creekside Interactive
    Windows

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    Dev: Martin Buck Software
    Windows · Linux

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    79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: Lazy4Games
    Windows

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    78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
    Windows

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    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonz
    Windows

    Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.

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    78% matchPositive91% of 33 reviews2020
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    76% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    75% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Dev: Jinthree Studio
    Windows

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    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jody Hiatt
    Windows

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    77% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dazar
    Windows

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    73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: OPS Game Studio
    Windows

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  39. #39 Stellar Shipyard
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ursa Dev
    Windows · Linux

    Stellar Shipyard is a space colony sandbox where you design modular ships and stations, and automate resource production using drones and workers. Let the automated systems fly even the most improvised designs. Face rival factions and threats solo, or alongside friends as allies or rivals.

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  40. #40 Yavalanche
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Decent Salad Games
    Windows

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    72% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2025
    Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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

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    71% matchPositive98% of 40 reviews2026
    Dev: Emerick GibsonPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows

    Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island. Define the tenets of your culture, deal with your subjects' needs and withstand the forces of the elements.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Agriculture 25%, Time Management 19.4%, Building 10.6%, Base Building 7%

  43. #43 Until We Die
    72% matchMixed64% of 4,594 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixeye Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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

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    70% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: decidonePub: Planet Gemini
    Windows

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  45. #45 Planetbase
    71% 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.

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    69% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplemole
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  47. #47 Crystal Guardian
    70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: AKDasan
    Windows

    Crystal Guardian is a tower defense game featuring survival and time control elements. Defend the crystal against enemies from different biomes every night, and during the days, gather resources from various biomes to alleviate hunger and thirst, aiming to survive until the 100th day.

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    68% matchMixed59% of 645 reviews2025
    Dev: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

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    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Starloom Studio Limited
    Windows

    Starloom is a star-guided 2D pixel farming and colony simulation RPG. Grow crops, manage resources, and explore ancient ruins while constellations and moon phases influence farming outcomes, rare events, and the gradual rebirth of a fallen civilization.

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    71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
    Dev: Roley Games
    Windows

    Grow crops and fight giant birds, mine precious materials while avoiding sink holes. Keep your societies needs met before unrest breaks out. And finally end the war by tracking down the enemy leader.

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  51. #51 Embark
    70% matchMixed61% of 388 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.

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    69% matchVery Positive91% of 22,597 reviews2015
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 312 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival. Rebuild your underground facility, manage colonists and robots, and uncover the mysteries of an alien world light-years from Earth. Dig deep, expand across the surface, and shape your new home.

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    68% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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.

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    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stratagem Interactive
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    66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: FishBaitPub: PondDev
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    Space Base is an action-packed tower defence game, where you aim to protect your planets from the incoming forces of enemy ships and aliens by any means necessary. Build up your defences as stronger and stronger waves of enemies arrive to reach the highest score possible.

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    66% matchNo user reviews
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    65% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: JD7 Games
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    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Agriculture 24%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 8.4%

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