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

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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% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
    Dev: Stormee Games
    Windows

    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?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Mining 20.5%, Time Management 15.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Building 10%

  2. #2 Zomboard
    96% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Tania Felidea
    Windows

    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 9.5%, Strategy 6.5%

  3. #3 Horizon 1990
    96% 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%

  4. #4 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
    95% 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 28.9%, Tower Defense 25.1%, Building 15%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 9.5%

  5. #5 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 15%, Strategy 6.3%

  6. #6 Cosmic Castaway
    94% 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 19.1%, Time Management 15.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.5%

  7. #7 Gutfarm
    92% 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!

    Why similar: Agriculture 25.1%, Tower Defense 21.2%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 11.7%, Survival 9.6%

  8. #8 The Wild Age
    93% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Tower Defense 20.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 11.1%, Building 10.3%

  9. #9 Castle Formers
    91% matchPositive96% of 47 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Base Building 14%, Survival 12%, Building 11.8%

  10. #10 CryoFall
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 6,397 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 19.9%, Mining 19.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Building 8.9%

  11. #11 Dungeon D14
    90% 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%, Mining 29.3%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 3%

  12. #12 Phoenix Hope
    89% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Tower Defense 20%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.8%, Survival 10.7%

  13. #13 Illuminaria
    88% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
    Dev: Selva Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    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 24.2%, Colony Sim 19.7%, Tower Defense 19%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.6%

  14. #14 ExoFlora: First Seeds
    87% 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.

    Why similar: Agriculture 29.3%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Time Management 12.7%, Base Building 8.1%

  15. #15 Corewave Defenders
    86% 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!

    Why similar: Mining 40.7%, Tower Defense 31.2%, Building 17.2%, Strategy 7.6%, 2D 3.4%

  16. #16 King's Keeper
    86% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 11.9%, Survival 9.7%

  17. #17 Oxygen Not Included
    85% 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 42.2%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 12.9%, Building 11.5%, Space 6.2%

  18. #18 The Last Starship
    84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
    Dev: Introversion Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

    Why similar: Mining 25.3%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.8%, Space 11.8%

  19. #19 Ark of Charon
    84% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Time Management 16.7%, Mining 9.8%, Survival 6.6%

  20. #20 Factor Y
    83% matchMostly Positive78% of 23 reviews2024
    Dev: Martin Buck Software
    Windows · Linux

    Factor Y is a relaxing, large-scale, multi-planetary, mega factory automation game. Mine resources, craft new items and structures via recipes and generate your own, custom building blocks. Expand your factory to span across multiple planets.

    Why similar: Mining 28.3%, Colony Sim 19%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.9%, Space 10%

  21. #21 Wild Roots : Chef Vs Critters
    82% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: Creekside Interactive
    Windows

    Wild Roots is a thrilling farm and cooking adventure! Grow crops, raise animals, and battle critters trying to steal your hard-earned goods. Harvest, cook up mouthwatering dishes, sell for cash, and expand your farm by clearing land. Defend, cook, and conquer—your farm’s fate is in your hands!

    Why similar: Agriculture 22.5%, Tower Defense 21.7%, Time Management 17.8%, Building 9.2%, Base Building 6.8%

  22. #22 Space Architect
    82% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Mining 16.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 11.2%, Survival 8.8%

  23. #23 Sky Base Venus
    81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
    Windows

    Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Space 16.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 9.6%, Survival 7.8%

  24. #24 Sylox
    80% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 8%, Building 7.8%

  25. #25 Son of Aral
    81% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2020
    Dev: Miradil
    Windows · Mac

    An experimental game that combines sandbox survival and tower defence. Expand your island from scratch and build it any way you want, also defend the enemies from destroying island's core.At last escape from this fake world!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Mining 26.9%, Building 16.4%, Strategy 10%, Base Building 7.4%

  26. #26 Type2
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Lucas LázaroPub: Type 2 Studios
    Windows

    Type2 is a space-based city builder where you try to run a mining business on the moon. Use your management skills to maintain a colony, expand your company, and of course, make money

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Space 14.4%, Time Management 11.8%, Mining 7.3%

  27. #27 Broken Universe - Tower Defense
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 311 reviews2023
    Dev: Jinthree Studio
    Windows

    Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 13.7%, Space 13.1%, Survival 10.2%

  28. #28 IDUN - Frontline Survival
    77% matchMostly Positive79% of 671 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

    Why similar: Mining 23.6%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Building 15.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Space 9.8%

  29. #29 Maia
    79% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.9%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 12%, Space 10.8%, Strategy 6.8%

  30. #30 Hold The Roost
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jody HiattPub: Battle Bongo Games
    Windows

    A strategic tower defense where you command a flock of chickens to gather resources, fortify defenses, and survive relentless predator attacks. Balance growth and survival as you protect the next generation through treacherous nights against tactical predators.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Tower Defense 28.9%, Base Building 15%, Building 8.6%, Strategy 8.1%

  31. #31 Dwarfs!?
    79% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,068 reviews2011
    Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%

    Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Mining 23.4%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Top-Down 5.6%

  32. #32 Final Forge
    75% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: OPS Game Studio
    Windows

    Defend your tower and protect the dwarf's treasure from marauding creatures in this roguelike tower defense game. Explore the region, collect resources and choose the right upgrades. But be careful, don't leave your fortress empty for too long.

    Why similar: Mining 25.3%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Time Management 17.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 7.8%

  33. #33 Villagedom
    76% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dazar
    Windows

    Are you worthy of being a king? Test your mettle in this city-builder and resource management game as you develop your kingdom. Face challenges at every turn and transform your village into something mighty. Protect your subjects. Slay your enemies. Be a king!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 13.7%, Strategy 4.3%

  34. #34 Stellar Shipyard
    76% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Mining 23.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Space 11.5%, Building 10.6%

  35. #35 Zombie Cure Lab
    74% matchMixed69% of 448 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Tower Defense 16.6%, Time Management 13.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.7%

  36. #36 Yavalanche
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Decent Salad Games
    Windows

    Yavalanche is a tower defense game in which you take control of a courageous yeti that lives on top of the mountain to repel waves of the sinister goblins coming to get you. Place your pins, strategize your attacks, upgrade your fortifications, and send those pesky green goblins down!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 44.2%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 9.2%, PvE 6.8%

  37. #37 Until We Die
    74% matchMixed64% of 4,581 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!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 13.4%, Building 10.4%

  38. #38 Planetbase
    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Base Building 18%, Space 15.6%, Survival 10.7%, Building 7.3%

  39. #39 Crystal Guardian
    72% 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.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Time Management 28.5%, Building 13.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Survival 12.2%

  40. #40 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
    71% matchNo user 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 24.9%, Time Management 19.6%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 7%

  41. #41 ExoColony: Planet Survival
    70% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
    Dev: Simplemole
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.

    Why similar: Mining 25.3%, Colony Sim 23.8%, Building 11.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Space 10.3%

  42. #42 Starloom
    71% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Agriculture 30.9%, Time Management 16.2%, Simulation 5.4%, Base Building 5.1%

  43. #43 Outer Frontier
    73% 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Agriculture 26.2%, Space 13%, Base Building 9%, Building 8.4%

  44. #44 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 40.7%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 16.1%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 4.7%

  45. #45 Kingdom: Classic
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Base Building 16%, Building 14.4%, Survival 10.1%

  46. #46 Embark
    73% 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 51.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 11.7%, Survival 8.9%, Strategy 5.6%

  47. #47 One Lonely Outpost
    69% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
    Dev: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Agriculture 27.2%, Space 12.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 10.7%

  48. #48 Mercury Fallen
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 307 reviews2023
    Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Mining 22.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 11.9%, Space 9.8%

  49. #49 Rise to Ruins
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, Tower Defense 28.8%, Base Building 12.3%, Survival 9.9%, Strategy 5.1%

  50. #50 Motile Works
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Max Estry
    Windows

    We've finally found it. The P35 Semiramide. This old construction platform will be our home for a while. With its help, we can start the last surviving reactor. But on the way back, we need to gather as many people and resources as possible. Despite pollution, hunger, strife, predators and raiders.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Mining 16.9%, Time Management 15.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 9.4%

  51. #51 Space Base
    67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: FishBaitPub: PondDev
    Windows

    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.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Base Building 17.6%, PvE 15.3%, Space 10.1%, Top-Down 8.7%

  52. #52 HistoriCity: Florence
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Stratagem Interactive
    Windows · Mac

    A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Agriculture 27.1%, Building 11.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 9.9%

  53. #53 Starship Colony
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Black Belt Software
    Windows

    A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 11.3%, Building 10.8%, Space 9.8%

  54. #54 Phantom Island
    69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
    Dev: DrTheBug
    Windows

    You are the only survivor of a plane crash and you find yourself on mysterious phantom island. Can you solve the mystery of the island and get out of it relying only on yourself and your survival skills?

    Why similar: Agriculture 27%, Mining 25.2%, Building 12.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.2%

  55. #55 AstronTycoon2: Ritual
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 31 reviews2019
    Dev: ANG People s.r.o.
    Windows

    Build a village on hallowed grounds, in the year 2000 BC. Take care of the needs of the villagers and pilgrims who will want to visit the holy place. Provide enough food to run the village. Build monuments of various shapes from different types of stone. Provide the villagers with clothing and tools

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Mining 21.9%, Time Management 14.5%, Building 10.9%, Base Building 10.8%

  56. #56 Exile
    67% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
    Dev: JD7 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Agriculture 24%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.2%, Base Building 8.4%

  57. #57 Constructopia
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Snail Tooth Studio
    Windows

    Constructopia is a survival tower-defense game where you can design, build and craft your towers! Gather resources by hand or build systems aimed at automating your production! Build and maintain bases, design defense contraptions and use them to aid you in your adventure against the trolls!

    Why similar: Agriculture 29.3%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 14.9%, Survival 10.4%

  58. #58 They Are Billions
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Base Building 23.2%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Survival 10.8%, Building 6.7%

  59. #59 Children of Mare
    66% 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%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 15.2%, Mining 13.1%, Survival 11.6%

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