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  1. #1 Until We Die
    97% 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: Base Building 15.6%, Survival 15.6%, Tower Defense 15.4%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Strategy 9.6%

  2. #2 Castle Formers
    96% 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 18.9%, Tower Defense 16%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Strategy 11.4%

  3. #3 Kingdom: Classic
    96% 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: Base Building 15.5%, Strategy 13%, Colony Sim 12.6%, Survival 11.9%, Tower Defense 11.7%

  4. #4 Phoenix Hope
    95% 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 17.8%, Tower Defense 16.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%

  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: Tower Defense 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Strategy 17.2%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 13.2%

  6. #6 The Wild Age
    94% 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 21.6%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 16.1%, Strategy 11.2%

  7. #7 Arcbound
    93% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outbreak Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Base Building 19%, Space Sim 10.4%, Management 9.6%, Survival 9.4%

  8. #8 Oxygen Not Included
    91% 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 29%, Base Building 23.5%, Survival 18.2%, Building 6.7%, Management 6.4%

  9. #9 Maia
    92% 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 29.2%, Survival 16.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Strategy 12.4%, Management 9.9%

  10. #10 Freaking Meatbags
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2015
    Dev: Wild FactorPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Colony Sim 11.9%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%

  11. #11 King's Keeper
    89% 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 21.2%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 7.2%

  12. #12 Stonetowers
    90% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2018
    Dev: Gareloch Games
    Windows

    Build and defend your burgeoning settlement in this town-building tower-defence hybrid. Guide your people as they unlock the secrets of the arcane and protect their new home from the otherworldly beings that surround it.

    Why similar: Strategy 34.2%, Tower Defense 26.7%, Base Building 22%, Survival 17.1%

  13. #13 Starship Colony
    89% 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 21.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 14.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 9%

  14. #14 Zomboard
    88% 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 26%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Survival 7.5%

  15. #15 Astro World
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 3Block
    Windows

    Astro World is a side-scrolling co-op game where the players will have to build their colony on a planet full of danger, valuable resources and alien artifacts, using which the player can explore new technologies and equipment to arm their colonists with.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, Survival 17.1%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Base Building 8.7%

  16. #16 Sheepdog
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: dubious fungi
    Windows · Mac

    Sheepdog is a cheeky micro-strategy roguelite about herding magical sheep by day and defending them from the forest by night.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Strategy 24.4%, Survival 20.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Action 9.3%

  17. #17 Zombie Warz
    86% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GobiGD
    Windows · Mac

    Zombie Warz is a strategy survivor RTS with rogue-lite gameplay elements. Play as the king of a kingdom under siege by zombies and survive to discover their origins.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 12.3%, Management 10.3%

  18. #18 Beneath a Dead City
    85% 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 25.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 17.2%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 10%

  19. #19 GEODE
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: PhD
    Windows

    In this top-down, multiplayer, co-op game, you must protect your Core Crystal by any means necessary. Build up your defenses, explore, refine, and upgrade to reach your goal. Play alone or with up to 8 people.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Strategy 20%, Survival 9.9%, Base Building 9.5%, Action 9.1%

  20. #20 Hold The Roost
    84% 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: Tower Defense 25.2%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 17.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Management 7.1%

  21. #21 Faraway Lands: Rise of Yokai
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ufuk Yurtman
    Windows

    A side-view colony sim set in feudal Japan, shaped by myth and folklore. Take on the role of a local lord as you build a lively village, explore faraway lands, trade across the world, and defend your people from the Yokai lurking in the dark.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 13%, Management 8.6%

  22. #22 ArcaneOutpost
    82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: VortexRingGame
    Windows

    A strategy game that combines MOBA and Tower Defence, You would control guardians with different skills,building your outpost to fend off enemy attacks.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Base Building 22.9%, Strategy 21.2%, Survival 10%, Building 9.4%

  23. #23 Sands of Supremacy: Future Kingdom
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Divinus Games
    Windows · Mac

    Sands of Supremacy is a singleplayer, side-scrolling strategy/resource management hybrid 2D game set in a desert landscape on an unknown, futuristic planet. The game combines survival, strategy, and resource management elements to create a challenging and engaging gameplay experience.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Survival 15.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 11%

  24. #24 NecroCity: Prologue
    81% matchPositive86% of 43 reviews2023
    Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    NecroCity: Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. Push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! 🔥

    Why similar: Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 17.6%, Colony Sim 14.3%, Strategy 12%, Management 10%

  25. #25 Planet Barren Objective
    81% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2022
    Dev: Kaan Özgül
    Windows

    Fight, upgrade, explore, and build your way out of a dangerous planet in this 2D pixel art side scroller. Stream of foes will keep you on your toes while beating them will reward you with much needed resources.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2%, Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 13.4%, Management 7.9%

  26. #26 Bug Bait
    79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Chimera Unchained
    Windows · Linux

    Defend your base against relentless hordes of bugs in this single-player survival tower defense game. Strategically build and upgrade your defenses, manage vital resources, and adapt to ever-evolving threats. Can you outsmart the infestation and survive the chaos?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Survival 19.7%, Strategy 15%, Base Building 14%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%

  27. #27 Space Haven
    80% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 19.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 13.8%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 8.7%

  28. #28 Border Base
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bitzooma
    Windows

    Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe, it’s a colony sim & base-building hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 17.9%, Tower Defense 15.7%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 10.7%

  29. #29 Rise to Ruins
    78% 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 25.7%, Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 9.7%

  30. #30 StackFortress
    79% matchMixed44% of 16 reviews2018
    Dev: Overimagined Games
    Windows

    A unique tower defense game. Where you design and build your defense block by block. With many component that can be combined for different effect. To survive in a hostile world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Strategy 23.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Simulation 13.5%, Survival 13.3%

  31. #31 Grim Nights
    77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 21.1%, Survival 18.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Management 8.9%

  32. #32 Cosmic Castaway
    76% 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 21.1%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Survival 16%, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 11.3%

  33. #33 Starship Theory
    77% matchMixed50% of 1,100 reviews2017
    Dev: Reconnect Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

    Why similar: Base Building 29.3%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Management 10.4%, Space 8.4%

  34. #34 Eye of the Void: Unleashed - Tower Defense
    76% 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: Tower Defense 24%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Strategy 14.4%, Building 10.5%

  35. #35 Underground Nomads
    75% 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 28%, Base Building 21%, Survival 17.3%, Building 9.4%, Strategy 9.2%

  36. #36 Villagedom
    74% 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 25.1%, Base Building 20.9%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Strategy 8.6%, Building 8.3%

  37. #37 Embark
    75% 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 35.4%, Base Building 21.4%, Survival 12.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Building 6.9%

  38. #38 Mars Colony Builder
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GameHunters
    Windows

    Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 15.5%, Strategy 10%, Management 9.4%

  39. #39 Hive and Seek
    72% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl Games
    Windows

    Hive and Seek is a side-scrolling strategy base-building game where you clear space stations infested with monsters. By rallying robots and clearing rooms from all kinds of danger, you will be able to destroy hives and recapture the station piece by piece.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 18.3%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 9.5%

  40. #40 Planetbase
    74% 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 27.9%, Base Building 21.4%, Survival 15.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Space 6.9%

  41. #41 Siege of Irdor
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: HardCodeWayPub: Vision Edge Entertainment
    Windows

    Siege of Irdor is a city-builder strategy game set in dark medieval times, where fantasy and reality collide. Build by day and defend the sieges by night to survive against the armies of darkness.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, Tower Defense 16.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 13%, Strategy 8.8%

  42. #42 Lil Guys
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Radnyx
    Windows

    Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 17.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Management 10.4%

  43. #43 They Are Billions
    72% 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: Base Building 27%, Colony Sim 24.2%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 10.6%

  44. #44 Edge Islands
    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
    Dev: LS Games
    Windows

    Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Building 10%

  45. #45 Venusville
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
    Windows

    Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 14.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Management 7.7%

  46. #46 Starmancer
    71% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
    Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 12.3%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%

  47. #47 Hostile Mars
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Big Rook Games
    Windows

    Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, Survival 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Building 8.9%

  48. #48 Catch it
    69% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: CCLXGAMES
    Windows

    "Dusk to Dawn, Strategy Drawn" In this blighted realm, daylight grants but fleeting respite— While darkness unleashes the reaper's carnival. As the Last Nightwatch, you must wield more than steel: To orchestrate the symphony of survival.

    Why similar: Base Building 27.2%, Tower Defense 18.9%, Survival 18.7%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 8.3%

  49. #49 Kingdom Two Crowns
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
    Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 8.3%

  50. #50 Kingdom: New Lands
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 12,165 reviews2016
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 8.8%

  51. #51 Lost Heaven Station
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Varnonsoft
    Windows

    Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 19.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Survival 11.7%, Management 8.6%

  52. #52 Surviving Medieval
    69% matchMixed60% of 30 reviews2020
    Dev: Vlasov Tower
    Windows

    Survival strategy with indirect control and tower defense elements. Build and manage your medieval town.

    Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Base Building 21.7%, Survival 17.3%, Simulation 13.8%, Management 10.2%

  53. #53 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 25.9%, Survival 22.3%, Colony Sim 18.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Management 7.8%

  54. #54 Forest Of Siege
    67% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Rawi Studio
    Windows

    A tower defense game set in a magical forest. Watch out for the orcs!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Base Building 28.8%, Action 13.7%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 4.4%

  55. #55 Eternal Space
    68% match8 user reviews56% of 8 reviews2023
    Dev: Freeworld DevelopmentsPub: Studio Grandis
    Windows · Mac

    Eternal Space is a city builder and space exploration/combat game. Explore the Eternal Space, and manage your city while you fight pirates, or maybe even become a pirate! Keep your citizens happy, and collect taxes from them each year for a little bonus!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Management 11.9%, Space Sim 10.1%, Survival 10%

  56. #56 REDCON
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 807 reviews2016
    Dev: Hexage
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

    Why similar: Strategy 31.7%, Tower Defense 30.5%, Base Building 23.7%, Simulation 9.5%, 2D 3.3%

  57. #57 Sylox
    67% 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 30.5%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Strategy 16.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 6.7%

  58. #58 RimWorld
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 21.9%, Survival 16.8%, Management 9%, Strategy 8.6%

  59. #59 Meeple Station
    67% matchMixed57% of 941 reviews2020
    Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 39%

    Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 8.3%

  60. #60 CastleOn Scriptum
    66% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Lord Castleon
    Windows · Linux

    Build a castle and defend it from your enemies! Construct towers, place traps, train and command units in this historical, manuscript-themed mix of Tower Defense and classical Real Time Strategy.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, Base Building 22%, Survival 17.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 7.2%

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