- #1 Maia
97% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 38.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Survival 11.1%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #2 Embark
96% 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 8%, Crafting 6.2%, Management 5.6%
- #3 Mars Colony Builder
96% 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 26.9%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 10%, Management 9.3%, Crafting 6.8%
- #4 Surviving Ceres
95% matchVery Positive87% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
Windows
Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 11.5%, Crafting 10%, Management 9.5%
- #5 Nuclear Crawler
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 21.8%, Management 11.5%, Isometric 6.8%, Open World 6.6%
- #6 Starmancer
94% matchMixed63% of 1,034 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 25.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 10.7%, Isometric 8.6%, Survival 8%
- #7 Dwarf Things
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Base Building 18%, Survival 9.8%, Isometric 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #8 Oxygen Not Included
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,434 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.0 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 40.5%, Base Building 22.1%, Survival 13.2%, Management 7.2%, Sandbox 3.6%
- #9 Stranded: Alien Dawn
91% matchVery Positive84% of 11,043 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: Colony Sim 22.8%, Base Building 22%, Survival 14.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Management 7.7%
- #10 TFM: The First Men
91% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Base Building 21.2%, Management 8.2%, Survival 7.6%, Open World 6.6%
- #11 SuperColony
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 11.6%, Management 9.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #12 Zenith Expanse
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 11%, Management 10.8%, Crafting 5%
- #13 Lil Guys
89% 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 34.3%, Base Building 19%, Survival 12.2%, Management 11%, Crafting 7%
- #14 Galaxy Scavengers
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 22.9%, Survival 13.3%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 8%
- #15 Settletopia
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Management 10.4%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 7.6%
- #16 Starship Colony
86% 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 31.9%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 11.2%, Management 10.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #17 Colony Survival
86% matchVery Positive92% of 8,872 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 13.2%, Open World 7.1%, Crafting 5.7%
- #18 Fosoria
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Base Building 20.7%, Management 12.6%, Isometric 7.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #19 Edge Islands
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 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 33.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Management 10.7%, Survival 8.5%, Strategy 7%
- #20 SpaceSlog
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.2%, Space 7.3%
- #21 Planetbase
85% 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 10.9%, Space 8.5%, Management 5.6%
- #22 Stardeus
82% matchVery Positive87% of 1,534 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 9.5%, Crafting 8.1%, Management 7.6%
- #23 Space Haven
80% matchVery Positive86% of 10,442 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 19.9 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 27.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 10.3%, Survival 10.1%, Open World 7.1%
- #24 Space Squad Survival
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rebel Twins
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight, rebuild, survive. Command your crew in a frantic survival shooter with simple controls, intense action, and nonstop chaos. Every run makes you stronger!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 14.3%, Management 12%, Survival 9.4%
- #25 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
82% matchVery Positive81% of 2,253 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 13.3%, Crafting 6.5%, Management 6.2%
- #26 RimWorld
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 239,676 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.8 hrsMean: 262.8 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 35.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 11.5%, Management 9.6%, Open World 5.8%
- #27 Founders' Fortune
79% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 8.5%, Management 7.2%, Strategy 4.8%
- #28 Never Secure
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 7.6%, Strategy 7.3%
- #29 Beneath a Dead City
77% 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 37.3%, Base Building 19.4%, Management 14.4%, Survival 13.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #30 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
78% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 14.5%, Crafting 8.6%, Isometric 8.1%
- #31 Worlds Explorers
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 11%, Crafting 10.1%
- #32 The Spatials
79% matchMixed69% of 329 reviews2015
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's the year 5781 -- and you have been chosen to build and lead a space station in a wild corner of the galaxy! Attract visitors and explore hundreds of planets to fund your station.
Why similar: Base Building 18.6%, Management 14.6%, Colony Sim 12.8%, Isometric 10.6%, Space 9.2%
- #33 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 30.5%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 12%, Crafting 9.6%, Isometric 9.4%
- #34 Meowdieval Clowder
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 10.8%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 7.1%
- #35 Forsaken: Year One
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 12.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 7.8%
- #36 The Blighted Frontier
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, Base Building 19.1%, Management 11.4%, Survival 9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #37 Type2
74% 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 39%, Base Building 19.9%, Isometric 12.8%, Space 8.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #38 Mercury Fallen
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 312 reviews2023
Dev: Nitrous ButterflyPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Isometric 10.8%, Management 10.3%, Survival 9.7%
- #39 SeaColony
73% 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 34%, Base Building 18%, Management 12.1%, Survival 9.7%, Crafting 9.3%
- #40 Reclaim Earth
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Radish Games
Windows · Mac
Reclaim Earth is a base-building, colony management, survival game where you play as a semi benevolent robot crash-landed on a post apocalyptic Earth. You must build your base, enlist the help of humans, and defend against hordes of mutated bugs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 11.9%, Crafting 10.3%, Management 7.8%
- #41 The Black Bahr
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zeynova Production
Windows
The Black Bahr is a sandbox colony simulation RPG blending ocean exploration, crew management, and dynamic faction politics. Freely chart your course as a pirate, merchant, or honorable captain, shaping your destiny across the open seas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Survival 12.8%, Management 12.6%, Open World 11.5%, Crafting 10.2%
- #42 Exodus H
73% matchNegative18% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: Silversoft
Windows
Take command of your own colonial ship. Ensure the survival of your inhabitants and try to find a new habitable planet. This is the goal of the the Exodus H Space Commanders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 18.1%, Management 9.4%, Survival 9%, Space 7.3%
- #43 Arcbound
72% 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 40.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Management 12.5%, Survival 7.9%, Crafting 6.6%
- #44 Arc of Icarus
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13B Productions
Windows
Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Management 12.2%, Base Building 12%, Survival 9%, Isometric 8.2%
- #45 Greenfeet Haven
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 11.9%, Management 9.6%, Open World 6.3%
- #46 Starfall Protocol
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Base Building 18%, Open World 9%, Management 6.6%, Crafting 6.4%
- #47 After the Collapse
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 11.7%, Management 11.7%, Crafting 7.5%
- #48 Dystopians
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A cyberpunk colony simulator where you take over, manage & build bases, create & lead the crew to survive in a dark cybercity. Every member of the society makes their own decisions based on various factors and stats, for you is to decide and point out what would be best to do next!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Base Building 19.2%, Management 12.5%, Survival 10.7%, Strategy 7.1%
- #49 Kopno: Blightfall
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urar Studio
Windows
Choose one of six unique races and survive in a living open-world built on two layers, the Surface and the Underground. Gather resources, hunt, and build your own fantasy settlement. Shape your path through moral choices and explore dangerous lands in the cursed continent of Kopno.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 15.3%, Open World 14.4%, Crafting 12.2%
- #50 Oxygen
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 8.3%, Management 8%
- #51 Venusville
69% matchNo user reviews2026
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 34.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 11.2%, Management 9%, Space 8.4%
- #52 CLOUD DWELLERS
67% matchVery Positive92% of 71 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Management 14.3%, Inventory Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #53 Tree House Colony
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jens P. Behrens
Windows
Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 12.8%, Management 11.1%, Crafting 10.4%
- #54 Oceaneers
67% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 12.7%, Crafting 10.5%, Management 9.8%
- #55 Keziah's Realm
68% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 12%, Crafting 8.1%, RPG 7.8%
- #56 Horizon 1990
68% 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 25.7%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 17.4%, Management 10.9%, Strategy 10.7%
- #57 Ascent of Ashes
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
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 27.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 10.2%, Management 10.1%, Isometric 8.8%
- #58 Gateworlds
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 12.8%, Management 9.6%, Crafting 7%
- #59 Red Dust Colony
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Base Building 21.6%, Survival 12.8%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 6%
- #60 Ecopunk
66% matchVery Positive85% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Management 13.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 7.7%