60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Simulation, Colony Sim, Singleplayer.
Build and defend a growing industrial colony on a hostile alien world. Mine resources, automate production lines, expand a massive factory, and protect your territory from relentless alien attacks in this top-down 3D strategy game.
Steam Colony
Build a steampunk colony, put robots to work and connect a growing network of steam-powered machines. Mine resources, research new technology and defend your Steam Core when night falls. Play solo or join friends in online co-op.
CircuitVeil
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Build a steampunk colony, put robots to work and connect a growing network of steam-powered machines. Mine resources, research new technology and defend your Steam Core when night falls. Play solo or join friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 10.9%, Automation 6.5%
CircuitVeil is a Single-player / Multiplayer isometric factory game where you boot an artificial mind. Mine the substrate, build production lines, specialize as Engineer, Defender, or Prospector, and send your factory's output through the off-world transfer beam.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Simulation 13.9%, Automation 13.7%, Sandbox 12.2%, Strategy 10.5%
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Sandbox 14.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 10.3%, Tower Defense 9.6%
Red Frontier is a game about exploring the red planet and collecting trash and scrap metal.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 13.8%, Sandbox 13.5%, Co-op 5.5%
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 24.7%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Automation 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Strategy 7.4%
Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.9%, Automation 19.2%, Sandbox 17.1%, Simulation 8.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
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 36.5%, Tower Defense 20.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Building 6.3%
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Strategy 18.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Sandbox 8.7%, Building 6%
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Automation 11.6%, Sandbox 11%, Inventory Management 9.3%, Strategy 9.3%
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Sandbox 13%, Building 6.6%, Simulation 6.5%
Take control of a colony made of ant-like creatures and develop it. Learn how to use your environment, re-discover ancient technology and grow even more! The sky is the limit... (or is it?)
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Automation 20%, Simulation 15.9%, Sandbox 15.5%, Exploration 6.3%
Mine resources, automate production, and defend your base from escalating alien attacks. Expand your power grid, unlock new technology, and survive alone or with friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20%, Automation 13.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%
Your factory feeds the fight—above ground and below. Automate ruthless production lines, hold your colony through raids, then descend into The Abyss: real-time champion combat where gear and gems actually matter. Build. Automate. Dominate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Strategy 18.5%, Simulation 15%, Automation 8.6%
Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 14%, Sandbox 11.7%, Building 9.2%
You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Sandbox 11%, Automation 10.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%
Another Dead World is a simulation-driven game where the world lives on its own. NPCs trade resources, shape the economy, and react to events. The player enters a living system that can grow, collapse, or be left to die.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Strategy 21%, Sandbox 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.6%, Top-Down 5.5%
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Sandbox 14.2%, Automation 13.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Online Co-Op 7.8%
A hololive fan-game for factory (and jetpack) enthusiasts! Build, explore, survive, and grant the Chattini some jetpacks!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Simulation 21.6%, Automation 16%, Stylized 7.7%, Resource Management 7%
Gather resources, upgrade your equipment, and strengthen your base with up to 4 players. When night falls, fend off waves of monsters and protect the precious Mana Stone from destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.8%, Sandbox 17.2%, Online Co-Op 11.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Resource Management 8.5%
Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Top-Down 4.9%
The Colony Experiment is a colony simulator where you lead a group of Joes trapped in The Scientist's experiment. Gather resources, build your colony, survive the challenges ahead, and uncover the Scientist's base to finally break free.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 19.6%, Sandbox 16.5%, Resource Management 5.9%
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 36.9%, Inventory Management 10.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 8.4%
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 29.3%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 9.9%, Resource Management 6.9%
Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Tower Defense 18.9%, Automation 17%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 8.3%
Run a guild of valiant, procedurally generated adventurers who fight, trade, craft, and do quests on their own. Do your best as their guildmaster to provide them a place to rest and thrive, and restore an old guild to its former glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 15.5%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 6.9%
Design, build, and manage a college campus. Become an architect of a prestigious university that only accepts the most elite students, or a community college that allows for normal everyday folks to pursue an education regardless of their academic background. What will you build, Architect?
Why similar: Colony Sim 45%, Simulation 22.7%, Sandbox 20.8%, Building 10.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Automation 15.3%, Sandbox 10.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, Automation 19%, Sandbox 12%, Simulation 10.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Sandbox 17.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Resource Management 9.5%
An automation game about making paperclips. With Vikings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Automation 19.7%, Sandbox 15.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Simulation 8.7%
A medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.4%, Simulation 21.2%, Sandbox 19.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Resource Management 6.2%
Factory Engineer is a factory simulation game which is about creating a huge automated factory by building production lines to create products and make money. Start with simple products,make money,unlock technologies then create the most sophisticated products.
Why similar: Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 19%, Sandbox 19%, Inventory Management 12.3%, Automation 11.7%
An epic war and strategy game set in the medieval universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Strategy 21.4%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 7.1%
Explore, build, defend, and lead the crusade. Gather resources, build castles, and protect the Altar from swarms of minions as you traverse a world where idyll turns ineffable. Play this minimalist strategy-adventure horror pixel art game as the sovereign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 11.9%, Exploration 5.4%
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Strategy 11.1%, Tower Defense 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%, Simulation 9.2%
ARUS-1 combines first-person survival with building a Mars colony. Play solo or in online co-op with up to 4 players. Explore on foot and by rover, secure power, water and oxygen, connect production facilities and research technologies for your orbital programme.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, Sandbox 17.4%, Automation 15%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 8.3%
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 64.5%, Strategy 18.8%, Simulation 16.7%
An incremental roguelike tower defense colony sim where you command your colonist to farm, craft, mine and defend waves of the undead. Progressing towards your skill tree after each run to survive further and further!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Tower Defense 29.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Simulation 12.9%, 3D 2.1%
A factory automation game where you are the mind of a self-replicating interstellar probe. Turn barren rock and ocean into sprawling industry that feeds the data centers you run on. Launch copies of yourself until they fill the sky. No enemies. Build at your own pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Automation 19.2%, Sandbox 14%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Build and automate your restaurant empire. Manage chefs, customers, supplies, and production chains in a living food economy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Inventory Management 12.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Automation 9.6%, Strategy 9.6%
Collect resources, build structures, and develop a small island in this island-building simulation. As the overseer, you’ll grow your village while defending against invading enemies. Enjoy a unique experience that blends city-building and tower defense gameplay.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Colony Sim 24.6%, Strategy 17.4%, Simulation 16.3%, Sandbox 10.6%
在群雄割据的三国乱世中，从零开始建设村庄，发展势力、抵御敌军，最终统一天下。
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Sandbox 17%, Top-Down 5.4%
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 33.4%, Sandbox 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 7.9%
Build. Automate. Defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, Automation 14.9%, Sandbox 14.1%, Online Co-Op 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%
Factory Defence - is a first-person shooter in which you build automated factories and defend them. Plan your factory and defensive structures to take the enemy by surprise. Explore and colonize the planet alone or with friends.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.5%, Automation 15.8%, Sandbox 13%, Building 9%, Simulation 8.9%
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 14.5%, Sandbox 11.5%, Resource Management 5%
Age of Beast is a real time dinosaur survival strategy game where you take control of a species and guide it through generations of survival on a massive tropical island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3%, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 24.6%, 3D 5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Strategy 21.1%, Simulation 20.7%, Sandbox 14%, Top-Down 5.1%
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Automation 17%, Simulation 10.2%, Co-op 9.7%, Resource Management 8.4%
Cat Island is a colony survival game with voxel building and multiplayer! You start off with nothing and must grow your island with the help of a couple cat friends. Gather resources, complete building contracts, and expand your colony to do the labor for you!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Inventory Management 8.6%, Building 7.9%
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 12.8%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Building 10.7%
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 51.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 9.9%, Building 7.2%
The depths of Ashenburrow are alive. Wildlife hunts, feeds, breeds and dies — with or without you. Survive, craft, build. But remember: you are not alone underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Sandbox 17.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Automation 12.6%, Simulation 10.1%
NuTREEnts is a strategic tower defense roguelike about growing and expanding your forest. Plant saplings, fend off bugs, and explore a desolate planet while you grow a mighty colony of trees!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Strategy 19%, Simulation 11.5%, Sandbox 10.3%, Resource Management 8.3%
The Crow King is a 2D side-scrolling action-strategy with a unique Handmade style, where you have to explore and gather resources to improve your strength until you lead your army to victory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, Tower Defense 25.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 5.7%, Exploration 5.2%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.4%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 17.7%, Sandbox 6.5%, Building 5.1%
Shape Together is a factory-building game: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and use them to defeat monsters and bosses. Hold back waves, grow stronger over time—solo or with friends on Steam.
Why similar: Strategy 24.7%, Simulation 21.9%, Sandbox 17.8%, Automation 17.5%, Resource Management 10.4%
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, Strategy 20.4%, Simulation 19.7%, Building 6.5%, Exploration 6.2%
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 38.4%, Sandbox 16%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 10.7%, Open World 6.8%
