- #1 Villaging
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Villager Studio
Windows
Villaging is a simple game of strategy where you reign on a kingdom and you need to manage your ressources and your inhabitant .But you will also get threat from other kingdom so you will need to make an army to fight against them .
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.2% ★, Strategy 26.4%, Wargame 26%, Combat 3.5%
- #2 The Colony
96% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
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 71.6% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #3 All My Gods
96% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 71.3% ★, Strategy 22.7%, Simulation 6%
- #4 Orc Colony
95% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.7% ★, Strategy 24.6%, Building 10.2%, Simulation 7.5%
- #5 Travelers in Space Crack
94% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Xenon LuPub: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
Windows
Travelers in Space Crack is a survive game in deep space. Explore in different galaxy through space cracks. To find and gather useful resource, to trade and make money are all important to develop your own fleets. And only through build massive fleets, you triumph over the unknown evil forces.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6% ★, Wargame 27.5%, Strategy 24.6%, Simulation 8.2%
- #6 Theater Commander: The Coming Wars, Modern War Game
94% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2019
Dev: Sand Table Software
Windows
A real-time modern warfare simulation game on campaign and battle level, Theater Commander features more than a dozen scenarios covering hypothetical conflicts around the globe involving current air, naval and land force from 17 countries.
Why similar: Wargame 46.5%, Strategy 40.6%, Simulation 12.9%
- #7 Castle Story
93% matchMixed65% of 10,510 reviews2017
Dev: Sauropod Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 55.1% ★, Building 19.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Multiplayer 5.1%, Simulation 1.4%
- #8 Fleeting World
92% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Ozol Games
Windows
Fleeting World - a city-building game where the landscape around you is constantly changing. Build a settlement, collect resources, adjust it to the changing terrain, avoid natural hazards, offer the resources to the gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3% ★, Strategy 29.9%, Building 20.1%, 3D 5.7%
- #9 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 56.9% ★, Strategy 26.9%, Building 8.2%, Simulation 8%
- #10 Our Dear Kingdom
91% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 82.5% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Simulation 4.2%
- #11 Ancient Polis
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PKP Games
Windows
Travel back 2600 years to ancient Greece. Build and manage your city (polis) and experience and shape the life of the ancient Greeks on your own terms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1% ★, Wargame 26.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 14.8%, 3D 3.6%
- #12 The Promised Land
89% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 74% ★, Strategy 22.9%, Simulation 3.1%
- #13 Embark
89% 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 66% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Building 11.9%, Simulation 4.5%, 3D 2%
- #14 SCP: Site Director
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noble Gas Studios
Windows
An SCP Facility Management game with strong visual stylings that allows you to run your own SCP Foundation Sites, capture anomalies, hire staff to contain and research them, and recontain them when they escape. Orchestrate multiple sites and guide your clandestine organization to success!
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.6% ★, Strategy 33.3%, Simulation 11.2%
- #15 World Cruise Story
87% matchVery Positive96% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!
Why similar: Colony Sim 50% ★, Strategy 29.6%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 9.8%
- #16 Paleon
85% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 63.3% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Building 14%, Simulation 6.4%
- #17 Above: Colonies of the Mist
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Docklight GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.2% ★, Strategy 29.1%, Building 11.5%, Simulation 5.8%, 3D 5.1%
- #18 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5% ★, Strategy 30.7%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 8.5%, 3D 5.8%
- #19 Spirit & Stone
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
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 46.9% ★, Strategy 27.9%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 9.3%, 3D 4.7%
- #20 Terra-7
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9% ★, Strategy 31.3%, Building 13%, Simulation 8.7%, 3D 3.1%
- #21 Menorca Talaiotica
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChessForEdu
Windows
Menorca Talaiotica is a strategy game where you will face the same problems as the first inhabitants of the island of Menorca; obtain natural resources, water, shelter, food and survive the calamities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.2% ★, Strategy 37.8%
- #22 The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
82% matchVery Positive84% of 806 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 67.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 72% ★, Strategy 28%
- #23 Parabellum: Siege Of Legends
81% 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 46.6% ★, Strategy 30.7%, Building 19.2%, Combat 3.5%
- #24 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
81% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Little Dreams GamingPub: Little Dreams Games
Windows
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3% ★, Strategy 25.6%, Wargame 20.8%, Simulation 8.5%, Combat 2.7%
- #25 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
79% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 52% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Building 17.8%, Simulation 5.6%, 3D 4.2%
- #26 LouLan Kingdom
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MockingCrown Games
Windows
Loulan Kingdom is a city-building survival and real-time strategy game. As the ruler of Loulan, you must build your city amid a perilous desert oasis, grow your power through the Silk Road, and fight to protect your kingdom—until the very end.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8% ★, Wargame 30.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Building 9.5%, 3D 2.6%
- #27 Goblin Colony
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonoNord Games
Windows
Goblin Colony is a real-time strategy game with building and settlement management features. As the keeper of the dungeon you will command an ambitious tribe of goblins as you explore, build and do battle with your foes across a huge campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40% ★, Wargame 23.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #28 Dream Park Story
78% matchVery Positive88% of 143 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.3% ★, Strategy 28.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 10%
- #29 Kings Town
78% matchMixed58% of 24 reviews2020
Dev: Leturs Labs
Windows
Build up your own civilization in the time of kings and kingdoms. Become the manager of a little town and make it to a great city. Defend it from other kingdoms and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, Wargame 26.7%, Strategy 15.7%, Building 15.4%, 3D 4.8%
- #30 Convenience Stories
76% matchVery Positive93% of 242 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.6% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Simulation 9.2%, Building 8.5%
- #31 Nuclear Crawler
77% 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 52.7% ★, Strategy 19.5%, Building 18.7%, 3D 3.8%, Simulation 2.6%
- #32 Maia
77% 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 64.7% ★, Strategy 21.2%, Simulation 6.4%, Building 6.3%, 3D 1.3%
- #33 Why Am I Here
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hamiga Studio
Windows · Mac
A thought-provoking exploration survival game. You must endure a frozen wilderness threatened by both brutal natural forces and demonic creatures. Starting with nothing, you will fight the cold, manage resources, maintain body temperature, and gradually take in survivors to build a home together.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.6% ★, Strategy 28.2%, Building 10.9%, Simulation 9.3%
- #34 Crowd Medieval City War
75% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Mete DenizPub: MPARSDENIZ
Windows · Linux
Fight with medieval soldiers in a fantastic city.
Why similar: Wargame 46.6%, Strategy 39.2%, 3D 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.4%
- #35 Sigma Draconis
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.3% ★, Strategy 30.3%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #36 Knights and Merchants
74% matchVery Positive85% of 4,913 reviews2013
Dev: Topware Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
KNIGHTS and MERCHANTS recreates the era of the Middle Ages. Apart from the purely fictitious geography of our world, all game elements and scenes are based on the Anglo-Saxon period, 1200 A.D. And we haven't used imaginary elements like fabled creatures, either. The player takes on the role of an ordinary captain in the Palace Guard.
Why similar: Strategy 73.9%, Colony Sim 23% ★, Simulation 1.8%, Multiplayer 1.3%
- #37 One Hunread-Year Kingdom
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DerstyPub: HappyForest
Windows
Use your actions to build your kingdom and manage resources to achieve prosperity. With each turn, the enemy's ambition grows, but with your wise leadership, you can endure for 100 years.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.7% ★, Strategy 33.6%, Building 13.8%
- #38 Little Porp
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.3% ★, Strategy 30%, Building 11.7%
- #39 LowPolis
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BroWar Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.1% ★, Strategy 28.8%, Building 19.5%, Simulation 3.4%, 3D 2.3%
- #40 Skytropolis
73% matchPositive79% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Build the world's first SKYTROPOLIS, a vertical mega city where you control its design, architecture, economy, and sustainability! Play both on desktop or in virtual reality.
Why similar: Colony Sim 90.8% ★, Simulation 9.2%
- #41 Against The Tide
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Times Pi
Windows
Against The Tide is a simulation strategy game about restoring a dying coral reef. Build your conservation facility, grow your marine gardens, thwart invasive species, and discover new technologies to save the reef.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5% ★, Strategy 21.6%, Building 14%, Simulation 6.8%, 3D 6.2%
- #42 Founders' Fortune
71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 67.2% ★, Building 14.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 4.4%
- #43 Ant Empire
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Gas Lantern Games
Windows
Ant Empire is a tactical strategy and management game set in a world where ant species battle to become the top empire. Dive into a unique and intricate world made of 5 ant species with dozens of upgrades, research, and unique abilities to out-smart your opponent and conquer the map.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2% ★, Wargame 26.8%, Strategy 16.2%, Building 12.2%, Simulation 4.6%
- #44 Vietnam '66
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
The successor to the critically acclaimed Vietnam '65!
Why similar: Wargame 48.7%, Strategy 43.1%, 3D 8.2%
- #45 Stonehearth
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.1% ★, Building 17.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Simulation 3.2%, Multiplayer 2.1%
- #46 Countryballs: Rise of Europe
70% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Arsen AdamenkoPub: A.A
Windows
In this game you play for countries of the modern and old world, or create your own. 🔹 World generator - creates flags, borders and even whole new maps. 🔹 Smart AI - from diplomacy to revolutions, it will make every game interesting. 📜 Create your story, change the fate of the world
Why similar: Wargame 49.8%, Strategy 40.6%, Combat 9.6%
- #47 Project R
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Yannick GuerinPub: Yannick Guérin
Windows
A tactical turn-based strategy game. Fight your enemies, or be destroy.
Why similar: Wargame 48%, Strategy 42.4%, Combat 9.6%
- #48 Peasants
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meeki Games
Windows
A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.1% ★, Strategy 20.9%, Building 14.9%, Simulation 5.6%, 3D 4.5%
- #49 Pocket Clothier
69% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 60% ★, Strategy 21.7%, Building 9.9%, Simulation 8.4%
- #50 Silver Screen Story
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Movie Studio Management Simulation Produce blockbusters and earn world-wide fame
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.8% ★, Strategy 26.1%, Simulation 9.9%, Building 8.2%
- #51 Pitchfork Battles
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kvass Da Valenki
Windows
Gain power over resources, build powerful kingdoms and strengthen your army to protect your people from enemies. Send your heroes into battle and lead your army to victory, become a great ruler who will be remembered forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1% ★, Wargame 28.5%, Strategy 16.6%, Building 7.6%, Simulation 5.2%
- #52 Lord of the Wilds
68% matchMixed58% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: AuroraDawnGames
Windows
Lord of the Wilds is a strategy game where you build and defend your territory in a wild land. Gather resources, train armies, and face threats from rival lords, orcs, and undead. Strategize to conquer the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4% ★, Wargame 31.9%, Building 13.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Simulation 2.7%
- #53 Rise Against the Invaders
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.8% ★, Strategy 20.4%, Building 17%, Simulation 5.6%, 3D 4.3%
- #54 Queen to Bee
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shouty Knot Games Pub: Shouty Knot Limited
Windows · Mac
A cozy resource management game where you play as the Queen Bee. Good decisions for your loyal subjects will go a long way, as well as taking the time to know each and every one! Build cute new rooms and boost your honey production for a healthy hive. Will you be the next Queen?
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.3% ★, Strategy 33.9%, Simulation 9.8%
- #55 OBRII
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Exponenta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game focused on building and managing a Mars colony, featuring meticulously handcrafted missions and a procedurally generated sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.6% ★, Strategy 31.1%, Building 15.3%
- #56 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 61% ★, Strategy 25.7%, Building 9.2%, Combat 4%
- #57 Koloni
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnwareStudio
Windows
Koloni is a city-building strategy game that puts you in charge of a group of pioneers who have discovered a new land to colonize. However, you're not alone in your quest to settle on this uncharted territory, as other groups have their sights set on the same land.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.1% ★, Strategy 20.2%, Building 17.3%, Wargame 8.5%, 3D 6%
- #58 Zomboard
66% 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 57.6% ★, Strategy 24.1%, Building 12.9%, Simulation 5.5%
- #59 Moon 2999
65% match7 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Moon 2999
Windows
Moon 2999 is a RPG game about Units & resources management, single-player or co-op action missions game set in a lunar base and its nearby space environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7% ★, Strategy 27.2%, Wargame 22.1%, 3D 3.1%, Simulation 2.6%