- #1 Primitive Society Simulator
97% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 15% ★, Agriculture 13.1% ★, City Builder 12.3%, Wargame 10.7%, Trading 9% ★
- #2 Frontier Governor
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: Political Sim 17.5% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Economy 9.7%, Building 9%
- #3 Fantasy Map Simulator
96% matchVery Positive89% of 3,843 reviews2024
Dev: The Stranger
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Fantasy Map Simulator: Create and watch imaginary worlds evolve over centuries. Design maps, simulate nations and their politics, and control destinies. See empires rise and fall on your desktop wallpaper. A unique simulation for history buffs and creative minds.
Why similar: God Game 17.5% ★, Political Sim 16.6% ★, Level Editor 11.6%, Colony Sim 11.3% ★, Alternate History 9.7%
- #4 Settlement Survival
95% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Medieval 10.7%, Agriculture 10.4% ★, Building 9.9%
- #5 SugarWinds: Prologue
94% matchMixed57% of 23 reviews2022
Dev: Aatlantis Code
Windows
SugarWinds: sail, establish a colony, make it thrive, and defend it from attacks. Trade worldwide. Enjoy and chill!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6% ★, City Builder 15.6%, God Game 11.6% ★, Trading 10.4% ★, Economy 9.6%
- #6 DawnWorld Founders
93% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Mindful Games
Windows
Shipwrecked and abandoned in an unknown land. Build, expand, and even influence a medieval world where every decision shapes your rise. Establish yourself, repel threats, and guide your people's progress and destiny from above and on the ground in this relaxing single-player city builder.
Why similar: God Game 19% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Colony Sim 15.6% ★, Trading 9.9% ★, Sandbox 8.3%
- #7 A Game of Humans
94% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, God Game 17.3% ★, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 10.7%, Medieval 8.5%
- #8 GARDEN OF EDEN
92% match6 user reviews17% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: 凯撒工作室
Windows
Commander, lead your army, build the strongest weapons, conquer the harsh weather and enemies, and build a new Eden on the sea!!!!
Why similar: God Game 20% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Agriculture 15.5% ★, Base Building 11.8%, Colony Sim 10.5% ★
- #9 Populus
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stalwart Fox Entertainment
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy colony sim where you never command a single subject. Shape laws, set priorities, and watch an autonomous society build, trade, worship, and fight under your rule.
Why similar: Political Sim 31.6% ★, Colony Sim 21.8% ★, City Builder 19%, Building 9.5%, Medieval 9.3%
- #10 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 20,726 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.2% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Military 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Medieval 9.5%
- #11 Angkor: The Holy City
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, City Builder 18.7%, God Game 12.9% ★, Base Building 9.4%, Building 9.3%
- #12 Goblin Colony
89% 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: God Game 20.7% ★, Colony Sim 20.4% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Wargame 12.3%, Base Building 11.3%
- #13 Kolo
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Economy 11.1%, Medieval 10.6%, Base Building 10.5%
- #14 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3% ★, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 12.6%, Trading 11.6% ★, Medieval 9.7%
- #15 Dungeon Overseer
88% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23% ★, City Builder 17.5%, God Game 14.1% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Economy 11.6%
- #16 One More Island
86% matchMixed68% of 250 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Trading 15.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Economy 10.7%
- #17 Minor Deity
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Re: cOg Mission
Windows · Linux
Command the elements to create the landscapes of your imagination in this gridless interactive sandbox. Control dynamic weather and allow vegetation and animals to flourish. Lay out towns for growing populations, establish resource outposts, and encourage trade via road, river and sea routes.
Why similar: God Game 23.7% ★, Colony Sim 18% ★, Trading 12.9% ★, Sandbox 10.5%, Economy 8.9%
- #18 Civatlas
85% matchMostly Negative27% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Sharp End Studio
Windows
Civatlas is a historical city-builder game progressing through the Medieval and Renaissance eras. Build a Utopia of thine own creation!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16% ★, God Game 15.7% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Agriculture 11.2% ★, Alternate History 10%
- #19 Provinces
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HullHeimPub: HullHeim Games
Windows
A World Builder where the player takes on the role of a omnipotent figure with the ability to create custom worlds, taking on the role of watching a world grow, Influencing every decision as nations rise and fall, Will you make a perfect utopia or will your world fall into total chaos.?
Why similar: God Game 26.9% ★, Political Sim 26% ★, Wargame 15.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Alternate History 9.1%
- #20 Deity's Domain
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unlikely Games
Windows
Deity's Domain is a God game with City-building elements. Set on a mystical Norse island, you compete with other deities for supremacy over the faithful. You can choose to be a kind or a cruel god, shaping the world around you with your decisions as you grow your personal Pet companion.
Why similar: God Game 21.3% ★, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Agriculture 13.4% ★, Base Building 11%
- #21 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
83% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2017
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tax, torture or treat your peasants! Rehabilitate criminals or sentence them to death? Decide as you enjoy jousting over a lavish banquet, all while under siege from the warmongering Lord Barclay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Military 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Medieval 9.1%
- #22 Little Islanders
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameDevMikeyPub: Red Dragon Interactive
Windows
Little Islanders is a cozy vibe god game with Base Building, Survival and Colony Sim elements! Create your faction, Protect them and Help rebuild their world after being attacked by 'Skurj' the Demon King. Set in a fantasy universe of airborne landmasses called Islands, YOU ARE THEIR GOD! 🔥
Why similar: God Game 20.2% ★, Colony Sim 20% ★, Agriculture 17.5% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 9.3%
- #23 Lord of the Wilds
81% 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 19.8% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Wargame 16.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Military 10.4%
- #24 The Stronghold Collection
82% matchVery Positive89% of 5,569 reviews2009
Dev: FireFly Studios
Windows
Enjoy the complete medieval experience in The Stronghold Collection, featuring five real-time strategy games. Create and defend your castle stronghold as you expand your lands, survey the castle life in your domain, host great jousting festivals and feasts, or conduct public executions to keep the peasantry in line.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Military 9.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Medieval 9.1%
- #25 Raid!
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: CowboyPub: Cowboy Studio
Windows
Raid is a three dimensional, base building tower defense game. Build and upgrade towers, capture castles and defend against increasing waves of enemies. Expend your coin in efforts to fend off your attackers while preparing for the final wave before you can move onto the next plot of land.
Why similar: Trading 17.6% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Wargame 14.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Building 10.5%
- #26 Ancient Polis
80% 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 21% ★, City Builder 19.6%, Political Sim 18.9% ★, Wargame 15%, Building 10.4%
- #27 Goblin Camp
79% matchVery Positive90% of 81 reviews2024
Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
Windows
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.
Why similar: God Game 19.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.8% ★, City Builder 15.8%, Agriculture 13.5% ★, Economy 9.7%
- #28 Becastled
78% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Base Building 19.4%, Colony Sim 17.9% ★, Medieval 10.5%, Building 9.5%
- #29 Edge of Power
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David IusPub: Red Border Studio
Windows
A political sandbox where you become the architect of your state. Change the laws, manage the economy, and change the lives of citizens! Here you write your own history of your own country and the whole world. See how your decisions will affect the course of history!
Why similar: Political Sim 17.1% ★, God Game 14.5% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Trading 10.8% ★, Military 8.3%
- #30 Croswa
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Ausuc Games
Windows · Linux
A world where mechanical and magical civilizations intersect. A strategy and simulation game in which you become a god and build multiple civilizations.
Why similar: God Game 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 22% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Sandbox 8.9%, Medieval 7.3%
- #31 Poly Skies
77% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Red Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Poly Skies is an introductory city builder designed to help you relax. Take care of your villagers, expand to new islands, unlock secrets and defend from sky-high threats.
Why similar: God Game 21.1% ★, Colony Sim 17% ★, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 10%
- #32 Village Empires
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: djva caravana
Windows
Build a mighty empire and lead your army to victory to become a great emperor who will be remembered forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, City Builder 18.9%, War 10.3%, Military 10%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #33 Skyward
76% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Whiley Koyote
Windows
Build against the oncoming storm in an island hopping, rune collecting, roguelite citybuilder!
Why similar: God Game 22.1% ★, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Agriculture 12.4% ★, Building 10.4%
- #34 SpellSlinger Towns
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows
Lose yourself in the magical sandbox realm of Spellslinger Towns where city-building meets deckbuilding. Build and manage your city, use powerful spells from your custom deck, and strategically expand your realm through careful resource management and tactical decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Trading 14.1% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Economy 9.6%
- #35 Coins, Crown & Cabal
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magni Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a flourishing trade empire by amassing wealth, influence and power. Outsmart your rivals through political and economic moves and dominate commerce in your county.
Why similar: Political Sim 19.1% ★, Colony Sim 14.8% ★, Trading 13.5% ★, City Builder 12.8%, Agriculture 11.1% ★
- #36 Kingdoms and Castles
75% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5% ★, City Builder 28.7%, Medieval 11.3%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 7.9%
- #37 All Roads Connected
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9% ★, City Builder 18.3%, Trading 13.2% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 9.3%
- #38 The Guild II Renaissance
76% matchVery Positive83% of 3,996 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, Economy 14.4%, Trading 13.7% ★, Medieval 13%, City Builder 10.7%
- #39 Ostriv
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Colony Sim 19.4% ★, Agriculture 11.2% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Building 8.7%
- #40 Stronghold: Warlords
73% matchMixed65% of 5,227 reviews2021
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Military 10%, Base Building 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
- #41 暗色战争(Dark Conflict)
72% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Li
Windows
Welcome to "Dark Conflict"! This is a game full of strategy and war elements, allowing you to play as a leader, constructing buildings, assembling armies, and developing resources to compete for the glory of victory.
Why similar: Political Sim 24% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Wargame 16.9%, Military 11.2%, Economy 10.6%
- #42 Seabed Settlers
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
An atmospheric city-builder inspired by classics like Caesar III, Anno, and Pharaoh—set on the ocean floor. Build, manage, and expand your underwater colony as humanity flees a dying world. Balance resources, population, and survival in this deep colony sim across a structured campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19% ★, God Game 17.5% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Agriculture 10.7% ★
- #43 Trading Towns
71% matchMixed65% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal Games
Windows
Trading Towns is a simple and relaxing economic game in which your goal is to find ways for your town to become wealthy and prosperous.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Trading 14.9% ★, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%
- #44 Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
72% matchVery Positive88% of 2,632 reviews2016
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Catapult werewolves over castle walls, incinerate troops with dragon fire and command the Knights of the Round Table! This remaster of the mythical ‘castle sim’ features Steam multiplayer, Workshop support, new maps, achievements and DLC campaigns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Military 9.3%, Economy 9.2%, Base Building 9%
- #45 Halloween Store Simulator
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Rogue Muse Games
Windows
🎃 Begin your Halloween empire building and managing your first Halloween Store! Manage your staff and products to attract new customers! Grow your Halloween empire by building Halloween restaurants, cafes, and entertainment! Expand and make every day and everything Halloween! 🎃
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4% ★, God Game 21.2% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%
- #46 LouLan Kingdom
70% 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 22.8% ★, City Builder 18%, Wargame 16.7%, Base Building 11%, Medieval 9.8%
- #47 Noble Legacy
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Political Sim 18.6% ★, Colony Sim 17.3% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 9.6%, Medieval 9.4%
- #48 HistoriCity: Florence
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Base Building 9.8%, Economy 9.7%
- #49 Founders' Fortune
70% 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 35.1% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #50 Sapiens
69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: God Game 22.9% ★, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 12%, Building 8.8%
- #51 Pharaoh™: A New Era
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Trading 13.4% ★, Level Editor 11.8%, Economy 10.2%
- #52 Pick Me Up
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ultra Sunny Studio
Windows
Experience survival and combat in a point-and-click colony simulation. Gather resources, build structures, and lead your tribe to prosperity. Interact directly with objects, ruling this world with a sacred cursor.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, City Builder 19.7%, God Game 17.8% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Building 9%
- #53 MEMORIAPOLIS
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Political Sim 24.8% ★, Colony Sim 21.5% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.6%
- #54 Settlements Rising
67% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
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 25.4% ★, City Builder 22.1%, Medieval 10.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Building 9.2%
- #55 CastleOn
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lord Castleon
Windows · Linux
Build a castle! Grow economy, recruit troops from Europe and the Holy Land, man the walls and towers! Place traps and defeat attackers with arrows, wood and stone, fire, disease and cold steel! Survive the Third Crusade and conquer enemy lands in Castleon!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Military 13.4%, War 10.3%, Base Building 10.3%
- #56 Towerfolk
65% matchPositive81% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Wargame 11.7%, Medieval 11.4%
- #57 Epic City Builder 4
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Rowe
Windows · Linux
In Epic City Builder 4 you build a whole nation across multiple maps. Pass laws at the national level. Fiddle with the budgets at the city level. Manage your taxes and spending well and later you could be laying out whole cities at once.
Why similar: Political Sim 23.5% ★, God Game 19.3% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 8.1%
- #58 Make the Empire Great Again
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Cloud Studio
Windows
A simulation + turn-based auto-battle game. The "Dusk Apocalypse" nears; the empire teeters! Your people need food, work, maybe some thrilling fun. But monsters seize Your lands, plunder Your fields & mines! Fight, reclaim lost! Build, forge grandest! Fear not the "Dusk", for a new "Sun" has risen!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Political Sim 17.3% ★, Base Building 12.5%, Wargame 12.1%
- #59 Hell Architect
67% matchMixed69% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, God Game 19.1% ★, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 8.5%