- #1 Against the Storm
97% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8% ★, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Roguelite 9.1%, Historical 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite city-builder features a similar focus on managing resources against a harsh, ever-changing environment.
- #2 Dice Legacy
96% matchMixed68% of 1,050 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, Survival 11%, Roguelite 9.9%, Base Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building with roguelite mechanics, requiring strategic planning and resource management under pressure.
- #3 These Doomed Isles
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 221 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, City Builder 25.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 10.4%, Resource Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder with strong roguelite elements where you manage a civilization against environmental threats.
- #4 Dawnfolk
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 668 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Base Building 19.7%, Survival 15.6%, Resource Management 11%, Puzzle 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This minimalist city-builder focuses on puzzle-like placement and resource management, mirroring the strategic depth of Landnama.
- #5 Dawn of Man
94% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Survival 12.2%, Historical 6.4%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical survival city-builder that challenges players to manage a clan through the changing seasons and harsh winters.
- #6 Dorfromantik
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,027 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Resource Management 15.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, hex-based puzzle game that captures the satisfying spatial planning found in Landnama's settlement mechanics.
- #7 Going Medieval
91% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3% ★, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 14%, Survival 10.8%, Historical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on building and survival, requiring careful management of resources and structures.
- #8 Frozenheim
93% matchMixed70% of 3,855 reviews2022
Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.
Why similar: Vikings 31.7% ★, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Economy 10.8%, Resource Management 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A Viking-themed city-builder that focuses on survival and resource management in a cold, unforgiving climate.
- #9 Settlement Survival
92% 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: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 24.7% ★, Survival 10.8%, Base Building 8.3%, Building 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes survival mechanics and resource management in a challenging, realistic environment.
- #10 Stacklands
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,013 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Survival 18.5%, Roguelite 18.4%, Management 12.6%, Building 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based village builder that incorporates roguelite survival mechanics and resource management in a compact format.
- #11 ISLANDERS
90% matchVery Positive94% of 16,710 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 42.7%, Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Building 11.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, puzzle-focused city-builder that emphasizes efficient placement and scoring rather than combat.
- #12 Terra Nil
89% matchVery Positive88% of 8,333 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: City Builder 52.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Puzzle 16.4%, Resource Management 12.3%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: An environmental puzzle game that focuses on restoring ecosystems, sharing the non-violent and strategic nature of Landnama.
- #13 Banished
89% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8% ★, City Builder 33.9%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 6.4%, Resource Management 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential survival city-builder where managing limited resources through brutal winters is the primary challenge.
- #14 Norland
88% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Historical 9.2%, Survival 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy colony-sim that focuses on the societal and survival challenges of a medieval settlement.
- #15 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
86% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, City Builder 22.4%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 7.6%, Survival 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A vertical city-builder that requires strategic resource management to survive in a harsh, mountainous environment.
- #16 Kingdom Two Crowns
87% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Colony Sim 27.1% ★, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 12.2%, Building 9%
Why You'll Like It: Features a beautiful Viking-inspired aesthetic and side-scrolling survival mechanics that emphasize base defense and expansion.
- #17 Land of the Vikings
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,203 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Vikings 24.3% ★, Colony Sim 19.2% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 7.5%, Survival 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that leans heavily into the Viking theme, focusing on building and managing a clan.
- #18 Of Life and Land
85% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 13%, Survival 8.3%, Historical 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the delicate balance between nature and settlement growth.
- #19 Farlanders
84% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, City Builder 22.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 9.1%, Resource Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based, puzzle-like city-builder that focuses on terraforming and resource management on a hostile planet.
- #20 Odd Realm
84% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 11.5%, Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An indie colony-sim that emphasizes base-building and survival in a procedurally generated world.
- #21 Scorchlands
82% matchVery Positive91% of 129 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hex Grid 28.4% ★, Colony Sim 19.5% ★, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A hex-grid based game that focuses on resource management and efficient logistics in a stylized world.
- #22 Dead In Vinland
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,795 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 34.8%, Vikings 26.4% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Resource Management 13.3%, Management 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival management game set in the Viking age that focuses on character management and resource gathering.
- #23 As Far As The Eye
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,112 reviews2020
Dev: UnexpectedPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?
Why similar: Hex Grid 21.4% ★, Colony Sim 20.9% ★, City Builder 17.6%, Survival 8.8%, Building 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A nomadic city-builder with roguelite elements where you must guide your tribe toward the center of the world.
- #24 Lords and Villeins
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4% ★, City Builder 26.4%, Management 8.5%, Economy 7.8%, Building 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the management of a medieval village and the social dynamics of its inhabitants.
- #25 Ancient Cities
81% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, Colony Sim 15.1% ★, Survival 12.2%, Historical 10.5%, Base Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that emphasizes survival and the realistic development of a settlement over time.
- #26 Mistward
79% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9% ★, City Builder 24%, Hex Grid 15.5% ★, Base Building 9%, Survival 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city-builder that involves managing a settlement within a mysterious and challenging environment.
- #27 MicroTown
80% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3% ★, City Builder 21.5%, Hex Grid 15% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A charming city-builder that focuses on resource management and the growth of a small, medieval-style village.
- #28 Foundation
77% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, Base Building 8.1%, Economy 6.6%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #29 Settlements Rising
78% 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 26.7% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 7.8%, Resource Management 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on the growth and management of a settlement with a strong emphasis on resource chains.
- #30 Folklands
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3% ★, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Economy 8.8%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes exploration and the gradual development of a settlement in a natural landscape.
- #31 The Wandering Village
75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4% ★, City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 9.2%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #32 Civitatem
79% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 11.4%, Survival 11.1%, Resource Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that focuses on survival and the development of a small, struggling community.
- #33 IXION
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Colony Sim 22.2% ★, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #34 Farthest Frontier
74% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 19.5% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Historical 9%, Building 8.5%
- #35 Frostpunk
75% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 23.4% ★, Survival 14.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Base Building 7.4%
- #36 Surviving the Aftermath
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Colony Sim 25.4% ★, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #37 Drill Core
72% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3% ★, City Builder 19.1%, Roguelite 13.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #38 Ragnorium
76% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Survival 14.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Historical 11.8%
- #39 dotAGE
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 2,581 reviews2023
Dev: Michele Pirovano
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Roguelite 14.2%, Survival 11.6%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #40 Northgard: Definitive Edition
74% matchVery Positive85% of 68,002 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Vikings 20.6% ★, Colony Sim 16.2% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #41 Nordhold
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: City Builder 27.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Base Building 19.1%, Roguelike 9.1%, Management 9%
- #42 Manor Lords
70% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Historical 9.4%, Survival 9.2%
- #43 The King is Watching
69% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, Base Building 23.2%, Roguelite 17.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Roguelike 10.6%
- #44 Planetbase
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 5.3%
- #45 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
71% matchVery Positive93% of 13,529 reviews2018
Dev: Plausible ConceptPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Why similar: Vikings 53.4% ★, Roguelite 15.8%, Survival 15.4%, Roguelike 8.6%, Strategy 6.9%
- #46 Drop Duchy
69% matchVery Positive90% of 2,795 reviews2025
Dev: Sleepy Mill StudioPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
Why similar: Roguelite 28.1%, Historical 22.5%, Puzzle 17.1%, Roguelike 16%, Strategy 13.9%
- #47 Kingdoms and Castles
71% 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: City Builder 32.5%, Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Base Building 8.4%, Building 6.5%, Strategy 6.1%
- #48 Microcivilization
68% matchVery Positive80% of 1,364 reviews2026
Dev: Ondrej Homola
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Incremental clicker strategy, where you expand, construct, research, fight, collect heroes and make choices between good and evil. Ascend through difficulty tiers by playing through challenge campaign going back and forth through history. Mammoths included.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Base Building 20.5%, Historical 14.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Economy 7.9%
- #49 Wildfrost
69% matchVery Positive83% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Roguelite 38.3%, Base Building 26.1%, Roguelike 19.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #50 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
72% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 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 33.2% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 14.6%, City Builder 11.3%, Resource Management 5%
- #51 Nova Roma
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Historical 9.5%, Survival 8.6%
- #52 Roots of Yggdrasil
68% matchVery Positive88% of 346 reviews2024
Dev: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
Why similar: Vikings 30.4% ★, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 13.6%, Roguelite 10.4%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #53 Rogue Hex
67% matchVery Positive89% of 252 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.3% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Roguelite 11.1%, Historical 10.3%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #54 Space Haven
68% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% ★, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 11.3%, Building 6.8%
- #55 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
70% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, City Builder 34.1%, Survival 8.7%, Resource Management 7.4%, Strategy 5.6%
- #56 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
Windows
Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.
Why similar: City Builder 43%, Historical 16.8%, Survival 14.3%, Strategy 14%, Vikings 11.3% ★
- #57 The Tribe Must Survive
67% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Roguelite 12.3%, Survival 11.7%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #58 Border Pioneer
64% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: City Builder 39%, Base Building 25.9%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 10.3%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #59 Hexagod
65% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Base Building 18%, Roguelike 10.7%, Puzzle 9.8%, Strategy 7.3%