- #1 Dawn of Man
97% matchVery Positive87% of 17,712 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 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 37.7%, Colony Sim 35.4%, Survival 10%, Strategy 9.6%, Economy 2.7%
- #2 Aven Colony
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,747 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, City Builder 32.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Survival 3.5%
- #3 Beware of Light
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bajka Games
Windows
Beware of Light is a «hard sci-fi» city-building game focused on narrative and survival. After an unexpected crash landing on a dead world, as the new Captain, you must manage colony infrastructure and manpower. Can you thrive under the scorching sun? Will this planet become your grave or salvation?
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, City Builder 31.8%, Strategy 23.1%, Survival 11%
- #4 Banished
95% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 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 38.6%, City Builder 35.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Survival 8.9%, Simulation 2.7%
- #5 pyramida
94% matchVery Positive84% of 746 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Colony Sim 29.7%, Strategy 23.5%, Survival 13%, Indie 2.6%
- #6 My Colony
94% matchVery Positive90% of 265 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, City Builder 41.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 3.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #7 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
93% matchVery Positive86% of 194 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 33.3%, City Builder 31.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Survival 9.8%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #8 Mound Kingdoms
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RVA Devs
Windows
Build and lead a Mississippian city centered on sacred mounds. Gather resources, grow your population, and expand your influence while competing with rival chiefdoms in a living world shaped by land and culture.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, City Builder 30.3%, Strategy 20.5%, Survival 6.3%, Realistic 4.3%
- #9 Arcane Shores
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, City Builder 31.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Survival 10.8%, Economy 7.8%
- #10 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
91% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 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 41.6%, City Builder 38.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Survival 7.6%, Simulation 2.2%
- #11 Isla Paradiso
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 31.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Economy 8.4%, Survival 7.9%
- #12 Zeus + Poseidon
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,927 reviews2016
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!
Why similar: City Builder 41.9%, Colony Sim 38.4%, Strategy 16.7%, Economy 1.5%, Simulation 1.2%
- #13 Above: Colonies of the Mist
89% 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 33.3%, City Builder 30.2%, Strategy 20.3%, Economy 4.9%, Survival 4.6%
- #14 Little Porp
87% 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 39.8%, City Builder 38.8%, Strategy 20.1%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #15 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,364 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 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 42.8%, City Builder 27.6%, Strategy 19.7%, Simulation 5.4%, Economy 4%
- #16 Paleon
86% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.1 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 45.4%, City Builder 24.3%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 4.1%
- #17 Abyssals
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Abyssals is a Survival City Builder in the dark depths of an inhospitable planet. Build your underwater colony, explore where light can’t reach, and hunt for scarce resources. Expand your infrastructure and power your lamps, as danger lies in the deep, hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, City Builder 31.3%, Strategy 6%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Economy 5.6%
- #18 Skyline Settlers
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 35.1%, Colony Sim 35%, Strategy 17.2%, Economy 8.4%, Simulation 1.3%
- #19 Buoyancy
85% matchMixed56% of 825 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3%, City Builder 27.9%, Strategy 13.5%, Survival 8%, Indie 1.5%
- #20 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
83% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
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 34%, City Builder 29.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 6.4%, Sci-fi 6%
- #21 Age of Pyramids
82% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 38.4%, Colony Sim 32%, Strategy 20.7%, Realistic 4.8%, Simulation 3.6%
- #22 The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
82% matchVery Positive84% of 826 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 67.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 51.3%, City Builder 29.1%, Strategy 19.6%
- #23 Patron
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, City Builder 31%, Strategy 12.1%, Survival 11.9%, Economy 6.1%
- #24 Planetbase
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, City Builder 32.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Survival 10.4%, Sci-fi 5.2%
- #25 Rise Against the Invaders
80% 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 35.7%, City Builder 34.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Survival 9.6%, Simulation 3.4%
- #26 Stonehearth
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 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 42.6%, City Builder 34.8%, Survival 10%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 1.9%
- #27 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
78% 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 33.2%, City Builder 30.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Simulation 5.6%, Economy 4.7%
- #28 Skyberry Garden
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 37.2%, Strategy 20.9%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #29 Orc Colony
79% 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 48.5%, Strategy 20.2%, City Builder 17.6%, Survival 6.8%, Simulation 5.7%
- #30 LowPolis
77% 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: City Builder 37.3%, Colony Sim 32.5%, Strategy 19.9%, Economy 4.9%, Simulation 2.2%
- #31 NOVA ATLANTIS
77% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Silvio Reis
Windows
The ultimate management challenge: rebuild the lost utopia of Atlantis after its fall. Restore essential services, appease the gods, and forge a new Atlantean civilization stronger and more resilient than ever, ensuring the cataclysm never returns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, City Builder 37.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.4%, 3D 4.5%
- #32 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: City Builder 36.4%, Colony Sim 34.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Simulation 5.5%, Survival 5.4%
- #33 Generations: Utopia
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tom Yum Games
Windows
Generations: Utopia is a wry city-building strategy about generational conflict. Build the city of the future, balance the interests of the silent types, boomers, X, Y and Z, and cope with protests, crises and social tensions. Run a city where every generation is sure you’re doing everything wrong.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, City Builder 33.4%, Strategy 22.3%, 3D 3.7%, Stylized 2.4%
- #34 Gnomoria
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,535 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, City Builder 32.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 3.4%
- #35 Compact Colonies
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, City Builder 26.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Survival 11.6%, Economy 6.5%
- #36 Founders' Fortune
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.6%, City Builder 27.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Survival 8.2%, Economy 3.8%
- #37 Nova Origin
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZapNova Games
Windows
Nova Origin is a next-generation sci-fi city builder set on a mysterious alien planet. Build, expand, and survive as you establish a thriving colony, manage resources, and uncover the secrets of a hostile new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, City Builder 27.8%, Strategy 19.9%, Simulation 5.1%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #38 Arc of Icarus
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13B Productions
Windows
Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, City Builder 29.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Survival 8.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #39 Surviving the Aftermath
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 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 35.3%, Colony Sim 30.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Survival 12.7%, Simulation 4.3%
- #40 Spirit & Stone
73% 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 35.2%, City Builder 32.2%, Strategy 20.6%, Simulation 6.3%, 3D 3.1%
- #41 The Blighted Frontier
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, City Builder 30.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Survival 8.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #42 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
71% matchVery Positive89% of 631 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 32.6%, Colony Sim 27.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Survival 13.3%, Economy 7.5%
- #43 Quriocity
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, City Builder 29.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Survival 10.5%, Sci-fi 5.9%
- #44 Iskarn
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Iskarn
Windows
Build and defend a medieval colony in a vast, infinite voxel world. Gather resources, craft gear, train citizens, and survive brutal zombie hordes. Dig deep, explore wild biomes, and turn a handful of survivors into a thriving settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7%, City Builder 27%, Strategy 13.4%, Survival 12%, Economy 3.7%
- #45 Outlands
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, City Builder 32%, Strategy 20.5%, Simulation 6.2%, Survival 5.3%
- #46 Venusville
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, City Builder 28.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Survival 10.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #47 Sky Base Venus
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
Windows
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, City Builder 24.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Survival 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.4%
- #48 Sylox
69% 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 43.4%, City Builder 32.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Economy 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #49 One Hunread-Year Kingdom
68% 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 38.7%, City Builder 35.4%, Strategy 24.1%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #50 CityPunk
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nubosoft
Windows · Mac
Build upward in a city under corporate control. Place tiles, optimize spatial layouts, and manage powerful adjacency effects while balancing profit-driven demands against the needs of your residents in a dense cyberpunk megastructure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, City Builder 38.5%, Strategy 17.7%, 3D 3%, Indie 0.8%
- #51 Mars Future
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STM GAMES
Windows
Become one of the Mars explorers! Solve mysteries. Find artifacts, abandoned bunkers, buried tunnels and other evidence that the earthlings were not the first ones to visit the planet. Study the paranormal areas, where something supernatural is going on. Build facilities. Develop tourism.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, City Builder 29.5%, Strategy 19.4%, Simulation 5.7%, Economy 5.3%
- #52 Civica: Italian Renaissance
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 35.6%, Colony Sim 30.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Realistic 4%
- #53 IXION
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 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 33.9%, Colony Sim 29.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Survival 12.3%, Economy 5%
- #54 Pixel Colony
66% matchPositive93% of 40 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, City Builder 34.8%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Economy 4.6%
- #55 Oxygen: First Breath
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 29.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Survival 11.5%, Economy 7.5%
- #56 The Promised Land
68% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 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 59.3%, City Builder 19.2%, Strategy 17.9%, Simulation 2.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #57 Escape the End
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Damaged Development Studio
Windows
Lead survivors through a crumbling city, building a thriving colony amidst chaos. Manage resources, construct buildings and defences, and deploy units to protect your people. Every decision shapes your colony's fate in this strategic survival management game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, City Builder 31%, Strategy 19.8%, Simulation 6.1%, Survival 5.7%