- #1 SuperColony
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #2 Embark
96% 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 47.4% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 7.1%, Strategy 6.5%, Sandbox 6.2%
- #3 Edge Islands
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.5%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #4 Founders' Fortune
95% 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 44.2% ★, Base Building 17%, Survival 6.6%, Sandbox 5.7%, City Builder 5.2%
- #5 TFM: The First Men
94% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2% ★, Base Building 21.1%, Survival 6.4%, Management 6.1%, Sandbox 6%
- #6 RimWorld
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 9.3%, Management 6.8%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #7 Beneath a Dead City
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.4%, Management 9.9%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #8 Settletopia
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.5%, Survival 7.1%
- #9 Oxygen Not Included
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.6% ★, Base Building 23%, Survival 11.7%, Management 5.6%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #10 Settlements Rising
90% 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 32.9% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Medieval 10.5%, Management 6.8%, Strategy 6.6%
- #11 Maia
91% 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 45.6% ★, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 10.6%, Management 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #12 Pawnholm
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 8.6%, Survival 7.9%, Management 7.6%
- #13 Starship Colony
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 9.6%, Management 7.9%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #14 Sect Leader's Decree
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alena Selezneva
Windows
Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #15 Lil Guys
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 10.6%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #16 Catizens
86% matchVery Positive82% of 366 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6% ★, Cats 13.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 8.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #17 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
86% 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 38.3% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 11.4%, Sandbox 6.1%, Strategy 5.1%
- #18 Colony Survival
85% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 43% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 7%, Strategy 5.4%
- #19 First Feudal
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Medieval 12%, Management 7.1%, Survival 6.5%
- #20 Humanica
82% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 9.4%, Management 8.6%, Medieval 7.6%
- #21 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 33.5% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Simulation 10.4%
- #22 Kingdoms and Castles
84% 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 41.2% ★, Medieval 12.7%, Base Building 10.2%, City Builder 8.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #23 Settlement Survival
82% 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 32.3% ★, Medieval 13.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Survival 9.5%, Management 8.4%
- #24 Patron
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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 37% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11%, Medieval 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #25 After the Collapse
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1% ★, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 9.7%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #26 Harrowlands
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BashfulWolf Studio
Windows
Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 9.9%, Medieval 9.3%, Management 7.7%
- #27 Odd Realm
78% 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 34.5% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 9%, Management 8.6%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #28 Orc Colony
80% 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 51.7% ★, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Management 7.3%, Survival 6.2%
- #29 Planetbase
79% 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 42.1% ★, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 9.7%, City Builder 7.3%, Strategy 6.8%
- #30 Our Dear Kingdom
77% 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 68.4% ★, Medieval 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #31 Ratopia
75% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1% ★, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 9.6%, Management 8.2%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #32 Beyond These Stars
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 8.8%, Management 8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #33 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
77% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 12.4%, Strategy 7.2%, Medieval 5.8%
- #34 Gnome Glen
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Medieval 9.2%, Survival 7.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #35 MediAevi
74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.5% ★, Medieval 16.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 8.5%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #36 Banished
76% 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 48% ★, Survival 9.5%, City Builder 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Medieval 7.4%
- #37 Our Freedom: Prologue
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 7.4%
- #38 Mars Colony Builder
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Survival 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 8.2%
- #39 Architect of Ruin
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 8.6%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #40 Peasants
72% 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 40.5% ★, Medieval 15%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 9%, City Builder 7%
- #41 Lands of Koastalia
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asaloda Games
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Medieval 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.5%
- #42 Oxygen: First Breath
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 31.6% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 8%, Management 7.3%
- #43 Noble Fates
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Medieval 10.5%, Sandbox 8%, Management 7.5%
- #44 Windowed Realms
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.1%, Survival 7.3%
- #45 Gateworlds
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 10.8%, Sandbox 8.2%, Management 7.1%
- #46 Greenfeet Haven
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Management 7.3%
- #47 Paleon
69% 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 51.5% ★, Survival 13.4%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.6%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #48 Settler's Domain
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a settlement-building survival game with resource management and diplomacy elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, harvest resources, and deal with other settlements to expand your domain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5% ★, Survival 10.3%, Medieval 7.9%, City Builder 6.4%, Management 6.2%
- #49 The Wild Age
70% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Survival 12%, Medieval 10.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #50 Lost Heaven Station
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Strategy 8.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 7.4%
- #51 Orrstead
67% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Medieval 12.2%, Sandbox 9.4%, Management 9.3%
- #52 Kingdom Islands
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victor Skillerstrand
Windows
Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2% ★, Base Building 19%, Medieval 15.2%, City Builder 8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #53 Pick Me Up
67% 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 37.8% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 8.7%, Management 7.6%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #54 Buoyancy
69% matchMixed56% of 820 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 53.2% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Strategy 8.9%, Survival 7.8%, City Builder 6.6%
- #55 Cat Caravans
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barış Mert KösePub: MildGames
Windows
You set off with a caravan full of cats to find a safe place to settle! Gather resources, set up a base, defenses, give your cats work to do! Manage your base, expand, defend it from monsters and make it a nice place for your fellow cats!
Why similar: Cats 26.7%, Base Building 23.9%, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Medieval 11.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #56 Aven Colony
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 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 51.8% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 9.1%, City Builder 8.8%, Simulation 6.2%
- #57 Arcbound
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outbreak Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3% ★, Base Building 21.8%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 7.6%, Survival 7%
- #58 Starfall Protocol
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8% ★, Base Building 18.7%, Sandbox 8.5%, Procedural Generation 7.6%, Simulation 6.7%