- #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 9.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #2 Edge Islands
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 33.3%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.3%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #3 Embark
96% matchMixed60% of 389 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 46.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 7.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #4 Founders' Fortune
95% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 44.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 6.8%, Sandbox 5.7%, City Builder 5.4%
- #5 Idyll
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 11.5%, Strategy 7.3%, Management 5.8%
- #6 TFM: The First Men
94% matchMixed60% of 413 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 21.2%, Survival 6.5%, Sandbox 6%, Management 5.9%
- #7 RimWorld
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 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 18.7%, Survival 9.4%, Management 6.6%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #8 Beneath a Dead City
92% 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 18%, Survival 10.5%, Management 9.6%, Procedural Generation 7.2%
- #9 Breadoria
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 10.2%, Management 8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #10 Settletopia
90% 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 32.2%, Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 7.5%, Management 7.5%, Survival 7.2%
- #11 Maia
91% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 45.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #12 Architect of Ruin
89% 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 27.3%, Base Building 15%, Medieval 10.7%, Survival 7.8%, Management 6.6%
- #13 Oxygen Not Included
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 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 44.4%, Base Building 23.2%, Survival 11.8%, Management 5.5%, Sandbox 4.9%
- #14 Worlds Explorers
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 10.7%, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #15 Settlements Rising
87% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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 32.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Medieval 10.7%, Management 6.6%, Strategy 6.6%
- #16 Pawnholm
86% 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 27.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Sandbox 8.6%, Survival 8%, Management 7.3%
- #17 PAPPUS
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Choost Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cats are taking over the universe. You're here to help. A colony sim where cats settle procedurally generated planets under the PAPPUS Program. Build your cat colony while exploring the universe's mysteries. Spread feline dynasties among the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Cats 24.3%, Base Building 18%, Simulation 7.7%, Management 6.7%
- #18 Galaxy Scavengers
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 23.3%, Survival 11.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #19 Fosoria
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.9%, Base Building 20.9%, Management 9.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Sandbox 5.7%
- #20 Starship Colony
84% 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 17.8%, Survival 9.7%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 6.8%
- #21 Lil Guys
83% 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 37.2%, Base Building 19.6%, Survival 10.8%, Management 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #22 Catizens
82% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 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 31.5%, Cats 13.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #23 On & Under
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crabtr1
Windows
Build a fantasy settlement, guide unique villagers, reshape a fully destructible world, and lead your people in real-time battles against monsters, raiders, and rival factions. Raise a homestead, a druid's grove, a wizard's spire, a necromancer's deep lair—or something only you can imagine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Simulation 11.6%, Sandbox 10%, Base Building 9.7%
- #24 Humanica
79% matchVery Positive93% of 175 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 25.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 9.5%, Management 8.3%, Medieval 7.7%
- #25 The Five Monks
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
Windows
A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 11%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 7.1%
- #26 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
81% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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 38.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 11.5%, Sandbox 6.1%, Strategy 5.1%
- #27 Colony Survival
81% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 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 11.7%, Sandbox 6.9%, Strategy 5.3%
- #28 First Feudal
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 6.9%, Survival 6.6%
- #29 KingForge
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ElykraGames
Windows
Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 11.1%, Medieval 10.4%, Open World 8%
- #30 The Blighted Frontier
78% 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 41.8%, Base Building 18.9%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Management 8.1%
- #31 Patron
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 11.1%, Medieval 9.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #32 Dwarf Things
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Survival 9.4%, Simulation 8.3%
- #33 After the Collapse
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 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 18%, Survival 9.8%, Management 8.3%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #34 Blacksmith Master
74% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Medieval 11.4%, Survival 8.2%, Management 7.5%
- #35 Harrowlands
75% 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 18.4%, Survival 10%, Medieval 9.3%, Management 7.4%
- #36 Orc Colony
76% matchMixed60% of 43 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 51.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 10.4%, Management 7.1%, Survival 6.3%
- #37 Beyond These Stars
73% 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 30.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Survival 8.9%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #38 Planetbase
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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 9.8%, City Builder 7.4%, Strategy 6.7%
- #39 Gnome Glen
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows
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 32.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Medieval 9.3%, Survival 7.7%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #40 Ratopia
71% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.4%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 9.7%, Management 7.9%, Sandbox 6.3%
- #41 Rows Of Earth
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.4%, Base Building 22.5%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 9%
- #42 Malignus
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mossbomb
Windows
Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 9%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #43 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
73% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 44.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 12.6%, Strategy 7.1%, Medieval 5.9%
- #44 Our Dear Kingdom
72% matchPositive100% of 11 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 68.5%, Medieval 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.5%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #45 MediAevi
70% match1 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows · Mac
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 16.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #46 Our Freedom: Medieval Village - Prologue
70% 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 20.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 10.2%, Management 7.1%
- #47 Peasants
69% 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 40.4%, Medieval 15%, Base Building 14.8%, Strategy 9%, City Builder 7.1%
- #48 Lands of Koastalia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
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 15.9%, Medieval 12.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Management 7.3%
- #49 Mars Colony Builder
69% 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 33.4%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.1%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 7.9%
- #50 Banished
71% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 47.9%, Survival 9.7%, City Builder 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Medieval 7.4%
- #51 HullRats
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 10.9%, Management 9.1%, Strategy 7%
- #52 SeaColony
66% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, Base Building 20%, Survival 11%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #53 Oxygen: First Breath
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 10.5%, Strategy 8%, Management 7.1%
- #54 Windowed Realms
67% 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 9.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Survival 7.4%
- #55 Settlement Survival
67% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 36.5%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 9.4%, City Builder 8.1%
- #56 Hamlet
67% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: K2 Games
Windows
Hamlet is a medieval city builder where pivotal characters drive your economy and define product quality and quantity. Manage and develop your people wisely because every person counts! Can you grow your hamlet into a powerhouse that rivals even the capital?
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Medieval 12.3%, Strategy 9.2%, City Builder 6.8%
- #57 Noble Fates
68% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 31.4%, Base Building 16%, Medieval 10.5%, Sandbox 8.1%, Management 7.3%
- #58 Zenith Expanse
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 19%, Survival 10.4%, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 7.3%