- #1 Orc Colony
97% 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 50.8%, Strategy 21.4%, Simulation 13%, Management 5%, Resource Management 3.7%
- #2 The Colony
96% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 67.5%, Strategy 20.2%, Simulation 12.3%
- #3 Age of Beasts
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: LD Gaming
Windows
Colonial Wars is a sci-fi futuristic real-time strategy and survival game where you face up to three different opponents on battle maps, fighting for control of resources and territory while also contending with the local alien wildlife population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.1%, Strategy 26.4%, Simulation 17.7%, Management 5.5%, Cute 5.3%
- #4 Queen to Bee
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shouty Knot Games Pub: Shouty Knot Limited
Windows · Mac
A cozy resource management game where you play as the Queen Bee. Good decisions for your loyal subjects will go a long way, as well as taking the time to know each and every one! Build cute new rooms and boost your honey production for a healthy hive. Will you be the next Queen?
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.5%, Strategy 24.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Cute 5.2%, Management 5.1%
- #5 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,387 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 48.7%, Strategy 22.6%, Simulation 13.3%, Economy 6%, Isometric 4%
- #6 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
94% 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 36.9%, Strategy 24.6%, Simulation 13.6%, Isometric 12.4%, Economy 7%
- #7 Blueprint Tycoon
93% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.9%, Simulation 11%, Management 10.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Economy 10.2%
- #8 SCP: Site Director
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noble Gas Studios
Windows
An SCP Facility Management game with strong visual stylings that allows you to run your own SCP Foundation Sites, capture anomalies, hire staff to contain and research them, and recontain them when they escape. Orchestrate multiple sites and guide your clandestine organization to success!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47%, Strategy 27.8%, Simulation 18.6%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 1.2%
- #9 All My Gods
91% matchVery Positive88% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 67.6%, Strategy 21.3%, Simulation 11.1%
- #10 Sigma Draconis
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Strategy 23.8%, Simulation 12%, Isometric 10.7%, Management 5.3%
- #11 Menorca Talaiotica
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChessForEdu
Windows
Menorca Talaiotica is a strategy game where you will face the same problems as the first inhabitants of the island of Menorca; obtain natural resources, water, shelter, food and survive the calamities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.6%, Strategy 30.5%, Isometric 18.9%
- #12 Undertaker's
89% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
Dev: Hyeson
Windows
Inspired by the economy simulation games oft the mid 90s, Undertaker's let's you manage your very own funeral home.
Why similar: Strategy 32.1%, Simulation 20.8%, Capitalism 20%, Economy 12.8%, Management 6.5%
- #13 The Promised Land
89% 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 65%, Strategy 19.5%, Simulation 5.3%, Cute 3.9%, Management 2.8%
- #14 Dream Park Story
88% matchVery Positive87% of 167 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Strategy 22.8%, Simulation 16.3%, Economy 7.1%, Cute 4.8%
- #15 Our Dear Kingdom
87% 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 73.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Simulation 7.4%, Management 3.2%, Resource Management 2.7%
- #16 Terra-7
86% 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 37.2%, Strategy 26.2%, Simulation 14.5%, Management 8%, Economy 5.6%
- #17 Pocket Clothier
86% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A clothing shop management sim. Go from quaint corner shop to world-class brand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Simulation 13.1%, Economy 6.7%, Cute 4.8%
- #18 Capitalism Plus
85% matchVery Positive83% of 120 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Play the strategy game of money, power and wealth.
Why similar: Capitalism 30.4%, Strategy 26.6%, Simulation 18.3%, Economy 14.5%, Management 10.3%
- #19 Big Market Simulator
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mobaroid
Windows
Build and manage a massive supermarket. Order products, stock shelves, serve customers, and expand your business into the ultimate shopping destination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Strategy 21.6%, Simulation 14.3%, Capitalism 9.4%, Economy 7.9%
- #20 MediAevi
84% 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 54.7%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 11.6%, Fantasy 5.9%, 2D 5.2%
- #21 On & Under
83% 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 46.1%, Strategy 25.7%, Simulation 16.8%, Management 4.9%, Fantasy 3.5%
- #22 Fosoria
82% 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 50.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Isometric 9.6%, Simulation 8.4%, Management 7.8%
- #23 World Cruise Story
82% matchVery Positive96% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, Strategy 26.7%, Simulation 17.6%, Cute 4.9%, 2D 4.1%
- #24 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
80% matchVery Positive89% of 1,330 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Capitalism 18.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Economy 11.9%, Simulation 7.7%
- #25 Above: Colonies of the Mist
81% 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 41.8%, Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 10.1%, Economy 8.1%, Dark Fantasy 6.8%
- #26 Villaging
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Villager Studio
Windows
Villaging is a simple game of strategy where you reign on a kingdom and you need to manage your ressources and your inhabitant .But you will also get threat from other kingdom so you will need to make an army to fight against them .
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.4%, Strategy 31.5%, 2D 6.2%, Resource Management 4.7%, Fantasy 3.1%
- #27 Umbral Coterie
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deep Ledger Games
Windows
A dark medieval city simulation with procedural generation and emergent storytelling. Play as a vampire and observe, befriend, manipulate, and betray hundreds of fully simulated citizens as they live, work, scheme, and die around you. Shape bloodlines and uncover the forces moving beneath the city.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.5%, Strategy 26.7%, Isometric 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.1%
- #28 CLOUD DWELLERS
77% matchVery Positive88% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Cartoony 11.3%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #29 Auto Empire Tycoon
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Automata Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Start in the 1950s with a small factory and a single dealership. Research new technologies, design cars, manage production, keep your dealerships stocked, and outpace your rivals to build your own automotive empire in this isometric tycoon simulation.
Why similar: Strategy 25.4%, Economy 23.7%, Isometric 22.6%, Simulation 17.3%, Management 11%
- #30 Hyperspace Hub Manager
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Uncanny Mercantile
Windows
Master hyperspace trade in this sci-fi sim! Manage tariffs on 5 exotic resources, grow your Ecumenopolis, and outwit smugglers. Strategic fun for all!
Why similar: Capitalism 23.5%, Economy 22.7%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Simulation 16.5%, Management 6.4%
- #31 The Monstrous Frontier
78% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Software WA
Windows
A turn based city biulder, where you have to manage increasingly complex production lines, attract adventurers to your city and create Quests to protect yourself instead of controlling them directly.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Economy 12.1%, Simulation 10%, Isometric 5.8%
- #32 Pico Islands
76% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: BitSpree GmbH
Windows · Mac
Lead your settlers to build cities in a medieval island world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Strategy 15%, Economy 14.6%, Isometric 9.8%, Simulation 8.6%
- #33 Warehouse Bots
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Short Story Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the role of a warehouse manager overseeing a bustling hub of automated activity. In this immersive simulator, you'll delve into the intricacies of logistics as you control robots, construct efficient road networks, and fine-tune traffic flow to optimize your warehouse operations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Strategy 15.2%, Isometric 13.1%, Capitalism 12.9%, Simulation 9.5%
- #34 Hearthlands
75% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Isometric 10.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Economy 8.3%
- #35 Pair at Sea
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MAD CAN Studio
Windows
Manage your own pirate crew and sail across the sea. Take care of the ship morale, drag your sailors from one room to another and raid other ships as you navigate the seas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Simulation 9.4%, Cute 6.3%, Management 6%
- #36 The Trade Prince
74% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Blazing Nebula
Windows
The Trade Prince is a logistical economic simulation game in which you build automated trade networks across multiple planets to produce increasingly complex goods.
Why similar: Strategy 29.8%, Capitalism 24%, Simulation 19.9%, Economy 14%, 2D 6.5%
- #37 BankingSim
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loose Change Games
Windows · Linux
BankingSim puts you in charge of a growing bank. Issue loans, set interest rates, manage risk, and deal with defaults as you grow your financial empire.
Why similar: Capitalism 31%, Strategy 22.1%, Economy 18.8%, Simulation 11.3%, Management 8.8%
- #38 MicroFab
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Flirp
Windows
Build automated chip factories in a post-collapse 2047. Process silicon wafers, research advanced tech, and scale from basic processors to legendary quantum chips. Optimize your production lines, outmaneuver mega-corps, and dominate the semiconductor market.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.3%, Simulation 16.7%, Capitalism 16%, Economy 9.8%, 2D 4.7%
- #39 Signals
73% matchMixed61% of 33 reviews2021
Dev: MKDB Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Signals is a casual planet hopper strategy game. Explore systems, harvest resources and repair alien devices. You’ll need to strategically work with the market to maximize your income while covering the cost of your operation in order to follow strange signals and discover what waits at the source.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Economy 16.4%, Isometric 14.4%, Strategy 13.7%, Management 7.8%
- #40 Why Am I Here
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hamiga Studio
Windows · Mac
A thought-provoking exploration survival game. You must endure a frozen wilderness threatened by both brutal natural forces and demonic creatures. Starting with nothing, you will fight the cold, manage resources, maintain body temperature, and gradually take in survivors to build a home together.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.8%, Strategy 24.7%, Simulation 16.3%, Economy 8.3%, 2D 4%
- #41 Idyll
73% 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 54.2%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Isometric 7.9%, Management 5.4%
- #42 Passive Income
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReallyMushroom
Windows · Mac
Passive Income is an idle-ish simulator game where you can build houses, get upgrades, and gain money over time! Chill out and relax as you rip rent out of little cartoon people's pockets. Grow your passive income now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Capitalism 15.1%, Strategy 14.8%, Cartoony 10.2%, Economy 9.7%
- #43 Hearthwild
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monke
Windows
Build and manage a wilderness colony where settlers gather resources, construct rooms, farm crops, hunt animals, craft food and supplies, and survive through a job-driven simulation as your settlement grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, Strategy 24.2%, Simulation 15.9%, 2D 5%, Management 4%
- #44 Type2
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucas LázaroPub: Type 2 Studios
Windows
Type2 is a space-based city builder where you try to run a mining business on the moon. Use your management skills to maintain a colony, expand your company, and of course, make money
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.3%, Strategy 16.9%, Isometric 16.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #45 Convenience Stories
69% matchVery Positive94% of 277 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.5%, Strategy 22.1%, Simulation 16.4%, Cute 4.4%, 2D 3.6%
- #46 Drafting Tales
70% matchMixed69% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Istotex
Windows · Mac · Linux
In Drafting Tales you are new writer working from your apartment. Your goal is to become a well-known and successful author!
Why similar: Strategy 28.4%, Simulation 17.8%, Isometric 16.6%, Economy 10.6%, Cartoony 8.5%
- #47 Please Subscribe: Streamer Career
70% matchVery Positive83% of 130 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Please Subscribe is the sequel to Gamer Career Tycoon from 2018. Develop your own livestream channel from the ground up. Manage and operate, overcome challenges, learn new tricks in order to rise in the charts, and possibly, become the next big internet superstar.
Why similar: Strategy 25.2%, Isometric 17.4%, Simulation 17%, Economy 13.5%, Management 9.6%
- #48 Skytropolis
71% matchPositive80% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Build the world's first SKYTROPOLIS, a vertical mega city where you control its design, architecture, economy, and sustainability! Play both on desktop or in virtual reality.
Why similar: Colony Sim 81.2%, Simulation 16.2%, Indie 2.6%
- #49 Hold The Roost
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jody Hiatt
Windows
A strategic tower defense where you command a flock of chickens to gather resources, fortify defenses, and survive relentless predator attacks. Balance growth and survival as you protect the next generation through treacherous nights against tactical predators.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Economy 7.5%, Resource Management 6%
- #50 Maia
70% 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 58.5%, Strategy 18.9%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 7.9%, Indie 2%
- #51 Bunny Bunker
67% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Polyspice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategy by day, tactical tower defense by night. Build a bunny colony, manage resources, and defend against nightly monster attacks in this mix of city building and tower defense. Help your bunnies escape to the stars before the darkness destroys everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, Strategy 14.4%, Economy 13.1%, Cartoony 10.8%, Isometric 10.8%
- #52 Urban Entrepreneur
68% matchMixed68% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: ArchDawnPub: ArchDawn LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Manage inventory, staff, prices and more while creating a monopoly!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Capitalism 20.3%, Economy 13.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Cartoony 8.7%
- #53 Ancient Aliens: The Game
68% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2022
Dev: Fifth Column GamesPub: Legacy Games
Windows · Mac
What if aliens helped create Earth’s ancient civilizations? Play as a reluctant alien-human hybrid in this story-driven city building game! Manage resources, manipulate primitive humans, and help promote scientific discovery as you build the colossal pyramids—to uncover the secrets that lie within!
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.4%, Strategy 19.6%, Isometric 12.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 8.2%
- #54 Dwarrows
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Lithic Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Gather, build, puzzle, explore, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Economy 8.8%, Cartoony 8.5%, Management 5.1%
- #55 The Ramen Sensei
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 196 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Simulation 12.3%, Economy 7.5%, Cute 6.7%
- #56 CoffeeBiz Tycoon
69% matchMixed64% of 66 reviews2018
Dev: The Sociopath Software
Windows
CoffeeBiz tycoon is a mix of entrepreneurship fun and complicated business simulation. Start your first coffee kiosk, brew, expand, hire, deal with competitors, build a well-known brand, risk, and do everything else needed to build prosperous and profitable business.
Why similar: Strategy 26.5%, Simulation 18.6%, Economy 17.1%, Capitalism 14.2%, Management 13.3%
- #57 FEED THE QUEEN
65% matchMostly Positive70% of 513 reviews2026
Dev: Quiétude
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gather food to grow your colony. Evolve and upgrade specialized worker types. Discover and combine interesting synergies. Optimize your production, customize your strategy and feed the Queen ever-increasing amounts of food!
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Strategy 22.5%, Cartoony 10.1%, Economy 6.9%, Cute 5.9%
- #58 Nebula Miner
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
Windows
Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Strategy 22%, Economy 16.8%, Capitalism 11.4%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #59 Our Freedom: Prologue
67% 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 38.8%, Strategy 27.7%, Simulation 15.3%, Economy 6.6%, Management 6.1%