- #1 Possible One: Lunar Industries
97% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Upstairs Games
Windows
Stake your claim in the first realistic lunar colony management game! Use proven, real-world technologies to plan and grow your colony, mine resources, ship them to Earth, and keep the board of directors happy in this science-based colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.4%, Economy 11.3%, Building 10.1%, Space 9%
- #2 Space Drilling Station
96% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 14.6%, Economy 11.5%, Space 10.2%, Building 9.8%
- #3 Before We Leave
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 17.4%, Economy 14.4%, Building 11.3%, Space 11.3%
- #4 The Crust
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 18.6%, Space 14.4%, Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #5 Farlanders: Prologue
95% matchVery Positive93% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Andrii Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, City Builder 20.8%, Building 12.3%, Economy 11.4%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #6 Settlement Survival
93% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 25.4%, Building 13.3%, Agriculture 9.4% ★, Management 8.7%
- #7 Sphere - Flying Cities
94% matchMixed50% of 243 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 22%, Space 12.1%, Building 10.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #8 Space Haven
91% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 19.5%, Space 12.8%, Building 12%, Management 9.2%
- #9 Solargene
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 20%, Economy 11.7%, Building 10.4%, Space 9.2%
- #10 CLOUD DWELLERS
90% matchVery Positive86% of 92 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 39.2%, Building 18.3%, Management 12.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, City Builder 9.1%
- #11 Space Station Tycoon
91% matchMixed60% of 218 reviews2023
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Space 13.4%, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.6%
- #12 Celestial Empire
89% matchVery Positive89% of 732 reviews2025
Dev: President StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Forge an empire under the watchful eyes of the gods! Take care of your people, develop efficient production chains and trade with other landlords. Ensure their survival through harsh winters and disasters.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Economy 15.9%, Building 13.9%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #13 Farlanders
89% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 24.7%, Space 12%, Resource Management 11.6%, Management 9.3%
- #14 InfraSpace
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,968 reviews2023
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Create an extrasolar efficiency utopia from scratch! In this sci-fi city builder you need to start mining operations, plan production, and lay down transportation routes to ensure a smooth supply chain.
Why similar: Transportation 25.4% ★, City Builder 20.3%, Economy 11.7%, Space 11.3%, Building 10.4%
- #15 Synergy
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,098 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Economy 14.8%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #16 Diluvian Winds
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 26%, Colony Sim 23.3%, Economy 11.7%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #17 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
84% matchMixed70% of 834 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 23.9%, Building 12.1%, Resource Management 10.7%, Space 10.6%
- #18 orbit.industries
86% matchMixed60% of 91 reviews2022
Dev: LAB132Pub: Klabater
Windows · Linux
🚀 Become a Space Pioneer by building and managing a station of your own on the orbit of distant planets! Focus on design and management or fulfill objectives to progress. 🛰️ Explore, Build and Prosper!
Why similar: Space 25.4%, Economy 16.8%, Building 16.8%, Resource Management 13.7%, Management 12.3%
- #19 My Colony
85% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2%, City Builder 47.7%, Simulation 3.2%
- #20 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
82% matchMixed56% of 2,513 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 21.4%, Economy 11.6%, Space 11.1%, Building 9.7%
- #21 Planetbase
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 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 34.9%, City Builder 28.6%, Space 14.9%, Building 6.6%, Resource Management 6%
- #22 Exogate Initiative
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 20.7%, Building 12.2%, Space 10%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #23 Citizens: Far Lands
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 20.5%, Agriculture 15.1% ★, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #24 Reshaping Mars
81% matchVery Positive84% of 834 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Building 14.7%, Space 12.6%, City Builder 10.2%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #25 IXION
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,853 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Space 16.4%, Resource Management 10%, Building 9.5%
- #26 Captain of Industry
79% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Resource Management 15.9%, Colony Sim 15.5%, City Builder 15.3%, Economy 15.1%, Building 10.7%
- #27 Trappist
79% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 24%, Building 13.7%, Space 12.6%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #28 One More Island
81% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 23.6%, Economy 13.8%, Building 13.1%, Management 8.4%
- #29 Solar Expanse - Space Exploration Manager
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,372 reviews2026
Dev: SpaceOpsPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Explore the Solar System. Mine and drop asteroids. Colonize and terraform. Lead the space race and compete with other corporations on your way to profit. Watch the expansion of human race over the centuries.
Why similar: Space 27.5%, Management 14.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Building 12.9%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #30 New Cycle
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, City Builder 26%, Building 14.2%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 8.3%
- #31 Havendock
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,964 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, Agriculture 20.4% ★, City Builder 20%, Building 11.5%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #32 Scorchlands
76% matchVery Positive89% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 21.7%, Economy 14.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 9.3%
- #33 IMPACT
77% matchMixed56% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: Hochschule Darmstadt
Windows
IMPACT is an immersive sci-fi game set on the Moon. Build and manage a lunar base, generating valuable scientific data along the way. This data is used by the European Space Agency to train a real AI that will eventually land on the Moon.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 23.7%, Space 13.3%, Economy 8.9%, Management 6.8%
- #34 Space Architect
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 reviews2024
Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Building 14%, Economy 13.3%, Management 11.4%, Space 10.7%
- #35 The Spatials: Galactology
78% matchMixed69% of 258 reviews2018
Dev: Weird and Wry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 24.9%, Building 12.5%, Space 12.1%, Management 9.9%
- #36 STARIO: Haven Tower
73% matchVery Positive94% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: Stargate Games
Windows
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 23.1%, Economy 13%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #37 The Final Earth 2
74% matchVery Positive97% of 437 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, City Builder 14.5%, Space 13.2%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.5%
- #38 Folklands
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 22.5%, Economy 14.4%, Building 12.8%, Management 8.4%
- #39 Generation Exile
73% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: Sonderlust Studios
Windows
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 24.8%, Building 13.1%, Space 11.3%, Management 9.3%
- #40 Dyson Sphere Program
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 91,831 reviews2021
Dev: Youthcat StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 13.0 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build the most efficient intergalactic factory in space simulation strategy game Dyson Sphere Program! Harness the power of stars, collect resources, plan and design production lines and develop your interstellar factory from a small space workshop to a galaxy-wide industrial empire.
Why similar: Space 24.9%, City Builder 19.3%, Building 19%, Resource Management 14.8%, Management 11.1%
- #41 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
74% 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 38.4%, City Builder 33.3%, Space 9.2%, Futuristic 5.7%, Simulation 5.5%
- #42 Jumplight Odyssey
73% matchMixed59% of 995 reviews2023
Dev: League of Geeks
Windows
Keep hope alive on your adventure to the mythical Forever Star! Gather survivors, repair and build out your starship, brave black holes, and fend off attacks, all while managing the daily soap opera of your colorful crew.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, Building 17.3%, Management 13.6%, Space 12.9%, Female Protagonist 6.3%
- #43 EarthX
72% matchVery Positive88% of 921 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Space 21.1%, Building 18.3%, Management 14.7%, Cute 5.5%
- #44 The Universim
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,670 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 26.1%, Building 13.4%, Space 10.2%, Management 7.9%
- #45 World Turtles
71% matchMixed67% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Re: cOg Mission
Windows · Mac · Linux
The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 27.4%, Economy 14%, Management 8.1%, Building 7.3%
- #46 Ratopia
68% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 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 28.7%, City Builder 21%, Building 15%, Management 9%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #47 Orrstead
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 82 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 30.5%, City Builder 27.7%, Building 14.9%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #48 Space Company Simulator
75% matchMostly Negative28% of 179 reviews2019
Dev: IntermarumPub: All in! Games
Windows
Take the position of a CEO of a space transport company and become a new major player in the industry. Space Company Simulator is a realistic management sim game that will challenge your planning skills as you strive to launch the first manned mission to Mars.
Why similar: Building 22.1%, Space 21.9%, Management 14%, Resource Management 13.7%, Futuristic 8.6%
- #49 Celestial Empire: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive86% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 23.4%, Building 12.6%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.5%
- #50 City idle
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.6%, Economy 15.6%, Building 14.9%, Management 7.5%, Exploration 7.5%
- #51 The Colonists
70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,242 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 22.7%, Economy 14.3%, Building 12.6%, Management 8.6%
- #52 Bubblegum Galaxy
65% matchVery Positive100% of 126 reviews2026
Dev: Smarto ClubPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
Bubblegum Galaxy is a cozy narrative building game about rebuilding the galaxy tile by tile. Discover and design new planets, complete missions, explore your office and befriend your co-workers... all while trying to find out who deleted the galaxy!
Why similar: City Builder 42.5%, Building 20.5%, Female Protagonist 10.5%, Relaxing 6.6%, Cute 6.3%
- #53 Planet S
66% matchVery Positive92% of 2,897 reviews2023
Dev: Glimmerlight Games
Windows · Linux
Planet S is a real-time strategy game where your goal is to colonize multiple planets in a solar system to advance your civilization, build a city and supply it to grow your faction.
Why similar: City Builder 31.9%, Space 18.4%, Building 15.9%, Resource Management 8.3%, Management 7.7%
- #54 Microtopia
66% matchVery Positive87% of 977 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Resource Management 10.8%, Building 9.3%, Management 9%
- #55 MicroTown
68% matchVery Positive95% of 478 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, City Builder 27.6%, Economy 14.9%, Resource Management 11.7%, Management 9.7%
- #56 Moon Garden
65% matchVery Positive82% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Kairos Games LLC
Windows
A cozy incremental game about growing your way home. Strategically plant flowers, optimize machinery, and grow your tree tall enough to escape!
Why similar: Building 24%, Resource Management 20.6%, Management 14.7%, Economy 14.6%, Space 11.5%
- #57 Aven Colony
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,789 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 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 43.2%, City Builder 35%, Space 7.8%, Sci-fi 5.3%, Resource Management 3.3%
- #58 Crowded Blue Dot
69% matchMixed59% of 53 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 31.5%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 12%, Management 11.6%
- #59 Spiritstead
64% matchVery Positive84% of 174 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: City Builder 28.2%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Building 15.5%, Management 10.9%, Cute 6%
- #60 Meeple Station
69% matchMixed57% of 956 reviews2020
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Modularity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Build your way to success! Trade your way to the top! Explore your way to infamy! Do it all your way!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 19%, Space 15.3%, Building 13.2%, Resource Management 10%