- #1 The Undercity: Last Light
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ufuk HalisPub: Evuk Games
Windows · Mac
Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Underground 23.5% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Survival 9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #2 Surviving the Aftermath
96% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Colony Sim 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival 11.4%, Simulation 6.6%
- #3 Punk Wars
95% matchMixed59% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32% ★, Dystopian 14.7%, City Builder 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
- #4 Scavenger T.O.M
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ReLU Games, Inc.
Windows
Scavenger T.O.M is a survival crafting game set in a radiation-contaminated world. Use your exploration robot, T.O.M, to gather resources, craft tools, and survive. With radiation spreading, efficient resource management is key. Plan expeditions strategically and craft wisely to stay alive
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, Underground 19.9% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, Life Sim 9.7%
- #5 Escape the End
94% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Damaged Development Studio
Windows
Lead survivors through a crumbling city, building a thriving colony amidst chaos. Manage resources, construct buildings and defences, and deploy units to protect your people. Every decision shapes your colony's fate in this strategic survival management game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 21.8%, RTS 14.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%
- #6 Last Civilization: Inherited Flame
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WisPub: Studio Wis
Windows
Build a settlement around the last flame. Gather, construct, and research by day, then defend against the Shadows at night. When a village falls, carry its records and memories into the next civilization and endure one night longer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, City Builder 25%, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Simulation 6%
- #7 Paradise Lost
92% matchMixed64% of 2,515 reviews2021
Dev: PolyAmorousPub: Walkabout
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 68%
It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.
Why similar: Transhumanism 31.9% ★, Underground 30.5% ★, Dystopian 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Exploration 4.3%
- #8 Apocalipsis Ltd
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BOIRATECH
Windows
A colony sim about managing the end of the world for a company that will never admit anyone died. Dig a bunker, staff every work slot, keep survivors fed and sane through four different apocalypses. When the colony falls, it stays fallen — only your personnel file survives.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 21.2%, Life Sim 13.7%, Immersive Sim 8.2%, Simulation 8.1%
- #9 Rochford Reanimated
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aweasd
Windows
Rochford Reanimated is a card-based survival strategy game set in a zombie apocalypse. Lead survivors on missions, manage resources, and make tough choices to rebuild your community or fall to the undead. Every decision could be your last.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 14.7%, RTS 12.2%, Dystopian 11%, Tactical 9.9%
- #10 Winter Nest
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radia Studio
Windows
You play as a beetle exploring the underground world, working together with ants. Expand the nest, gather resources, and maintain the nest’s temperature to survive the long winter.
Why similar: Underground 28.2% ★, Colony Sim 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, City Builder 12%, Hand-drawn 8.1%
- #11 Cavern Adventurers
89% matchMixed62% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 23.6%, Underground 20.2% ★, Survival 8.3%, Simulation 7.4%
- #12 Torp
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wobblegoat
Windows · Linux
Torp is a viking age colony simulator where you guide a group of norsemen in their quest to build a peaceful and thriving settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 24%, Life Sim 14%, Simulation 9.9%, Immersive Sim 9%
- #13 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: afterglow games
Windows
Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Post-apocalyptic 23.2%, Life Sim 16.2%, Survival 11%, Simulation 10.9%
- #14 Buoyancy
88% matchMixed55% of 831 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 41%, City Builder 22.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Survival 8.5%, RTS 7%
- #15 Convenience Stories
86% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, City Builder 15.6%, RTS 14.7%, Life Sim 13%, Simulation 10.7%
- #16 The Wandering Village
85% matchVery Positive92% of 8,498 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, RTS 10.2%, Life Sim 9.8%
- #17 Civica: Italian Renaissance
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 27.3%, Colony Sim 24.9%, RTS 16.1%, Immersive Sim 9.4%, Simulation 9%
- #18 Mega Mall Story 2
84% matchVery Positive94% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A brand new business sim! Build cafés, movie theaters, aquariums, and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Life Sim 16.6%, RTS 15.6%, City Builder 15.4%, Simulation 10.6%
- #19 Luthenia
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: arthurluthen
Windows
Shape a new society in Luthenia, a deep colony simulation game. Don't give direct orders—pass laws, respond to crises, and manage a living economy. Guide your people from primitive survival to a complex civilization where every individual settler matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 18.1%, Life Sim 10.7%, Dystopian 9.7%, Immersive Sim 9.5%
- #20 Hot Springs Story 2
83% matchVery Positive85% of 223 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A "hot" new hot springs resort sim with a ton of new exclusive features!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, City Builder 19.1%, Life Sim 17.3%, RTS 17.2%, Simulation 7.3%
- #21 Dawn of Man
82% matchVery Positive87% of 17,862 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.5%, City Builder 36.3%, Survival 12.6%, Strategy 5.1%, RTS 4.4%
- #22 Anthill Wars: Ant Colony Sim
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Playrea
Windows
Grow an ant colony from a single queen into a thriving empire. Raid rival anthills, steal their brood, and strengthen your colony with captured ants. Defend your territory from giant insects and expand your nest. When the time comes, release a swarm of winged queens and begin again in distant lands.
Why similar: Underground 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 30%, RTS 16.1%, Top-Down 6.3%, Simulation 5.7%
- #23 pyramida
82% matchVery Positive84% of 762 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 29.2%, Survival 15%, RTS 14%, Strategy 11.9%
- #24 Endzone - A World Apart
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 10,043 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Survival 15%, Strategy 6.2%
- #25 Hive Xenotype
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SvanteSvanteGame
Windows
Biopunk survival strategy — take command of the last remaining posthumans. Adapt to a harsh and forgotten planet, but keep the local ecosystem in balance — otherwise the last of humanity is doomed. Will you assimilate this world, or lead your people to extinction?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, City Builder 19.7%, RTS 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Dystopian 10.2%
- #26 SKY HARVEST
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nadir Kaan Sezi
Windows
The sun is gone. Somewhere above the ash, dead satellites still hold its light. You run Shelter 432: find them, pull the power down, decide who gets it, and write the report the Commission will read. Thirty days. Every number is yours.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.5%, Underground 25% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Simulation 8.1%
- #27 Night is Coming
79% matchMixed63% of 469 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 16.4%, RTS 15.6%, Tactical 11.1%, Survival 10.7%
- #28 Goblin Colony
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonoNord Games
Windows
Goblin Colony is a real-time strategy game with building and settlement management features. As the keeper of the dungeon you will command an ambitious tribe of goblins as you explore, build and do battle with your foes across a huge campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Underground 18.5% ★, RTS 13.9%, Top-Down 6%
- #29 City Builder Pro
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
City Builder Pro lets you unleash your inner ruler—design your dream base, prepare for epic battles, and feel the thrill of watching your city grow and dominate. Build smart, strike hard, and rise to power!
Why similar: City Builder 30.5%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%
- #30 Find Your Way Home: Last Flight
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ert Gaming Studio
Windows · Mac
Build your colony in the zombie apocalypse, gather resources, and defend against raids. Send your team to loot houses for supplies, advance through research, struggle to survive, and try to build your plane to return home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 18.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Tactical 9.9%, Survival 9.8%
- #31 Banished
78% matchVery Positive90% of 43,352 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 39.6%, City Builder 34.3%, Survival 11.1%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5.7%
- #32 Restikon Foundry
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WithFinity
Windows
Restikon Foundry is a village builder / colony simulation game focused on individual villagers rather than abstract systems. Progress from a hunter-gatherer outpost all the way to an industrialized colony with multiple specialized towns connected by a growing logistics network.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, City Builder 33%, Survival 13.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Strategy 5.2%
- #33 Paleon
76% matchVery Positive81% of 424 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 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 42.1%, City Builder 21.3%, Survival 15.2%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #34 Quarantineer
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 321 reviews2021
Dev: Papaonn
Windows · Mac
For the glory of Motherland, the truth shall never be revealed. None of us expected this, Yet history is repeating itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, Dystopian 18.4%, City Builder 16.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, RTS 12%
- #35 Antopolis: The Ant Colony Simulator
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Emily HortonPub: Turtletop Software
Windows
Found a colony, dig a nest, and raise an empire of ants in a giant's back garden. A top-down colony sim of pheromone trails, brood and castes, foraging, and three-way war. Survive a whole backyard food chain of spiders, birds, frogs, and rival ant colonies.
Why similar: Underground 32.8% ★, Colony Sim 22.9%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 9.6%, RTS 8.6%
- #36 Quriocity
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 24.1%, Survival 11.1%, RTS 11.1%, Top-Down 7.4%
- #37 Rise Against the Invaders
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 29.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Survival 10.7%, Simulation 6.6%
- #38 Outlands
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, City Builder 26.4%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Top-Down 6.3%
- #39 Ant Colony: Wild Forest
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel CellsPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and automate your own ant colony – a nest that runs itself! Freely dig and shape your underground kingdom, produce different types of ants, and grow it block by block. Then it's time for conquest: scale up your swarm, crush enemy bases, and lead your colony to victory in the wild forest!
Why similar: Underground 21.6% ★, Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 17.6%, RTS 10.7%, Survival 8.8%
- #40 The Blighted Frontier
73% 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 36.3%, City Builder 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Survival 9.2%, Simulation 8.8%
- #41 AI Society
71% matchMixed63% of 30 reviews2026
Dev: b8ve
Windows · Linux
Build a town or run a game studio, both staffed by AI characters with real personalities. Watch townsfolk work, argue, fight, and raid dungeons. Or play the RPG your own AI dev team designs, builds, and ships while you run the company. Runs 100% locally on your machine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 25.4%, Life Sim 16.6%, Simulation 10.2%, Immersive Sim 9.3%
- #42 Sunward
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Voidworks Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A deep, relaxed space-industry sim. Mine asteroids, refine raw ore into valuable goods, and trade on a living market while you build a modular station, grow a colony, and expand across the solar system and beyond into a freighter-linked empire.
Why similar: Transhumanism 32.4% ★, Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 18.7%, Top-Down 7.7%, Simulation 5.5%
- #43 RAT CITY: Ratocracy
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 26.8%, Underground 15.2% ★, Life Sim 8%, Strategy 6.1%
- #44 Floodland
72% matchMixed56% of 1,094 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, City Builder 20.2%, Survival 11.8%, Immersive Sim 6.6%
- #45 Hexity
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
Build a city that grows together with its people. Start with a small settlement in the wild lands and turn it into a thriving medieval city. Construct housing, develop production, meet the needs of your population, and maintain a stable economy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 26.1%, RTS 16.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #46 After Inc: Revival
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,512 reviews2026
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Can you rebuild civilization after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build post-apocalyptic settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Dystopian 14.5%, Roguelite 7.2%
- #47 Mafia Business Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play Games
Windows
Build and control your own criminal empire in Mafia Business Simulator. Manage illegal businesses, expand your influence across London, outsmart rival syndicates, and turn crime into a calculated, profitable operation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Underground 24.5% ★, Immersive Sim 13.7%, Life Sim 11%, RTS 10.6%
- #48 Make Your Kingdom
70% matchMixed58% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 24.3%, Survival 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11%, RTS 10.3%
- #49 Colony Simulator
70% matchMixed66% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: Indie Marc
Windows
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, City Builder 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #50 Frostpunk
69% matchVery Positive93% of 137,667 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: City Builder 28.8%, Colony Sim 24.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 5.5%
- #51 Surrounded by Death
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Mozonia
Windows
Lead your people, fight for survival, become their ruler in this 2D strategy game. To accomplish this, you will have to create powerful walls, an efficient economy and a strong army. But it's not enough. Destroy all portals for peace to reign
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 19.7%, RTS 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Tactical 8.7%
- #52 Little Porp
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3%, City Builder 35.1%, Top-Down 10.6%, Strategy 10%, 2D 4.6%
- #53 The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
70% matchVery Positive84% of 858 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 66.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, City Builder 25.7%, RTS 16.4%, Strategy 9.6%
- #54 Zoo Park Story
67% matchVery Positive86% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Well, what are you waiting for? Build a top-ranking zoo, set social media ablaze, and show the world your wild side!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, City Builder 22.5%, Life Sim 15.4%, Top-Down 7.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #55 Starfall Deck
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vespertine Game
Windows
Construct humanity's last refuge in a vertical tower-city amidst deadly storms. In this rogue-lite city builder, manage scarcity by day and strategically play your deck to expand by night. The storm is coming—play your cards right to keep Hope alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Survival 9.1%
- #56 ExoColony: Planet Survival
66% matchMixed68% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Simplemole
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenging space-colony sim. Guide generations of colonists, raise and educate them, manage resources, and ensure food supply. Maintain a breathable atmosphere, tackle pollution, and refine materials to build essential structures. Terraform planet and build ecosystem to make it your new home.
Why similar: Underground 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 19.3%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Survival 9%
- #57 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
68% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Little Dreams GamingPub: Little Dreams Games
Windows
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 24.9%, RTS 16.2%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 8.7%
- #58 Everstead: Origins
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beaver Fever Games
Windows
Everstead: Origins is a unique idle simulation experience that allows you to watch a self-sustaining village evolve over time. Without direct control, you observe the settlers’ daily routines, social bonds, and the consequences of their decisions in a fully autonomous world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 23.6%, Life Sim 18.1%, Immersive Sim 11.9%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #59 Latticefall
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Artur Kasimov
Windows · Linux
Latticefall is a slow-burn colony sim. The disaster doesn't strike — it creeps: an infection seeps quietly across the land. Build your settlement, hold the line, and reclaim ground one step at a time — paused and deliberate, never twitchy. Every advance has a price; you see it before you commit.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Colony Sim 23.2%, RTS 13.2%, Simulation 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.3%