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  1. #1 New Cycle
    97% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,839 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.7 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 23.8%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11.8%, Survival 10.8%

  2. #2 Exodus Borealis
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 305 reviews2021
    Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
    Windows

    In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, City Builder 15.4%, Tower Defense 15.4%, Building 11.6%, Mythology 10.7%

  3. #3 Becastled
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 5,571 reviews2025
    Dev: Mana Potion Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    Why similar: Base Building 19.6%, Colony Sim 18.2%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16.1%, Building 9.9%

  4. #4 pyramida
    96% matchVery Positive84% of 750 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 27.9%, City Builder 23%, RTS 17.2%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 14%

  5. #5 Cataclismo
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,197 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19%, RTS 14.9%, City Builder 12.2%, Tower Defense 11.7%, Base Building 11.2%

  6. #6 Surviving the Aftermath
    94% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,548 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 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: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 22.6%, Survival 12.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%

  7. #7 Infection Free Zone
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 18,136 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    Why similar: Base Building 20.6%, City Builder 20.1%, Colony Sim 19.5%, RTS 16.7%, Survival 9.1%

  8. #8 Land of the Vikings
    92% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,240 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 10.1%, Mythology 10%, Building 9.3%

  9. #9 Settlement Survival
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 7,980 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.1 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 27.9%, City Builder 22.6%, Building 14%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 9.4%

  10. #10 Here Comes The Swarm
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 301 reviews2026
    Dev: CableHook Games
    Windows

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.5%, RTS 17.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Tower Defense 12%, City Builder 11.5%

  11. #11 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    91% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, City Builder 29.1%, Building 8.9%, Survival 8.7%, Strategy 6.1%

  12. #12 After Long Night
    89% matchMostly Positive78% of 449 reviews2025
    Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, RTS 17.4%, Base Building 12.1%, City Builder 11.7%, Building 8.6%

  13. #13 Aztecs: The Last Sun
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 123 reviews2026
    Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 15%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 10.9%

  14. #14 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    87% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,564 reviews2025
    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

    Why similar: RTS 22.6%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 12%, Tactical 11.7%

  15. #15 Phoenix Hope
    88% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: Honorable Pixel
    Windows

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, RTS 14.6%, Tower Defense 13.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 10.5%

  16. #16 Winter
    86% matchMixed70% of 439 reviews2022
    Dev: Frostfall Realms Studios
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Winter is a 2D pixel-art strategy game inspired by Slavic mythology. Build an army, protect your forest settlement from mythical creatures, and bring eternal spring to your land. Explore, recruit fighters, and strategize to overcome the challenges of winter.

    Why similar: Mythology 42.6%, Building 23.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Exploration 9.5%, Simulation 7.1%

  17. #17 The Last Haven
    86% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, City Builder 13.7%, RTS 13.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Survival 11%

  18. #18 Rise to Ruins
    84% matchVery Positive88% of 7,752 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Tower Defense 19.3%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 9.3%

  19. #19 Going Medieval
    81% matchVery Positive89% of 21,102 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 6.5%

  20. #20 Grimgrad
    85% matchMixed52% of 89 reviews2023
    Dev: Juvty WorldsPub: Juvty Worlds
    Windows

    Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!

    Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Survival 18.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Base Building 9.4%

  21. #21 Dawn of Man
    84% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 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 37.6%, City Builder 31.4%, Survival 12.6%, Strategy 6.5%, RTS 6.1%

  22. #22 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    82% matchVery Positive85% of 752 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, RTS 16%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 9.9%

  23. #23 Edge Islands
    83% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 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 28%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13%, City Builder 11.3%, Survival 7.7%

  24. #24 Farthest Frontier
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 24,898 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 17.2%, RTS 16.8%, Building 15%, Base Building 12.1%

  25. #25 Stonehearth
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,043 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, City Builder 24.5%, Building 13.8%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 5.7%

  26. #26 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    80% matchVery Positive81% of 2,258 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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 36.4%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 14.9%, City Builder 9.8%, Building 7.6%

  27. #27 Ascent of Ashes
    78% matchMostly Positive71% of 302 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 16%, Building 12.3%, Survival 11.5%

  28. #28 Colony Survival
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 8,916 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 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 35.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 13.2%, Building 12.4%, City Builder 10.3%

  29. #29 Mind the Vikings
    82% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
    Dev: Miso Games
    Windows

    Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.

    Why similar: City Builder 19.2%, Mythology 16.7%, Building 12.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 11.9%

  30. #30 NecroCity
    79% matchMixed51% of 79 reviews2023
    Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 14.7%, Building 12.2%, Survival 7.6%

  31. #31 MIGLORN
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 58 reviews2024
    Dev: WuzzyWizard
    Windows

    Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night

    Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Tower Defense 17.4%, RTS 14.8%, Building 13.9%, Base Building 12.8%

  32. #32 After Inc: Revival
    75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,338 reviews2025
    Dev: Ndemic Creations
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, City Builder 22.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 9.9%, Simulation 6.6%

  33. #33 They Are Billions
    76% matchVery Positive85% of 51,117 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, Base Building 18.7%, RTS 16.5%, Tower Defense 10.9%, Survival 8.8%

  34. #34 Black Forest
    77% matchMostly Positive74% of 410 reviews2023
    Dev: Lemuria
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?

    Why similar: RTS 20.9%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 14.7%, City Builder 13.2%, Building 9.2%

  35. #35 The Tribe Must Survive
    76% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
    Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
    Windows · Mac

    The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 17.6%, Building 15.3%, Survival 13.1%, Top-Down 7.1%

  36. #36 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    75% matchMixed59% of 459 reviews2025
    Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows

    Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, RTS 15.4%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 9.9%

  37. #37 Scarecropia
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: JYP Studio
    Windows

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, RTS 15.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Tower Defense 13.7%, Base Building 11.2%

  38. #38 Settlements Rising
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 430 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 28%, City Builder 20%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.3%, Tower Defense 8.2%

  39. #39 From Glory To Goo
    71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,706 reviews2024
    Dev: Stratagem Blue
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, RTS 18.9%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Base Building 14.2%, City Builder 13.6%

  40. #40 Folklands
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 55 reviews2025
    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%, RTS 17.7%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 12.1%

  41. #41 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
    72% matchMostly Positive78% of 199 reviews2025
    Dev: Exabyte Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 14.1%, City Builder 13%, Tower Defense 11.4%

  42. #42 Gord
    73% matchMixed54% of 1,002 reviews2023
    Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, RTS 20.4%, Mythology 16.2%, City Builder 15.7%, Survival 11.6%

  43. #43 DarkSwitch
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 627 reviews2026
    Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
    Windows

    DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 11.2%, RTS 11.2%, Tower Defense 10.9%

  44. #44 After the Collapse
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 211 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 32.5%, Base Building 18.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Survival 12.7%, Strategy 6.5%

  45. #45 Conan Unconquered
    72% matchMixed68% of 1,861 reviews2019
    Dev: PetroglyphPub: Funcom
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.

    Why similar: RTS 28.6%, City Builder 19.3%, Strategy 14%, Tower Defense 11.8%, Base Building 10.1%

  46. #46 Worshippers of Cthulhu
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 1,522 reviews2025
    Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 10.4%, Supernatural 9.8%

  47. #47 Nova Roma
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 2,044 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 13%, Survival 10.2%

  48. #48 Creeping Dusk
    70% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2024
    Dev: PolyShroom
    Windows · Linux

    Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Base Building 22.6%, Building 17.9%, Tactical 15.3%, Strategy 10.3%

  49. #49 Grim Nights
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,542 reviews2018
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, RTS 20.3%, Base Building 19%, Survival 13.6%, Building 10.7%

  50. #50 These Doomed Isles
    69% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 reviews2024
    Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 16.4%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Mythology 13.8%, Base Building 11.8%

  51. #51 Pioneers of Pagonia
    66% matchVery Positive82% of 5,400 reviews2025
    Dev: Envision Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, RTS 18.2%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Building 11.1%

  52. #52 Maia
    73% 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 42.2%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 8.6%, Simulation 8.5%

  53. #53 Norland
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 12.5%, Survival 10.6%

  54. #54 Sapiens
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,139 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 11.6%, Survival 9.9%

  55. #55 Alien Marauder
    71% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

    “Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, RTS 18.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Tower Defense 11.9%, Building 10.3%

  56. #56 Endzone 2
    67% matchMixed68% of 1,037 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 12.4%, Building 12%

  57. #57 Darfall
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 493 reviews2025
    Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
    Windows

    Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, RTS 18.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9.5%

  58. #58 Dawnfolk
    66% matchVery Positive95% of 716 reviews2025
    Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?

    Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Base Building 27.1%, Survival 19.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Exploration 6.4%

  59. #59 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
    66% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,954 reviews2025
    Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, RTS 20.6%, City Builder 16.9%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Strategy 6%

  60. #60 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    65% matchVery Positive82% of 1,442 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 13.3%, Survival 7.7%

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