- #1 Oh! Edo Towns
97% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 18.6%, Farming Sim 18%, Life Sim 11.5%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title shares the exact feudal Japan setting and city-building mechanics found in Ninja Village.
- #2 Dungeon Village 2
96% matchVery Positive87% of 660 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Recruit adventurers and monsters to create your own RRG-style town!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 21.6%, Life Sim 12.3%, RPG 7.1%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly balances the RPG progression and town management loop that makes Ninja Village so addictive.
- #3 Dungeon Village
96% matchVery Positive89% of 794 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Build a heroic hamlet that warriors and merchants can call home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, City Builder 25%, Building 13.5%, Life Sim 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The original classic that established the successful formula of managing a town for adventurers to thrive in.
- #4 Shogun's Empire: Hex Commander
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 70 reviews2019
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead your clan, build an army, wage wars — become Shogun and rule over Japan. Shogun’s Empire: Hex Commander is a turn-based strategy game with multi-layered gameplay mechanics.
Why similar: Strategy 81.9%, Simulation 18.1%
Why You'll Like It: A deeper tactical wargame that focuses on the same feudal Japan unification theme as the seed game.
- #5 Sengoku Dynasty
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,526 reviews2024
Dev: SuperkamiPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Colony Sim 24.5%, Life Sim 16.3%, Building 13.5%, Historical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Combines village building, survival, and combat in a beautiful open-world representation of historical Japan.
- #6 First Feudal
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, City Builder 22.8%, Building 15.4%, Strategy RPG 8.2%, Strategy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated colony-sim that emphasizes base building and resource management in a medieval setting.
- #7 Epic Astro Story
92% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 17%, Farming Sim 16.2%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: Another Kairosoft title that excels at the same squad-based combat and colony-building progression.
- #8 The Lost Village
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,097 reviews2024
Dev: FunYoo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 39.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Once there was a prosperous village of Martials, now none of it remains. As the son of the former Master, you will lead your followers to rebuild this village. Recruit followers and enter the mysterious illusional domain, acquire lost wonders. Will you see the rebirth of ancestors’ glory again?
Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Farming Sim 20.8%, Colony Sim 16%, Building 13.2%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features martial arts themes and base-building mechanics that align closely with the ninja clan management of the seed game.
- #9 Wargroove
91% matchVery Positive83% of 5,236 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 41.5%, Strategy RPG 25.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Tactical 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical turn-based combat with a charming pixel-art style that feels very similar to the battles in Ninja Village.
- #10 Venture Towns
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Farming Sim 14.9%, Life Sim 10.2%, Building 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the city-building and economic management aspects found in the Kairosoft ecosystem.
- #11 Kingdom Two Crowns
89% matchVery Positive90% of 38,241 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 31.7%, Building 17.7%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game where you build and defend your kingdom against waves of enemies.
- #12 Heian City Story
88% matchVery Positive89% of 152 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A city-building sim with a historical twist
Why similar: City Builder 34.2%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 8.2%, Historical 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A historical city-builder that captures the architectural charm of ancient Japan.
- #13 Shinobi Warfare
89% matchMixed63% of 391 reviews2022
Dev: TechnoTal
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Play an 2d turn based RPG multiplayer game, stylize your own shinobi and play different game modes alone or with your friends! Level up, unlock various items and skills and procced in your journey of becoming the next Kage!
Why similar: Ninja 71.5% ★, RPG 20.8%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses specifically on ninja combat and squad management.
- #14 Tinyfolks
87% matchVery Positive93% of 1,081 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 38.7%, Strategy RPG 19.9%, Tactical 12.5%, RPG 10.1%, Strategy 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that uses simple, clean pixel art to manage a growing squad of units in combat.
- #15 Beastie Bay DX
86% matchVery Positive83% of 104 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 17.1%, Farming Sim 16.7%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, RPG 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines monster-taming RPG elements with the familiar colony-building management style of Kairosoft.
- #16 High Sea Saga DX
86% matchVery Positive82% of 484 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 41.4 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Set sail and join yer crew in search of treasure and glory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 17.3%, Tactical RPG 16.4%, Strategy RPG 15%, RPG 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a similar squad-management and auto-battler experience, just set on the high seas instead of a village.
- #17 Tap Ninja - Idle game
84% matchVery Positive85% of 9,568 reviews2022
Dev: Broken Glass
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 233.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!
Why similar: Ninja 67.2% ★, RPG 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, 2D 6.2%, Casual 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the ninja theme with a focus on incremental progression and satisfying upgrades.
- #18 8-Bit Farm
85% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Farming Sim 21.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Life Sim 11.9%, Building 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing management sim that shares the same pixel-art aesthetic and progression style as Ninja Village.
- #19 Forest Camp Story
84% matchVery Positive84% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 19.8%, Farming Sim 14.5%, Life Sim 10.2%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that emphasizes building a successful facility and attracting visitors, much like managing a village.
- #20 The Ramen Sensei
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 185 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Build the ultimate bowl to leap past your ramen rivals and achieve greatness!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Life Sim 19.7%, Building 12.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that focuses on the intricate details of running a business in a stylized Japanese setting.
- #21 Hot Springs Story
82% matchVery Positive85% of 274 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build and manage the ultimate Japanese hot springs inn.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Building 17.4%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Life Sim 15.1%, Simulation 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic management sim that focuses on building and maintaining a facility, sharing the same DNA as Ninja Village.
- #22 Dream Town Island
81% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 18.7%, Farming Sim 16.8%, Life Sim 11.6%, Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the growth and happiness of your citizens, a key component of the seed game.
- #23 Fantasy Village Simulator
82% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Building 18%, Strategy RPG 13.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Simulation 11%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a management-focused experience with base-building elements that mirror the growth of a small settlement.
- #24 The Sushi Spinnery
81% matchVery Positive93% of 410 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Revolutionize the revolving sushi bar in this fresh new sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 15.8%, Life Sim 14.5%, Building 8.1%, Simulation 7%
Why You'll Like It: Another management title that captures the charm and addictive loop of Kairosoft's business simulations.
- #25 Going Medieval
78% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 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 36.8%, City Builder 28.1%, Historical 13.8%, RPG 7.3%, Strategy 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A complex colony-sim that allows for detailed base building and defense against invading forces.
- #26 Clanfolk
79% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Farming Sim 22.8%, Life Sim 14.9%, Building 12.2%, RPG 6%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy colony sim that focuses on the survival and growth of a clan through the seasons.
- #27 The Pyraplex
80% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 18.2%, Life Sim 13.2%, Building 10.2%, Historical 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A Kairosoft management game that focuses on building a massive, multi-level structure with complex logistics.
- #28 Convenience Stories
78% matchVery Positive94% of 248 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Customize your own store with a wide variety of products and business goals.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, City Builder 15.4%, Life Sim 11.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A Kairosoft management game that highlights the rewarding nature of optimizing a small business.
- #29 Pocket Harvest
77% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Farming Sim 20.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Life Sim 12.2%, Building 6.6%
- #30 Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 197 reviews2016
Dev: Byzantine GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
Why similar: Ninja 39.2% ★, Historical 30.8%, Strategy 29.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical wargame that provides a more serious look at the warfare of the Sengoku period.
- #31 Demon Castle Story
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 21.6%, RPG 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Simulation 7.9%
- #32 Game Dev Story
75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,391 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Work hard and you may reach the top of the video game industry!
Why similar: City Builder 31.2%, Building 19.3%, Life Sim 19.1%, Strategy 7%, Cute 6.3%
- #33 Scarecropia
75% 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 22.1%, Tactical RPG 20.5%, Wargame 20.3%, City Builder 17.6%, Building 10.2%
- #34 Pocket Arcade Story
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create the gaming paradise of your dreams! Reach 5-stars and host tournaments!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Life Sim 11.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 9%
- #35 Tennis Club Story
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 92 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Attract customers, train stars, and win the Grand Slam in this tennis club sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 16.9%, Life Sim 12.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Building 6.7%
- #36 Ninja Tycoon
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Recruit Ninjas, Hire Workers, build your base, train your Ninjas and send them on Missions!
Why similar: Ninja 63.7% ★, Simulation 19.1%, Strategy 17.1%
- #37 NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,649 reviews2022
Dev: KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
Windows
Median: 20.2 hrsMean: 68.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner
Why similar: Wargame 50.6%, Historical 20.7%, Tactical 11%, Strategy 10%, Simulation 6.4%
- #38 Pocket Clothier
74% 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 39.9%, Life Sim 19.2%, Building 8.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #39 Mega Mall Story
73% matchVery Positive94% of 309 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Design a towering mega mall in this mall management simulation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6%, City Builder 20.1%, Strategy RPG 13.5%, Building 11.7%, Life Sim 11.5%
- #40 Cafeteria Nipponica
73% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Find ingredients, make menus, and run your own restaurant in this sizzling sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 23.1%, Life Sim 15.9%, Building 12.1%, RPG 6.8%
- #41 Tropical Resort Story
72% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, City Builder 26.2%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 7.4%, Cute 5.3%
- #42 Legends of Heropolis DX
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, City Builder 26.3%, Simulation 8.5%, Building 6.6%, Casual 5.3%
- #43 Basketball Club Story
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 198 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 23.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Basketball Team Management Sim Coach a custom team and dunk your way to glory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, City Builder 17.5%, Life Sim 13.1%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 6.5%
- #44 Dream Park Story
71% matchVery Positive89% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create your own amusement park with a variety of rides, mascots, and activities!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 17.3%, Life Sim 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.7%
- #45 Territory: Farming and Warfare
68% matchVery Positive85% of 715 reviews2026
Dev: Wit Studio
Windows
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Colony Sim 29.5%, Building 15.8%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.3%
- #46 Home Run High
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 161 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Train your baseball players and create a winning team!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, City Builder 17.5%, Life Sim 13.4%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.9%
- #47 Rising Army
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Arkbits
Windows
Rising Army is a strategy auto-battler game where you can train and equip every single troop, upgrade your camp, and recruit new warriors. Experience a campaign in an open world and take on epic battles.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.2%, Colony Sim 22%, Wargame 19.1%, Strategy RPG 13.5%, Building 9%
- #48 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,235 reviews2016
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Why similar: Ninja 59% ★, Tactical 18.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Historical 8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #49 Purgatory Dungeoneer
70% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Cannibal InteractivePub: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Purgatory Dungeoneer is a townbuilding roguelite RPG about plundering a psychic hellmaw for personal closure, and the resources to build a village beyond the grave.
Why similar: City Builder 25.5%, Tactical RPG 21.6%, Life Sim 16.3%, Strategy RPG 15%, RPG 6.9%
- #50 Incremental Town RPG
70% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 20%, Farming Sim 19.7%, Building 9.7%, RPG 7.6%
- #51 Dream House Days DX
70% matchVery Positive85% of 307 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Make the dwelling of your dreams a reality in this apartment management sim!
Why similar: Life Sim 20.5%, City Builder 20.3%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 8.6%
- #52 Sengoku Voxel Castle With Zundamon
68% matchVery Positive95% of 117 reviews2024
Dev: KC Project
Windows
Build castles on voxel terrain based on real Japanese geographic data, and defeat over 1,000 samurai and ninja enemies. Shape the terrain freely using blocks. The game features over 100 technologies and buildings inspired by medieval Japanese history.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Wargame 22.5%, City Builder 21.9%, Swordplay 18.3%, Strategy 6.2%
- #53 Pocket Academy
69% matchVery Positive83% of 208 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Make your dream school in this management simulation game! School got you down?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, City Builder 22.7%, Life Sim 14.8%, Building 12.3%, Cute 5.5%
- #54 Edge Islands
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 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 35.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Building 16.2%, Tactical RPG 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #55 Norland
65% matchVery Positive82% of 9,913 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33%, City Builder 26.3%, Building 14.8%, Historical 12.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #56 Pool Slide Story
67% matchVery Positive90% of 193 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Make a fantastic, dazzling water park!
Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Building 12.2%, Life Sim 11.9%, Colony Sim 11%, Simulation 7.8%
- #57 Stacklands
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,480 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: City Builder 43.1%, Building 23.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Cute 7.6%, Simulation 5.8%
- #58 Jumbo Airport Story
66% matchVery Positive92% of 357 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Just imagine: your own world-famous airport! A game with sky-high levels of fun!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, City Builder 25.2%, Building 8.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #59 Anime Studio Story
67% matchVery Positive81% of 98 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Step into the studio and produce yourown hit anime with an original hero!
Why similar: Life Sim 23.2%, Strategy 16.7%, Simulation 14.7%, Colony Sim 11.5%, Cute 10.4%