- #1 RimWorld
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 242,338 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.7 hrsMean: 264.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, Base Building 14.2%, Moddable 12.5%, City Builder 10.1%, Sandbox 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive colony simulator that offers unparalleled depth in social dynamics and emergent storytelling.
- #2 Norland
96% 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 19.3%, City Builder 15.1%, Moddable 12.4%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A kingdom management sim that places a heavy emphasis on the complex social interactions and drama of your noble family.
- #3 Going Medieval
96% 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 20.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Moddable 13.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 9%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that focuses on medieval architecture and surviving against the elements.
- #4 Bellwright
95% matchVery Positive80% of 20,703 reviews2024
Dev: Donkey Crew
Windows
Median: 12.8 hrsMean: 41.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.
Why similar: City Builder 34.4%, Medieval 18.4%, Survival 15.3%, Building 14.1%, Third Person 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines 3D colony management with direct combat and leadership, mirroring the third-person control of Noble Fates.
- #5 Songs of Syx
94% matchVery Positive95% of 8,787 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 41.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Moddable 12%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale fantasy city-builder that captures the strategic complexity of managing a growing population.
- #6 Kenshi
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 114,228 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 70.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Sandbox 18%, Character Customization 15.7%, Building 15.2%, Management 14.3%
Why You'll Like It: A massive sandbox RPG that allows for base-building and squad management in a harsh, unforgiving 3D world.
- #7 Medieval Dynasty
93% matchVery Positive90% of 51,427 reviews2021
Dev: Render CubePub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hunt, survive, build and lead in the harsh Middle Ages: Create your own Medieval Dynasty and ensure its long-lasting prosperity or die trying! Play alone or team up with friends to enjoy the ultimate medieval experience.
Why similar: Building 22.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Medieval 16.9%, Sandbox 15.1%, Management 11%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a first-person perspective on medieval village management combined with survival and RPG progression.
- #8 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
91% matchVery Positive88% of 292,687 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.5 hrsMean: 154.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Medieval 27%, Sandbox 19.2%, Moddable 18.5%, Character Customization 12.1%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a grand scale of kingdom management and tactical combat that captures the feeling of ruling a realm.
- #9 First Feudal
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 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 23.6%, City Builder 15%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 8.9%, Medieval 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the progression from a single settler to a thriving medieval village through resource management and building.
- #10 Dwarf Fortress
90% matchVery Positive95% of 31,234 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 39.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Building 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: The deepest simulation of character traits and world-building available, serving as the foundation for the entire colony-sim genre.
- #11 Founders' Fortune
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 7.4%, Sandbox 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A colony sim that prioritizes character personality and social needs within a charming fantasy setting.
- #12 Manor Lords
89% matchVery Positive84% of 88,470 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 17%, Medieval 12.6%, Colony Sim 10.8%, Moddable 7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends realistic medieval city-building with large-scale tactical combat and territory management.
- #13 Kingdoms Reborn
89% matchVery Positive90% of 9,656 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 8.3%, Medieval 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder with colony mechanics that supports multiplayer and offers a unique card-based progression system.
- #14 Farthest Frontier
86% 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 21.4%, City Builder 20.4%, Building 13%, Base Building 12.1%, Medieval 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A detailed medieval city-builder that emphasizes survival, resource management, and town defense.
- #15 Stonehearth
88% 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 35%, City Builder 26.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Building 10.7%, Survival 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that emphasizes creative building and managing the unique roles of your settlers.
- #16 Kingdoms and Castles
87% matchVery Positive94% of 31,238 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 22.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Management 8%
Why You'll Like It: An accessible medieval city-builder that focuses on defending your kingdom from dragons and invaders.
- #17 Settlement Survival
86% 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 22.7%, City Builder 21.4%, Medieval 10%, Building 9.7%, Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused city-builder that challenges you to manage resources and population growth in a harsh environment.
- #18 Sapiens
85% 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 23.8%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Moddable 11%, Building 8%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game style colony sim that allows you to guide a prehistoric tribe through exploration and building.
- #19 Clanfolk
84% matchVery Positive92% of 3,924 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 40.2%, Sandbox 18.6%, Medieval 18.5%, Building 16.6%, Simulation 6%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval colony sim that focuses on family survival and the generational progression of your settlers.
- #20 Fata Deum - The God Sim
84% 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 20.7%, City Builder 16.8%, Moddable 13.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the god-game aspect of influencing followers and shaping the world through divine intervention.
- #21 Odd Realm
83% matchVery Positive84% of 1,012 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 13.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 8.9%, Management 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that offers deep management systems and a variety of fantasy races to control.
- #22 Patron
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,181 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 20.5%, Moddable 9.6%, Base Building 8%, Medieval 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates social and survival mechanics to keep your population happy and productive.
- #23 Pioneers of Pagonia
80% 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 20.8%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 8.4%, Building 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy city-builder that focuses on exploration, production chains, and managing a growing population.
- #24 Lords and Villeins
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 974 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 20.2%, Medieval 9.9%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management sim that focuses on the social hierarchy and family lines within a medieval village.
- #25 Airborne Empire
79% matchVery Positive88% of 891 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 23.6%, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy-RPG that combines floating city-building with exploration and management.
- #26 Foundation
79% matchVery Positive87% of 23,903 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Medieval 11.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: An organic medieval city-builder that emphasizes social simulation and non-grid-based construction.
- #27 Gnomoria
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, City Builder 23.2%, Sandbox 14%, Building 8.7%, Survival 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic colony sim that provides deep crafting and building mechanics in a procedural world.
- #28 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
81% 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 36.6%, City Builder 30.6%, Medieval 8.1%, Building 6.9%, Survival 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-heavy city-builder that requires careful management of resources through changing seasons.
- #29 Nova Roma
76% 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 19.6%, City Builder 17.3%, Moddable 13.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #30 Settlements Rising
78% 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 24.3%, City Builder 20.2%, Base Building 9.3%, Medieval 8%, Building 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A resource-heavy city-builder that integrates colony simulation elements to manage a growing medieval town.
- #31 Blacksmith Master
77% matchVery Positive83% of 2,646 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 15%, Moddable 12.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #32 Noble Legacy
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 8.4%, Medieval 7.6%
- #33 Hearthlands
78% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 26.1%, Medieval 9.9%, Management 9.4%, Sandbox 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that emphasizes logistics and the efficient management of your kingdom's economy.
- #34 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
75% 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 21.1%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.8%, Building 8.2%
- #35 Whiskerwood
73% matchVery Positive93% of 3,148 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Moddable 13.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9%
- #36 Outland Kingdoms
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Building 7.6%, Medieval 7.1%
- #37 Edge Islands
73% 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 26.6%, Base Building 15.6%, City Builder 12.5%, Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #38 Of Life and Land
72% matchVery Positive86% of 360 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 11.5%, Moddable 11%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #39 TFM: The First Men
74% matchMixed61% of 412 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 8.2%, City Builder 7.5%, Building 7.4%
- #40 Dungeons & Kingdoms
72% matchMixed43% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, manage villagers and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Or just unlock everything in a Creative "God Mode" and build the fantasy kingdom of your dreams.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Medieval 11.7%, Building 11.3%, Management 10.1%
- #41 MEMORIAPOLIS
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,767 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.2%
- #42 Make Your Kingdom
73% matchMixed58% of 196 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 23.6%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #43 ALL WILL FALL
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,246 reviews2026
Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Sandbox 10.7%, Building 7%
- #44 Land of the Vikings
70% 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 27.5%, City Builder 21.1%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.3%, Building 8.4%
- #45 Humanica
68% matchVery Positive94% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 8.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #46 Ragnorium
71% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.1%, Survival 9.9%
- #47 Wizdom Academy
69% matchMixed60% of 209 reviews2025
Dev: Kipwak Studio
Windows
Headmaster, your academy awaits: Recruit young students and shape them into mighty wizards. Build, manage and customize your castle, manage your resources and send your squads in expedition to expand your school's prestige and influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 15.9%, Management 9.7%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #48 The Universim
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,595 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 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 28.6%, City Builder 22.5%, Sandbox 11.6%, Building 10.3%, Management 7.9%
- #49 A Game of Humans
71% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
Dev: Scion Studios
Windows
A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #50 Heart of the Machine
65% matchVery Positive92% of 2,051 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 16.3%, Moddable 13.9%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #51 Embark
71% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 9%, Building 7.9%, Moddable 6.4%
- #52 Summa Expeditionis
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 307 reviews2026
Dev: Lobico GamesPub: Megalevel
Windows
Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 14.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 9.1%
- #53 Super Fantasy Kingdom
65% matchVery Positive87% of 5,800 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Medieval 36.2%, Procedural Generation 29.6%, Strategy 17.2%, Fantasy 17.1%
- #54 Ancient Cities
68% matchMixed63% of 2,134 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Moddable 16.5%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Management 8.1%
- #55 Mountaincore
67% matchMixed65% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, Moddable 13.3%, City Builder 12.4%, Base Building 10.2%, Management 7.4%
- #56 The Bloodline
66% matchVery Positive83% of 3,888 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Sandbox 23.3%, Medieval 22.5%, Character Customization 20.7%, Third Person 11.6%, Fantasy 9.9%
- #57 Legends of Ellaria
69% matchMixed57% of 827 reviews2021
Dev: Larkon Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.
Why similar: Strategy 21%, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 11.8%, Building 10.8%
- #58 Goblins of Elderstone
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 402 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 9.7%, Management 8.6%