- #1 Frontier Governor
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Historical 17.6%, Political Sim 15.1% ★, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.6%
- #2 Clan & Flood
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2% ★, Political Sim 17.5% ★, Building 14.4%, Historical 11.6%, Resource Management 10%
- #3 Hexagge
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Technical Khaos
Windows
A group of travelers has left their home and is trying to restart their lives in a new land. They don't have much but they are determined to thrive. However, an invisible force seems to be guiding them. Will this force help guide them to success or doom them?
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2% ★, Simulation 23.6%, Economy 10.2%, Building 8.9%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #4 Frontera
95% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Duality LLC
Windows
Frontera is primarily a fantasy city builder with emphasis on producing items for unit wants and combat. Units have four stats trainable at buildings that will also sell technology. Available items and production will grow strong enough to challenge the monsters that infest the rest of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38% ★, Simulation 22.1%, Economy 14.5%, Building 12.6%, Crafting 4.6%
- #5 MicroFab
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: Flirp
Windows
Build automated chip factories in a post-collapse 2047. Process silicon wafers, research advanced tech, and scale from basic processors to legendary quantum chips. Optimize your production lines, outmaneuver mega-corps, and dominate the semiconductor market.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3% ★, Simulation 23.5%, Economy 9.8%, Building 9.6%, Top-Down 9.5%
- #6 Paleon
94% matchVery Positive83% of 406 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 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 52.1% ★, Simulation 16.6%, Historical 11.1%, Building 10.8%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #7 Wanderers' Outpost
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wind Arthouse
Windows · Linux
A Colony-Sim in a dungeonpunk-fantasy world where you build outpost near ancient ruins, support adventurers, and tax their loot. Expand your outpost, survive waves of dungeon-born monsters, and ultimately conquer the depths before they consume the outpost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Building 11.6%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #8 Blueprint Tycoon
93% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2% ★, Simulation 17.7%, Economy 11.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #9 Beekeeper Simulator
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Void Chamber
Windows
Beekeeper Simulator puts you in the shoes of a dedicated beekeeper, where you'll care for buzzing hives, harvest a variety of honey types, and expand your operations to build a thriving beekeeping empire. Nurture your bees, optimize your apiary, and turn your passion into profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5% ★, Simulation 26.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Building 9.2%, Management 8.1%
- #10 Croakwood
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Texel Raptor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Croakwood is a creative, relaxed town building simulation game about frogs and nature! Design and create structures, plan and decorate towns, and explore an ancient forest to guide the growth of a charming community of tiny amphibians as they settle into their new life in the lush and wild woods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3% ★, Economy 15.2%, Simulation 13%, Resource Management 11.2%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #11 Orc Colony
91% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.8% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 7.4%, Management 4.7%
- #12 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8% ★, Simulation 22.4%, Historical 15.3%, Economy 8.2%, Building 7.3%
- #13 The Guild II Renaissance
89% matchVery Positive83% of 3,996 reviews2010
Dev: Runeforge Game StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
For centuries Europe has been dominated by the church and nobility. On the shoulders of ordinary people the servants of god and the noble families justified their power and wealth. This was the incontrovertible, divine world order. A truly dark era… In the 14th Century the world order is beginning to transform itself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9% ★, Economy 17.7%, Simulation 15.2%, Political Sim 8.4% ★, Historical 5.5%
- #14 Crowncity
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Haon Games
Windows
Building and managing a late medieval city is a series of challenges. Build wells to provide drinking water, markets to provide bread and food, and theaters to collect performance tax. Stage mode continues an interesting story and journey, random map mode fills each game with a new experience.
Why similar: Historical 19.5%, Colony Sim 15.7% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Building 13.9%, Economy 13.6%
- #15 MEMORIAPOLIS
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Political Sim 20.3% ★, Historical 14.7%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 8.2%
- #16 Anvil Saga
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,787 reviews2023
Dev: Pirozhok StudioPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Anvil Saga is a management sim with RPG elements where you take control of a blacksmith shop amidst the Hundred Years' War. Each decision you make impacts the story and gameplay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1% ★, Historical 14.5%, Economy 12.1%, Simulation 10.3%, Building 9.7%
- #17 Ancient Polis
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PKP Games
Windows
Travel back 2600 years to ancient Greece. Build and manage your city (polis) and experience and shape the life of the ancient Greeks on your own terms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5% ★, Historical 21.4%, Political Sim 16.7% ★, Building 12.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #18 Lords and Villeins
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 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 38.2% ★, Simulation 11.6%, Economy 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #19 Terra-7
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7% ★, Simulation 23.7%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 7.3%, Management 7%
- #20 Dissent on Mars
84% matchMixed50% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1% ★, Political Sim 18.8% ★, Political 13% ★, Economy 12.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #21 Compact Colonies
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.7% ★, Historical 13.7%, Simulation 13.1%, Resource Management 12.7%, Economy 11.3%
- #22 Resort Galactica
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Building 13.6%, Economy 10.9%, Top-Down 9.2%
- #23 Tropico 7
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gaming Minds StudiosPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3% ★, Political Sim 21.2% ★, Simulation 16.1%, Economy 10.2%, Political 8.8% ★
- #24 Skytropolis
82% matchPositive79% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Build the world's first SKYTROPOLIS, a vertical mega city where you control its design, architecture, economy, and sustainability! Play both on desktop or in virtual reality.
Why similar: Colony Sim 75.8% ★, Simulation 24.2%
- #25 Real Communism
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marlowe Development
Windows
Build your own communist utopia! Take control of the means of production to keep your citizens fed, housed, and happy. Grow your city along with its population, and show the world what REAL communism is!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3% ★, Economy 12.9%, Building 11.9%, Political 11% ★, Resource Management 10%
- #26 Deichgraf
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9% ★, Historical 19.7%, Simulation 12.8%, Economy 12.8%, Building 11.5%
- #27 First Feudal
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 37.8% ★, Building 12.4%, Simulation 11.9%, Resource Management 11.3%, Top-Down 9%
- #28 Celestial Empire: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive85% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3% ★, Historical 17.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Building 11.4%, Economy 11.1%
- #29 HistoriCity: Florence
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5% ★, Historical 18.9%, Economy 12.4%, Building 10.1%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #30 Monastery: Ora et Labora
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragonkin Studios
Windows
Lead your monks in prayer and labor to build a thriving medieval monastery. Manage resources, brew ale, craft manuscripts, and face trials like war and weather. Customize, expand, and guide your brotherhood to achieve spiritual and economic prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, Economy 12.1%, Historical 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%, Building 11.5%
- #31 What's Left Behind
79% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Hoovler Industries, Inc.
Windows
A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2% ★, Economy 15.3%, Building 14.4%, Simulation 14.3%, Management 6.4%
- #32 Farmman
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3% ★, Economy 14.9%, Building 13.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Top-Down 7.5%
- #33 The Colony
78% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 77.4% ★, Simulation 22.6%
- #34 Build and Discover: America
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Angry Bulls Studio
Windows
Build and Discover: America is a mixture of real-time strategy game genres combined with a country building simulation and strong economic elements, all based on the history of the USA.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26% ★, Political Sim 16.4% ★, Historical 11.6%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 10%
- #35 Syr and The Stars' Revival
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows · Mac
Rookie Nextuber Syr sets out to restore the fallen Cyber World in “Syr and The Stars' Revival.” As you stream and gain fans, the Cyber World grows and flourishes! A new kind of training simulation where room building becomes the key to streaming success!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4% ★, Simulation 16.4%, Resource Management 13.1%, Top-Down 12.7%, Drama 9%
- #36 Viceria
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PlayfulFoxStudio
Windows
Viceria is a minimalistic colony simulator. Build cities, develop your economy, build trade, defend your colony from threats and decide the fate of your people. Will you serve the metropolis or will you oppose it? It's up to you!
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.3% ★, Economy 15.2%, Building 12.7%, Simulation 9.3%, Top-Down 9.3%
- #37 Amazing Space
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7% ★, Political Sim 19.8% ★, Simulation 14.1%, Building 11.9%, Economy 9.8%
- #38 Pharaoh™: A New Era
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, Historical 16.8%, Economy 13.2%, Building 12.1%, Simulation 11.3%
- #39 Prison Architect
74% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3% ★, Simulation 14.4%, Building 14%, Top-Down 10.4%, Economy 10%
- #40 Anno 1503 History Edition
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Experience the classic gameplay of 1503 A.D.: The New World, optimized for current computers with resolutions up to 4K.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3% ★, Political Sim 16.3% ★, Simulation 13.7%, Historical 12%, Economy 9.5%
- #41 Founders' Fortune
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 56.8% ★, Simulation 11.8%, Building 11.6%, Economy 7%, Resource Management 6.1%
- #42 Isla Paradiso
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6% ★, Economy 16.5%, Building 14.2%, Simulation 13.9%, Management 5.9%
- #43 Anno 1701 History Edition
71% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5% ★, Political Sim 16.1% ★, Simulation 13.6%, Historical 12%, Economy 9.6%
- #44 Ostriv
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7% ★, Historical 18.6%, Simulation 11.5%, Economy 11.4%, Building 10.7%
- #45 Kolo
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2% ★, Economy 15.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Building 9.9%
- #46 Egypt
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2% ★, Historical 14.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Building 12.1%, Economy 12.1%
- #47 Our Dear Kingdom
70% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 78.7% ★, Simulation 12.8%, Resource Management 5.5%, Management 3%
- #48 Settler's Domain
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a settlement-building survival game with resource management and diplomacy elements. Build structures, recruit settlers, harvest resources, and deal with other settlements to expand your domain.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43% ★, Simulation 12.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Economy 10%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #49 Anno 1602 History Edition
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft MainzPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1% ★, Political Sim 16.5% ★, Simulation 12.2%, Historical 12.2%, Economy 9.6%
- #50 One More Island
69% matchMixed68% of 250 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Economy 15%, Building 13.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #51 The First Explorers®
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buchwald Interactive
Windows
The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2% ★, Economy 17%, Historical 13.4%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 10%
- #52 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.4% ★, Simulation 24.1%, Economy 7.8%, Building 7.3%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #53 Red Dust Colony
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lorin Atzberger
Windows · Mac
Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.2% ★, Simulation 18.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Building 9.8%, Management 4.9%
- #54 Pocket Clothier
68% 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 51.4% ★, Simulation 22.6%, Economy 8.2%, Building 8%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #55 Common'hood
69% matchMixed51% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7% ★, Simulation 17.6%, Building 14.7%, Economy 12%, Crafting 6.6%
- #56 Populus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stalwart Fox Entertainment
Windows · Linux
A low-fantasy colony sim where you never command a single subject. Shape laws, set priorities, and watch an autonomous society build, trade, worship, and fight under your rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3% ★, Political Sim 31.5% ★, Simulation 15.1%, Building 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #57 The Pyraplex
67% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6% ★, Historical 21.2%, Simulation 15.1%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #58 Mars Colony Simulator
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mars Simulator
Windows
Build humanity’s first home on Mars. Mine resources in first person, construct life-sustaining domes, grow lush vegetation, and launch rockets to reconnect with Earth in this immersive colony-building simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.9% ★, Simulation 29.5%, Building 11.7%, Crafting 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #59 Aztecs: The Last Sun
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Historical 17.2%, Economy 13.8%, Building 11.2%, Simulation 10.5%
- #60 Rich everyone
67% matchMixed41% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: 东风吹
Windows · Mac
The game simulates the life restoration of ancient Chinese farmers in scientific farming, vegetable planting, animal husbandry, and various handicraft workshops. Free simulation construction
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, Historical 19.4%, Political Sim 14.3% ★, Simulation 11.5%, Building 10.7%