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Games Like One More Island

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include City Builder, Management, Simulation, Building.

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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!

Reviews: Mixed — 67% — of 265 reviews
Released: 2022-05-16
Developer: Berg Games
Publisher: indie.io
Genres: Simulation
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.3 hrs
Mean playtime: 11.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 56%

Overview

One More Island excels at blending colonial expansion with complex production chain management across multiple territories. These recommendations prioritize games that feature deep resource logistics, island-based or modular settlement building, and the satisfying progression of turning a small outpost into a thriving economic hub.

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  2. #2 Captain of Industry
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    Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep, complex production chains and logistics management that will appeal to fans of the seed game's economic depth.

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    96% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
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  4. #4 Anno 1800
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    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 22.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 11.6%, Management 10.5%

  50. #50 Space Haven
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.6%, Survival 9.1%

  51. #51 Planetbase
    72% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 9.5%, Building 6%

  52. #52 Farlanders
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 591 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 11.1%, Management 8.4%

  53. #53 Edge Islands
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 30.9%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 15.2%, Building 14.5%, Management 9.4%

  54. #54 Nova Lands
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 3,518 reviews2023
    Dev: BEHEMUTTPub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Nova Lands is a factory building, exploration, and island management game. Explore, engage in combat, and automate your industry. The planet you’re on is full of mysteries, creatures, people, and things to do. Welcome to your new home amongst the stars!

    Why similar: Base Building 27%, Building 17.6%, Survival 17.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Exploration 7.9%

  55. #55 Imagine Earth
    69% matchVery Positive82% of 967 reviews2021
    Dev: Serious Bros.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 23.3%, Economy 14.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Management 9.9%

  56. #56 Merchant of the Skies
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 2,284 reviews2020
    Dev: Coldwild Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

    Why similar: Trading 26.5%, Economy 15.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 11.5%, Management 11.2%

  57. #57 AColony
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
    Dev: ZeroTris
    Windows

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Trading 16.9%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 9.4%

  58. #58 Flooded
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 137 reviews2023
    Dev: Artificial Disasters
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.

    Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Colony Sim 20.2%, Building 12.1%, Economy 10.6%, Management 9.9%

  59. #59 Island Market Simulator: Prologue
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 97 reviews2025
    Dev: Zentium Studio
    Windows

    Island Market Simulator – In this strategy and economy simulation game set in an island town, build your trade empire by starting with a small market. Produce your goods through farming, livestock, and supply chain management, and expand your business with seasonal dynamics and festivals!

    Why similar: Trading 33%, Economy 22.4%, Building 18.2%, Management 15.7%, Resource Management 9.9%

  60. #60 Republic of Pirates
    66% matchMostly Positive72% of 536 reviews2024
    Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 26.2%, Management 10.7%, Economy 8.7%, Resource Management 7.8%

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