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Games Like Oxygen: First Breath

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This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 1,643 reviews
Released: 2022-10-07
Developer: Turquoise Revival Games
Publisher: GrabTheGames
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 48 min
Mean playtime: 6.1 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 40%

Overview

Oxygen: First Breath excels at blending post-apocalyptic survival with intricate resource management and city-building mechanics. These recommendations focus on games that emphasize environmental hazards, colony sustainability, and the challenge of keeping a population alive in harsh, unforgiving conditions.

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  1. #1 Oxygen
    97% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: City Builder 15.8%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 8.4%, Survival 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: This is the full version of the seed game, offering an expanded experience with more content and refined mechanics.

  2. #2 Endzone - A World Apart
    96% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Colony Sim 11%, Survival 11%, Post-apocalyptic 6.7%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that mirrors the survival and environmental management themes of the seed game.

  3. #3 Frostpunk
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 10.9%, Base Building 7.1%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival city-builder that challenges you to manage a society against extreme cold and resource scarcity.

  4. #4 Surviving the Aftermath
    95% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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: City Builder 24.9%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Base Building 12%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 8%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on colony management and survival in a post-apocalyptic world filled with environmental disasters.

  5. #5 Oxygen Not Included
    94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 11.7%, Survival 11.7%, Building 7.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A complex colony simulation that centers on managing gases, liquids, and resources to keep your population alive.

  6. #6 IXION
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 18%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines space-based colony survival with intense resource management and narrative-driven decision-making.

  7. #7 Against the Storm
    91% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 9%, Resource Management 9%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that forces you to manage resources and survival in a world plagued by constant storms.

  8. #8 Planetbase
    93% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 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 25.7%, City Builder 22.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 8.6%, Resource Management 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic space colony simulation that requires careful management of oxygen, power, and food production.

  9. #9 Space Haven
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 19.1%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building and managing a spaceship colony where resource management and environmental safety are paramount.

  10. #10 New Cycle
    90% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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: City Builder 18.9%, Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Survival 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder that emphasizes societal growth and survival through resource management.

  11. #11 Timberborn
    87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 38,007 reviews2026
    Dev: Mechanistry
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 40.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 8.4%, Survival 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Features critical water management and survival mechanics that force you to adapt to seasonal droughts.

  12. #12 The Last Haven
    89% matchMixed61% of 1,526 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 22.4%, City Builder 14.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Survival 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on base development and managing the needs of your survivors.

  13. #13 Cliff Empire
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
    Dev: Lion's Shade
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Colony Sim 17.2%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 9.2%

    Why You'll Like It: Requires you to build and manage cities on isolated cliffs in a post-apocalyptic world with limited resources.

  14. #14 Aquatico
    88% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

    Why similar: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 11.2%, Economy 9.1%, Building 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique underwater setting with resource management challenges similar to managing an oxygen-dependent city.

  15. #15 Banished
    86% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 30.4%, Survival 8.8%, Strategy 6.2%, Simulation 5.1%

    Why You'll Like It: The foundational game for the survival city-builder genre, focusing on resource chains and population survival.

  16. #16 Going Medieval
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 20,287 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 19.1%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Economy 10.2%, Survival 8.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony management game that emphasizes building and survival in a challenging historical setting.

  17. #17 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 23.4%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 10%, City Builder 8.6%, Resource Management 6%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines post-apocalyptic survival with base-building and defense against supernatural threats.

  18. #18 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    84% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Survival 15.3%, Resource Management 7.8%, Strategy 7%

    Why You'll Like It: A 3D survival colony sim that focuses on managing a small group of survivors against alien environmental threats.

  19. #19 RimWorld
    83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 26.5%, Base Building 18.4%, City Builder 12.3%, Survival 10%, Management 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony management, offering deep survival mechanics and emergent storytelling.

  20. #20 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 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 21.4%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 8.8%, Management 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony sim that focuses on scavenging and building a sustainable base in a ruined world.

  21. #21 Seeds of Resilience
    85% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
    Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 11.9%, Economy 8.9%, Building 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on survival and resource management in a post-disaster world where every decision counts.

  22. #22 Foundation
    81% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 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 31.9%, Colony Sim 9.8%, Resource Management 8.1%, Economy 7.8%, Base Building 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on organic growth and complex resource chains without a rigid grid system.

  23. #23 Patron
    82% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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 22.4%, City Builder 21.6%, Survival 9.6%, Base Building 9%, Economy 7.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that incorporates survival and complex social management systems.

  24. #24 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    78% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    Why similar: City Builder 18%, Colony Sim 16.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Economy 9.5%, Building 7.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, complex resource management and city-building for players who enjoy high-level logistics.

  25. #25 Frostpunk 2
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Resource Management 14.7%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Base Building 6.8%

    Why You'll Like It: Expands on the survival city-builder mechanics of the original with a focus on political and societal management.

  26. #26 First Feudal
    81% 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 19.5%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes resource management, base construction, and defense.

  27. #27 Terraformers
    79% matchVery Positive88% of 3,606 reviews2023
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Terraform Mars in this turn-based colony builder and resource management game with roguelike elements. Explore the planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and turn the Red Planet into a green one!

    Why similar: Resource Management 25.3%, Survival 24.7%, Management 17.8%, Simulation 14.6%, Procedural Generation 8.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Strategic colony management that focuses on planetary expansion and resource management over time.

  28. #28 Farlanders
    79% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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 20.4%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A colony-building game with a focus on terraforming and managing resources on a hostile planet.

  29. #29 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 629 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.

    Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Resource Management 11.7%, Survival 10.5%, Economy 9.1%

  30. #30 Outpath: First Journey
    76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,694 reviews2022
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 46%

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Base Building 34.7%, Resource Management 24.7%, Building 18.3%, Crafting 14%, Atmospheric 4.6%

  31. #31 Project AURA
    80% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Resource Management 12%, Economy 10.2%, Management 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic city-builder with a strong focus on sustainability and environmental management.

  32. #32 Endzone 2
    75% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 18.5%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Economy 8%, Survival 7.8%

  33. #33 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 188 reviews2024
    Dev: Purple Nebula
    Windows

    A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....

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  34. #34 Urbek City Builder: Prologue
    74% matchVery Positive94% of 1,703 reviews2022
    Dev: Estudios KremlinoisPub: RockGame S.A.
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    Median: 48 minMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Urbek City Builder: Prologue is a free city building game where you can build your own neighbourhoods: from nightlife district to industrial district. Don't exhaust your natural resources before you have an educated population to build more efficient structures. Try it yourself for free!

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  35. #35 Farlanders: Prologue
    75% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
    Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
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    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.

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  36. #36 Smart Factory Tycoon: Beginnings
    74% matchMostly Positive77% of 500 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
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    Median: 24 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 20%

    This is a free version of Smart Factory Tycoon, a game inspired by Little Big Workshop introducing the first productions. Smart Factory Tycoon is a tycoon management game where you design your dream factory with robots, plan all steps of production, research new technologies and become a tycoon!

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  37. #37 Masterplan Tycoon: Foundations
    73% matchMostly Positive78% of 246 reviews2024
    Dev: Bureau BravinPub: Ravenage Games
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    Foundations is a free version of Masterplan Tycoon, a minimalist resource management sim. The world is your playground: start with simple production lines for basic needs and evolve into a production powerhouse in an elegant and stress-free setting

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  38. #38 Terraformers: First Steps on Mars
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 696 reviews2021
    Dev: Asteroid LabPub: Goblinz Publishing
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  39. #39 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    69% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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?

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  40. #40 Microtopia: Prologue
    71% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2024
    Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
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  41. #41 Colony Simulator
    73% matchMixed67% of 424 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie Marc
    Windows

    Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!

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  42. #42 Settlements Rising
    70% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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.

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  43. #43 Colonize Prologue
    72% matchMixed64% of 510 reviews2022
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    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.

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    68% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
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    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 13.6%, Building 10.4%, Survival 10.4%

  45. #45 Ostriv
    70% 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: City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 16.7%, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 8%, Economy 7.6%

  46. #46 Before We Leave
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

    Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Colony Sim 14.9%, Economy 12%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.4%

  47. #47 Aven Colony
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, City Builder 29.5%, Base Building 12.7%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5.4%

  48. #48 Settlement Survival
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.6%, Building 9.2%, Survival 8.4%, Base Building 8.2%

  49. #49 Sapiens
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 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 22.5%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 8.3%, Survival 8%

  50. #50 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 729 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 18.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 8.2%, Building 7.9%

  51. #51 Mini Settlers: Prologue
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 801 reviews2024
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    Mini Settlers: Prologue is a free version of Mini Settlers. In this minimalist city builder, settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 12.3%, Strategy 7.4%

  52. #52 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    70% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 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 30.7%, City Builder 30.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 6.9%, Building 6.3%

  53. #53 Land Above Sea Below Prologue
    67% matchVery Positive82% of 145 reviews2023
    Dev: Glasscannon StudioPub: Skystone Games
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 31%

    Land Above Sea Below Prologue is an atmospheric first chapter of the building strategy and puzzle game where you have to build your island from tiles in order to raise its height as much as possible, to avoid it getting flooded by the constantly rising sea level.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.2%, Building 19%, Sandbox 14.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Simulation 8.1%

  54. #54 Infection Free Zone
    65% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 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: City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Colony Sim 16.1%, Survival 7.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%

  55. #55 Surviving the Abyss
    66% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Economy 9.5%, Building 8.5%

  56. #56 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
    67% matchMostly Positive72% of 236 reviews2024
    Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version of the game. El Dorado - Prologue is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to.

    Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, Colony Sim 17%, Base Building 10.2%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 9.1%

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