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  1. #1 First Feudal
    97% 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%, City Builder 15.5%, Building 10.2%, Survival 8.6%, Sandbox 6.8%

  2. #2 Oxygen
    96% 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: Colony Sim 34.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Survival 12.7%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.3%

  3. #3 Settlement Survival
    96% 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: Colony Sim 35.3%, City Builder 21.4%, Survival 12%, Building 10.7%, Sandbox 6.4%

  4. #4 Dawn of Man
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6%, City Builder 26.6%, Survival 11.9%, Strategy 4.9%, Historical 4.5%

  5. #5 Sapiens
    94% 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 39.4%, City Builder 19.3%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 6.6%

  6. #6 Ragnorium
    94% 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 34.1%, Survival 17.4%, City Builder 17.2%, Historical 9.8%, Sandbox 8.4%

  7. #7 Space Haven
    93% 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 35%, City Builder 15.2%, Survival 12%, Building 9.3%, Sandbox 8.1%

  8. #8 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    92% 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 47%, Survival 16.1%, City Builder 9.4%, Sandbox 7%, Building 5.9%

  9. #9 Marble Age: Remastered
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 388 reviews2020
    Dev: Clarus Victoria
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 16%, Survival 15.1%, Building 11.5%, Historical 9.3%

  10. #10 Planetbase
    91% 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 45.5%, City Builder 22%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 5.3%, Building 5.1%

  11. #11 Polylithic
    90% matchMixed69% of 163 reviews2023
    Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 55.3%, Survival 22.3%, Sandbox 14.1%, Strategy 6%, Indie 1.6%

  12. #12 Odd Realm
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, City Builder 14.4%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Strategy 5.7%

  13. #13 Colonize Prologue
    89% matchMixed64% of 510 reviews2022
    Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
    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.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 18.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.6%

  14. #14 The Final Earth 2
    88% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
    Dev: Florian van Strien
    Windows

    The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9%, City Builder 12.9%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Strategy 6.2%

  15. #15 River Town Factory
    87% matchVery Positive89% of 1,328 reviews2024
    Dev: iFAction Studio
    Windows
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……

    Why similar: City Builder 23%, Building 16.7%, Sandbox 16.6%, Survival 15.4%, Simulation 13%

  16. #16 The Universim
    86% matchVery Positive80% of 10,483 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 33.9 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 38.5%, City Builder 19.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 8.6%

  17. #17 Temporian
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2023
    Dev: ChallAcc
    Windows · Linux

    Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?

    Why similar: Survival 31%, Building 25.4%, Historical 17.6%, Management 12.2%, Top-Down 8.6%

  18. #18 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 36%, City Builder 17.3%, Survival 12.4%, Sandbox 8.7%, Historical 8.4%

  19. #19 Primitive Society Simulator
    84% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, City Builder 19.2%, Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.3%, Historical 8.6%

  20. #20 Patron
    85% 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 39%, City Builder 20.5%, Survival 13.4%, Building 6.7%, Strategy 5.8%

  21. #21 Mistward
    83% matchMixed61% of 85 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, City Builder 20.2%, Sandbox 9.8%, Survival 8.6%, Simulation 8.3%

  22. #22 The Colonists
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 1,205 reviews2018
    Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, City Builder 19.6%, Survival 11%, Building 10.8%, Sandbox 7.2%

  23. #23 Ostriv
    81% 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 30.9%, City Builder 19.6%, Survival 9.8%, Building 8.6%, Historical 7.9%

  24. #24 Aven Colony
    82% 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 52.8%, City Builder 25.2%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Survival 4.6%

  25. #25 New Cycle
    79% 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: Colony Sim 35.4%, City Builder 19.7%, Survival 13.4%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 6.4%

  26. #26 Stonehearth
    80% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 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 42.8%, City Builder 20.4%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.4%, Sandbox 7.8%

  27. #27 One Lonely Outpost
    78% matchMixed59% of 638 reviews2025
    Dev: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 8.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    An alien world sometimes needs a farmer’s touch to bring it to life. In this sci-fi, colonization-life sim, terraform a barren world: turn wastelands into verdant landscapes while exploring, farming, building, and unlocking all the mysteries of this strange new planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 57%, Sandbox 13.4%, Building 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, Simulation 6.3%

  28. #28 Maia
    81% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
    Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%

    Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 53.6%, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Management 5.3%

  29. #29 Farlanders
    77% 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 37.7%, City Builder 19.4%, Survival 10.4%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 5.9%

  30. #30 MEMORIAPOLIS
    76% 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 39.6%, City Builder 24.2%, Building 10.9%, Historical 7.9%, Strategy 5.6%

  31. #31 Bronze Age - HD Edition
    79% matchMostly Positive77% of 367 reviews2017
    Dev: Clarus Victoria
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 16.6%, Survival 14.7%, Building 11.1%, Historical 8.9%

  32. #32 The Pyraplex
    77% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2023
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, City Builder 18%, Building 9.8%, Historical 9.3%, Simulation 8.2%

  33. #33 Marble Age
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 741 reviews2015
    Dev: Clarus Victoria
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!

    Why similar: Survival 20.2%, City Builder 20.2%, Building 15.4%, Historical 12.4%, Simulation 10.7%

  34. #34 Flooded
    75% matchVery Positive84% of 121 reviews2023
    Dev: Artificial Disasters
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    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: Colony Sim 36.3%, City Builder 25.1%, Building 13.1%, Management 6.7%, Simulation 5.7%

  35. #35 Endzone 2
    73% 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 38.1%, City Builder 18.4%, Survival 12.8%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 8.5%

  36. #36 City idle
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
    Dev: Grest Games OÜ
    Windows

    Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 56.7%, Simulation 12.2%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%

  37. #37 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    76% 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 47.1%, City Builder 25.3%, Survival 8.5%, Building 6.3%, Strategy 4.8%

  38. #38 After the Collapse
    74% 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 41.3%, City Builder 16.6%, Survival 13.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Strategy 5.6%

  39. #39 River Town Factory: Prologue
    73% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2024
    Dev: iFAction Studio
    Windows

    If possible, would you like to go back to ancient times to start a factory, refine oil, or even build a large computer? With the accidental fall of a meteorite, you traveled back to River Town a thousand years ago and became a workshop owner. And the story will begin from here……

    Why similar: City Builder 31.1%, Simulation 18.1%, Building 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Sandbox 8.9%

  40. #40 Endzone - A World Apart
    73% 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 30.5%, Colony Sim 22.5%, Survival 17.9%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 6.8%

  41. #41 Colony Simulator
    74% 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!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 52.2%, City Builder 30%, Simulation 16.5%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  42. #42 Adaptory
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 54.5%, Survival 16.7%, Simulation 10.6%, Building 8.8%, Management 5%

  43. #43 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    71% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, City Builder 19.7%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Simulation 6.6%

  44. #44 Surviving the Aftermath
    72% 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: Colony Sim 35.3%, City Builder 24%, Survival 14.7%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%

  45. #45 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    71% 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....

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, City Builder 22.7%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.6%, Simulation 7.4%

  46. #46 Ancient Cities
    72% matchMixed63% of 2,108 reviews2023
    Dev: Uncasual Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, City Builder 24.2%, Survival 15.5%, Historical 9.5%, Strategy 7.5%

  47. #47 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    70% 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: Colony Sim 44.2%, Survival 26.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 5.5%

  48. #48 Humanica
    67% matchVery Positive95% of 121 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 29.6%, City Builder 18.9%, Survival 12.6%, Building 8.1%, Historical 7.2%

  49. #49 Starmancer
    70% matchMixed64% of 1,024 reviews2021
    Dev: Ominux GamesPub: Chucklefish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    From a small 2-man team comes a unique space station management sim. Take on the role of an A.I commanding a lost space ark. Try not to let your crew run amok and wreck the place.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2%, Survival 12%, Building 11.1%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 6.3%

  50. #50 Banished
    69% 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 44.3%, City Builder 24%, Survival 10.2%, Simulation 6%, Strategy 5.3%

  51. #51 Phoenix Hope
    70% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
    Dev: Honorable Pixel
    Windows

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Survival 16.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 8.3%

  52. #52 Heian City Story
    66% matchVery Positive89% of 148 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    A city-building sim with a historical twist

    Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Simulation 15.2%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 12%, Historical 7.8%

  53. #53 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 38.4%, City Builder 19.3%, Survival 12.5%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 5.2%

  54. #54 My Colony
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 263 reviews2018
    Dev: Ape Apps
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 53.4%, City Builder 30.5%, Simulation 8.5%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 1.4%

  55. #55 MicroTown
    68% matchVery Positive95% of 472 reviews2019
    Dev: Snowy Ash Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45%, City Builder 23.5%, Sandbox 9.8%, Strategy 5.6%, Management 5.5%

  56. #56 Aquatico
    68% 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: Colony Sim 41.9%, City Builder 23.2%, Building 10.1%, Survival 7.3%, Strategy 6.4%

  57. #57 Ecopunk
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Zerone Games
    Windows

    Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.8%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 6.4%

  58. #58 Post-Apo Builder
    67% matchMixed43% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.5%, Building 21.4%, Sandbox 17.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Top-Down 7.9%

  59. #59 Urbek City Builder
    64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,808 reviews2022
    Dev: FridusPub: RockGame S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Urbek is a 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.

    Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Building 19%, Sandbox 14.6%, Simulation 11.6%, Management 9.1%

  60. #60 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
    66% matchMixed69% of 434 reviews2023
    Dev: Septarian Games
    Windows

    Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders

    Why similar: Colony Sim 68.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 6.7%, Top-Down 5.2%, Management 3.8%

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