Games Like PAPPUS

A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 17.4%, Space Sim 12.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Management 8.4%

Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Cats 24.3%, Base Building 18%, Simulation 7.7%, Management 6.7%

Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Management 10%, Simulation 8%, Cute 5%

A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Space Sim 10.5%, Management 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%

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 48.2%, Base Building 23.4%, Management 6.1%, Building 6.1%, Simulation 4.5%

Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Space Sim 14%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 5%

Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 55.4%, Base Building 20.5%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 5.9%, Management 5.2%

Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Simulation 12.7%, Building 8.2%, Management 6.6%

Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8%, Base Building 20.5%, Management 9.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Crafting 4.1%

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 34.3%, Base Building 18%, Simulation 9.5%, Management 8.9%, Space Sim 8.5%

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 51.6%, Base Building 14%, Simulation 10.8%, Management 10%, Sci-fi 4.3%

Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Base Building 24.8%, Management 10.5%, Building 8.9%, Simulation 4.5%

What if there was a train, in space? Embark as a simple passenger or take a longer-term role as a member of staff in an asymmetric gaming experience like no other.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, Space Sim 15.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Top-Down 6.8%

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 45.2%, Simulation 18.3%, Management 13.8%, Nature 7.7%, Building 5.9%

Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Space Sim 14.3%, Management 7.3%, Building 6.2%

CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Management 11.3%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 7.6%

An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8%, Base Building 24%, Management 7.4%, Simulation 6.2%, Building 6%

The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.

Why similar: Colony Sim 47.2%, Base Building 21.5%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 7.4%, Building 5.6%

Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.

Why similar: Colony Sim 46.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Simulation 12.6%, Management 9.4%, Building 4.9%

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 38%, Base Building 16.2%, Simulation 15.9%, Management 11.7%, Building 6.6%

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 33.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Space Sim 11%, Management 8.8%, Simulation 7%

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 36.7%, Base Building 15.2%, Space Sim 11.3%, Management 9.5%, Building 7.1%

You are tasked with helping a colony ship full of space-faring cats deal with a mysterious disease outbreak! Will you act fast and stop the spread of this disease or will it spread unchecked and ravage your Cat Colony.

Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Cats 29.6%, Management 12.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Space 5%

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 55.1%, Base Building 20%, Simulation 7.7%, Building 7%, Management 6.2%

You are the Director of a secret government organization that contains all the things that go bump in the night. From tall brutalist towers to hidden underground bunkers, design and build your personalized horror monster containment facility.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, Base Building 24.3%, Simulation 18%, Building 9%, Top-Down 4.7%

STRANDING ECHOES is a minimalist colony sim. Manage the non-corporeal creatures called echo to build your base and survive the heat.

Why similar: Colony Sim 47.9%, Base Building 21.7%, Simulation 8.8%, Building 7.7%, Management 6.7%

SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Base Building 20.4%, Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%, Building 6.7%

Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Cats 16.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Management 7.9%, Building 7.7%

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 46.8%, Simulation 17.3%, Building 6.6%, Top-Down 6.6%, Base Building 6.4%

Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!

Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, Base Building 19%, Simulation 9.9%, Management 8.9%, Building 8%

Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This challenging survival colony sim features deep simulated ship systems and a whole universe to explore.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Space Sim 10.9%, Management 9.2%, Building 6.3%

You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.

Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Simulation 10.2%, Building 8.4%, Management 3.9%

You are on the run. Build stations in hostile systems, gather what resources you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Your ships are slowly failing, but the Swarm is relentless, hungry, and on your heels. Can you survive long enough to secure a future for humanity?

Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 22.9%, Space Sim 15.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Building 7.4%

Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.6%, Base Building 21.1%, Management 12.4%, Simulation 9.4%, Exploration 4%

A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...

Why similar: Colony Sim 54.4%, Base Building 24.1%, Simulation 14%, Top-Down 5.4%, Resource Management 2.2%

The Spatials are back with Galactology! Design, build and protect your colony station from the many enemies you will make while exploring the galaxy and exploding their homeworlds.

Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Space Sim 11.6%, Management 9.5%, Building 6.9%

Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Management 10%, Space Sim 9.8%, Simulation 6.7%

A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.7%, Base Building 18.7%, Simulation 14.1%, Management 8.3%, Building 5.4%

Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?

Why similar: Colony Sim 48.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Management 11.9%, Cute 5.3%, Crafting 4.2%

The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 17%, Space Sim 13.2%, Simulation 7.8%, Building 7.2%

A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.

Why similar: Colony Sim 53.9%, Base Building 25.4%, Simulation 10%, Management 7.7%, Building 3%

A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50%, Base Building 22.8%, Simulation 11.4%, Top-Down 4.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%

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 48.8%, Base Building 22.3%, Space 5.5%, Simulation 5.3%, Management 5.1%

Crowded is a crow city builder where you strategically design a nest-city to support and shelter your flock. Engineer, scavenge and explore your way to a self-sustaining society in the sky!

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Management 10.9%, Building 8%, Nature 6.9%

Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8%, Space Sim 17.8%, Simulation 13.7%, Management 10.2%, Base Building 7.6%

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 39.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Management 8.5%, Simulation 8.3%, Building 8.1%

Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Base Building 19.9%, Management 9.5%, Simulation 8.7%, Building 8.2%

Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.

Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, Base Building 22.5%, Management 10.4%, Building 6.8%, Simulation 5.9%

As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!

Why similar: Colony Sim 40.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Space Sim 10.8%, Management 9.9%, Simulation 8.3%

An incremental roguelite colony sim about bees, mutations, and controlled chaos. Experiment with management, crafting, research, and upgrades. When mutations spiral out of control — collapse the hive, keep progress, and start fresh. Every run unlocks new strategies and a buzz of unpredictable fun.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, Base Building 19.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Nature 5.6%, Building 4.7%

Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.

Why similar: Colony Sim 50%, Base Building 22.5%, Simulation 13.6%, Building 6%, Crafting 3.3%

Explore, scan, and conquer an unknown world. Deploy rovers, uncover hidden resources, and build a fully automated colony that must survive, adapt, and scale.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Space Sim 15.3%, Simulation 14.8%, Base Building 6.4%, Management 5.1%

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, Base Building 20.7%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 8%, Building 7.1%

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 23.7%, Space Sim 9.9%, Simulation 7.9%, Building 6.8%

Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Base Building 19.6%, Management 9.7%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 6.8%

Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.

Why similar: Colony Sim 51.7%, Base Building 16.1%, Simulation 10.6%, Space 6.3%, Building 5.8%

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 47.1%, Simulation 18.4%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 6.5%, Management 6.4%

Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Base Building 21.4%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10%, Top-Down 6.5%

The witches are gone. Only their cats remain. Make a new home for them in this feline city-builder. Keep your cats fed and happy, clean their litter box, and give them a cozy life in a world ravaged by magic.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, Cats 16.3%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 10.3%, Building 8.4%