- #1 Paragon Pioneers 2
97% matchVery Positive93% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 17.2%, Idler 14%, Building 7.7%, Management 5.3%
- #2 City idle
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 229 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 35.1%, Building 12.4%, Economy 12%, Crafting 10.9%, Management 7.1%
- #3 Orrstead
96% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 21.2%, Building 11.9%, Base Building 9.9%, Medieval 9.7%
- #4 Incremental Town RPG
95% matchMixed60% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Town RPG lets you build and manage a thriving village. Master resource management, develop a robust economy, and enjoy a relaxing experience as you equip your settlement to conquer new lands and challenges!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Idler 19%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Management 8.3%
- #5 CLOUD DWELLERS
94% matchVery Positive87% of 90 reviews2026
Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
Windows
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 35.5%, Building 16.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Management 12.9%, City Builder 7.8%
- #6 Hearth and Hamlet
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,503 reviews2026
Dev: Phorust StudiosPub: Runic Forge
Windows · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Start with a campfire. Build a kingdom. Hearth and Hamlet is a medieval citybuilder clicker that blends resource management, in-depth upgrade trees and relaxing idle gameplay. Build your empire by researching new technologies, passing new laws, trading with far-off lands, and more.
Why similar: City Builder 24.3%, Idler 16.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 10.9%, Management 10.7%
- #7 Island Idle RPG
93% matchMixed65% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Overaction Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead the Balgairs - mercenaries creatures and experts in the art of hard working - manage the workforce, inputs, capital, other resources and help provide all the equipment and weaponry needed to defeat bosses in distant Dungeons
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, Idler 17.4%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 11.6%, Building 7.8%
- #8 Idle Grid
92% matchMixed60% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Lake Country Games
Windows
Build and optimize your industrial empire in this grid-based idle game. Place factories, power plants, and research labs strategically to maximize efficiency through adjacency bonuses. Upgrade your buildings, manage power consumption, and watch your profits soar while you're away.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, Idler 18.9%, City Builder 17.1%, Building 13.1%, Economy 9.2%
- #9 Farewells clicker
91% matchMixed64% of 61 reviews2026
Dev: Team Square
Windows · Mac
Farewells Clicker is an addictive blend of clicker and city builder! Expand your island, develop your city, and produce resources endlessly. Upgrade your buildings and skills through a vast skill tree to progress further and further!
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Idler 28.7%, Medieval 12.8%, Building 8.5%, Base Building 7.7%
- #10 Pioneers of Pagonia
91% matchVery Positive81% of 5,473 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 11.1%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
- #11 Settlements Rising
89% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 22.8%, Building 9.9%, Medieval 9.4%, Base Building 8.5%
- #12 Founders' Fortune
90% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 35.6%, City Builder 19.1%, Base Building 12%, Building 10%, Management 5.7%
- #13 Factory Town 2: Paradise
88% matchVery Positive91% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Colony Sim 17.5%, Crafting 11.5%, Building 11.3%, Economy 11.2%
- #14 United Penguin Kingdom
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Colony Sim 19%, Economy 14.6%, Management 12.4%, Building 9.5%
- #15 Folklands
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 19.7%, Economy 12.2%, Building 11.6%, Base Building 10.1%
- #16 ISLANDERS
86% matchVery Positive94% of 16,781 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 40.1%, Colony Sim 25.3%, Building 19.1%, Relaxing 11.2%, Top-Down 2.2%
- #17 Idle Colony
86% matchVery Positive82% of 577 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Idler 21.5%, Economy 17%, Building 12.7%, Management 11.4%
- #18 Ratopia
83% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28.4%, City Builder 19.6%, Building 14.5%, Base Building 13%, Management 9.9%
- #19 Idle Commonwealth
84% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Qbusik Games
Windows
Idle Commonwealth is an idle game that pays homage to the best of the idle genre. Start small, grow your commonwealth, maintain morale, establish governance, invent technologies, trade and conquer your neighbors.
Why similar: Idler 28.4%, City Builder 25.5%, Building 12.3%, Management 9.2%, Economy 8.3%
- #20 One More Island
84% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.1 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 26%, City Builder 20.9%, Building 12.1%, Economy 11.9%, Base Building 10%
- #21 Diluvian Winds
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 22%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Economy 10.1%
- #22 MicroTown
82% matchVery Positive95% of 477 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 25.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 11.1%, Medieval 10.3%
- #23 Settler's Domain
80% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 24.5%, Economy 12.3%, Base Building 8.9%, Medieval 8.4%
- #24 Dungeon Overseer
82% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 20.2%, Economy 13.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.3%
- #25 Settlement Survival
79% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 26.9%, City Builder 26.2%, Building 13.8%, Management 10.3%, Base Building 6.7%
- #26 Lords and Villeins
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 25.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Building 9.8%, Medieval 9.5%, Management 9.4%
- #27 Synergy
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,087 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 19.4%, Economy 12.8%, Building 10.7%, Base Building 9.9%
- #28 Factory Town Idle
78% matchVery Positive91% of 1,257 reviews2024
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An entire town builder experience packed into a living spreadsheet. Build housing, assign workers, then craft and sell a huge variety of items to level up your town and expand your civilization across the world!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.2%, Idler 20.4%, Crafting 11.9%, Management 9.6%
- #29 Edge Islands
78% 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 33.1%, Base Building 16.3%, City Builder 15.9%, Building 15.8%, Management 10.6%
- #30 Mini Settlers
75% matchVery Positive81% of 742 reviews2025
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic 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 29.8%, City Builder 22%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 12%, Management 11.4%
- #31 Kingdoms and Castles
76% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 20.7%, Economy 8.9%, Building 8.5%, Base Building 8.1%
- #32 Mountaincore
76% matchMixed65% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 15.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 10.2%, Crafting 9.9%
- #33 Blueprint Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Management 18.1%, Economy 11.4%, Simulation 5.6%
- #34 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
77% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 10.5%
- #35 Glimvale : My Mini Overworld
72% matchVery Positive93% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: Milkshake Games
Windows
Glimvale is a solo cosy city-builder with idle mechanics where you manage, decorate, and grow a charming MMO village. Keep adventurers happy and shape the world at your own pace. After all, you’re the game master.
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Idler 19.7%, Economy 13.6%, Building 12.3%, Management 11%
- #36 Outlanders
74% matchVery Positive90% of 510 reviews2023
Dev: Pomelo Games
Windows
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Building 19.6%, Management 14.1%, Top-Down 7.6%, Relaxing 7.1%
- #37 Town Keeper
73% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Economy 10.4%, Building 7.1%
- #38 The Settlers: New Allies
74% matchMixed49% of 1,203 reviews2024
Dev: Ubisoft DüsseldorfPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 23.4%, Economy 10.1%, Building 10.1%, Crafting 9.2%
- #39 Mini Settlers: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive89% of 803 reviews2024
Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 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 28.3%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 8.8%, Management 8.3%
- #40 Foundation
70% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 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 34.7%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Medieval 12.2%, Economy 9%, Building 8.8%
- #41 SimPocalypse
75% matchMixed68% of 116 reviews2021
Dev: Gamex Studio
Windows · Linux
A civilization simulator where you manage billions of people and rebuild millions of structures. Improve your economy, research, advance, battle, and much more! Play at your own pace by controlling game speed and automate various tasks!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, Idler 19.5%, City Builder 17.8%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 11.5%
- #42 Kubifaktorium
73% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 19.1%, Building 11.1%, Economy 11.1%, Crafting 10.5%
- #43 PC Building Empire
71% matchVery Positive85% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Moose Games
Windows
Build PCs of different rarities, hire workers with buffs and debuffs, and expand your shop. Train stats in special rooms, customize floors and colors, and relax in a cozy idle indie game in Early Access that grows with feedback from the community.
Why similar: Idler 31.7%, Economy 23.2%, Crafting 20.5%, Management 15.2%, Relaxing 4.8%
- #44 Catizens
71% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
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 29%, City Builder 22.4%, Building 13.5%, Crafting 11%, Base Building 9.5%
- #45 IDLE BOSS RUSH
70% matchMixed67% of 829 reviews2025
Dev: Irid Games
Windows
Median: 17.7 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Slay giant bosses and turn the hollow wasteland into the almighty kingdom! Endlessly rewarding incremental game where you collect fountains of rare loot, unleash crazy combos and watch the monsters fall under your knees. Boss Rush that keeps on going when you're gone!
Why similar: Idler 20%, Colony Sim 15.9%, City Builder 14.5%, Building 13%, Base Building 11.5%
- #46 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
71% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Medieval 11.7%, Crafting 11.4%, Base Building 11%, Building 10.9%
- #47 Little Incrementisle
68% matchVery Positive83% of 918 reviews2026
Dev: AM TEAMPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Little Incrementisle is an incremental colony-building game where you land on one wild island after another. On each island, you gather resources, construct buildings, recruit villagers, and develop your colony, until you’re ready to set sail for the next one.
Why similar: City Builder 59.7%, Medieval 24.4%, 2D 11.2%, Fantasy 4.7%
- #48 Havendock
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,948 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 19.9%, Building 11.9%, Crafting 11.8%, Base Building 11.4%
- #49 ISLANDERS: New Shores
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,280 reviews2025
Dev: The StationPub: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Welcome to ISLANDERS: New Shores. Build your island retreat in a calm, minimalist world with exciting new features that keep the classic charm while inspiring fresh creativity.
Why similar: City Builder 36.1%, Colony Sim 27.6%, Building 20.2%, Relaxing 8.1%, Colorful 4.3%
- #50 Spiritstead
67% matchVery Positive84% of 152 reviews2026
Dev: Turbo Dog Games
Windows
Build a village in a world of magic and care for the people who live there, with the help of hidden spirits you discover along the way. Watch your town grow and flourish as you expand, create, and decorate.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Building 15.7%, Management 12.6%, Relaxing 5.8%
- #51 Let Them Trade
67% matchVery Positive86% of 1,176 reviews2025
Dev: SpaceflowerPub: ByteRockers' Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Build a network of cities that produce and trade resources, upgrade your castle, and protect the cities from cheeky bandits. Tinker with the economy at your own pace, and watch the charming wooden world grow into a lively and thriving kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 22.6%, Economy 14.3%, Building 11.1%, Medieval 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%
- #52 AColony
69% 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 28.9%, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.6%
- #53 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,400 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.5 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 40.8%, City Builder 24.9%, Medieval 9.5%, Building 7.7%, Economy 7.1%
- #54 Idyll Isle
65% matchVery Positive93% of 81 reviews2026
Dev: Future Soil Media
Windows
A cozy idle island sim that lives on your desktop, just above the taskbar. Five islanders — a Farmer, Woodcutter, Fisherman, Miner, and Chef — farm, fish, mine, cook, and craft on their own. You just make the calls. Glance down between emails and a meal is ready. It never steals your screen.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Idler 22.7%, Building 12.1%, Crafting 11.4%, Economy 10.6%
- #55 Crafting Town
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Musa GUNGOR
Windows
Crafting Town Is : A Crafting game with Simulation&Building where you can Craft and Develop your Village, Source Management and Quests.
Why similar: Crafting 24.7%, Medieval 21.2%, Base Building 15%, Building 13.7%, Colony Sim 11%
- #56 Scorchlands
66% matchVery Positive89% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 20%, Economy 12.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Management 10.1%
- #57 Noble Legacy
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 793 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 16.2%, Economy 9.9%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #58 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
66% matchVery Positive89% of 636 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
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 28%, Colony Sim 25%, Economy 12.4%, Management 11.9%, Base Building 6%