Games Like Pax Autocratica

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 39.9%, Base Building 23.4%, Survival 14%, Management 11.8%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive colony sim that mirrors the seed's focus on complex social feuds, loyalty, and brutal survival management.

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Base Building 22.5%, Dark Humor 16%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 11%

Why You'll Like It: Blends base management with action-roguelite combat and cult-like control over followers.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: Base Building 23.1%, Crafting 19.3%, Management 16.7%, Survival 15.9%, Building 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a similarly harsh, sandbox world where you build a base and manage a squad through brutal, unforgiving combat.

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: Colony Sim 40%, Survival 22.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11.2%, Management 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the theme of absolute power and difficult moral choices in a survival-focused colony management setting.

Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.

Why similar: Colony Sim 44.6%, Base Building 19%, Survival 15.9%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep management of a sect with complex social dynamics and power-hungry progression that aligns with the seed's totalitarian themes.

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 29.5%, Automation 24.8%, Base Building 22.6%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a space-based colony sim experience with automation and survival elements.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Base Building 21%, Management 13.7%, Building 12.1%, Survival 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: Allows for direct control and management of a kingdom with complex character relationships.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.9%, Base Building 23.1%, Building 15.2%, Survival 14.5%, Strategy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides large-scale colony management with a focus on population control and power dynamics.

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 30.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 13.8%, Management 12.9%, Survival 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on colony survival and building with social systems that mirror the management aspects of the seed.

Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Automation 22.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Management 9.7%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex base-building and resource management on a hostile lunar surface.

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Dark Humor 11.8%, Crafting 11%, Management 10%

Why You'll Like It: Combines colony management with tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 49.8%, Building 19.2%, Roguelite 13.7%, PvE 12.2%, Strategy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the vehicular combat and management focus of the seed game.

TerraTech Legion, a chaotic Bullet Heaven Builder. Build the ultimate battle vehicle block by block and survive waves of robotic foes, ramming them at speed and shooting infinite projectiles.

Why similar: Vehicular Combat 23.1%, Mechs 18.9% ★, Action Roguelike 12%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Crafting 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the vehicular combat and crafting aspects of the seed game.

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 20.1%, Management 14.4%, Survival 13.4%, Building 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: The foundational colony sim that offers unparalleled depth in social feuds, management, and survival.

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 37.7%, Base Building 21%, Survival 15.1%, Crafting 10%, Management 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on managing a colony of survivors against supernatural threats with base-building mechanics.

StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, Automation 25.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 15%, Survival 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: Blends open-world survival with base-building and automation.

Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Automation 25.5%, Base Building 20.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Strategy 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on automation and base-building with a strategic management layer.

True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.

Why similar: Military 23.7%, Base Building 23%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 16.2%, Building 14.7%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates RTS strategy with roguelite elements for a tactical combat experience.

Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!

Why similar: Survival 76.5%, Strategy 23.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines squad management and survival with tactical combat that feels like the personal action side of the seed.

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: Base Building 33.7%, Colony Sim 30.3%, Management 15.8%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on city-building and survival against waves of enemies.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Survival 57.1%, Crafting 24.6%, Building 18.3%

Why You'll Like It: The ultimate survival and base-building experience with deep management of character needs.

Be My Horde is a roguelite survivor where your minions fight for you. Become a formidable necromancer and turn your enemies into a resource! Raise fallen foes, build massive undead hordes, enhance your skills with devoured souls, and conquer the world – you’re the villain in this story.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 37.4%, Action Roguelike 35.8%, Roguelite 26.9%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the action-roguelite and bullet-heaven combat style of the seed.

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 45.8%, Management 16.5%, Survival 13.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers colony management in a post-apocalyptic setting with sandbox elements.

Summa Expeditionis is a colony sim and base building game set in ancient Roman Empire. Follow the career of a Roman soldier from Legionnaire to Centurion. Build and manage your camp, recruit more soldiers and face the barbarians for the glory of Rome.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 18.3%, Crafting 13.4%, Management 13%, Building 11.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a colony management experience with a focus on simulation and building.

Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Automation 21%, Dark Humor 15.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A god-game management sim that mirrors the power-wielding aspects of the seed.

Take the helm as a new Station Commander and exploit an alien star system in this stunning space-station factory automation game. Amass resources and construct starships using increasingly advanced manufacturing and expand your station in a hostile universe.

Why similar: Automation 31.5%, Base Building 24%, Crafting 15.6%, Management 13.9%, PvE 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on space-based automation and base-building.

“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Military 18.1%, Base Building 17%, Survival 11.9%, Building 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines RTS strategy with survival and colony management.

Eden Crafters is a solo or co-op open-world survival, crafting, and factory-building game where you transform a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Build, automate, and terraform. Control the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

Why similar: Automation 24.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Colony Sim 16.6%, Crafting 14.8%, Survival 10.1%

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 32.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Crafting 14%, Building 12%, Management 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on building a colony from scratch with resource management and survival.

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 19.7%, Automation 18.1%, Management 9%, Building 8.1%

The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!

Why similar: Automation 24%, Action Roguelike 14.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Building 10.2%

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Why similar: Colony Sim 38.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 14%, Building 11.2%, Crafting 8%

Why You'll Like It: A voxel-based colony sim that emphasizes defense and resource management.

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 25.9%, Colony Sim 25.2%, Survival 17.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Management 9.2%

From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

Why similar: Colony Sim 41.5%, Base Building 28.2%, Survival 14.7%, Roguelite 11.5%, Strategy 4.1%

In this presidential rogue-like action game, gather votes and run for presidency by day, then transform into a warrior to take down your enemies by night! Master unique skills to become a swordmaster, a cyber mage, or anything in between, and overthrow the ruthless president!

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7%, Base Building 20.4%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Crafting 17.4%, Roguelite 14.1%

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 31.3%, Base Building 18.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Survival 12.1%, Building 10.6%

The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Automation 21.2%, Base Building 14%, Crafting 12.3%, Management 9.8%

Don the Ancient Mask. Wield the power of gods. Possess any of your tribespeople, recruit followers, and build a thriving automated civilization. Survive, expand, and forge your own legacy across a vast ancient open world — together with friends.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Automation 20.2%, Base Building 17.9%, Crafting 14.7%, Survival 12.2%

Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Automation 22.4%, Base Building 17.1%, Crafting 16.7%, Building 14.1%

Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Automation 19.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Management 12%, Survival 10.7%

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 29.2%, Base Building 16.5%, Crafting 14.5%, Management 12%, Survival 11.9%

Your debt comes due in 30 minutes. Twist the rules through demonic contracts and survive impossible production quotas in this chaotic factory-building roguelite.

Why similar: Automation 24.7%, Base Building 19.2%, Dark Humor 18.5%, Crafting 12.9%, Roguelite 12.6%

From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Automation 20.9%, Base Building 19.1%, Military 15.1%, Management 10%

This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Action Roguelike 15.3%, Roguelite 14.3%, Building 13.2%, Management 13.1%

In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Automation 17.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 11.4%, Management 9.4%

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 36.4%, Base Building 22.8%, Building 14.1%, Management 12.6%, Survival 9.8%

Stationeers puts you in control of the construction and management of a space station to run by yourself or online with your friends. Complex atmospheric, electrical, manufacturing, agriculture, and gravitational systems require your thought and management at all times!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Automation 19%, Base Building 15.3%, Crafting 11.9%, Survival 10.1%

Experience an ARPG's rapid ascension to power in minutes, packed with savage, survivors-like action and devastating sword & sorcery combat. Perfect your builds through Dark Ritual runs that will decide humanity's future as you battle endless hordes across haunting ruins and cursed kingdoms.

Why similar: Bullet Hell 30%, Action Roguelike 29.5%, Roguelite 23.5%, Action RPG 17%

Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.6%, Base Building 24.8%, Survival 17%, Management 14.1%, Strategy 4.4%

In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.

Why similar: Automation 28.1%, Base Building 21.7%, Roguelite 13.8%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Building 10.8%

Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Dark Humor 16.8%, Management 12.4%, Building 10.7%

Sandbox of destruction. Billion different ways to build your mech. Feel the weight and impact of obliteration in this modern old school mech combat sim.

Why similar: Mechs 59.9% ★, Vehicular Combat 34.7%, Strategy 5.4%

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Base Building 20.5%, Crafting 15.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, Management 14.2%

In Autonauts you must build, create, and automate. Start by establishing a colony, crafting bots and teaching them via Scratch-style programming to build an ever evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry and enlightenment.

Why similar: Automation 30.7%, Colony Sim 25.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 7.8%

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 27.6%, Automation 22.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Crafting 12.7%, Management 10.8%

Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Why similar: Survival 37.4%, Crafting 34.5%, Building 22.3%, Strategy 4.3%, 3D 1.5%

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: Base Building 29.5%, Management 24%, Building 20.5%, Roguelite 20.3%, Strategy 5.7%

Create a sprawling industrial city. Compete with other rival corporations on Titan for resources, territory, and power. Seek victory via technology, influence, warfare, or the wealth extracted from your citizens. Stake your claim to the Industries of Titan in this innovative sim/strategy game!

Why similar: Colony Sim 49%, Base Building 27.5%, Building 18.1%, Strategy 5.4%