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  1. #1 Rise to Ruins
    97% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
    Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Tower Defense 22.3%, Base Building 12.7%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 6.8%

  2. #2 Until We Die
    96% matchMixed64% of 4,581 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixeye Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Survival 12.6%, Side Scroller 9.6%

  3. #3 Grim Nights
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Base Building 17.1%, RTS 12.7%, Survival 12.3%, Side Scroller 9.1%

  4. #4 Grim Realms
    95% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows

    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 28.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 8.7%, Side Scroller 7.2%, Medieval 7.1%

  5. #5 Kingdom: Classic
    94% matchVery Positive91% of 22,529 reviews2015
    Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Tower Defense 10.8%, Strategy 9.3%, Survival 9.2%

  6. #6 Becastled
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
    Dev: Mana Potion Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

    Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, Colony Sim 20.3%, RTS 13.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Medieval 9.4%

  7. #7 Kingdom Two Crowns
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
    Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 20.5%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 8.8%, Survival 8.6%

  8. #8 Colony Survival
    92% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 39.3%, Base Building 20.9%, Survival 15.8%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 6.4%

  9. #9 From Glory To Goo
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
    Dev: Stratagem Blue
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    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 22.3%, Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 16.6%, RTS 15.1%, Survival 8.8%

  10. #10 First Feudal
    91% 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 28%, Base Building 17.1%, Building 10.6%, Medieval 10%, Survival 8.3%

  11. #11 Little Kingdom RTS
    90% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2025
    Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
    Windows

    Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 19.4%, Base Building 17.3%, RTS 16.3%, Medieval 10%, Strategy 7.6%

  12. #12 Night is Coming
    89% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2025
    Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
    Windows

    Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, RTS 14.5%, Tower Defense 13.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 10.4%

  13. #13 pyramida
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 743 reviews2020
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Strategy 21.3%, Survival 19.8%, RTS 16.2%, Indie 7.5%

  14. #14 Settlements Rising
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
    Dev: The Catalyst Crew
    Windows

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Building 8.9%, Medieval 8.9%

  15. #15 Risen Kingdom
    88% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 reviews2020
    Dev: MyDreamForever
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 16.5%, RTS 15.7%, Strategy 14.9%

  16. #16 Songs of Syx
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 26.7%, Base Building 15%, Survival 10%, Building 9.8%, Medieval 8.5%

  17. #17 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 193 reviews2025
    Dev: Exabyte Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 15.5%, Tower Defense 12.9%, RTS 11.5%, Survival 11.4%

  18. #18 Diplomacy is Not an Option
    83% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 18.2%, Medieval 11.7%, Tower Defense 10.7%, RTS 9.3%

  19. #19 Odd Realm
    82% 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 31.4%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%, Simulation 8%

  20. #20 希望之城 The City Of Hope
    84% matchMixed67% of 130 reviews2024
    Dev: 家里蹲工作室
    Windows

    A light city-building game that combines elements of card games and tower defense, where players must survive daily enemy attacks and gradually grow their strength to ultimately defeat powerful invaders.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Survival 17.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Medieval 12.1%

  21. #21 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    84% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 34.1%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 14.1%, Building 8.3%, Strategy 7.1%

  22. #22 Pixel Survivors
    85% matchMixed65% of 293 reviews2016
    Dev: Patagoniart
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!

    Why similar: Simulation 35.6%, Strategy 20%, Medieval 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Resource Management 7.9%

  23. #23 Founders' Fortune
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    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 40.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Building 9.4%, Survival 9%, Simulation 6.4%

  24. #24 Space Haven
    81% 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 29%, Base Building 18%, Survival 12.9%, Building 10.8%, Strategy 7.5%

  25. #25 Settlement Survival
    79% 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 29.6%, Survival 13%, Building 12.7%, Medieval 12.3%, Base Building 10.8%

  26. #26 After Long Night
    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
    Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Base Building 15%, RTS 14.8%, Tower Defense 10.9%, Survival 9.6%

  27. #27 Alien Marauder
    81% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

    “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 24.1%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 14.7%, Tower Defense 14%, Survival 10.9%

  28. #28 Fantasy Village Simulator
    80% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: CYCLOPS
    Windows · Mac

    Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.8%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%

  29. #29 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    78% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 19.1%, Base Building 16.4%, RTS 15.8%, Survival 10.4%, Building 9.6%

  30. #30 Going Medieval
    76% 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 34.8%, Base Building 21.8%, Survival 15.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Simulation 8.5%

  31. #31 Lords and Villeins
    78% matchMostly Positive71% of 951 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    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 33.1%, Medieval 11.2%, Building 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Strategy 8.4%

  32. #32 Here Comes The Swarm
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
    Dev: CableHook Games
    Windows

    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 22.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.2%, RTS 13.6%, Survival 11%

  33. #33 Border Pioneer
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
    Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 19.8%, RTS 16.4%, Medieval 11.6%, Strategy 8.8%

  34. #34 Demon Castle Story
    74% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Tower Defense 22.6%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

  35. #35 Protolife
    77% matchVery Positive86% of 465 reviews2018
    Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Base Building 22.6%, RTS 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 10.8%, Strategy 9.7%

  36. #36 Ascent of Ashes
    74% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    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 33.8%, Base Building 21%, Survival 15.1%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 9.2%

  37. #37 Gnomoria
    76% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.8%

  38. #38 Territory: Farming and Warfare
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 690 reviews2026
    Dev: Wit Studio
    Windows

    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 20.5%, Base Building 18.8%, RTS 13.6%, Building 9.7%, Simulation 8.5%

  39. #39 Maia
    77% 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 39.6%, Survival 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 9.5%

  40. #40 Kingdom's Deck
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2025
    Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Survival 10.5%, Building 7%

  41. #41 Edge Islands
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 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 31.8%, Base Building 20.8%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Survival 9.5%

  42. #42 Rebirth evolution
    73% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
    Dev: 异界游网络科技
    Windows

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.2%, Survival 17.2%, RTS 16.9%, Building 10.4%, Simulation 9.7%

  43. #43 Mistward
    71% 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 35.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 10.5%, Survival 9.9%

  44. #44 Scarecropia
    71% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
    Dev: JYP Studio
    Windows

    Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Tower Defense 15.6%, Base Building 12.4%, RTS 11.7%, Survival 9.1%

  45. #45 Pioneers of Pagonia
    68% matchVery Positive82% of 5,204 reviews2025
    Dev: Envision Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 24.3%, Base Building 15.1%, RTS 13.9%, Building 9.7%, Medieval 9.3%

  46. #46 Mindustry
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019
    Dev: AnukenDev
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Base Building 25.8%, Building 9.3%, RTS 9.2%, Strategy 9.1%

  47. #47 Castle Story
    73% matchMixed65% of 10,510 reviews2017
    Dev: Sauropod Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Building 15.7%, Tower Defense 10.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Survival 10%

  48. #48 Farlanders
    70% 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 29.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Building 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 7.1%

  49. #49 Mob Factory
    71% matchMostly Positive72% of 474 reviews2023
    Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Base Building 20.4%, RTS 10.7%, Simulation 9.6%, Building 8.6%

  50. #50 Cataclismo
    67% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Base Building 14.6%, RTS 13.4%, Survival 10.3%

  51. #51 Aurora Defense
    69% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
    Dev: Moka Games
    Windows

    A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 23.5%, RTS 20%, Strategy 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

  52. #52 Monarchy
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 101 reviews2024
    Dev: Brain Seal Ltd
    Windows

    A 2D side-scrolling strategy game of resource management, base defense and conquest.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 21.5%, Base Building 21.4%, Side Scroller 12.8%, Building 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%

  53. #53 The Monarch: First Light
    69% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2024
    Dev: Citadel Games
    Windows

    Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 13.2%, Side Scroller 10.4%

  54. #54 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    70% 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 35.5%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 15.7%, Building 6.2%, Strategy 6.2%

  55. #55 The Monarch
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 reviews2024
    Dev: Citadel Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 12.2%, Side Scroller 9.6%

  56. #56 Civitatem
    69% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
    Dev: LW Games
    Windows

    Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

    Why similar: Base Building 18.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 13.7%, Survival 12.4%, Medieval 11.9%

  57. #57 New Cycle
    65% 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 30.3%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 14.8%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 9%

  58. #58 Infection Free Zone
    63% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    Why similar: Base Building 27.5%, Colony Sim 24.3%, RTS 15.6%, Survival 12.1%, Strategy 9.6%

  59. #59 Exodus Borealis
    66% matchVery Positive86% of 302 reviews2021
    Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
    Windows

    In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Tower Defense 25%, Building 14.4%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 10.2%

  60. #60 Craft Hero
    65% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2022
    Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero

    Why similar: Base Building 30.3%, Survival 20.4%, Building 17%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 10.9%

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