Games Like Pioneers of Pagonia

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.7%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers deep resource management and unique water-based engineering challenges that appeal to fans of complex city-building systems.

The Settlers®: New Allies is a strategy game with an in-depth build-up experience and real-time strategic battles.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 21.8%, Economy 11%, Building 9.5%, Management 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: As a modern entry in the series that inspired Pagonia, it features the same focus on intricate supply chains and charming village management.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Economy 10.6%, Medieval 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its heavy reliance on procedural generation and resource management creates a highly replayable experience similar to Pagonia's map variety.

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 27.9%, Medieval 11%, Colony Sim 10.1%, Economy 8.4%, Resource Management 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It features an organic, grid-less building system that captures the relaxing and visually satisfying nature of growing a medieval settlement.

A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Colony Sim 16.3%, Base Building 9.6%, Economy 7%, Management 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This multiplayer-focused city builder utilizes procedural maps and complex trade systems that align well with Pagonia's core gameplay loop.

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Medieval 14.2%, Colony Sim 10.3%, Economy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines organic medieval city-building with tactical RTS elements, mirroring the blend of expansion and management found in Pagonia.

Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

Why similar: Colony Sim 15.1%, City Builder 14.8%, Building 11.1%, RTS 10.9%, Economy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust and challenging resource management experience that tests your ability to sustain a growing population in a harsh environment.

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 19.2%, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 13.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Economy 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: The voxel-based building system allows for immense creative freedom while maintaining the core colony-sim mechanics of survival and growth.

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 23.5%, City Builder 22.8%, Building 12.1%, Management 9.8%, Base Building 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic city-building experience with deep production chains and a focus on managing the needs of your growing population.

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 22.1%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title allows for massive-scale colony management with deep simulation mechanics that reward careful planning and resource logistics.

Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, City Builder 19.1%, Economy 12.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Procedural Generation 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: With its fairy-tale aesthetic and focus on peaceful city-building, it shares the lighthearted and welcoming atmosphere of Pagonia.

Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

Why similar: Colony Sim 16.6%, Economy 13.9%, Resource Management 10.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Online Co-Op 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This Norse-themed city builder balances base-building with RTS combat, providing a similar strategic feel to Pagonia's expansion phases.

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.7%, Building 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on vertical city-building and complex logistics chains provides a fresh twist on traditional resource management gameplay.

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 15.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 10.6%, Medieval 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This medieval dynasty simulator emphasizes the social and economic management of a colony, adding a layer of depth to the city-building genre.

Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, City Builder 20.1%, Economy 8.8%, Base Building 8.1%, Medieval 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This city builder features a strong social and political management layer that complements its core resource-gathering gameplay.

Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!

Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, RTS 16.3%, Colony Sim 12.1%, Base Building 7.9%, Economy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends RTS mechanics with colony management in a Viking setting, perfect for players who enjoy Pagonia's exploration and expansion elements.

The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.8%, RTS 13.4%, Management 12.3%, Resource Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: The unique premise of building a settlement on the back of a giant creature adds a layer of environmental management that feels distinct yet familiar.

Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 19.6%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 10%, Building 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines traditional city-building mechanics with Viking-themed survival challenges, offering a satisfying progression curve.

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, City Builder 36.6%, Strategy 6%, Economy 5.8%, RTS 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It tracks the progression of a settlement through the ages, focusing on the same fundamental resource gathering and expansion loops.

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 29.6%, Medieval 6.5%, Strategy 5.7%, Resource Management 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: As a foundational title for the modern colony-sim genre, it remains a gold standard for players who enjoy pure resource and survival management.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Building 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic colony sim emphasizes exploration and resource management in a way that feels mechanically similar to Pagonia.

Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Medieval 12.8%, Resource Management 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle-based city builder focuses on the satisfying placement of structures and terrain management, perfect for a relaxing session.

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 31.2%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 8.8%, Management 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the happiness and needs of individual settlers, providing a more intimate management experience within a colony-sim framework.

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 20.8%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 11.6%, Medieval 8.4%, Building 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: The character-driven nature of this colony sim adds a personal touch to the management of your settlement's daily operations.

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 24.3%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 12.5%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its unique combination of economic management and underground colony-building offers a fresh perspective on the genre.

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

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 16.6%, Economy 11.8%, Building 9.7%, Base Building 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on automation and resource transport chains makes it an excellent choice for players who enjoy the logistics aspect of Pagonia.

Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Resource Management 11%, Economy 11%

Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Economy 12.3%, Building 10.2%

Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 18.4%, Economy 11.2%, Base Building 11%, Building 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This post-apocalyptic builder focuses on expansion and resource management across multiple settlements, mirroring Pagonia's multi-island gameplay.

Relive the captivating gameplay of a true city-building classic with Anno® 1404 History Edition.

Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Building 12.7%, Management 9.3%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a masterclass in supply chain management and trade, offering the depth that fans of Pagonia's economic systems will appreciate.

Shape the Roman Empire in this genre-defining strategic builder game. Build cities while expanding your influence through Roman provinces. Govern using your economic prowess, diplomatic skills, or military might.

Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, RTS 16.6%, Economy 13.7%, Building 11.1%, Management 7.7%

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, City Builder 28.6%, Resource Management 10.4%, Medieval 8.8%, Building 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This realistic medieval city builder offers a high level of detail in its production chains and villager management systems.

Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, City Builder 29.9%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Management 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: The voxel art style and focus on building and defense provide a charming and engaging colony-sim experience.

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 21.2%, City Builder 18.2%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 8.7%, Medieval 8.5%

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2%, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.1%

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 18.8%, City Builder 17.6%, RTS 10.5%, Base Building 8.8%, Economy 8.8%

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 18.1%, City Builder 14.6%, RTS 11.2%, Economy 10.5%, Base Building 9.5%

After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 19.5%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 9.7%, Base Building 9.5%

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 21.7%, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Building 11%, Resource Management 9.6%

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 25.1%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 8.8%, Economy 7.8%

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 19.4%, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 13.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9.5%

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 18%, City Builder 14.8%, RTS 11.8%, Base Building 11.2%, Economy 11%

City Tales is a medieval city builder, allowing you to unleash your creativity and shape vast cities that break outside a traditional grid. Plan each district for your citizens needs and aid your companions in their tales, creating a city to be proud of!

Why similar: City Builder 23%, Economy 15.2%, Building 13.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.3%

Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Building 10.3%, Management 9%

Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 17.1%, Economy 11.1%, Building 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%

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

Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 15%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Economy 10.7%, Resource Management 9.5%

Sengoku Dynasty is the ultimate feudal Japan experience: build villages, grow your community, and shape the open world through combat or economy. The choice is yours alone - or that of up to 4 players in multiplayer co-op!

Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Medieval 9.8%, Building 8.9%

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 22.6%, City Builder 18.6%, Resource Management 11%, Economy 10.8%, Base Building 8.5%

Build your society of the future, colonize islands, and create sprawling megacities with multitudes of buildings, vehicles, and resources to manage.

Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, RTS 13.2%, Economy 10.4%, Strategy 9.9%, Resource Management 8.5%

Rebuild Pompeii from the ashes and lead it through centuries of politics, intrigue, and survival. Shape laws, expand trade across the Empire, guide your city through disasters, and command legions in optional real-time battles. Your legacy begins now.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.4%, City Builder 20%, Economy 13.1%, Medieval 10.8%, Base Building 9.6%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Economy 12.2%, Building 10%

Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.

Why similar: Base Building 18.3%, Resource Management 16.2%, Colony Sim 13.3%, Economy 13.2%, City Builder 12.1%

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Why similar: City Builder 32.5%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Building 7.5%, Strategy 7.1%

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 31.1%, City Builder 23.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 6.6%, Building 5.8%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 21.1%, Resource Management 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 8.7%

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 18.8%, City Builder 15.1%, RTS 12.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 8.7%

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 19.2%, Economy 14.2%, Resource Management 11.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Medieval 10.3%

Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a complex city builder, where the fate of your kingdom hinges on your every decision. Explore this medieval land alone or with friends, make tough moral choices and conquer your foes in RTS combat. Will you struggle to survive, or find the strength to Thrive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 14.7%, City Builder 13.2%, RTS 10.8%, Base Building 8.9%, Online Co-Op 8.5%

Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 15.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Economy 10.9%, Medieval 9.5%

Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.2%