- #1 Pirate Plight
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cutlass Studios
Windows
It's pirates against British sailors (or each other) in this real-time strategy city-building game. Gather resources, build cities, drink rum, fight enemies, explore the sea, and discover new islands.
Why similar: 4X 17.5% ★, RTS 14.5%, Colony Sim 14.4%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 12%
- #2 Empires Edge
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a 4X-lite strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic Tyrants: Fight Through Time (Mega Lo Mania). Lead your people, achieve technological breakthroughs, and conquer new territories as you forge an empire at the edge of the Universe.
Why similar: 4X 28.4% ★, RTS 17.4%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 9%
- #3 Colonization Simulator
96% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
Windows
Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, Base Building 13.9%, City Builder 12.6%, RTS 12.4%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #4 Exogate Initiative
95% matchMostly Positive76% of 707 reviews2025
Dev: Xeno Bits
Windows
Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.
Why similar: 4X 17.6% ★, Colony Sim 12.8%, City Builder 12%, RTS 11.9%, Base Building 11.8%
- #5 VENOY
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing roguelite real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics, true sandbox freedom and exciting meta progression. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: RTS 20.3%, Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.4%
- #6 Reshaping Mars
94% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: 4X 19.6% ★, RTS 16.2%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #7 Wild West Pioneers
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Forge your destiny on the untamed frontier in the city-builder Wild West Pioneers. Build and manage a growing town, establish production chains, scout for new outposts and build trade routes to support your settlements. Build, survive, and thrive in the land of opportunity!
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 7.4%
- #8 Insect Empires
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 15.2%, Base Building 13.6%, RTS 13.5%, City Builder 13.3%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #9 Arc of Icarus
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13B Productions
Windows
Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 17.9%, 4X 13% ★, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #10 Ant Colony: Wild Forest
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel Cells
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play as an ant queen, growing an ant colony. Ants cannot be controlled directly. But you can spawn needed types of ants; upgrade them; make raids and most importantly - dig and build a dungeon! The goal of each location is to destroy all enemy bases. If the queen dies - the game ends.
Why similar: 4X 17% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, RTS 12.2%, City Builder 11.1%, Base Building 11.1%
- #11 Northgard: Definitive Edition
90% matchVery Positive85% of 68,241 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: RTS 19.5%, City Builder 18.2%, 4X 15.4% ★, Colony Sim 11.3%, Base Building 9.7%
- #12 Quriocity
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 14.1%, RTS 12.4%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #13 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
89% matchNegative15% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Little Dreams GamingPub: Little Dreams Games
Windows
Kingdoms Rise and Fall is a captivating Real-Time Strategy game that takes you on an epic journey through different eras, spanning the entirety of history and beyond! Kingdoms Rise & Fall focuses more on culture, science, and keeping your nation happy over time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.5%, City Builder 18%, RTS 17.5%, Simulation 9.4%, Strategy 9.3%
- #14 Egypt
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 16.8%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 15.2%, RTS 11.7%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #15 Within a Dead City
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Within a Dead City is a tiny RTS / autobattler inspired by Majesty. Hire autonomous heroes to search for gold and glory. Build shops where they can spend their hard-earned loot. Place bounties on monsters to influence their behavior. With skill and strategy, you will find riches in the fallen city.
Why similar: 4X 28.2% ★, RTS 17.8%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 12.5%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #16 After Long Night
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 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 17.2%, RTS 17.1%, Base Building 13.9%, City Builder 12.3%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #17 Anno 2205™
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,296 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 54.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In Anno 2205™, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow. You conquer Earth, establishing rich, bustling cities and grand industrial complexes, but to secure the prosperity of your people, you must travel into space.
Why similar: City Builder 25.2%, 4X 24.1% ★, RTS 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #18 Angkor: The Holy City
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 11.6%, RTS 11.5%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #19 Aztecs: The Last Sun
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.9%, RTS 12.8%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #20 Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Romulus
Windows
It is a city building game of Chang'an, the capital city of Tang dynasty in 8th century AD. Players will build the ancient city in an 1:1 proportion sandbox. Based on researches of history and ancient architecture, you will see a Chang'an city reconstructed in reality.
Why similar: 4X 21% ★, City Builder 19%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 8.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #21 Goblin Colony
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonoNord Games
Windows
Goblin Colony is a real-time strategy game with building and settlement management features. As the keeper of the dungeon you will command an ambitious tribe of goblins as you explore, build and do battle with your foes across a huge campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, RTS 16.3%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 14.1%, Wargame 9.9%
- #22 Kingdoms and Castles
82% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 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 22.2%, City Builder 22%, Resource Management 12.4%, RTS 9.5%, Base Building 8.2%
- #23 Age of Respair
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 15.8%, RTS 13.5%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #24 Earth of Oryn
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Earth of Oryn
Windows · Mac
A medieval kingdom-builder focused on meaningful decision-making and long-term strategy. Rule your lands, manage resources, plan your expansion, and guide your settlement from humble beginnings to a thriving realm as the seasons turn.
Why similar: 4X 19.1% ★, City Builder 12.9%, RTS 12.5%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #25 A Planet of Mine MasterMine Edition
80% matchPositive97% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Tuesday Quest
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Planet of Mine Mastermine Edition is a cozy 4X game with mass strategy! Choose your winning gang, mastermine resources, and build your base and tools to boost your technology and conquer space! Unless your neighbors don’t see it that way… Trade, peace or clash: your planet, your choice!
Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Colony Sim 20.7%, Base Building 11.5%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.8%
- #26 Kingdom Wars 4
81% matchMixed66% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 38%
It's 1347, the time of the Hundred Years' War. In this historical grand strategy and RTS hybrid you play as one of 200 minor lords across medieval Europe, Africa or Middle East. Rise up to take over your Kingdom and be crowned, then fight to preserve your empire as Black Death descends on Europe.
Why similar: 4X 18.6% ★, RTS 14.4%, Colony Sim 13.5%, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 10%
- #27 Oxygen: First Breath
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #28 Our Freedom: Prologue
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Base Building 18.4%, City Builder 17.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #29 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, City Builder 20.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%
- #30 Tokeis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, Colony Sim 15.8%, RTS 14%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 11%
- #31 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
77% matchMixed60% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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: 4X 29.4% ★, Colony Sim 13.4%, RTS 12.7%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 10.7%
- #32 Voxelion
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CubeHeadsStudio
Windows
Build, mine and defend your colony in a fully destructible voxel world. Shape the terrain, manage production chains and face unpredictable challenges in the world of Voxelion.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, RTS 18.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Wargame 10%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #33 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
76% matchVery Positive86% of 10,040 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 17.5%, Colony Sim 15.4%, RTS 14.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 8%
- #34 Trappist
76% matchVery Positive90% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: Sirrah
Windows · Mac · Linux
Welcome to Trappist-1, 40.7 light-years from Earth. Fly your Ark, a colossal spaceship and mobile base. Explore the solar system and establish thriving colonies. Uncover the mysteries of Trappist in this story-driven colony builder.
Why similar: 4X 20.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.4%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #35 Mandate Order
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Mandate Order is a strategy game set in the Warring States period. Starting from barren lands, build strongholds integrating production, defense and military functions. Manage resources and the people's will, expand your territory, counter threats, and ultimately rise to prominence amidst the chaos.
Why similar: City Builder 17.4%, RTS 15.4%, Base Building 13.3%, Wargame 11.7%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #36 Venusville
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 17.1%, RTS 12.4%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #37 Founders' Fortune
74% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 31.7%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 7.1%, Sandbox 6.7%
- #38 Fosoria
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, Base Building 20.4%, City Builder 11.2%, Resource Management 10.7%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #39 Stronghold HD (2012)
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,310 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.1%, RTS 16%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #40 Make Your Kingdom
73% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 14%, RTS 12%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #41 The First Explorers®
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Buchwald Interactive
Windows
The First Explorers® is a settlers-like game, that offers the perfect mix of organic city-building and RTS in a bustling world. Set in the time of antiquity in Europe, you will play as the Romans, Carthaginians or Gauls. Are you ready to raise an army backed by a thriving economy?
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, RTS 19.4%, City Builder 17.9%, Resource Management 11.2%, Economy 7.2%
- #42 Civica: Italian Renaissance
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows
Build your Italian empire in this realistic medieval RTS that combines truly organic city building and immersive roleplaying. City-states compete for influence, families such as the Medici try to divide power among themselves and artists create masterpieces that define an entire era.
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, RTS 20.2%, Colony Sim 19.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 9.1%
- #43 Small Kingdoms
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bad Logic Studios
Windows
Small Kingdoms is a streamlined grand strategy and RTS game with procedurally generated campaigns. Build up your cities and armies on the world map and command your troops on the battlefield. Rule a medieval fantasy kingdom and conquer your rivals.
Why similar: 4X 25.6% ★, RTS 17.2%, Wargame 11%, Colony Sim 10.2%, City Builder 9.9%
- #44 Dungeon Overseer
73% 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 22%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Economy 6.9%
- #45 Recovery Syndicate
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bumblebee Studios
Windows
Recovery Syndicate is a prequel to Abeyance, in which you are the leader of one of the factions trying to reconstruct the economy of the galaxy. You must build and manage your colony's resources carefully, while watching out for rival factions who are also vying for supremacy.
Why similar: RTS 18.1%, Colony Sim 17.4%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 14.1%, Resource Management 11%
- #46 Terra-7
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Simulation 10.5%
- #47 Resort Galactica
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Base Building 17%, City Builder 15.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Sandbox 9.7%
- #48 Oxygen
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.4%, City Builder 17.9%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #49 Tenants of the Shade
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormjest
Windows
Build a living civilization from a single village. Guide your people across a dynamic landscape of rivers, farms, trade routes, and rival kingdoms as your society rises from the dawn of history.
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 18.7%, 4X 15% ★, Resource Management 14.6%, Colony Sim 9.2%
- #50 Of Life and Land
68% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 17.5%, City Builder 15.7%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 10.8%
- #51 Architects of Shangri-La
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SlavGames
Windows
Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 18.7%, RTS 18.1%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #52 Hexity
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
Build your city! Start with tents. Expand and improve life in your city. Explore new technologies and discover new buildings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 20.9%, RTS 20.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 11%
- #53 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
69% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 16%, Strategy 8.1%, Building 7.3%
- #54 State of Survival: Last Warrior
68% matchMostly Negative37% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: FunPlus International AG
Windows
Build a shelter to fend off the zombies and survive in the apocalypse
Why similar: 4X 32.5% ★, RTS 19.3%, City Builder 16.4%, Strategy 10%, Wargame 9.9%
- #55 Buggos 2
66% matchVery Positive84% of 589 reviews2025
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Conquer and destroy the dirty Humans by sending swarms of bugs to crush their home worlds. Evolve your Buggos into stronger, faster, more murderous creatures that can rip the Human defenses to shreds! No one can stop your evolutionary powers. You are the evil Buggo Hivemind!!!
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Colony Sim 20.3%, City Builder 16.6%, RTS 16%, Strategy 12.1%
- #56 The Crust
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,542 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 20.3%, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, RTS 10.5%
- #57 Infernal Apocalypse: Rise of the Underworld
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leonid Bazhanov
Windows
The first online Strategy game based in Hell. As a low-rank demon, you and your friends build your own kingdom, manage slaves and resources, fight hordes of demons, and rise up the ranks until you meet Satan himself. After all, our eternal damnation is certain, so why not practice beforehand?
Why similar: RTS 19.1%, City Builder 18.2%, Colony Sim 17%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 13.4%
- #58 Aquis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oromith Games
Windows · Mac
Aquis: A strategic elemental adventure where a human mage, stranded in a mystical world, must collaborate with elemental beings to mend a portal breach. Battle shadow creatures, restore harmony, and seek a path back to Earth.
Why similar: City Builder 25%, Base Building 20.8%, RTS 16.1%, Strategy 8%, Economy 7.7%
- #59 Folklands
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 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 19.9%, City Builder 17%, RTS 16%, Base Building 13.8%, Isometric 7.5%
- #60 The Omins
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TemesaGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Omins have taken their first step through mysterious portals, discovering new lands to explore and settle, inhabited by fantastic creatures and shaped by unknown forces. Guide them in this real time fantasy settlement game blending exploration, survival, and RTS mechanics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, RTS 24.3%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%