- #1 Exogate Initiative
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 737 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 17.9% ★, Colony Sim 12.7%, City Builder 12.2%, RTS 12.2%, Base Building 11.9%
- #2 The Crust
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Base Building 17.6%, City Builder 13.9%, Resource Management 11.9%, RTS 10.7%
- #3 Aztecs: The Last Sun
96% matchMixed70% of 135 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 15.2%, RTS 13.2%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #4 Empires Edge
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaser Studio
Windows
Empires Edge is a strategy game about building a civilization on floating islands, inspired by the classic 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: RTS 13.7%, 4X 13.7% ★, Colony Sim 13.6%, City Builder 11.6%, Base Building 11.1%
- #5 Of Life and Land
94% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 16.1%, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #6 Pirate Plight
94% 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 17.7% ★, RTS 14.9%, Colony Sim 14.3%, City Builder 13.6%, Base Building 12.1%
- #7 Solargene
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 855 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Take Command of a Space Corporation in the Sci-Fi Simulator Solargene! Manage personnel, design and develop colonies and orbital stations across the solar system! Mine resources, establish logistics, research cutting-edge technologies, trade, and complete missions
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, 4X 16.8% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #8 Ground of Aces
92% matchVery Positive86% of 1,558 reviews2025
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 14.4%, RTS 14.4%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #9 Heart of the Machine
90% matchVery Positive92% of 2,139 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: 4X 21.1% ★, Colony Sim 15.7%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #10 Colonization Simulator
91% 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 19.3%, Base Building 14%, City Builder 12.8%, RTS 12.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #11 Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
91% matchMixed65% of 455 reviews2019
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Why similar: 4X 21.5% ★, RTS 16.2%, Colony Sim 15%, City Builder 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%
- #12 Knights of the Crusades
89% matchMixed69% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: RTS 20.1%, 4X 18.5% ★, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 12.4%, Wargame 11.5%
- #13 Kingdoms and Castles
89% matchVery Positive94% of 31,455 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: 4X 17.6% ★, City Builder 16.1%, Colony Sim 15.8%, RTS 11.7%, Base Building 9.9%
- #14 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
87% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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%, RTS 16.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 14%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #15 Darfall
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 505 reviews2025
Dev: SquareNitePub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow! During the day, grow your hero’s might, find epic loot, master new abilities, and fortify your settlement. At night, survive the hordes of undead, until you triumph.
Why similar: RTS 18.3%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 15.9%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #16 Planetbase
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 28.4%, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 20.4%, Resource Management 7.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #17 VENOY
86% 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 20.9%, Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #18 Diluvian Winds
85% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.9%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #19 Ant Colony: Wild Forest
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel CellsPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and automate your own ant colony – a nest that runs itself! Freely dig and shape your underground kingdom, produce different types of ants, and grow it block by block. Then it's time for conquest: scale up your swarm, crush enemy bases, and lead your colony to victory in the wild forest!
Why similar: 4X 17.7% ★, Colony Sim 14.2%, City Builder 12.6%, Base Building 12%, RTS 11.5%
- #20 Reshaping Mars
84% matchVery Positive84% of 834 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 19.8% ★, RTS 16.6%, Colony Sim 14.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #21 Night is Coming
83% matchMixed63% of 469 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: RTS 22.3%, Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 15.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #22 Radia Island
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Radia Studio
Windows
Radia Island is a civilization-building survival game. Lead your people to a new land, establish your first town, gather resources, research technologies, advance into the industrial age, and ultimately complete the space program.
Why similar: 4X 19.4% ★, Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #23 Northgard: Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive85% of 68,782 reviews2018
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 29.2 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 20%, City Builder 18.6%, 4X 15.6% ★, Colony Sim 11.2%, Base Building 9.7%
- #24 Post Apocalyptic Gas Station (PAGS)
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BearDog Games
Windows
Run the last known gas station in the southwest in this base building colony sim. Set the fuel price, build and staff a fortified outpost, send crews into the wastes, and deal with the factions at your pumps. Weigh morale decisions against one another as you expand your empire.
Why similar: 4X 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 21%, Base Building 15.2%, City Builder 11.8%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #25 Kingdoms Rise and Fall
81% 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 19.3%, City Builder 18.3%, RTS 17.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #26 Quriocity
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 38 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 18.3%, Base Building 14.2%, RTS 12.7%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #27 Within a Dead City
79% 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 28.4% ★, RTS 18.2%, Base Building 14.8%, City Builder 12.7%, Isometric 6.7%
- #28 Goblins of Elderstone
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: 4X 23.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #29 Egypt
78% 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 17.2%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 15.4%, RTS 12%, Resource Management 10%
- #30 NecroCity
78% matchMixed50% of 80 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 20.3%, Isometric 9.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #31 Bergfried
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quid Pro Games
Windows
Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, City Builder 16.3%, RTS 16.3%, Wargame 10.1%, Sandbox 7.2%
- #32 After Long Night
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 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: RTS 17.6%, Colony Sim 16.9%, Base Building 14%, City Builder 12.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #33 Stronghold 4
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.3%, RTS 16.8%, City Builder 15.4%, Wargame 10.2%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #34 Norland
75% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: 4X 18.3% ★, Colony Sim 14.3%, City Builder 12.5%, RTS 12%, Base Building 11.6%
- #35 Manor Lords
73% matchVery Positive84% of 92,096 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: 4X 19.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.6%, RTS 12.9%, City Builder 12%, Base Building 11.2%
- #36 Anno 2205™
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 6,365 reviews2015
Dev: Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 54.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 25.7%, 4X 24.3% ★, RTS 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #37 Arc of Icarus
74% matchNo user reviews2027
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: 4X 22.2% ★, Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #38 Angkor: The Holy City
74% 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 18.3%, RTS 11.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.6%
- #39 TFM: The First Men
75% matchMixed59% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Base Building 25%, Resource Management 8.3%, City Builder 8.3%, Sandbox 8%
- #40 Cataclismo
72% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: 4X 18.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.9%, City Builder 12.4%, RTS 12.1%, Base Building 11.6%
- #41 Hexroads
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ivan Konorkin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a small kingdom by day and survive the night. Hexroads is a fantasy city-builder RTS where you capture towns, grow your economy, command defenders, cast spells, and choose new rewards each dawn.
Why similar: 4X 17.3% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Colony Sim 13.8%, Base Building 13.3%, RTS 11.7%
- #42 Goblin Colony
73% 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 18.7%, RTS 16.6%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Wargame 10%
- #43 Folklands
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 74 reviews2026
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%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 14.8%, Base Building 13.1%, Isometric 6.7%
- #44 Against the Storm
70% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: 4X 18.9% ★, Colony Sim 13.7%, RTS 12.4%, City Builder 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%
- #45 Voxelion
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 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 19.8%, RTS 19.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Wargame 10%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #46 Age of Respair
71% 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 17.2%, Base Building 15.9%, RTS 13.9%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #47 Earth of Oryn
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 44 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 19.4% ★, City Builder 13.1%, RTS 12.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Wargame 9.8%
- #48 Wild West Pioneers
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 326 reviews2026
Dev: EmpireCraft StudiosPub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Wild West Pioneers is a city-builder adventure about leading settlers into the untamed frontier. Build and manage growing settlements, establish production chains, and explore the world. Follow a story of gold rush dreams, dangerous encounters, and the search for your family.
Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #49 A Planet of Mine MasterMine Edition
69% matchPositive95% of 37 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 31.8% ★, Colony Sim 20.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 7.8%
- #50 Chang'an: The capital of Tang Dynasty
72% 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 21.3% ★, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 8.3%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #51 Kingdom Wars 4
71% matchMixed66% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 18.8% ★, RTS 14.7%, Colony Sim 13.4%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 10%
- #52 Thrive: Heavy Lies The Crown
69% matchMixed58% of 459 reviews2025
Dev: Zugalu EntertainmentPub: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 29.7% ★, Colony Sim 13.3%, RTS 13%, City Builder 12.9%, Base Building 10.7%
- #53 Mandate Order
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,304 reviews2026
Dev: Digital Sky
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
Why similar: City Builder 17.9%, RTS 15.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Wargame 11.7%, Resource Management 10%
- #54 Tokeis
68% 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 18.3%, Colony Sim 15.8%, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #55 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
68% 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 20.8%, Strategy 11.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 10%
- #56 Our Freedom: Medieval Village - Prologue
68% 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 18.6%, City Builder 18.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #57 Devouring City
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Napforge Studio
Windows
Devouring City is a top-down management game about a living city that swallows giant minerals whole. Guide residents and organs as they digest matter, then turn visible resources into power, structures, inhabitants, and weapons. Balance expansion, production, and defense as your organism grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 22.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #58 Oxygen: First Breath
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 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 19.4%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 18.5%, Resource Management 12.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #59 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
66% matchVery Positive87% of 10,396 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 18%, RTS 15.3%, Colony Sim 15.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #60 Trappist
67% matchVery Positive90% of 73 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 20.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.3%, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 8.3%