- #1 Keziah's Realm
97% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: Bonny Studios
Windows
Forage, craft, fight, form clans, and expand your settlements in a dynamic, ever-changing ecosystem. Keziah’s Realm offers a unique gaming experience where you must survive in a rich, procedurally generated world, alongside intelligent NPCs who possess abilities equal to those of the player.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Survival 13.7%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #2 The Citadel Must Hold
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Klenisho Games
Windows
Build a fortress, command your army, and survive escalating Monster Tides in a fantasy base-building RTS. Explore the wilderness with your hero, claim Places of Power, and shape every run through powerful Oaths and Decrees.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Base Building 23.6%, RTS 12.4%, Strategy RPG 11.4%, Survival 10.4%
- #3 From Nothing
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Power Hobo Games
Windows
Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Sandbox 14.1%, Survival 12.8%, Open World 9.3%
- #4 Zenith Expanse
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Dynamic Narration 22.1% ★, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 11.9%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #5 Terrahold
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMAR Studio
Windows
Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 17.9%, RTS 15.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Survival 7.1%
- #6 Isolated Island: After the flood
94% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: ZHANG FAN
Windows
Survive in a world drowned by disaster. Explore by day, hide by night, fight zombies, scavenge resources, build your shelter, and trade with other factions. Your survival, your strategy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, 2.5D 17.1%, Survival 14.2%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #7 DuneHaven
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LokaFab
Windows
Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Sandbox 15.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Open World 11.5%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #8 TFM: The First Men
92% 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 33.8%, Base Building 22%, Sandbox 9.6%, Open World 9%, Survival 8.7%
- #9 SuperColony
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 13.1%, Sandbox 12.8%, Open World 10.9%
- #10 Gateworlds
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Survival 12%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #11 Wormhusk
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeoln Studios
Windows
The world is dying. The answer lies beneath. Dig deep into the husk of an ancient god-worm, build your defenses, slay the parasites that feed on its remains, and uncover the truth before it's too late.
Why similar: Open World 20.4%, Survival 18.1%, Sandbox 16.1%, Base Building 13.2%, RPG 9%
- #12 Terrafort
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Tessellation Specifications
Windows · Mac · Linux
A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.
Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Sandbox 14.2%, Open World 14.2%, Procedural Generation 14%, Survival 11.8%
- #13 TimbrianGuard
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Re³ Studios
Windows
TimbrianGuard is a voxel-based sandbox colony management sim. Lead colonists to a new home, guide their survival, expand your colony's influence, establish outposts, and attract new settlers as your community grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, RTS 16.5%, Sandbox 14%, Open World 13.3%, Survival 12.6%
- #14 Colony Survival
89% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 34.6%, Base Building 19.7%, Survival 15.1%, Sandbox 10.6%, Open World 9.5%
- #15 Astrobuilder
86% matchVery Positive89% of 368 reviews2026
Dev: wastudio
Windows
An AI-driven space management RPG in a living galaxy. Explore 150+ planets and interact with 600+ NPCs whose lives and relationships evolve over time. Trade, run shops, build a Commerce Guild, join Military Factions, govern planets, and command fleets in war. Your every choice reshape the galaxy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, Strategy RPG 16%, Base Building 12.2%, 2.5D 12.2%, Sandbox 9.6%
- #16 Starfall Protocol
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Sandbox 12%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Open World 11.2%
- #17 Stranded Deep 2
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: North Beach Games
Windows
Survival is just the beginning. Stranded in a desert wilderness, an endless river is your only lifeline. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and build a floating home to brave the treacherous waters and scorching heat. Every bend brings new danger and deeper discoveries. How far will you go?
Why similar: Survival 21.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Open World 18.9%, Sandbox 17.7%, Strategy 6.8%
- #18 The Black Bahr
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zeynova Production
Windows
The Black Bahr is a sandbox colony simulation RPG blending ocean exploration, crew management, and dynamic faction politics. Freely chart your course as a pirate, merchant, or honorable captain, shaping your destiny across the open seas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Sandbox 14.6%, Open World 14.5%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Survival 13.7%
- #19 Colony of the Forsaken
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tazdingol
Windows · Mac
Colony of the Forsaken is a survival colony sim where you control multiple villagers, build up your settlement during the day, and defend it from enemy waves at night. The focus is on managing villagers, surviving losses, exploring for progress, and shaping each villager through skills and spells.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, Survival 15.5%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Base Building 14.3%, RPG 6.8%
- #20 Worlds Explorers
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Survival 14.7%, Sandbox 12.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Open World 11.9%
- #21 Starship Colony
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Survival 13%, Sandbox 10.9%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
- #22 Stonedeep
84% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Base Building 18.4%, 2.5D 16.8%, Survival 12.1%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #23 风神界
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CMKZ
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fengshen Realm is an AI-driven, top-down 2D cultivation sandbox RPG. Begin as a mortal in a world that lives on without you, with no fixed story or quests. Survive, cultivate, craft, trade, explore, found a sect, make laws, expose spies, command armies, and reshape the realms.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.8%, Open World 18.6%, Sandbox 17.1%, RTS 10.8%, RPG 9.6%
- #24 Oxygen Not Included
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9%, Base Building 25.1%, Survival 16.5%, Sandbox 8.2%, Open World 3.7%
- #25 Veil of the Volcano
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BefuddleBug
Windows
Create a tribe to survive the natural disasters of the island. Prepare your community for the day the volcano blows. You'll need to survive until the Spring when life returns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Strategy RPG 20.9%, Base Building 13%, Survival 10.4%, RPG 7.5%
- #26 Impurity
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Incurso Studios
Windows
Build and lead a settlement in a ruthless dark fantasy world. Command companions, explore shifting open world lands, and navigate rival settlements - trading, allying, or waging war. Walk the path of light or corruption as you endure relentless seasons and ancient horrors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Open World 15%, Base Building 14.9%, Sandbox 13.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #27 Embark
81% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.1%, Base Building 21.1%, Sandbox 11%, Survival 10.7%, Open World 8.7%
- #28 Galaxy Scavengers
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.
Why similar: Base Building 25%, Colony Sim 21.4%, Survival 16%, Sandbox 15.5%, Open World 8.6%
- #29 Nyric
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lovelace Studio
Windows
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 13.6%, Open World 13.4%, Sandbox 12.1%
- #30 Trailblazers: Into the March
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: StrangersPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Embark on a thrilling adventure in this roguelite colony-sim strategy game. Command your Landship in tactical battles, care for a crew composed of all sorts of characters, shape your home, manage resources, and lead expeditions into the March. Discover what lies at its heart... and in yours.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Dynamic Narration 18.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #31 Settletopia
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 12.7%, Open World 10.8%, Survival 10.3%
- #32 Endless Vine
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Circuit Root
Windows
Crash-landed in an endless jungle, you must rescue survivors, build a steam-powered colony, and construct an escape vehicle before the wilderness claims you. Endless Vine is a steampunk survival colony builder where every decision shapes your fight for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 18.5%, Procedural Generation 13%, Survival 12.2%, Sandbox 10.6%
- #33 The Szyk
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Pieware
Windows
2D top-down survival game with multiplayer and procedural world generation
Why similar: 2.5D 24.2%, Sandbox 19.4%, Open World 10.7%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Exploration 10.6%
- #34 Nettle
74% matchMixed67% of 36 reviews2026
Dev: 2xN StudiosPub: theepiccoder
Windows
A single-player survival RTS game about exploring the vast cosmos, the many planets inhabiting it and their countless secrets. You'll need to explore, gather resources and research new technologies in order to survive, thrive, and eventually build a colony on a bizarre, foreign world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, RTS 16.4%, Survival 13.9%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Open World 8.9%
- #35 Woodland Rebels
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Beak Berry Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survive an untamed world where humans, animal villagers and wild animals all coexist, but not in harmony. Craft, farm, cook, and assign roles to villagers. Explore various biomes and muster an animal rebellion to fight back against human invaders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, 2.5D 13.1%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #36 RimWorld
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Base Building 21%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 11.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #37 Harrowlands
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BashfulWolf Studio
Windows
Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 13.4%, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Procedural Generation 10.8%
- #38 Vonkelveld
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Software MoosS
Windows
Shape a living god-sim where every spark is a soul. Zoom from one life to a whole world that curls into a torus; raise land, call rain, touch one fate, and ask why any place became itself. Choose what endures; the Chronicle remembers what your hand preserved.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Dynamic Narration 18.3% ★, 2.5D 15%, Sandbox 12.1%, Open World 8.1%
- #39 HullRats
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 14.3%, Open World 11.8%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #40 Human Vs Evil
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gary LiPub: InfinityRain
Windows
A few years later, Crix found that the place where he originally lived was occupied by alien species, and decided to call on the remaining humans to take home together!!!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Base Building 15.8%, RTS 14.9%, 2.5D 12.5%
- #41 The Five Monks
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
Windows
A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Base Building 22%, Survival 15.2%, Strategy 6.6%, Top-Down 5.4%
- #42 Meowdieval Clowder
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 12.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Open World 7.9%
- #43 Kopno: Blightfall
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Urar Studio
Windows
Explore the cursed continent of Kopno and shape your path through moral choices. Choose one of six unique races and survive in a living open-world built on two layers, the Surface and the Underground. Gather resources, hunt, and build a thriving fantasy settlement worthy of leading your people.
Why similar: Open World 19.1%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Survival 17.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Sandbox 10%
- #44 The Omins
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TemesaGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build settlements, fight enemies, unite different races, and gain divine powers in this strategy game blending colony sim and RTS with a touch of classic god games. As their Umak, guide generations of Omins through a network of portals, from world to world, in search of the peaceful lands of Ominia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, RTS 20.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 12.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #45 Pawnholm
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 14.8%, Survival 11.6%, Open World 9.7%
- #46 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
72% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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 33.2%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 16.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Open World 7.9%
- #47 Outland Kingdoms
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Open World 9.5%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #48 Beneath a Dead City
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 15.7%, Procedural Generation 13.5%, Exploration 6.7%
- #49 Dungeon D14
72% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: EhtChaos
Windows
You control a small colony in the underground of an unknown planet. Mine resources, build a base, explore the world and technology. Supply your colonists with oxygen, food and energy so that they can carry out their tasks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 21.4%, Sandbox 14.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Exploration 5.8%
- #50 仙路尽头
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fluctlight Games
Windows
"The End of the Immortal Path" is an open-world sandbox game themed around immortality cultivation. This world is full of different characters, monsters and marvelous items. The path to immortality is long, you will experience the process of cultivation from a mortal and growing step by step.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 26%, Sandbox 17.1%, Open World 12.5%, Top-Down 9.8%, Exploration 9.6%
- #51 Edge Islands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 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 32.4%, Base Building 22.6%, Sandbox 13.4%, Survival 10.6%, Open World 10%
- #52 To Raise a King
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Stagnant Technologies LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rule a kingdom and prepare your heir in this fully voice-acted, free medieval strategy game. Choose one of six queen storylines and make decisions that lead to many different possible endings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Strategy RPG 20.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, RPG 11.2%, Base Building 9.6%
- #53 Forsaken: Year One
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Base Building 14.4%, Survival 13.9%, Sandbox 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #54 Sole Seeker
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Dozing Bison
Windows
Land on unique planets to survive the horrors that await in this adventure survival RPG. Use the spoils to upgrade defensive buildings and explore the galaxy further. Can you survive the hunt all alone?
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, Strategy RPG 20%, Survival 14%, Open World 13.5%, Exploration 7.4%
- #55 Brand New World
68% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: LandS Studio
Windows
You are given a chance to influence the development of your characters and settlement, forcing you to think strategically and make decisions that will affect the events in the game. Enjoy this immersive game experience where your every move will have meaning and consequences.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, RTS 16.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.9%, Sandbox 13.7%, Survival 10.5%
- #56 Terrestrial planet
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: glacier Studio
Windows
On a planet with a biome climate similar to Earth, manage your residents from basic construction and planting, develop and research various cutting-edge technologies, recruit soldiers to form troops, resist foreign enemies or actively conquer other countries, and unify this distant planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 19.1%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 11.9%
- #57 Fosoria
66% 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 39.7%, Base Building 23.8%, Sandbox 10.1%, Exploration 8.2%, Top-Down 7%
- #58 After the Collapse
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 13.8%, Sandbox 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.5%
- #59 Latticefall
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Artur Kasimov
Windows · Linux
Latticefall is a slow-burn colony sim. The disaster doesn't strike — it creeps: an infection seeps quietly across the land. Build your settlement, hold the line, and reclaim ground one step at a time — paused and deliberate, never twitchy. Every advance has a price; you see it before you commit.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Strategy RPG 20.1%, Sandbox 14.3%, RTS 13.8%, Strategy 8.5%