- #1 Stardeus
97% matchVery Positive87% of 1,529 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Space 9.7%, Space Sim 9% ★, Resource Management 8.3%
- #2 Starship Colony
96% 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 29.7% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 10.6% ★, Resource Management 8.2%, Space 8.1%
- #3 HELLO EXO
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Weasel Games
Windows
It is the year 2072. Recent research has revealed how to locate an Earth-like exoplanet. You were shipped there. Your mission is to repair the spaceship, keep people in hibernation pods alive, and prepare the exoplanet for their arrival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7% ★, Space Sim 15.8% ★, Space 13%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 10.4%
- #4 Stationbreak
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Base Building 18.3%, Space Sim 14.1% ★, Space 11.8%, Resource Management 9%
- #5 The Final Earth 2
94% matchVery Positive97% of 386 reviews2022
Dev: Florian van Strien
Windows
The Final Earth 2 is a vertical sci-fi city builder. Earth is unlivable, so you decide to create a space colony. Gather resources, then build and research your way to a better future! Grow your city from an exploration ship to a huge metropolis, full of advanced technology. What will you build?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Space 11.5%, Space Sim 10.7% ★, Resource Management 7.5%
- #6 Starfall Protocol
94% 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 30.1% ★, Base Building 15.4%, Space Sim 14.1% ★, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #7 Oxygen Not Included
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 42% ★, Base Building 21.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Space 5.8%, Sandbox 5%
- #8 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Space 12.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Space Sim 8.7% ★
- #9 Maia
92% matchMixed44% of 1,063 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6% ★, Base Building 12.7%, Space 10%, Simulation 9.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 SpaceSlog
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8% ★, Base Building 15%, Space Sim 13.2% ★, Resource Management 9.8%, Space 8.6%
- #11 Worlds Explorers
90% matchNo user reviews
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 24.6% ★, Space 12.3%, Base Building 12%, Space Sim 11.5% ★, Sandbox 7.4%
- #12 Planetbase
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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 38.6% ★, Base Building 18.9%, Space 14.4%, Resource Management 6.5%, Strategy 5.4%
- #13 Tidal Expanse
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Per Aspera Studios
Windows
Dive into a hardcore space station simulation and overcome the unforgiving environment of space. You must build and manage your station under the pressures of life, economics, and thermodynamics. Rise to power through economic leverage or ruthless military might.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, Space Sim 17% ★, Sandbox 11.3%, Simulation 10.7%, Base Building 6.4%
- #14 Embark
89% matchMixed61% of 386 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 49.4% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 7.1%, Simulation 7%, Strategy 5.8%
- #15 Space Haven
87% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Space Sim 11.1% ★, Space 10.9%, Resource Management 9.1%
- #16 Arcbound
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outbreak Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Space Sim 16.1% ★, Simulation 9%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #17 Sky Base Venus
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
Windows
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5% ★, Space 16.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 8.2%
- #18 Type2
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucas LázaroPub: Type 2 Studios
Windows
Type2 is a space-based city builder where you try to run a mining business on the moon. Use your management skills to maintain a colony, expand your company, and of course, make money
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Space 14.2%, Simulation 9.8%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #19 After the Collapse
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 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 32.6% ★, Base Building 17.2%, Moddable 8% ★, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #20 Idle Terra
83% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Boris Naftaliev
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.2%, Procedural Generation 7.3%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #21 TFM: The First Men
84% matchMixed62% of 406 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 42.3% ★, Base Building 22.3%, Resource Management 7%, Sandbox 6.9%, Procedural Generation 6.6%
- #22 Rebots
82% matchMostly Positive78% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: FlatPoniesPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Rebots is a first-person automation game with an expansive universe to explore. Using intelligent(ish) rebots, you can gather resources, terraform planets, and scan all of the things. Traverse the galaxy in the name of space capitalism!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Space 11.9%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #23 Venusville
82% matchNo user reviews
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 34.1% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Space 14%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 7.2%
- #24 Mars Colony Builder
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Space 9.6%, Sandbox 8.9%, Moddable 7.6% ★
- #25 _space_train
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josh McNamee
Windows
What if there was a train, in space? Embark as a simple passenger or take a longer-term role as a member of staff in an asymmetric gaming experience like no other.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4% ★, Space Sim 17.4% ★, Space 11.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Simulation 8.3%
- #26 Resort Galactica
79% 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 31.6% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Sandbox 9.7%, Space Sim 9.5% ★, Resource Management 9.3%
- #27 Travelers in Space Crack
80% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Xenon LuPub: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
Windows
Travelers in Space Crack is a survive game in deep space. Explore in different galaxy through space cracks. To find and gather useful resource, to trade and make money are all important to develop your own fleets. And only through build massive fleets, you triumph over the unknown evil forces.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34% ★, Space Sim 18.1% ★, Simulation 14.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Base Building 9.8%
- #28 Order: The New Dawn
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Outer Space Workshop
Windows
Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Space Sim 15.7% ★, Resource Management 12.2%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #29 Generation Ship
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Scifan Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
As the AI responsible for a Generation Ship, you are humanity's last hope. Build efficient raw material cycles and help your crew in a realistic real-time simulation to survive the challenges of space on their long journey to a new home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8% ★, Resource Management 12.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Space Sim 11% ★, Space 10.8%
- #30 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 34.7% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 8.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Simulation 8.2%
- #31 Aven Colony
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.5% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Simulation 7.9%, Space 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #32 RimWorld
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 38.6% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Moddable 8.8% ★, Sandbox 7.6%, Procedural Generation 6.2%
- #33 SuperColony
76% 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 39.3% ★, Base Building 20%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 8.2%, Strategy 7.9%
- #34 The Crust
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 30.8% ★, Base Building 18.1%, Space 13.8%, Resource Management 11.8%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #35 Dungeon D14
76% 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 35.1% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Sandbox 10%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #36 Colonization Simulator
74% 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 36.1% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Sandbox 9.2%, Sci-fi 6.3%
- #37 Founders' Fortune
75% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.6% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Sandbox 7%, Simulation 6.8%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #38 Sigma Draconis
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.8% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #39 Amazing Space
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9% ★, Space Sim 15.6% ★, Base Building 14%, Space 13.7%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #40 Subzero Tides
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8% ★, Base Building 16%, Space 11.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Simulation 7.6%
- #41 Microtopia: Prologue
73% matchVery Positive95% of 112 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Moddable 8.7% ★, Sandbox 7.9%
- #42 Red Dust Colony
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lorin Atzberger
Windows · Mac
Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2% ★, Base Building 21.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Moddable 4.3% ★
- #43 Terra-7
72% 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 34.5% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Simulation 14.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Sandbox 11.7%
- #44 Titan: The Ascension
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wildercroft Studio
Windows
Embark on an exciting mission to establish a colony on Titan, Saturn's enigmatic moon. Following Earth's collapse, humanity's fate rests in your hands. Gather essential resources, excel in trading, and combat ancient technology to secure our future on Titan's harsh frontier. Will you prevail?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Space 15.6%, Space Sim 12.5% ★, Simulation 8.4%
- #45 Adaptory
69% matchVery Positive84% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5% ★, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Simulation 8.5%
- #46 ORBITAL
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Night Sky Dogs
Windows · Mac
Bring a forgotten solar system to life in this serene space simulator. Pilot your ship to gather tech, resolve story-rich incidents, and upgrade planets to watch your civilization thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, Space Sim 17.7% ★, Space 16.3%, Resource Management 7.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #47 Beyond These Stars
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Resource Management 11.5%, Sandbox 8.4%, Simulation 7.3%
- #48 Space One - Electron
71% matchMixed56% of 15 reviews2021
Dev: Triangle4 Studios Inc.
Windows
Adventure through a limitless procedural galaxy, as you play the role of a colonist in this epic colony simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.7% ★, Base Building 16.5%, Space 13.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Crafting 6.7%
- #49 Architect of Ruin
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 7.9%, Moddable 7.5% ★
- #50 Dawn Apart
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
Windows
Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3% ★, Base Building 21.3%, Space 11.4%, Crafting 7.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #51 Nuclear Crawler
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6% ★, Base Building 25.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Space 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%
- #52 Solargene
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 819 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 29.2% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Space Sim 13% ★, Resource Management 10.1%, Space 9.1%
- #53 Underground Nomads
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6% ★, Base Building 21%, Resource Management 11.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 5.5%
- #54 Never Secure
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 14.3%, Simulation 11.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #55 Nebula Miner
66% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tacit Software Solutions
Windows
Nebula miner puts you in control of a space mining company. A real time resource management game where you need to explore space to find resources, and then harvest them efficiently.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Space 21.1%, Resource Management 15.6%, Space Sim 11.3% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #56 The Last Starship
65% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,419 reviews2026
Dev: Introversion Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Space Sim 14.3% ★, Space 13.2%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #57 Stable Orbit - Build your own space station
70% matchMixed51% of 380 reviews2017
Dev: Jim Offerman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Design, build and control your own space station. Mission command and control is in your hands and only careful planning and vigilant supervision will keep your crew and space station safe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4% ★, Space 14.9%, Space Sim 12.2% ★, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 9.7%
- #58 Gateworlds
67% 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 37.8% ★, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #59 Microtopia
65% matchVery Positive88% of 903 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 10.9%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Sandbox 8%