- #1 Make Your Kingdom
97% matchMixed58% of 197 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 23.1%, City Builder 21.6%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 8.7%, Sandbox 8.6%
- #2 Oxygen
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 20.7%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 8.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #3 After the Collapse
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 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 25.7%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival 8.9%
- #4 The Crust
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,724 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 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 21.7%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 8.8%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #5 Founders' Fortune
94% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 34.4%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 7.3%, Survival 6.4%
- #6 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
94% matchMostly Positive70% of 832 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 18.3%, Mars 12% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #7 TFM: The First Men
93% matchMixed60% 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 35.6%, Base Building 18.1%, City Builder 8.9%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 6.9%
- #8 One More Island
92% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 9.6%, Resource Management 6.3%
- #9 Edge Islands
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 29.1%, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 14.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Survival 7.2%
- #10 Of Life and Land
91% matchVery Positive86% of 364 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 20.2%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 11.1%, RTS 8.9%, Resource Management 8%
- #11 Exogate Initiative
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 727 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: Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, RTS 8.7%
- #12 Stonedeep
89% 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 25.8%, Base Building 14.7%, City Builder 13.4%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 9.4%
- #13 Embark
89% 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 43.9%, Base Building 16.7%, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 8.2%, Strategy 6%
- #14 Farlanders
87% matchVery Positive90% of 591 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 17.9%, Mars 14.1% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #15 Diluvian Winds
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 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 26%, Colony Sim 23.3%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 10.1%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #16 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
84% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 20.4%, City Builder 17.5%, Base Building 10%, RTS 9.1%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #17 Buoyancy
86% matchMixed55% of 831 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.9%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Survival 6.9%, Strategy 6.5%
- #18 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
85% matchMixed54% of 110 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 10.8%, RTS 9.7%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #19 New Cycle
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 8.5%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #20 Settlements Rising
83% matchVery Positive81% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 24%, Resource Management 9.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #21 Aztecs: The Last Sun
82% matchMixed69% of 134 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 20.2%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 8.7%, RTS 8%
- #22 NecroCity
82% 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 30.4%, City Builder 26.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #23 Endzone 2
81% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 10.2%, Sandbox 10%, Survival 9%
- #24 Solargene
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 848 reviews2026
Dev: Alexander Semenov
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 33.7 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 23.5%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 8.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #25 Land of the Vikings
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 21.5%, Base Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 7.9%
- #26 Survival Vacancy
81% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
Dev: Mind Leak
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 9.8%, Resource Management 9%
- #27 Sphere - Flying Cities
80% matchMixed50% of 242 reviews2022
Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 22.4%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 9.3%, Strategy 6.1%
- #28 Catizens
78% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 22.2%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 9.8%, Survival 8.9%
- #29 Aquatico
78% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 26%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 6.4%, Strategy 5.8%
- #30 Noble Fates
77% matchVery Positive83% of 1,483 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 20.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Sandbox 10.7%, Survival 6.2%
- #31 Ragnorium
76% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 19.3%, Survival 12.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #32 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 23.3%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 7.6%, Survival 7.4%
- #33 United Penguin Kingdom
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Colony Sim 20%, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 8%
- #34 Planetbase
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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%, City Builder 22.8%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 7.9%, Resource Management 5%
- #35 Oxygen: First Breath
74% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 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 21.4%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 9.2%, Survival 8.6%
- #36 Desynced
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,026 reviews2026
Dev: Stage Games Inc.Pub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 13.1%, RTS 11.3%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #37 Night is Coming
72% matchMixed63% of 464 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: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 17.6%, RTS 13%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 9.4%
- #38 The Colonists
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,240 reviews2018
Dev: CodebyfirePub: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Sandbox 8.7%, Survival 7.9%
- #39 Colonize Prologue
73% matchMixed64% of 514 reviews2022
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 23.4%, Sandbox 11.5%, RTS 9.7%, Survival 8.7%
- #40 Colonization Simulator
71% 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 25%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, RTS 8.3%
- #41 Aven Colony
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,779 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 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 34.8%, City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 4.7%
- #42 The Blighted Frontier
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 22%, Base Building 12.9%, Simulation 6.6%, Survival 6.5%
- #43 VENOY
71% 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: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 19.5%, RTS 13%, Base Building 9.7%, Sandbox 9.5%
- #44 Colony Break
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Artical Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your people are the power, and the problem. Build, manage, and defend humanity's future on a hostile planet. The greatest danger is not what hunts you, but what changes you. Will your colony survive, or will it break itself apart?
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 19.4%, RTS 9.7%, Survival 9%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #45 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
70% matchVery Positive86% of 205 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 28.1%, City Builder 26.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 8.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #46 Starship Colony
70% 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 25.1%, Base Building 12.7%, City Builder 12%, Survival 8.7%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #47 Terra-7
69% 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 25.8%, City Builder 23.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 4.5%
- #48 Settlement Survival
68% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Colony Sim 25.6%, Survival 9.3%, Sandbox 7.9%, Base Building 7%
- #49 Sky Base Venus
69% 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 31.1%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 7.6%, Survival 6.5%
- #50 First Feudal
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 9.7%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #51 Sapiens
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,162 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, City Builder 23.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 8.4%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #52 Reshaping Mars
68% 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: Colony Sim 20.6%, Mars 13% ★, Base Building 13%, RTS 11.9%, City Builder 7.9%
- #53 Civica: Italian Renaissance
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows · Mac
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 25.9%, Colony Sim 22.4%, RTS 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Simulation 7.5%
- #54 Lil Guys
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 18%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 9.8%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #55 Patron
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 24.7%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 8.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #56 Settletopia
66% 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 25.4%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Survival 6.8%
- #57 Galaxy Scavengers
65% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Sandbox 11.8%, Survival 10.7%, Resource Management 10.5%