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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival, Building.

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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.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: Coming soon
Developer: Lorin Atzberger
Genres: Simulation
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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  1. #1 Oxygen Not Included
    97% 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 40.2%, Base Building 20.7%, Survival 11.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Building 6.3%

  2. #2 Underground Nomads
    96% 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 36.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 10.1%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 8.2%

  3. #3 Adaptory
    96% 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 30.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Survival 8.8%, Automation 7.7%

  4. #4 Embark
    95% 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 48.2%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 7.8%, Simulation 6.5%, Building 6.3%

  5. #5 Vilset
    94% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
    Dev: Another Reality
    Windows

    Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 10.4%, Building 9.4%, Automation 9%

  6. #6 Dinky Guardians
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 107 reviews2023
    Dev: Endless Loop Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Automation 10.5%, Survival 7.4%

  7. #7 Maia
    94% 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 45.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Survival 11.4%, Simulation 9%, Management 8.2%

  8. #8 Arcbound
    92% 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 39.8%, Base Building 19%, Simulation 8.5%, Management 8.1%, Building 7.7%

  9. #9 Beyond These Stars
    91% 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 28.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 10.5%, Survival 8.8%, Automation 7.1%

  10. #10 Architect of Ruin
    89% 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 28.3%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 8.6%, Automation 7.5%

  11. #11 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    90% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Base Building 16%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 6.8%

  12. #12 Lil Guys
    89% 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 36.7%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 7.8%

  13. #13 Avian Colony
    88% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
    Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
    Windows

    Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.5%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 10.7%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 8.4%

  14. #14 Tree House Survivors
    87% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

    Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 12.4%, Survival 10.3%, Building 7.8%

  15. #15 Founders' Fortune
    86% 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 47.4%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 7.6%, Building 7.4%, Resource Management 6.2%

  16. #16 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
    85% matchMostly Positive71% of 818 reviews2025
    Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 28.3%, Mars 16.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Survival 7.3%

  17. #17 Common'hood
    86% matchMixed51% of 338 reviews2022
    Dev: Plethora Project
    Windows

    Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 9.4%, Simulation 9.1%, Management 7.8%

  18. #18 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 43%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 7.4%, Resource Management 7.1%, Building 6.5%

  19. #19 Quriocity
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 reviews2023
    Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
    Windows · Mac

    Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Base Building 15.7%, Mars 11.2%, Resource Management 11%, Survival 9.8%

  20. #20 Wanderers' Outpost
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Wind Arthouse
    Windows · Linux

    A Colony-Sim in a dungeonpunk-fantasy world where you build outpost near ancient ruins, support adventurers, and tax their loot. Expand your outpost, survive waves of dungeon-born monsters, and ultimately conquer the depths before they consume the outpost.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 8.4%, Building 8.3%

  21. #21 Sect Leader's Decree
    82% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alena Selezneva
    Windows

    Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Base Building 13%, Resource Management 12.4%, Simulation 10.4%, Survival 9.2%

  22. #22 Occupy Mars: The Game
    80% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,012 reviews2026
    Dev: ▲ Pyramid Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 31.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Mars 19.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 8.7%

  23. #23 Venusville
    81% 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 34.8%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 9.8%, Simulation 7%

  24. #24 Sheltered 2
    82% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.7%, Base Building 17.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, Survival 13.3%, Building 6.3%

  25. #25 RimWorld
    81% 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 38.8%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 10.9%, Moddable 7.8%, Management 6.9%

  26. #26 MARS
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Cyborg Dreams
    Windows

    Survival is temporary. Legacy is forever. Rule the last colony on Mars in this RTS x Colony Sim. Build domes for colonists as they harvest crops to survive, and command Mech armies against endless Marsect swarms. With hostile enemies and climate threatening your expedition, every choice matters.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Mars 20.1%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 8.4%, Survival 7.3%

  27. #27 Oxygen: First Breath
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 30.9%, Base Building 19.8%, Resource Management 12.3%, Survival 10.9%, Simulation 7.7%

  28. #28 DeepWork
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: CCS
    Windows

    Manage your parcel, build, collect and expend. Research to unlock new possibility. Explore to increase profitability. Dive under the surface to discover secrets. Is this planet hiding treasures or threats?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Mars 26%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 9.7%, Automation 9.5%

  29. #29 Nuclear Crawler
    78% 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 40.2%, Base Building 24.7%, Building 10.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 9.2%

  30. #30 The Crust
    76% 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 31.1%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 11.8%, Automation 10.1%, Building 6.9%

  31. #31 Never Secure
    77% 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 38.2%, Base Building 17%, Survival 14.1%, Resource Management 13.9%, Simulation 10.7%

  32. #32 Starship Colony
    76% 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 35.9%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 7.9%

  33. #33 CLOUD DWELLERS
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
    Windows

    CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Base Building 19.1%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.7%

  34. #34 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 39.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Survival 12.7%, Resource Management 7.5%, Simulation 5.3%

  35. #35 Dystopians
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    A cyberpunk colony simulator where you take over, manage & build bases, create & lead the crew to survive in a dark cybercity. Every member of the society makes their own decisions based on various factors and stats, for you is to decide and point out what would be best to do next!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 9.7%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.7%

  36. #36 Farlanders
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    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 26.8%, Mars 19.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Survival 7%

  37. #37 Mars Colony Builder
    73% 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 33.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 10.7%, Building 7.9%, Management 7.7%

  38. #38 Stonedeep
    75% matchMixed46% of 104 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 31.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 11.8%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8.1%

  39. #39 Farlanders: Prologue
    74% matchVery Positive93% of 285 reviews2021
    Dev: Andriy Bychkovskyi
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%

    Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Mars 21.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 8.2%, Building 7.3%

  40. #40 Space Architect
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 283 reviews2024
    Dev: Albert WiatrPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Design your dream space station in Space Architect! Master the power of automation or 'hire' an army of crewmates to handle your ever-growing production. Mine asteroids, fabricate goods, and engage in interstellar trade to pay off the menacing Big Evil Corp. Will you thrive in the vastness of space?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 9.3%, Resource Management 9.3%, Automation 8.9%

  41. #41 Settletopia
    72% 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 35.8%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 8.5%, Simulation 8%

  42. #42 Sandustry
    71% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Lantto GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 11%, Automation 9.3%, Survival 8.6%

  43. #43 First Feudal
    73% matchMostly Positive76% of 627 reviews2021
    Dev: Harpoon Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    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 34.4%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 12.5%, Building 8.7%, Survival 7.4%

  44. #44 Surviving Ceres
    70% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 12.5%, Building 9.7%, Simulation 8.8%

  45. #45 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    71% matchVery Positive87% of 188 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 41.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 11.2%, Building 10.1%, Simulation 8.8%

  46. #46 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, Base Building 24.8%, Survival 15.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Resource Management 7.6%

  47. #47 Reclaim Earth
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Blue Radish Games
    Windows · Mac

    Reclaim Earth is a base-building, colony management, survival game where you play as a semi benevolent robot crash-landed on a post apocalyptic Earth. You must build your base, enlist the help of humans, and defend against hordes of mutated bugs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 11.2%, Building 9.2%, Simulation 7.4%

  48. #48 Microtopia: Prologue
    68% 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 29.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Resource Management 11.1%, Automation 9.5%, Moddable 8.1%

  49. #49 SuperColony
    68% 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 40.8%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 11.8%, Simulation 8.1%, Management 7.2%

  50. #50 Planetbase
    71% 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 43.5%, Base Building 21.1%, Survival 10.8%, Resource Management 7.3%, Building 4.5%

  51. #51 Ecopunk
    67% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
    Dev: Zerone Games
    Windows

    Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 10.3%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.7%

  52. #52 Survival Vacancy
    70% 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 32.5%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 9.7%, Survival 8.8%, Automation 8.8%

  53. #53 Blacksmith Master
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Survival 9.4%, Moddable 8.5%

  54. #54 After the Collapse
    69% 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 35.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Survival 10.9%, Management 8.3%, Moddable 7.7%

  55. #55 Sigma Draconis
    70% 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 40.2%, Base Building 17.8%, Simulation 12%, Resource Management 11.3%, Management 7%

  56. #56 Cosmic Castaway
    67% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Vinciware
    Windows

    Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 11.5%, Resource Management 10.6%, Simulation 8.1%

  57. #57 Oxygen
    67% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 31.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 12.3%, Survival 10.9%, Building 7.7%

  58. #58 Subzero Tides
    66% 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 37.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 8.9%, Survival 7.8%

  59. #59 Zomboard
    66% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Tania Felidea
    Windows

    Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.4%, Base Building 21.2%, Resource Management 8.8%, Simulation 8.4%, Building 7.2%

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