- #1 VENOY
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mathis WischeroppPub: LaboratoryGames
Windows
VENOY is a relaxing real-time strategy game with deep settler logistics and true sandbox freedom. Build your medieval colony, optimize production chains and defend it against enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1% ★, City Builder 18.9%, RTS 15.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.6%
- #2 Kingdoms and Castles
96% matchVery Positive93% of 30,837 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 29%, Colony Sim 23.9% ★, Medieval 7.6%, Building 6.7%, Sandbox 6.5%
- #3 Noble Fates
96% matchVery Positive83% of 1,455 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 17.7% ★, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 8.7%, Moddable 7.4% ★
- #4 Angkor: The Holy City
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Colony Sim 18.9% ★, RTS 8.4%, Base Building 8.1%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #5 Settletopia
94% 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 20.7% ★, City Builder 19%, Base Building 11.8%, Sandbox 9.2%, Procedural Generation 7.6%
- #6 Settlements Rising
94% matchVery Positive82% of 412 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: City Builder 22.6%, Colony Sim 20.9% ★, Base Building 8.2%, Resource Management 8.1%, Medieval 6.9%
- #7 SpellSlinger Towns
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows
Lose yourself in the magical sandbox realm of Spellslinger Towns where city-building meets deckbuilding. Build and manage your city, use powerful spells from your custom deck, and strategically expand your realm through careful resource management and tactical decisions.
Why similar: City Builder 16.4%, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Trading 9.5% ★, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8%
- #8 Of Life and Land
91% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: City Builder 17.2%, Colony Sim 16% ★, RTS 10.5%, Base Building 9.6%, Moddable 7.5% ★
- #9 Founders' Fortune
92% 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 29.7% ★, City Builder 20%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 7.3%, Building 6.8%
- #10 Outland Kingdoms
91% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 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: City Builder 19.4%, Colony Sim 18.7% ★, Tactical RPG 12%, Base Building 8.3%, Building 6.3%
- #11 TFM: The First Men
90% 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 26.8% ★, Base Building 15%, Tactical RPG 8.8%, City Builder 8%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #12 Foundation
89% matchVery Positive86% of 23,481 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 34.3%, Colony Sim 9.6% ★, Medieval 9%, Sandbox 7.9%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #13 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.1% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Trading 8.2% ★, Building 7.2%
- #14 Lands of Koastalia
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Asaloda Games
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: City Builder 24.1%, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.3%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #15 RimWorld
87% 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 23.8% ★, Base Building 13.3%, City Builder 12.1%, Moddable 9.5% ★, Tactical RPG 8.8%
- #16 Kolo
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 8.8%, Medieval 8.1%
- #17 Idle Terra
86% 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 20.9% ★, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Trading 9.1% ★, Resource Management 8.3%
- #18 Kingdoms Reborn
85% matchVery Positive91% of 9,531 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Colony Sim 19% ★, Base Building 10.8%, RTS 7.3%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #19 Beyond These Stars
84% 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 18.8% ★, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 8%
- #20 Harrowlands
84% 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: City Builder 20.7%, Colony Sim 19.7% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Procedural Generation 9.5%, Moddable 6.1% ★
- #21 Pioneers of Pagonia
82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,204 reviews2025
Dev: Envision Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.5% ★, City Builder 16.2%, RTS 11.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #22 Architect of Ruin
82% 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 18.8% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 8.6%, Moddable 8.2% ★
- #23 Hearthlands
83% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: City Builder 24.2%, Colony Sim 19.8% ★, RTS 11.6%, Medieval 7.1%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #24 Age of Respair
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Colony Sim 17.8% ★, Base Building 11.6%, RTS 10.6%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #25 Quriocity
81% 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: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 21.6% ★, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, RTS 10.1%
- #26 Folklands
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 20.7% ★, RTS 11.9%, Base Building 10%, Building 8%
- #27 Egypt
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ancient Cat
Windows
Command the sands of Egypt in this epic RTS! Build magnificent cities, lead mythic armies, and harness the power of the gods. Shape the Nile, forge alliances, and rise to become Pharaoh in a world of strategy, intrigue, and breathtaking battles. Your legacy awaits—rule wisely!
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 16.5% ★, Base Building 11.6%, RTS 9.5%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #28 Patron
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 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: City Builder 25.2%, Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Base Building 7.7%, Moddable 7.6% ★, Resource Management 6.5%
- #29 Tokeis
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 21.6%, Colony Sim 15.9% ★, RTS 11%, Sandbox 9.9%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #30 Airborne Empire
77% matchVery Positive91% of 688 reviews2025
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19% ★, City Builder 18.5%, RTS 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #31 Peasants
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meeki Games
Windows
A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3% ★, City Builder 24.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Medieval 9.6%, Building 7.3%
- #32 Mercantile Might
76% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: SibeRaysGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the Middle Ages and take on the role of a ruler who must transform a small town into a prosperous settlement.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, RTS 16.9%, Sandbox 12.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Base Building 6.4%
- #33 Orrstead
75% matchVery Positive81% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: IndividualKex
Windows
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Colony Sim 21% ★, Sandbox 11%, Base Building 10.2%, Building 8.2%
- #34 Prison Architect
76% matchVery Positive89% of 73,112 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.3% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 10.8%, Building 8.8%
- #35 Our Freedom: Prologue
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.7% ★, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 8.8%
- #36 Oxygen: First Breath
74% 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: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 19.9% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Sandbox 7.3%
- #37 Edge Islands
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 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 24.4% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 10.1%, Building 9.5%
- #38 First Feudal
74% 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 21.9% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Medieval 8.2%
- #39 After the Collapse
73% 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 22.2% ★, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 12.4%, Moddable 9.6% ★, Sandbox 9.3%
- #40 Civica: Italian Renaissance
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: White Vertex Studios
Windows
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 27.9%, Colony Sim 20.2% ★, RTS 15.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 8.1%
- #41 Colonization Simulator
72% 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 23.4% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 12.3%, RTS 11.6%, Sandbox 10.5%
- #42 Siege of Irdor
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HardCodeWayPub: Vision Edge Entertainment
Windows
Siege of Irdor is a city-builder strategy game set in dark medieval times, where fantasy and reality collide. Build by day and defend the sieges by night to survive against the armies of darkness.
Why similar: City Builder 18.8%, Colony Sim 18.2% ★, RTS 13.5%, Base Building 9.4%, Medieval 7.4%
- #43 Becastled
69% matchVery Positive82% of 5,494 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Base Building 18%, Colony Sim 16.9% ★, RTS 13.6%, Medieval 8.2%
- #44 Terra-7
71% 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 22.3% ★, Sandbox 13.3%, City Builder 12.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Base Building 10.8%
- #45 Pixel Colony
70% matchPositive95% of 39 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Colony Sim 24.6% ★, Resource Management 9.3%, Management 6.9%, Base Building 5.7%
- #46 Bread & Bravery
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ennoble Studios
Windows
Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?
Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 13.6% ★, RTS 13.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #47 Settlement Survival
70% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 26.2%, Colony Sim 21.4% ★, Medieval 9.4%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #48 Gnomoria
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,532 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1% ★, City Builder 26.3%, Sandbox 13.9%, Building 7.4%, Strategy 6.4%
- #49 Banished
71% matchVery Positive90% of 42,988 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: City Builder 34%, Colony Sim 31.1% ★, Sandbox 6.5%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 5.2%
- #50 Humanica
67% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: PanfachDev
Windows
Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Colony Sim 17% ★, Base Building 10.2%, Procedural Generation 8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #51 Architects of Shangri-La
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SlavGames
Windows
Visit the mythical land of Shangri-La! Govern the legendary state, build cities, take care of its citizens, protect them, provide with spiritual and political guidance. Let yourself be amazed by its mountain beauty. Help Shangri-La defend against enemies who do not share its peaceful vision.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 21.9% ★, RTS 14%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 7.9%
- #52 Nebuchadnezzar
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,793 reviews2021
Dev: Nepos GamesPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Create and customize cities in Nebuchadnezzar, a classic isometric city-builder where careful planning and define your rise as a ruler in ancient Mesopotamia.
Why similar: City Builder 24.6%, Colony Sim 11.2% ★, RTS 10.6%, Trading 10.5% ★, Sandbox 10.4%
- #53 Forgotten Vale
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rospeath Studios
Windows
Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 20.5% ★, RTS 10.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Base Building 8.8%
- #54 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: City Builder 19.3%, Colony Sim 18.9% ★, Base Building 11.1%, Moddable 10.6% ★, Sandbox 9.3%
- #55 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
67% matchPositive86% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Colony Sim 16.8% ★, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 6.5%
- #56 All Roads Connected
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: City Builder 21.3%, Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Trading 9.8% ★, Sandbox 9.7%
- #57 Fata Deum - The God Sim
66% matchMixed60% of 450 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: City Builder 17.6%, Colony Sim 16.8% ★, RTS 11%, Base Building 9.5%, Moddable 9.3% ★
- #58 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
65% matchVery Positive92% of 582 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: City Builder 22.1%, Colony Sim 20.8% ★, RTS 14.2%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 7%