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Games Like Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim

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

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A minimalist roguelite colony sim about one family on the American frontier, 1609–1900. Build a homestead, survive the lean years, and pass the ranch down through the generations — every year ends with a family council shaped by what really happened.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-11-09
Developer: DelosX
Genres: RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows, Mac

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    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: IdyllWorks
    Windows

    A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4%, Base Building 22%, Survival 13%, Strategy 5.3%, Simulation 5.1%

  2. #2 Rise And Grind!
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AkdumanDev
    Windows

    We call you to survive in a world that only wakes you up once a year. Wake up, collect, build, expand, be prepared for dangers, and sleep for one year! Each awakening brings a new adventure, an opportunity to become stronger!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 16.6%, Immersive Sim 12.2%, Survival 9.1%, Grid-Based Movement 9%

  3. #3 Embark
    96% 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 53.4%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 9%, Open World 6.3%, Strategy 5.2%

  4. #4 SuperColony
    95% 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 40.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 12%, Open World 8.5%, Roguelite 7%

  5. #5 Dwarf Things
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Alex Makes Games
    Windows

    Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 10.6%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 7.1%

  6. #6 Penta Terra
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Barking Mudpuppy LLC
    Windows

    A fantasy colony simulator built in a living world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.9%, Immersive Sim 17.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Simulation 11.5%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%

  7. #7 Oxygen Not Included
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 144,026 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.5%, Base Building 25.9%, Survival 14.4%, Simulation 3%, Open World 2.8%

  8. #8 Rows Of Earth
    92% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Glasworks Studios
    Windows

    A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2%, Base Building 23.4%, Survival 12.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7%

  9. #9 Wild West Simulator
    91% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: DIG Games
    Windows

    Wild west simulator is a sandbox simulation game in the wild west hunt for pelts, dig for oil, manage the mine gather resources , and there is quests managing your colony entails a lot! you can also build your own settlement and develop your own colony.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.9%, Western 23% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Open World 7.3%

  10. #10 Breadoria
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Breadpan
    Windows

    Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.7%, Base Building 22%, Survival 12.8%, Simulation 5.8%, Strategy 5.5%

  11. #11 The Five Monks
    90% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
    Windows

    A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 13%, Simulation 6.6%, Strategy 6.2%

  12. #12 HullRats
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dan Danciu
    Windows

    A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.4%, Base Building 21%, Survival 12.6%, Open World 8.9%, Isometric 8%

  13. #13 The Citadel Must Hold
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Klenisho Games
    Windows

    Build a fortress, command your army, and survive escalating Monster Tides in a fantasy base-building RTS. Explore the wilderness with your hero, claim Places of Power, and shape every run through powerful Oaths and Decrees.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.8%, Base Building 28.6%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 6.6%, Strategy RPG 6.3%

  14. #14 Greenfeet Haven
    87% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Owlycode makes games
    Windows

    A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 19.7%, Immersive Sim 12.5%, Survival 12%, Open World 6.3%

  15. #15 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    88% matchMixed69% of 371 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 48.6%, Base Building 18.8%, Survival 15%, Isometric 6.8%, Strategy 5.4%

  16. #16 TFM: The First Men
    86% matchMixed59% of 413 reviews2022
    Dev: Gathering Tree
    Windows

    An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, Base Building 25.7%, Survival 8.5%, Open World 7.5%, Strategy 4%

  17. #17 Realm Keep
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Harry Mahal
    Windows

    Realm keep is a turn based tactical RPG where you build and defend your settlement. You lead your colonists, plan battles, explore distant dungeons and destroy them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.6%, Base Building 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Simulation 7.2%, Strategy 6.9%

  18. #18 Edge Islands
    84% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: LS Games
    Windows

    Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Base Building 23.8%, Survival 9.4%, Open World 7.6%, Strategy 6.7%

  19. #19 Never Secure
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    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 42.6%, Base Building 19.2%, Survival 16.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 6.8%

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    86% matchMixed44% of 1,065 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 54.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 7.1%

  21. #21 Paleon
    83% matchVery Positive81% of 424 reviews2023
    Dev: Paleodev
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 55.9%, Survival 15.9%, Historical 7.8%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 5.7%

  22. #22 Colony of the Forsaken
    82% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Tazdingol
    Windows · Mac

    Colony of the Forsaken is a survival colony sim where you control multiple villagers, build up your settlement during the day, and defend it from enemy waves at night. The focus is on managing villagers, surviving losses, exploring for progress, and shaping each villager through skills and spells.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.4%, Base Building 16.6%, Survival 15%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Strategy RPG 7.7%

  23. #23 Total World Liberation
    82% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Endless Loop Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Open World Survival Automation Crafting Building Turn-Based game, yup that's a huge mix of genres and it works!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 17.9%, Survival 11.2%, Immersive Sim 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

  24. #24 Last Civilization: Inherited Flame
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: WisPub: Studio Wis
    Windows

    Build a settlement around the last flame. Gather, construct, and research by day, then defend against the Shadows at night. When a village falls, carry its records and memories into the next civilization and endure one night longer.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.8%, Survival 15.5%, Base Building 13.3%, Simulation 6.5%, Strategy 6%

  25. #25 Beneath a Dead City
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Moonroof Studios
    Windows

    Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 14.3%, Simulation 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.7%

  26. #26 Colony Survival
    81% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.8%, Base Building 23.1%, Survival 14.9%, Open World 8%, Strategy 4.3%

  27. #27 Underground Nomads
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    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 48.6%, Base Building 23.5%, Survival 13.9%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 4.9%

  28. #28 Meowdieval Clowder
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: DrillMind
    Windows

    Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.1%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 11.6%, Strategy 6.6%, Open World 6.2%

  29. #29 Ascent of Ashes
    77% matchMixed70% of 306 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Base Building 17.1%, Immersive Sim 12.3%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy RPG 7.5%

  30. #30 Last Monument
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Levikinco
    Windows

    A deadline-driven roguelite management game set in ancient Egypt. Build impossible monuments under brutal deadlines. Push your workers to the limit, survive disasters and riots, and watch your civilization slowly transform into something far stranger.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 11.9%, Roguelite 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%

  31. #31 Buoyancy
    79% 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 58.5%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 9.5%, Strategy 6.8%, Open World 5.1%

  32. #32 Pawns Survival
    75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Pawn Bros Games
    Windows · Linux

    Pawn Survival is a turn-based survival strategy game where you command a small community of pawns struggling to survive, send them to gather resources, explore unknown lands, grow your village, and forge powerful equipment to withstand whatever this brutal world throws at you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.4%, Base Building 21%, Survival 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 4.6%

  33. #33 Sheltered 2
    78% matchMixed45% of 2,222 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 41.4%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 6.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.6%

  34. #34 Nuclear Crawler
    76% 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 46.2%, Base Building 28.9%, Open World 8.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Isometric 6.8%

  35. #35 From Nothing
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Power Hobo Games
    Windows

    Build systems, sustain life, and transform a barren moon into a living world. In this 2D survival-crafting RPG, preparation and infrastructure matter more than reflexes... because when the winter eclipse comes, only what you’ve built will keep you alive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 13.9%, Open World 8.6%, Grid-Based Movement 5.1%

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    76% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
    Dev: McMagic Productions
    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Base Building 22.9%, Survival 14.9%, Isometric 7.3%, Strategy 6.9%

  37. #37 Castle Formers
    75% matchPositive96% of 49 reviews2021
    Dev: Fernando AraujoPub: INK EYE Games
    Windows

    Defend your castle from the attacks of the night creatures. Collect coins, interact with the elements of the game, discover, explore, learn and survive for 30 days or try again.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 16%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Strategy 7.6%

  38. #38 DuneHaven
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LokaFab
    Windows

    Build your oasis town with up to 8 friends. Defend it from threats that emerge at night. Hunt down powerful bosses. Work the land, gather resources, and trade with travelling merchants. Explore distant lands and grow your town’s influence.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Open World 10.3%, PvE 8.3%, Survival 5.4%

  39. #39 Aztecs: The Last Sun
    71% matchMixed70% of 135 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 31.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Immersive Sim 13.3%, Historical 11.4%, Survival 11.1%

  40. #40 Compact Colonies
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
    Windows

    Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3%, Survival 13.5%, Base Building 12.1%, Historical 9.7%, Strategy 6.7%

  41. #41 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.7%, Base Building 23%, Survival 15.1%, Open World 6.4%, Strategy 4.3%

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    72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, Base Building 24%, Survival 13.1%, Open World 6.6%, Strategy 4.5%

  43. #43 Settlers of Pineshore
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Masseli ArtPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    On the edge of a new continent, you are responsible for connecting the wild region of Pineshore and its settlers to the rest of the world. Hire workers, gather resources, defend your venture from unknown dangers, and keep building the railway!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 54.4%, Western 13.9% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Open World 9.9%, Survival 9%

  44. #44 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
    70% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: TreeByte Software
    Windows

    A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 11.3%, Historical 11.3%, Simulation 10.6%

  45. #45 Founders' Fortune
    72% 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 57.8%, Base Building 22.6%, Survival 9.8%, Simulation 5.2%, Strategy 4.7%

  46. #46 Arcbound
    71% 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 50.2%, Base Building 24.3%, Survival 8.7%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 4%

  47. #47 Horizon 1990
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
    Windows

    Gather exotic resources, build defenses, research new technologies, and explore the mysteries of the void, all while being chased by the darkness from the end of time.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 23.9%, Survival 18.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%

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    69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Uğur CANPub: Stechkom Software
    Windows

    Produce, build your city, manage your people, and conquer the islands! Become a legend under your own banner with Tiny Factions.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1%, Base Building 13.1%, Immersive Sim 12.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 8.3%

  49. #49 The Colony
    73% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
    Dev: Rusty Swain
    Windows

    The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 80.2%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 9.8%

  50. #50 Terrahold
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: SMAR Studio
    Windows

    Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.8%, Base Building 23.5%, Isometric 8.2%, Survival 7.8%, Strategy 5.3%

  51. #51 Malignus
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Mossbomb
    Windows

    Malignus is a 2D dungeon colony sim and emergent story generator. Play as a boss monster and their underling minions and creatures, expanding your underground dominion, building traps, and defending your prisoners and treasures from invading adventurers.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 49.6%, Base Building 21.5%, Simulation 9.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Survival 5.3%

  52. #52 Lead the Living
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Karagoz Studios
    Windows

    You're not just surviving — you're leading. An isometric zombie survival and colony sim: scavenge a world where loot never respawns, build a base that holds, and keep a community of survivors alive. The dead are slow, drawn by sound, and they never stop.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 16.7%, Open World 8.9%, Simulation 6.1%

  53. #53 Diseased
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Yavuz Kala
    Windows

    Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to expand your borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 11.5%, Roguelite 7.8%, Strategy 6.1%

  54. #54 Starbound Settlers
    67% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Bitwright Games
    Windows

    A space colony survival sim. Build a station room by room, lay the wires, pipes and ducts that carry power, water and air, and keep a crew fed, rested and sane. Build it how you like and keep it running.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.4%, Base Building 11.6%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 10.2%, Survival 7.9%

  55. #55 White Signal
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Frenari
    Windows

    Manage a remote mountain shelter, rescue stranded survivors, and survive the brutal cold.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5%, Immersive Sim 19%, Survival 12.5%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%

  56. #56 Wastelander
    67% matchPositive90% of 39 reviews2024
    Dev: Appstronaut Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, Base Building 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Isometric 9.1%, Roguelite 8.5%

  57. #57 The Omins
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TemesaGames
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build settlements, fight enemies, unite different races, and gain divine powers in this strategy game blending colony sim and RTS with a touch of classic god games. As their Umak, guide generations of Omins through a network of portals, from world to world, in search of the peaceful lands of Ominia.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Base Building 22%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 7.1%, Historical 4.5%

  58. #58 Goblin Colony
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Quench Forge
    Windows

    Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.2%, Base Building 25%, Survival 10.5%, Strategy 6.7%, Simulation 6.6%

  59. #59 Take Root
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Zhukovsky Games
    Windows

    Take Root is a COOPERATIVE colony simulator where plants and robots survive together in an urban post-apocalypse. Develop your settlement, build outposts, explore a procedurally generated city, and uncover the mystery behind the strange Event.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 45.5%, Base Building 22.7%, Survival 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Strategy 4.9%

  60. #60 The Göktürk: Caravan
    64% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: VATEC Games
    Windows

    A Silk Road caravan roguelite set in the seventh-century Göktürk khaganate. Weigh what you can carry against what it is worth, choose your road, and answer to whoever is standing on it. Buy off raiders and it works — until the road learns that you pay.

    Why similar: Base Building 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Historical 15.7%, Survival 12.6%, Roguelite 10.5%

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