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Games Like SAND CRUISER

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

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Build, crew and command a colossal landcruiser across a dying desert world. By day you scavenge and produce; by night you defend against a swarm from the deep, roused by your own heat and vibration. Stop moving, and you become prey.

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: To be announced
Developer: 3 Duckz
Genres: Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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  1. #1 TFM: The First Men
    97% 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 34.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 7.7%, Survival 7%, Management 5.6%

  2. #2 Wasteland Train: Conductor
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jinye
    Windows

    Wasteland Train is a 2D train management strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic rail network. Command an expanding mobile base, trade between isolated cities, recover crystal cores, develop technology, and survive raids, broken tracks, acid rain, and toxic fog.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, Vehicular Combat 16%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%, Base Building 9.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%

  3. #3 Never Secure
    95% 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 29.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 13.2%, Resource Management 10.5%, Inventory Management 8%

  4. #4 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    96% 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 30.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 5.6%

  5. #5 Oxygen Not Included
    94% 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 38.2%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 13%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 5.2%

  6. #6 Sheltered 2
    94% 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 29.1%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 14.7%, Survival 13.1%, Resource Management 12.3%

  7. #7 Oxygen
    93% matchMostly Positive71% of 915 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.3 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 24%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 10%, Resource Management 9.1%, Post-apocalyptic 6.6%

  8. #8 Galaxy Scavengers
    91% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Team Asterisk
    Windows

    Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge planets in a base-building resource management sim. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to survive in a hostile galaxy. Launch your base to the next zone before planetary threats overwhelm you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 12.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sandbox 8.5%

  9. #9 Irondrive
    91% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Alessandro Le Mura
    Windows

    Your base is on the move. Your crew is at the breaking point. Manage priorities, automate repairs, and keep everyone alive as your fortress crosses a hostile wasteland. Survive the attacks. Adapt to the chaos. Keep moving.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, Vehicular Combat 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Base Building 8.9%, Survival 8.8%

  10. #10 Embark
    92% 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 42.9%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 8.5%, Sandbox 6%, Crafting 5.9%

  11. #11 Lead the Living
    90% 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 28.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Resource Management 6.7%

  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 31%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 11.3%, Management 8.2%, Crafting 6.6%

  13. #13 Breadoria
    88% 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 35.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 11.8%, Crafting 9.1%, Management 8%

  14. #14 Ecopunk
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 136 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 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Survival 9.8%, Base Building 9.2%, Management 9%

  15. #15 SeaColony
    86% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

    SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 11.5%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 7.9%

  16. #16 Goblin Colony
    86% 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 35.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Survival 8.6%, Management 8.5%

  17. #17 Night Frontier
    85% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Rotwired Studios
    Windows

    Night Frontier is a survival-management game about building a camp, preparing squads, and sending them into a dangerous and cursed wasteland. Gather resources, craft equipment, manage injuries and disease, and decide how much risk your people can survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 19.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Survival 10.3%, Resource Management 10%

  18. #18 Worlds Explorers
    84% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Pioneers Games
    Windows · Linux

    Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 8.9%, Sandbox 7.3%

  19. #19 Settletopia
    83% 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 29.8%, Base Building 16.1%, Survival 8.5%, Management 7.7%, Sandbox 7.3%

  20. #20 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 215 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 29.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Survival 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Management 7.9%

  21. #21 The Blighted Frontier
    82% 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 36.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 8.4%, Management 7.9%, Resource Management 6.9%

  22. #22 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    82% matchVery Positive83% of 11,546 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 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 23.1%, Base Building 21.3%, Survival 15.2%, Crafting 8.1%, Resource Management 6%

  23. #23 SuperColony
    81% 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 33.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 8%, Management 6.9%

  24. #24 Cog Foo
    80% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Anforus Games
    Windows

    A battle-laden automation game where you have to manufacture everything from battle units down to every bullet! Engage in battles to gather survivors. Manage and feed your people. Mine, farm and Optimize production lines. Can you lead your people to victory?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23%, Vehicular Combat 19.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 7.4%

  25. #25 Novo: The Colony
    81% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Broken Future Games
    Windows

    Rebuild a shattered colony, send your survivors on missions to explore and find key resources, and discover the truth about what happened to your son. A story-driven post-apocalyptic strategy sim where every choice comes with a cost.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Resource Management 8.4%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, Choices Matter 7%

  26. #26 StoneEra
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Arrock Games
    Windows · Mac

    Build, manage, and expand a medieval voxel colony in a procedurally generated world. Gather resources, assign AI-controlled villagers, reshape the terrain, survive changing seasons, and grow your settlement block by block.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 9.9%, Resource Management 7.6%, Inventory Management 6.6%

  27. #27 Oxygen: First Breath
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,666 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 26.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Management 6.7%

  28. #28 Forsaken: Year One
    78% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Kymera Games
    Windows

    Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 11.1%, Management 8.9%

  29. #29 Dust Dwellers
    77% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Crimson Stone Games
    Windows

    Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, Vehicular Combat 22%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10.2%

  30. #30 From Nothing
    77% 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 32%, Base Building 15%, Survival 12.2%, Crafting 9.6%, Sandbox 9.3%

  31. #31 Space Haven
    74% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 10%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Resource Management 8.1%

  32. #32 Underground Nomads
    76% 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 37.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 12.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 5.4%

  33. #33 Lil Guys
    76% 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 34%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 12.6%, Resource Management 9.2%, Management 8.4%

  34. #34 Nederfall
    75% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 1Time Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Netherlands has fallen. Lead your survivors on scavenging trips through the ruins, find resources, recruit more survivors, and come home to a camp to take care for. Survivors cook, craft, and train on their own. Every item you bring back makes your camp grow stronger.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, Survival 10.2%

  35. #35 Tree House Colony
    75% 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 31.9%, Base Building 16.2%, Survival 12.1%, Resource Management 11.6%, Crafting 8.9%

  36. #36 Maia
    79% 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 42.3%, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 8.9%, Simulation 5.9%

  37. #37 Dark Moon
    74% matchMixed47% of 162 reviews2025
    Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
    Windows

    Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.4%

  38. #38 CLOUD DWELLERS
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 92 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 36.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Management 10%, Inventory Management 9.9%, Resource Management 8.8%

  39. #39 Gnome Glen
    73% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
    Windows

    Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 9.9%, Inventory Management 8.8%, Survival 8.7%

  40. #40 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: afterglow games
    Windows

    Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Base Building 13%, Survival 11.3%, Simulation 8.9%

  41. #41 Survival Bunker
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Df Games Studio
    Windows

    Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Survival 14%, Base Building 8.2%, Strategy 6.1%

  42. #42 ASV Trident
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: GaminsLab
    Windows

    You are the acting captain of the last war vessel of humanity. Now the ship is your home and refuge. "real-time roguelike spaceship sim"

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Survival 8.6%, Management 7.6%

  43. #43 Fosoria
    71% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Decoy Duck
    Windows

    Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.7%, Base Building 20%, Management 9.7%, Resource Management 8.8%, Exploration 5.8%

  44. #44 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 32.1%, Base Building 17%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Management 8.2%

  45. #45 The Undercity: Last Light
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ufuk HalisPub: Evuk Games
    Windows · Mac

    Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 11.3%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%

  46. #46 Dwarf Things
    69% 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 38.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Survival 11%, Crafting 7.2%, Simulation 6.9%

  47. #47 The Crust
    67% matchMostly Positive76% of 4,355 reviews2026
    Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, Survival 7.3%

  48. #48 The Last Haven
    71% matchMixed61% of 1,537 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Base Building 23.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 11.4%, Colony Sim 10%, Strategy 8%

  49. #49 Red Dust Colony
    69% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
    Windows · Mac

    The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 12.4%, Resource Management 11%, Management 6.6%

  50. #50 ALL WILL FALL
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,442 reviews2026
    Dev: All Parts ConnectedPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Resource Management 7.7%, Sandbox 6.9%

  51. #51 Founders' Fortune
    71% 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 44.3%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 8.8%, Sandbox 6%, Resource Management 5.8%

  52. #52 Dig In
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Vitar Games
    Windows

    A WW1 trench warfare colony sim where you build an evolving trench network with layered defenses, manage soldiers under pressure while holding a fragile sector of the front in real-time tactical battles.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.6%

  53. #53 Idyll
    67% 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 42.4%, Base Building 21.7%, Survival 14.9%, Management 6.6%, Simulation 5.2%

  54. #54 Malignus
    66% 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 38.7%, Base Building 16.9%, Simulation 7.4%, Sandbox 6.9%, Management 6.3%

  55. #55 Zenith Expanse
    66% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 11.9%, Management 8.7%, Sandbox 6.8%

  56. #56 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    70% 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 40.6%, Base Building 15.8%, Survival 14.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Crafting 7.9%

  57. #57 Nuclear Crawler
    66% 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 37%, Base Building 23.3%, Management 9.8%, Resource Management 9.2%, Open World 5.7%

  58. #58 Last Civilization: Inherited Flame
    65% 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 42.4%, Survival 14.8%, Base Building 11%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, Crafting 6.8%

  59. #59 Order: The New Dawn
    65% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outer Space Workshop
    Windows

    Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32%, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 10.9%, Survival 9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%

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