- #1 Havendock
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,964 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.3%, Base Building 13%, Crafting 8.9%, Building 8.3%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #2 Oceaneers
96% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Survival 11.6%, Crafting 10.7%, Building 9.4%
- #3 Flotsam
95% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Survival 10.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sandbox 10.2%
- #4 Founders' Fortune
96% 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 36.8%, Base Building 15.1%, Building 7.7%, Survival 7.2%, Sandbox 6.4%
- #5 Settlement Survival
94% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 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: Colony Sim 28.9%, Building 11.1%, Survival 11%, Management 10%, Base Building 8.7%
- #6 Planetbase
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 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 37.8%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 6.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #7 AColony
93% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
Dev: ZeroTris
Windows
A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 12%, Crafting 10.5%, Building 10.1%
- #8 Astro Colony
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
Dev: Terad Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Base Building 21.9%, Resource Management 11.2%, Building 9.2%, Crafting 8.5%
- #9 Odd Realm
91% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 8.5%, Survival 8.4%
- #10 Buoyancy
92% 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 53.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 10%, Strategy 8.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #11 Aquatico
89% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Economy 10.4%, Building 9.7%, Management 9.1%
- #12 Colony Survival
89% 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 36.4%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 12.6%, Building 9.7%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #13 Maia
90% 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 38.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.7%, Management 9.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #14 Ocean Punk
88% matchVery Positive80% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 10.3%, Resource Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #15 New Cycle
87% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,884 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #16 Ecopunk
86% 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 33.4%, Management 10.3%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 9.4%, Base Building 9.3%
- #17 CLOUD DWELLERS
85% 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 34.6%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 11.9%, Management 11.4%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #18 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
86% 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 35.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 12.8%, Resource Management 9%, Crafting 8.5%
- #19 Republic of Pirates
84% matchMostly Positive71% of 545 reviews2024
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Establish and grow a pirate utopia during the Golden Age of Piracy. Create a resource-based economy, engage in real-time naval combat, and conduct diplomacy with rival powers. Explore the far reaches of the Caribbean in search of the ultimate fortune and glory.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Management 12.3%, Base Building 8.8%, Economy 7.8%
- #20 ALL WILL FALL
82% 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 29.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Sandbox 9%, Resource Management 7.9%, Management 6.8%
- #21 Settlements Rising
83% matchVery Positive81% of 436 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.7%, Building 8.5%, Management 8.1%
- #22 Corsair Cove
81% matchVery Positive85% of 3,566 reviews2026
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Base Building 15.2%, Economy 9.9%, Management 9.2%, Building 8.9%
- #23 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
84% matchMixed66% of 6,027 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49%, Resource Management 11.6%, Survival 9.9%, Building 8.2%, Strategy 6.3%
- #24 Land of the Vikings
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,266 reviews2023
Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 9.8%, Economy 8.5%, Building 8.2%
- #25 Space Haven
79% 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 27.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 10.3%, Management 9.4%, Building 9%
- #26 Space Architect
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 309 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 24.5%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 8.8%, Management 8.7%, Building 7.7%
- #27 My Colony
80% matchVery Positive90% of 280 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 75.2%, Simulation 11.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 2.5%
- #28 Captain of Industry
78% matchVery Positive90% of 11,659 reviews2022
Dev: MaFi Games
Windows
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 85.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
Why similar: Base Building 22.3%, Colony Sim 16.4%, Resource Management 15.7%, Economy 11.4%, Management 9.4%
- #29 Edge Islands
78% 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 30.9%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 11%, Sandbox 9%, Management 9%
- #30 One More Island
79% matchMixed67% of 268 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, Base Building 13.8%, Survival 10.7%, Economy 10.5%, Building 10.3%
- #31 Stranded: Alien Dawn
77% 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 23.7%, Base Building 22.9%, Survival 15.5%, Crafting 10.2%, Management 7.2%
- #32 Monastery: Ora et Labora
76% matchVery Positive95% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Dragonkin Studios
Windows
Lead your monks in prayer and labor to build a thriving medieval monastery. Manage resources, brew ale, craft manuscripts, and face trials like war and weather. Customize, expand, and guide your brotherhood to achieve spiritual and economic prosperity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Management 11.6%, Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #33 Stardeus
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,562 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #34 Ostriv
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,692 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 36.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Management 8.4%, Survival 8.3%, Building 8.2%
- #35 After the Collapse
76% 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 16.2%, Survival 10.6%, Management 9.5%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #36 Farthest Frontier
72% matchVery Positive86% of 25,602 reviews2025
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 27.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 12%, Economy 9.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #37 Colonize
75% matchMostly Negative41% of 212 reviews2026
Dev: Rembrosoft
Windows
Build and manage a peaceful 17th-century colony. Gather resources, create production chains, trade with the Old World, and survive without combat or warfare.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Agriculture 9.7% ★, Top-Down 7.5%
- #38 Space Drilling Station
72% matchVery Positive92% of 84 reviews2026
Dev: Ayota GamesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
In Space Drilling Station, manage a drilling station on a distant planet. Build a multi-level vertical structure to produce and manage your resources and staff, in order to dominate the competition!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 15%, Economy 9.3%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 9%
- #39 Diluvian Winds
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 391 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Resource Management 10%, Building 9.7%, Economy 9.5%
- #40 Oxygen Not Included
71% 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 35.1%, Base Building 19.3%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 7.3%
- #41 The Crust
70% 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 28.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, Sandbox 9.1%, Building 8.4%
- #42 Sapiens
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,200 reviews2022
Dev: Majic Jungle
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 16%, Survival 9.8%, Crafting 9.5%, Building 9.3%
- #43 Blacksmith Master
71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 23.7%, Base Building 14%, Economy 9.3%, Survival 8.9%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #44 Embark
74% 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 39.4%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 7.7%, Sandbox 7.1%, Building 7%
- #45 Deep Crafter
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 106 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Crafter StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Build a self-sustaining industrial empire in the deep sea of an ocean-covered alien world. Explore procedurally generated waters, automate resource production, and turn alien life into renewable industrial output through advanced bio-cultivation systems.
Why similar: Base Building 28.1%, Sandbox 18.3%, Building 15.3%, Survival 15.1%, Resource Management 14.2%
- #46 Vilset
74% 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 29.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 11.1%, Survival 10.9%, Crafting 10.1%
- #47 Seeds of Resilience
73% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 9.9%, Building 9.5%, Economy 9.3%
- #48 Clanfolk
70% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 13.2%, Building 13.1%, Agriculture 13% ★
- #49 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
69% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Survival 9.5%, Building 8.4%
- #50 Surviving the Aftermath
71% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 16.4%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 8.4%
- #51 Adaptory
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 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 34.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 8%
- #52 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
69% matchMixed68% of 439 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Base Building 13.9%, Strategy 10.4%, Time Management 7.9%, Economy 7%
- #53 Endzone 2
68% matchMixed67% of 1,085 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 10.6%, Sandbox 9.1%, Economy 9%
- #54 Catizens
67% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 10.4%, Survival 10.3%, Sandbox 9.9%
- #55 CryoFall
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 6,472 reviews2021
Dev: AtomicTorch StudioPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 13.2%, Crafting 9.4%, Survival 8.9%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #56 TFM: The First Men
69% 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 34.9%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 7.1%, Building 7.1%, Sandbox 7%
- #57 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
68% 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 30.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 11.8%, Sandbox 6.7%, Crafting 6.4%
- #58 Swarmdustry
65% matchVery Positive90% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Mitchy Studios
Windows
Build a living factory and automate the Swarm. Harvest resources, construct mega factories, and grow a colony of specialized biomechanical bugs. Balance growth, efficiency, and creep spread before hostile robots squish you for trying to consume their world.
Why similar: Base Building 20.9%, Survival 14.4%, Resource Management 11.5%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.2%
- #59 Primitive Society Simulator
66% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 9.2%, Building 9.1%, Crafting 9.1%