- #1 First Feudal
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 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 25.2%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 10%, Crafting 8.9%, Management 7.9%
- #2 Frontier Roots
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Time Management 12.1%, Resource Management 10.3%, Crafting 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%
- #3 Farmman
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.9%, Sandbox 9.7%, Management 8.8%
- #4 Oxygen: First Breath
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,653 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 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 23.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Management 7.8%, Survival 7.7%
- #5 Terra-7
94% 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 26.1%, Base Building 12.1%, Management 11.7%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 11.5%
- #6 Galaxy Scavengers
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9%, Base Building 18.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Sandbox 10.8%, Survival 9.4%
- #7 Embark
94% matchMixed61% of 387 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 40.7%, Base Building 16.4%, Sandbox 7.7%, Crafting 7.2%, Survival 6.3%
- #8 Oxygen Not Included
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,274 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.9 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 36.6%, Base Building 19.4%, Resource Management 11.1%, Survival 9.8%, Management 6.8%
- #9 Founders' Fortune
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 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 38.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Sandbox 7%, Management 6.2%, Survival 5.8%
- #10 Oxygen
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 877 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 23.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.6%, Crafting 7.9%
- #11 Common'hood
90% matchMixed52% of 339 reviews2022
Dev: Plethora Project
Windows
Common’hood is a community building and economy management game with highly customizable base building tools. Scavenge for materials, grow your own food, research new technology, craft new tools, build a home, make friends. Form your community and take it from surviving to thriving!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Crafting 11%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #12 Lil Guys
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Base Building 16.3%, Management 10.1%, Resource Management 9.2%, Survival 8.8%
- #13 Ecopunk
89% matchVery Positive85% of 126 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 32.8%, Management 11.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 9%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #14 Tree House Colony
88% 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 28.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 11.8%, Crafting 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #15 Wanderers' Outpost
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wind Arthouse
Windows · Linux
A Colony-Sim in a dungeonpunk-fantasy world where you build outpost near ancient ruins, support adventurers, and tax their loot. Expand your outpost, survive waves of dungeon-born monsters, and ultimately conquer the depths before they consume the outpost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Management 10.8%, Crafting 9.8%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #16 Settletopia
86% 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 28.1%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.3%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #17 Maia
87% matchMixed44% of 1,064 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 39.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Management 11.1%, Survival 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%
- #18 The Blighted Frontier
84% 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 34.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Management 10%, Simulation 7.7%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #19 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
85% matchVery Positive81% of 2,250 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Base Building 16.3%, Survival 9.6%, Sandbox 7.3%, Crafting 7%
- #20 TFM: The First Men
84% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Base Building 19.3%, Management 7.9%, Sandbox 7.6%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #21 Dwarf Things
83% 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 34.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Crafting 8.2%, Sandbox 7.9%
- #22 Cosmic Castaway
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinciware
Windows
Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Time Management 11.6%, Crafting 9.9%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #23 Resort Galactica
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 10%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #24 Zombie Cure Lab
81% matchMixed69% of 453 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 9.1%, Time Management 9%, Management 8.5%
- #25 Gateworlds
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Survival 8.7%, Management 8.3%
- #26 Odd Realm
80% matchVery Positive85% of 996 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 9.8%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #27 SuperColony
79% 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 32.4%, Base Building 16.8%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 8.9%, Survival 8.9%
- #28 Starship Colony
79% 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 29.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 10%, Resource Management 8.7%, Survival 8.4%
- #29 Space Architect
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 288 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 25%, Base Building 13.8%, Management 10%, Resource Management 8.2%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #30 After the Collapse
78% 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 28.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Management 10.4%, Sandbox 8.8%, Survival 8.2%
- #31 Prison Architect
78% matchVery Positive89% of 73,330 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.3 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 26.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Management 10.9%, Sandbox 10.5%, Resource Management 7%
- #32 Shipwrecked: Lost Colony
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Fuel Games
Windows
Shipwrecked: Lost Colony is an 18th Century city-survival builder set on a tropical isle lost to time. Lead a group of marooned survivors and forge a new beginning in an uncharted land, where dinosaurs are the biggest threat and your strongest allies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Crafting 9.4%, Base Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #33 Red Dust Colony
76% matchNo user reviews
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 36.1%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 9%, Management 8.4%
- #34 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
77% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 9.3%
- #35 Artificer's Tower
75% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: RodentGames
Windows · Linux
Are you a master of the magical arts? Prove it in this cozy colony-sim wizard tower defense game. Curl up and build your base, keep your mages happy, craft recipes, research new magic spells, and defend your wizard's keep. Will your Artificer's Tower be the envy of all your magical friends?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 10%, Management 8%, Crafting 7.3%
- #36 Greenfeet Haven
74% 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 28.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Sandbox 9.3%, Management 8.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #37 Grim Realms
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Crafting 12.2%, Management 9.1%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #38 Make Your Kingdom
74% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 13.1%, Management 11.5%, Economy 8.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #39 Tokeis
73% 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: Colony Sim 21.3%, Management 11.4%, Economy 11%, Base Building 10.5%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #40 Orc Colony
75% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 10.1%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #41 Never Secure
72% 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 32.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 12.9%, Survival 11.2%, Crafting 8.3%
- #42 Country Architect
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: purple_mimosaPub: Tribesylvania Studios
Windows · Linux
Can you build an entire country? An infrastructure and economy management sim. Lead a nation to prosperity by strategically placing towns and factories. Choose between bidding teams to build connections, while paying attention to citizen feedback on Social Bird to avoid civil unrest.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Sandbox 10.4%, Base Building 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Management 7.2%
- #43 My Drug Cartel
71% matchMixed51% of 49 reviews2025
Dev: Gigicom
Windows
A drug plantation management game with basebuilding, strategy and combat elements. Expand your plantation, hire workers, and plan new smuggling routes. But be ready to face a heavy response by law enforcement by hiring guards, buying weapons and building defences.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Management 10.5%, Resource Management 10.1%, Economy 9.5%, Base Building 9.2%
- #44 Blueprint Tycoon
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Management 18.3%, Resource Management 11.1%, Economy 8.3%, Simulation 8%
- #45 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 36.5%, Base Building 18%, Management 11.6%, Crafting 7.1%, Simulation 7%
- #46 Our Freedom: Prologue
71% 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: Colony Sim 27.5%, Base Building 17.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 9.8%, Management 9.1%
- #47 Ale Abbey - Monastery Brewery Tycoon
68% matchVery Positive90% of 1,300 reviews2025
Dev: Hammer & RavensPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build and expand your monastery, craft recipes and brew holy ales in this unique brewery tycoon. No pre-made recipes in Ale Abbey, oh no. It's a canvas for true beer alchemists. It's as simple as: brew, sip, repeat. Welcome to Ale Abbey!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.7%, Base Building 14%, Management 11.7%, Crafting 9.7%, Economy 9%
- #48 Avian Colony
70% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Crystal Studio
Windows
Avian Colony is a survival simulation game that places you in the role of the ruler of a floating colony in a harsh sky world. Your main goal is to ensure the survival and prosperity of your colony by managing resources, planning strategically, and defending against threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, Base Building 16.8%, Management 11.9%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 9.2%
- #49 Cartel Tycoon
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,750 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.9%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 9.3%, Agriculture 8.2% ★
- #50 Timberflow: Sawmill Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HatchStudio
Windows
From a single tree to an entire industry! Manage and automate your lumber business in this relaxing, yet challenging Sawmill Simulator. Start small, grow rich, dominate the market.
Why similar: Time Management 14.3%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 12.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Economy 10%
- #51 Ratopia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,693 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 8.7%, Survival 8.3%
- #52 Kingdom Workshop
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Resource Management 9.9%, Economy 9.7%
- #53 Vilset
70% 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 31.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Crafting 11.3%, Survival 9.2%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #54 AquaCo
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dewil Games
Windows
Take charge as a fishing company manager in a realistic simulator. Plan your catches, trade on a dynamic market, and face ecological challenges. Brave storms, track fish migration and regulations while building your fishing empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Fishing 11.7% ★, Management 11.1%, Economy 10.1%
- #55 Edge Islands
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 97 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 32.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 10.7%, Sandbox 10.1%, Strategy 8.1%
- #56 Crowded Blue Dot
69% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 17%, Resource Management 13.6%, Management 12.3%, Simulation 6.4%
- #57 Havendock
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,891 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 21.5%, Base Building 11.5%, Time Management 10.6%, Agriculture 9.1% ★, Resource Management 8.6%
- #58 CLOUD DWELLERS
64% matchVery Positive91% of 68 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 35.3%, Base Building 17%, Management 13.1%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 6.5%