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  1. #1 Oxygen
    97% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 21.9%, City Builder 16.6%, Economy 10.9%, Sandbox 8.5%, Survival 8.4%

  2. #2 Cliff Empire
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 4,340 reviews2019
    Dev: Lion's Shade
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 17.7%, Economy 14.5%, Management 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%

  3. #3 Surviving the Aftermath
    96% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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 23.3%, City Builder 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Survival 10.1%, Simulation 6.8%

  4. #4 Endzone - A World Apart
    95% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Survival 11.7%, Building 5.9%

  5. #5 Sheltered 2
    94% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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 30.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Survival 12.6%, Management 8.7%, Building 8.1%

  6. #6 The Last Haven
    94% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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: Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, City Builder 17.4%, Survival 12.4%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Strategy 11.2%

  7. #7 Zombie Cure Lab
    92% matchMixed69% of 448 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 22.1%, City Builder 12.9%, Economy 11.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Building 8.7%

  8. #8 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 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 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival 10.9%, City Builder 8.5%, Sandbox 7.2%

  9. #9 Oxygen: First Breath
    91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.3%, City Builder 17.7%, Economy 12.2%, Survival 8.7%, Building 8.3%

  10. #10 New Cycle
    91% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 24%, City Builder 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Building 10.3%, Survival 9.4%

  11. #11 Patron
    90% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,136 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, City Builder 21.3%, Economy 11.5%, Survival 10.5%, Management 7.3%

  12. #12 Mr. Prepper
    89% matchVery Positive80% of 5,315 reviews2021
    Dev: Rejected GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

    Why similar: Survival 31.7%, Management 26.2%, Economy 26%, Simulation 16.1%

  13. #13 Power to the People
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 543 reviews2022
    Dev: Rhombico GamesPub: Crytivo
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Build and maintain a power grid for a constantly growing population, while fighting off all kinds of disasters in this thrilling resource management experience. It's time for you to give "Power to the People"! Do you have what it takes to keep the lights on?

    Why similar: Economy 25.6%, City Builder 24.8%, Management 18.1%, Building 16.1%, Simulation 7%

  14. #14 Endzone 2
    86% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 23%, City Builder 15.4%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Economy 11.6%, Sandbox 8.2%

  15. #15 Life in Bunker
    89% matchMixed60% of 333 reviews2016
    Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    You've been elected as the new Bunker Warden! Now you must take control over a group of fellow bunker residents and try to make them last until the surface becomes habitable.

    Why similar: Survival 22.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.8%, Sandbox 18.8%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 13.6%

  16. #16 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
    86% matchMixed69% of 434 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 43.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Economy 12.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.2%

  17. #17 Settlement Survival
    84% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 20.9%, Building 10.8%, Management 9.9%, Economy 9.1%

  18. #18 Post-Apo Builder
    85% matchMixed43% of 63 reviews2025
    Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, City Builder 19.5%, Building 16.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Management 11.1%

  19. #19 Ragnorium
    84% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
    Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows

    Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 18%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Survival 13.7%, Sandbox 10.1%

  20. #20 Rescue HQ - The Tycoon
    83% matchMostly Positive79% of 915 reviews2019
    Dev: stillalive studiosPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Build up your headquarters from scratch and design your own masterpiece. In Rescue HQ you build, organize and manage a joint station for firefighters, police and ambulance. Manage your resources wisely and master challenging emergencies to keep your city safe! Are you up to the challenge?

    Why similar: City Builder 21%, Management 18.8%, Building 15.9%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 10.4%

  21. #21 Ascent of Ashes
    81% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 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 25.8%, City Builder 16%, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Management 10.3%, Building 9.8%

  22. #22 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 2,019 reviews2015
    Dev: Northway Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Survival 8.1%

  23. #23 Sheltered
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 6,212 reviews2016
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.9%, Survival 29.1%, Management 14.5%, Building 10.4%, Strategy 6.5%

  24. #24 Aquatico
    81% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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 24.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Economy 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Building 8.5%

  25. #25 One Military Camp
    80% matchMostly Positive77% of 712 reviews2023
    Dev: Abylight BarcelonaPub: Abylight Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!

    Why similar: City Builder 19.3%, Economy 17.4%, Strategy RPG 14%, Management 12.4%, Building 11%

  26. #26 Infection Free Zone
    77% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20%, Management 10.3%, Survival 8.2%

  27. #27 Dawn of Man
    78% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, City Builder 31.2%, Survival 10.5%, Economy 6.1%, Sandbox 5.4%

  28. #28 After the Collapse
    79% 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 29.4%, City Builder 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Management 11.1%, Survival 10%

  29. #29 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
    75% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
    Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, City Builder 18%, Economy 14.8%, Management 10%, Building 9.6%

  30. #30 Sphere - Flying Cities
    79% matchMixed50% of 237 reviews2022
    Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, City Builder 22.8%, Survival 12.3%, Building 11.2%, Sci-fi 6.2%

  31. #31 Imagine Earth
    77% matchVery Positive82% of 952 reviews2021
    Dev: Serious Bros.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build your own global colonies on distant worlds. Manage energy and resource supplies and produce goods for space trade. Form economic and diplomatic alliances or take over competing corporations. Conduct research to protect your colonists from disasters and avoid a climate crisis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, City Builder 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Economy 14.9%, Management 9.7%

  32. #32 Fallout Shelter
    76% matchVery Positive88% of 80,218 reviews2017
    Dev: Bethesda Game StudiosPub: Bethesda Softworks
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 28.6%, Survival 21.7%, Management 15.9%, Building 12%, Simulation 7.3%

  33. #33 Garbage
    78% matchMixed66% of 1,171 reviews2021
    Dev: HomebasedPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Experience the struggle which a homeless man goes through in a humorous manner. Primitive elements of contemporary life that we take for granted, such as staying warm, well-nourished, and hygienic, will become an issue.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Management 22.1%, Survival 18.1%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 8.2%

  34. #34 Space Station Tycoon
    76% matchMixed61% of 215 reviews2023
    Dev: Lunheim Studios
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Create a thriving space station in a lost sector. Face thrilling challenges head-on, from pirate raids to asteroid impacts, as you lead your company to new heights.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, City Builder 19.3%, Economy 16.2%, Management 13.3%, Building 10.7%

  35. #35 Surviving the Abyss
    73% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
    Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 16.8%, Economy 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Management 9.4%

  36. #36 Planetbase
    74% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 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 37.5%, City Builder 25%, Survival 10.4%, Management 5.9%, Building 5.9%

  37. #37 After Long Night
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
    Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
    Windows

    After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.5%, City Builder 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Building 9.2%, Sandbox 9.2%

  38. #38 Project AURA
    75% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.6%, Economy 16.5%, Management 13.9%, Building 10.7%, Simulation 9.2%

  39. #39 Colony Simulator
    73% matchMixed67% of 424 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie Marc
    Windows

    Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, City Builder 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 16.5%, Simulation 13%, 3D 3.7%

  40. #40 Edge Islands
    71% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
    Dev: LS Games
    Windows

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

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 12.1%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.9%, Sandbox 9.4%

  41. #41 Survival Vacancy
    74% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 12.1%, Building 11.9%, Management 11.3%, Sandbox 10.3%

  42. #42 Founders' Fortune
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38%, City Builder 17.5%, Building 9%, Sandbox 7.2%, Economy 6.9%

  43. #43 Farlanders
    70% matchVery Positive92% of 569 reviews2023
    Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 62%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 19.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Building 10.5%, Management 10.4%

  44. #44 Reactor Tech²
    72% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2021
    Dev: 4Co
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Become the main power engineer of the world - the builder of the most powerful power plant that feeds the whole world! You have to build your own power plant, research new technologies and make the most successful power company in 100 gaming years.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Economy 22.7%, Management 14.5%, Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.6%

  45. #45 STARIO: Haven Tower
    67% matchVery Positive94% of 337 reviews2025
    Dev: Stargate Games
    Windows

    A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, City Builder 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Economy 13.1%, Building 9%

  46. #46 Project Of Cooling The Earth
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2024
    Dev: 人鱼工作室
    Windows

    Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 30%, War 18.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Building 14%, Survival 13.8%

  47. #47 Seeds of Resilience
    72% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
    Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 24.8%, City Builder 17.5%, Economy 13.9%, Building 10.1%, Management 9.4%

  48. #48 Academia : School Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive86% of 3,008 reviews2021
    Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, City Builder 17.4%, Economy 15%, Management 11.9%, Building 9.8%

  49. #49 Floodland
    71% matchMixed56% of 1,062 reviews2022
    Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, City Builder 22.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Survival 12.9%, Strategy 7.3%

  50. #50 Against the Storm
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
    Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 16.5%, Economy 14.3%, Management 10.1%, Building 9.7%

  51. #51 Before We Leave
    69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,697 reviews2021
    Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.

    Why similar: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 18.2%, Economy 17%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Building 9.8%

  52. #52 Space Haven
    68% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 24.5%, City Builder 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Management 9.9%, Building 9.3%

  53. #53 The Wandering Village
    64% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Management 12.9%, Sandbox 7.9%

  54. #54 Dwarf Fortress
    65% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 18.3%, Management 11.4%, Building 11%, Sandbox 10.5%

  55. #55 Frostpunk
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, City Builder 24%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Survival 12%, Building 7.1%

  56. #56 Stonehearth
    69% matchMostly Positive75% of 12,970 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, City Builder 23.7%, Building 11.2%, Sandbox 10.3%, Survival 8.7%

  57. #57 Ecopunk
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 114 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 36.1%, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Management 13.2%, Sandbox 12.7%, Survival 9.5%

  58. #58 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
    67% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
    Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%

    You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

    Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.7%, Survival 24.1%, Simulation 14.4%, Story Rich 11.5%, 3D 4.3%

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