- #1 Property Pro
97% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SimDevs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your tower is falling apart and your staff came from the classified ads. Build the rooms, take in the guests, then hire the people to keep it standing. Send the plumber to the burst pipe, not the front desk. Put the wrong worker on the wrong job and you'll watch your guests walk out.
Why similar: City Builder 15.4%, Colony Sim 15.1%, Economy 9.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Time Management 9.3%
- #2 Farlanders: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive93% of 289 reviews2021
Dev: Andrii Bychkovskyi
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Prepare for your journey to Mars by building and managing a colony within the safety of Earth’s atmosphere. Hone your abilities to create a thriving community, terraform the land to suit your needs, and prove your capability for a larger mission. Get ready to launch in this prologue to Farlanders.
Why similar: Mars 23% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 12.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 7.2%
- #3 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
95% matchMixed70% of 834 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Stellar Settlers is a chill space base/city builder and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, settle on 10 hostile alien planets and build your own thriving colony. Get enough materials to build a physics-based Spaceship and try to escape from disasters.
Why similar: Mars 19.3% ★, Colony Sim 18%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #4 Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: After The Singularity Games
Windows · Mac
Build. Defend. Survive. Expand. A sci-fi base-building game on a hostile alien world. Gather resources, build a sprawling high-tech colony, and defend against relentless alien threats—then unlock new planets, new challenges, and the secrets of humanity’s last frontier.
Why similar: Mars 23.9% ★, Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 9.1%, Economy 7.6%
- #5 Isla Paradiso
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 21.5%, Economy 10.8%, Building 10%, Base Building 8.3%
- #6 Citizens: On Mars
93% matchMostly Negative33% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Mars 20.8% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, City Builder 15.5%, Economy 9.4%, Base Building 9%
- #7 IXION
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,853 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Space 9.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #8 Oxygen: First Breath
91% 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 20%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Economy 8.9%
- #9 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
90% matchMixed56% of 2,513 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 33.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The award-winning sci-fi city builder is back - remastered, expanded and even more stunning. Colonize Mars and survive the process, from exploration and infrastructure to welcoming colonists and achieving long-term stability. Are you ready? Mars is waiting.
Why similar: Mars 22.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 15.2%, Economy 7.8%, Building 6.5%
- #10 Seeds of Resilience
91% 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 20.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Economy 9.4%, Building 9.3%
- #11 CENTAVO
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Trocado Studio
Windows
A city sim where money never comes from nowhere. You lay the streets and zone the lots; residents build with their own money, open businesses, hire and leave if work or food runs out. Click any payment and see whose pocket it came from. Grow a camp into a metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 20.5%, Capitalism 13.6%, Economy 11.9%, Management 8.6%
- #12 RAT CITY: Ratocracy
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: wootusart Industries
Windows
Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 9.4%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #13 Frontier Roots
88% 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 22%, City Builder 16%, Time Management 14.1%, Economy 10%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #14 Outpost Surge
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Thrive Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Outpost Surge is a society survival game on Mars, where players balance resource management, city growth, and settler health to turn a barren landscape into a thriving, vibrant city.
Why similar: Mars 28.3% ★, City Builder 15.1%, Colony Sim 12.5%, Base Building 10.6%, Survival 6.4%
- #15 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 28.4%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Management 9.6%
- #16 Offshore Prophets
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dofu Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Carve out a home on a perilous island in this roguelite city builder. Build production chains, discover powerful synergies, and endure catastrophic disasters as each attempt reveals new strategies to survive against the odds.
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Colony Sim 18.4%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.4%, Roguelite 9.4%
- #17 Quriocity
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 38 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 19.5%, Mars 13.6% ★, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #18 Planetbase
85% 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 28.1%, City Builder 22.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Space 8.4%, Survival 7%
- #19 Settlement Survival
83% 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: City Builder 24%, Colony Sim 23.8%, Building 11.5%, Management 9.8%, Survival 7.6%
- #20 Founders' Fortune
84% 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 32.8%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 8.6%, Management 5.7%
- #21 Mars Rapid Transit
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Train tycoon game set on Mars. Engineer a fast and efficient train network, build a thriving business and grow a dynamic economy.
Why similar: Mars 22.6% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Colony Sim 14%, Capitalism 9.1%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #22 Prison Architect
82% matchVery Positive85% of 76,934 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 21.4%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 10.7%, Management 9.3%
- #23 Farlanders
81% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2023
Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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: Mars 23.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 9.5%, Resource Management 8%
- #24 By Royal Charter
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Dovren Games
Windows
Build a colony one card at a time in an approachable turn-based strategy game. Buy facility cards, place them on a board-like map, connect production chains, and fulfil royal commissions as you rise through the ranks of the Colonial Office.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 17.8%, Resource Management 11.2%, Economy 8.5%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #25 Lil Guys
79% 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 26.2%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Management 9.3%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #26 Dungeon Overseer
80% matchMixed55% of 51 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Economy 11.4%, Building 9%
- #27 Venusville
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 8.4%, Space 7.8%
- #28 Red Dust Colony
78% 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 29%, Mars 19.6% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Survival 7.7%
- #29 Arcane Shores
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8%, City Builder 23.6%, Economy 10.9%, Building 9.8%, Survival 7.8%
- #30 MARSTEAD
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JJJI STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Build a living colony on Mars. Manage oxygen, power and food, care for your colonists, trade with five alien species, and uncover buried ruins with scanners and mining rovers. Defend your settlement and research a future beyond survival.
Why similar: Mars 28.1% ★, Colony Sim 23.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Resource Management 9.4%, Survival 7.1%
- #31 Mars Attracts
74% matchVery Positive89% of 301 reviews2026
Dev: Outlier
Windows
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
Why similar: City Builder 15.4%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Time Management 11.7%, Capitalism 10.2%, Base Building 9.4%
- #32 Virum:Colony
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeuroOre
Windows
A colony-building strategy about settling a hostile alien world. After a failed mission, your crew crash-lands on Erythra, cut off from Earth. Build a base from scratch, connect power and oxygen systems, manage colonists, and turn survival into a thriving colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 14%, Economy 9.6%, Resource Management 8.5%
- #33 That's My Village!
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mateusz Binięda
Windows · Linux
A roguelite village builder. Assign every job, keep morale from collapsing, and hold the line when fire, plague and monster waves arrive. Win or lose, your Legacy carries into the next run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Economy 9%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #34 T-Minus 30
76% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Colony Sim 22.6%, Time Management 13.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 9.2%
- #35 The Blighted Frontier
74% 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 29%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 9%, Resource Management 6.7%
- #36 Farmman
73% 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 24%, City Builder 20.4%, Economy 10.9%, Building 10.5%, Base Building 9.7%
- #37 Crowded Blue Dot
75% matchMixed59% of 53 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: City Builder 22.8%, Colony Sim 15.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.4%
- #38 Pixel Colony
73% matchPositive93% of 46 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, City Builder 23.5%, Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9.9%, Survival 6.9%
- #39 Casino Resort Tower
73% matchVery Positive94% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Cyperk Software
Windows · Mac
Build a towering casino resort and watch it come alive. Crowds flow, elevators jam, and tiny decisions create big stories as your tower grows upward, floor by floor. Build it. Break it. Fix it.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.1%, Capitalism 12.7%, Time Management 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 10.3%
- #40 Generations: Utopia
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tom Yum Games
Windows
A secret Soviet research institute is conducting an experiment to create a utopian city. Develop your city, resolve generational conflicts, and overcome the challenges prepared by the institute.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 9.1%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #41 Resort Galactica
72% 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 22.2%, City Builder 16%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 11%, Management 8.9%
- #42 United Penguin Kingdom
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 453 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Economy 12.1%, Management 11%, Resource Management 10.9%
- #43 Paystreak
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Northwright Games
Windows
Paystreak is a top-down gold mining tycoon about running your own modern day gold rush. Take over a small claim, start by hand, and reinvest every ounce into machines, crews, and new land. Sell when the price is right and turn a struggling camp into a mining empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, Time Management 16.3%, Capitalism 14.6%, Management 11.7%, Economy 10.9%
- #44 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
71% matchVery Positive89% of 639 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Colony Sim 19.5%, Resource Management 11.2%, Management 10.1%, Economy 9.7%
- #45 Nigredo
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pingado Interactive
Windows
Expand your base by building new rooms, recruiting workers, and assigning them to key workstations. Can your society overcome the forces of Nigredo? Time is of the essence.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 17.6%, Time Management 16.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Management 8.5%
- #46 Exostation
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Openhood SARL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Exostation is a sci-fi real-time strategy game. Reach sustainable planet economies by building, allocating, mining, and selling wisely. Allow humanity to spread and conquer new solar systems not by war but by ensuring its planet's resources are not exhausted.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.2%, City Builder 17.4%, Time Management 13%, Base Building 12.7%, Economy 8.2%
- #47 Settlements Rising
69% 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 24.3%, City Builder 21.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Base Building 9.3%, Building 8.6%
- #48 Feluna Base
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LiberaByte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tiny base builder roguelite where the only enemy is time. Provide food and shelter for your growing outpost. Produce advanced resources for your home station. Discover the mysteries of Feluna with every new run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 17.2%, Time Management 16.5%, Base Building 14.7%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #49 One More Island
70% 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 23.3%, City Builder 19.3%, Economy 10.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 10.2%
- #50 Hotel Management Simulator
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ice Drop Coding
Windows
Build, renovate and manage your hotel to keep your guests happy. Increase your star rating, but be careful - unhappy guests leave bad reviews and you don't want to lose your hotel!
Why similar: Time Management 18.3%, Base Building 14.1%, City Builder 13.5%, Building 12.4%, Economy 11.6%
- #51 Wood You Settle?!
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Furegus
Windows · Linux
Would You Settle?! is a short settlement-building strategy game that tasks you with growing a tribal settlement on an abandoned fantasy island. Expand your settlement, uncover the island's secrets and trade with locals fast enough to satisfy the Forest King.
Why similar: City Builder 22.5%, Economy 12.5%, Resource Management 11.8%, Building 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%
- #52 Dissent on Mars
68% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Michael HicksPub: MichaelArts
Windows
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Why similar: Mars 18.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.5%, City Builder 14.1%, Economy 10.9%, Building 7.5%
- #53 Terra-7
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A Business Colony Sim where you build your company on a hostile alien world. Keep your employees happy. Bring results—and profits—to investors. All at the same time!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 22.3%, Economy 12%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 10.8%
- #54 Ratopia
66% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 23.3%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 11.2%, Management 8.8%
- #55 Radia Island
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Radia Studio
Windows
Radia Island is a civilization-building survival game. Lead your people to a new land, establish your first town, gather resources, research technologies, advance into the industrial age, and ultimately complete the space program.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Economy 8.3%
- #56 Patron
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 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 26.2%, City Builder 22.5%, Survival 8.4%, Economy 8.2%, Base Building 8.2%
- #57 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
67% matchVery Positive87% of 207 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 12%, Building 11.5%, Survival 7.6%
- #58 The First Settlement VR
67% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Christian Wendt
Windows
Build and manage a growing medieval town in The First Settlement VR. Place over 50 buildings, manage citizens and merchants, run production chains and trade with neighbouring towns. All in an evolving sandbox city builder experienced entirely in VR.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 17.4%, Time Management 15.6%, Base Building 10%, Economy 9.7%