- #1 Farlanders: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive93% of 288 reviews2021
Dev: Andriy 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 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.7%, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 9.5%, Building 7.1%
- #2 Stellar Settlers: Space Base Builder
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 823 reviews2025
Dev: Tinymice EntertainmentPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 18.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.1%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #3 Isla Paradiso
95% 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 23.1%, City Builder 20.9%, Economy 11.3%, Building 9.8%, Management 8.4%
- #4 Citizens: On Mars
94% 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 20.2% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, City Builder 15.2%, Economy 10%, Base Building 9%
- #5 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 23.2% ★, Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Economy 8.1%
- #6 Farlanders
93% matchVery Positive91% of 576 reviews2023
Dev: Andriy BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 21.6% ★, Colony Sim 17%, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 9.4%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #7 IXION
92% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,230 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 30.9 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%, Colony Sim 19.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Space 9.6%, Base Building 9.6%
- #8 Oxygen: First Breath
91% matchVery Positive89% of 1,654 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.8 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 19.9%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Resource Management 9.8%, Economy 9.4%
- #9 Surviving Mars: Relaunched
90% matchMixed53% of 1,989 reviews2025
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 18.8%, City Builder 14.9%, Economy 8.2%, Base Building 6.4%
- #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 20.7%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 10.4%, Economy 9.9%, Building 9.2%
- #11 Frontier Roots
89% 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 21.7%, City Builder 15.5%, Time Management 14.1%, Economy 10.5%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #12 Mars Attracts
88% matchVery Positive91% of 250 reviews2025
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: Colony Sim 16%, City Builder 14.2%, Time Management 11.6%, Capitalism 10.5%, Base Building 9.3%
- #13 Offshore Prophets
89% matchNo user reviews2026
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 19.2%, Colony Sim 18.3%, Resource Management 10.5%, Management 9.6%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #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 27.6% ★, City Builder 14.9%, Colony Sim 12.7%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #15 Founders' Fortune
86% 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 33%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 13%, Building 8.5%, Management 5.8%
- #16 Planetbase
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 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 28.2%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 14.1%, Space 8.3%, Survival 6.9%
- #17 Prison Architect
85% matchVery Positive89% of 73,349 reviews2015
Dev: Introversion SoftwarePub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 30.2 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 21.2%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Building 10.5%, Management 9.5%
- #18 Quriocity
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 36 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 19.1%, Mars 13.2% ★, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #19 Dungeon Overseer
84% matchMixed54% of 50 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 22.9%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Economy 11.9%, Resource Management 9%
- #20 Mars Rapid Transit
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crystalline Green Ltd.
Windows
Engineer a fast and efficient train network on Mars. Build a thriving business and grow a dynamic economy in this Transport and Economy Management game.
Why similar: Mars 21.7% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Colony Sim 13.9%, Capitalism 9.3%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #21 Lil Guys
82% 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%, Base Building 14.1%, Management 9.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #22 Virum:Colony
81% 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 22.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Economy 10.1%, Resource Management 9%
- #23 Venusville
81% 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 18.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 9%, Space 7.7%
- #24 Arcane Shores
79% matchNo user reviews
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 23.2%, Economy 11.6%, Building 9.7%, Survival 7.6%
- #25 T-Minus 30
80% 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 22.9%, Colony Sim 22.4%, Time Management 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 9.4%
- #26 Red Dust Colony
78% 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 29.1%, Mars 18.6% ★, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Survival 7.5%
- #27 Farmman
78% 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 23.9%, City Builder 19.9%, Economy 11.4%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 9.6%
- #28 Crowded Blue Dot
79% 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: City Builder 22.2%, Colony Sim 15.7%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Management 10.6%
- #29 Pixel Colony
77% matchPositive93% of 40 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 25.8%, City Builder 22.9%, Management 10.6%, Resource Management 10.4%, Survival 6.7%
- #30 The Blighted Frontier
77% 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 20.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 9.2%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #31 Resort Galactica
76% 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%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.7%, Management 9.1%
- #32 United Penguin Kingdom
76% matchMostly Positive75% of 439 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 21.7%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Economy 12.6%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 11.2%
- #33 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
75% matchVery Positive89% of 631 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 21.9%, Colony Sim 19.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.3%, Economy 10.2%
- #34 Exostation
75% 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 23.1%, City Builder 16.9%, Time Management 13.1%, Base Building 12.6%, Economy 8.6%
- #35 Warehouse Bots
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Short Story Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the role of a warehouse manager overseeing a bustling hub of automated activity. In this immersive simulator, you'll delve into the intricacies of logistics as you control robots, construct efficient road networks, and fine-tune traffic flow to optimize your warehouse operations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 18.1%, Time Management 14.1%, Capitalism 10.5%, Economy 6.9%
- #36 Settlements Rising
73% matchVery Positive81% of 426 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 24.2%, City Builder 20.9%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 9.2%, Building 8.4%
- #37 Hotel Management Simulator
73% 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 18.2%, Base Building 13.8%, City Builder 13%, Building 12.1%, Economy 12.1%
- #38 Casino Resort Tower
73% matchVery Positive94% of 127 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 15.9%, Capitalism 12.8%, Economy 10.7%, Time Management 10.6%, Base Building 10.2%
- #39 One More Island
74% matchMixed68% of 254 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 23.2%, City Builder 18.8%, Economy 11.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Building 10%
- #40 Nigredo
72% 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 17.3%, Time Management 17%, Base Building 10.3%, Management 8.7%
- #41 Feluna Base
72% 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 19.9%, City Builder 16.8%, Time Management 16.6%, Base Building 14.6%, Roguelite 10.8%
- #42 The First Settlement VR
71% 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 21.7%, City Builder 16.9%, Time Management 15.6%, Economy 10.2%, Base Building 9.9%
- #43 Ratopia
69% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 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 23%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Building 11%, Management 9%
- #44 Patron
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 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 25.9%, City Builder 22%, Economy 8.7%, Survival 8.1%, Base Building 8.1%
- #45 Settlement Survival
70% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 22.9%, City Builder 22.4%, Building 10.8%, Management 9.5%, Base Building 7.4%
- #46 Oxygen
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 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 20.8%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 10.1%, Economy 8.9%
- #47 Space Drilling Station
68% matchVery Positive92% of 77 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 20.4%, City Builder 12%, Base Building 11.1%, Time Management 10.8%, Economy 9.6%
- #48 Fallen Crown
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LongWay Interactive
Windows
You will lead an exiled royal dynasty, building prosperous cities, gaining the trust of the people, and preparing to overthrow the usurper. In the unique dynasty mode, the leader can find a partner and have children to shape the future of the kingdom.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, City Builder 18.9%, Time Management 14.4%, Building 9.8%, Economy 9.1%
- #49 Kingdoms and Castles
71% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 23.8%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 9.6%, Building 7.8%
- #50 Tokeis
69% 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: City Builder 19.1%, Colony Sim 17.6%, Economy 13%, Management 10.2%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #51 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
69% matchVery Positive86% of 194 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 28%, City Builder 25.4%, Base Building 12%, Building 11.4%, Survival 7.5%
- #52 Exile
67% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, City Builder 20.3%, Economy 10.9%, Management 9.6%, Building 9.4%
- #53 Wanderers' Outpost
68% 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 26.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Capitalism 12.9%, Management 10.4%, Building 10%
- #54 Academia : School Simulator
68% matchVery Positive86% of 3,028 reviews2021
Dev: Squeaky Wheel Studio IncPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 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 20.4%, City Builder 16.5%, Capitalism 14.2%, Base Building 11.1%, Economy 10.4%
- #55 Gnome Glen
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.7%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 12%, Economy 10.6%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #56 Greedy Little Kingdoms
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather timber, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfill demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Colony Sim 12.7%, Building 10.3%, Management 8.6%
- #57 Avian Colony
66% 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 25.9%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 9.7%
- #58 Zombie Cure Lab
65% matchMixed69% of 455 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 19.6%, City Builder 13.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Time Management 10.4%, Resource Management 9%