- #1 Dwarf Fortress
97% matchVery Positive95% of 31,024 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.6 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: Dwarves 43% ★, Colony Sim 24.9%, Base Building 12%, Sandbox 10%, Strategy 4.7%
- #2 Dwarf Block
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Perfoon
Windows
First-person dwarf colony simulator! Gather resources, upgrade the fortress, hire dwarves and defend the colony!
Why similar: Dwarves 55.9% ★, Colony Sim 35%, Simulation 7.9%, Indie 1.1%
- #3 Dwarf Things
96% 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 35.2%, Dwarves 22.8% ★, Base Building 15%, Sandbox 8.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #4 DwarfCorp
95% matchMixed53% of 175 reviews2019
Dev: Completely Fair Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a colony of ruthless capitalist Dwarves in a strange fantasy land.
Why similar: Dwarves 76.6% ★, Colony Sim 13.6%, Strategy 3.3%, Simulation 3.2%, Base Building 2.8%
- #5 Craft The World
94% matchVery Positive88% of 16,881 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Dwarves 52.3% ★, Colony Sim 28.4%, Sandbox 11.2%, Strategy 3.3%, Simulation 2.2%
- #6 Lord of Dwarves
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar Sage Games
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.
Why similar: Dwarves 79.2% ★, Colony Sim 6.7%, Base Building 3.5%, Simulation 3.1%, Strategy 3%
- #7 Stonebound
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Button
Windows
Establish and grow a dwarven colony. Mine deep into the rock for precious ores and gems, then craft the finest wares to trade. Attract more dwarves as your renown spreads and your gold hoard increases.
Why similar: Dwarves 39.4% ★, Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Sandbox 9.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #8 Mountaincore
91% matchMixed65% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Why similar: Dwarves 43.1% ★, Colony Sim 25.3%, Base Building 10.8%, Sandbox 7.7%, Strategy 5.1%
- #9 Dwarfs!?
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,073 reviews2011
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!
Why similar: Dwarves 47.3% ★, Colony Sim 23.7%, Base Building 9.4%, Sandbox 6.8%, Fantasy 3.7%
- #10 Underground Nomads
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, Dwarves 31.4% ★, Base Building 16%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 5%
- #11 Dwarf Tower
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 281 reviews2014
Dev: iosoftware
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dwarf Tower is a turn-based tactics game of tower building and spellcasting. Each turn you develop your tower by placing blocks, constructing rooms, and play various spells. Your tower can have Libraries (store spells), Crystals (generate mana), Dwarf Dwellings (give you dwarves to repair the tower) and some other rooms.
Why similar: Dwarves 87.3% ★, Sandbox 7.9%, Strategy 4.2%, Indie 0.6%
- #12 Dwarfs - F2P
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,693 reviews2012
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Dwarfs!? is an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes, in the tradition of great games such as “Lemmings” and “Dwarf Fortress”.
Why similar: Dwarves 83.5% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Sandbox 4.8%, Indie 1%, 2D 0.8%
- #13 Undholm
89% matchMixed65% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelmeal Games, LLC
Windows
A dwarfish colony sim set in a fantasy world. Inspired by Rimworld and Banished. Dig deep to uncover riches and challenges, recruit dwarves to produce goods, and trade with other settlements (or raid them) to help your colony succeed.
Why similar: Dwarves 89.1% ★, Simulation 9.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #14 A Game of Dwarves
88% matchMixed63% of 552 reviews2012
Dev: Zeal Game StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.
Why similar: Dwarves 84.6% ★, Strategy 7.9%, Fantasy 4.1%, Simulation 3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #15 Dwarf Defense
86% matchMixed66% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Heavy Safe Studios
Windows
Dwarf Defense! An RTS Tower Defense game where you play as a dwarf trying to defend a brewery from thirsty invaders by using magical towers and spells.
Why similar: Dwarves 96% ★, Strategy 3.6%, Indie 0.5%
- #16 Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
87% matchVery Positive87% of 404 reviews2008
Dev: NivalPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. Introducing a brand-new Dwarves faction, made up of heroic warriors and rune magic adepts who stalk the deepest mountains and most hostile regions of...
Why similar: Dwarves 86.9% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 2.6%
- #17 Land of Arxox
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Advent RPG
Windows
Explore the 8-Biomes of Arxox. Live the life of a Dwarf, Elf, or Human folk hero. Hunt. Fish. Master spell runes of the ancients and defeat a powerful Arch Villain.
Why similar: Dwarves 82.4% ★, Sandbox 9.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Indie 1.1%
- #18 Return to Nangrim
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sycoforge
Windows
Return to Nangrim is a dark first-person fantasy adventure with survival and RPG elements. Craft, explore, and survive an abandoned world. So grab your axe and shield and reclaim the mountains together with your animal companion! The epic world of Nangrim awaits you, also in VR.
Why similar: Dwarves 78.7% ★, Sandbox 8.3%, Base Building 8.2%, Fantasy 4.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #19 Embark
85% 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 54.7%, Base Building 19.2%, Sandbox 11%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 6.5%
- #20 Dwarf Journey
84% matchVery Positive93% of 367 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Dwarf Journey is an action roguelite platformer with randomly generated levels. Defeat enemies, level up, assemble your rune build and collect minerals to forge better equipment on an epic journey in search of immortality.
Why similar: Dwarves 98.6% ★, Fantasy 0.7%, 2D 0.3%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #21 Bravada
83% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2014
Dev: Interbellum team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
You play a young beardless dwarf who dreams about adventures and heroic deeds. Usually dwarves have beards, but for some mystical reasons beard of our hero is not grows. So he decide to make a journey with his friend the bat to solve this problem. During the game you control a group of units each with its own specialties and features.
Why similar: Dwarves 88.1% ★, Strategy 10.6%, Indie 1.3%
- #22 Dingletopia: Nation Under Siege (by Orcs)
82% matchVery Positive91% of 187 reviews2020
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
It's a nice sunny day in Dingletopia and Prince Dingle Dorfen and his wise adviser Forlorn Gumpel are slurping up the gorpulsen and planning their next conquest. Their life of luxury is soon interrupted however when Orcs burst into the lands with rattling sabers.
Why similar: Dwarves 67.5% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Simulation 14.9%, Indie 2.1%
- #23 Realm Keep
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harry Mahal
Windows
Realm keep is a turn based tactical RPG where you build and defend your settlement. You lead your colonists, plan battles, explore distant dungeons and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5%, Base Building 18.6%, Sandbox 14.9%, Simulation 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #24 Delve Deeper
82% matchMixed61% of 420 reviews2010
Dev: Lunar GiantPub: Lunar Giant Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Delve Deeper is a turn-based Adventure/Strategy game for Windows that combines HD pixel art, tile placement, and RPG elements in a bright and humorous atmosphere. Up to four players take command of Dwarf mining teams in this fast and furious dungeon adventure meets devious puzzler, building the map as you play for an ever-changing,...
Why similar: Dwarves 90.3% ★, Strategy 8.8%, Indie 0.9%
- #25 Beard & Axe
81% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Dwarfaparte
Windows
A top-down, action adventure rogue-lite. Each quest requires an oath, and bringing back one less flagon of ale than you promised brings dire consequence!
Why similar: Dwarves 96.3% ★, Fantasy 2.1%, Indie 0.9%, 2D 0.7%
- #26 The Dwarf Run
80% matchMostly Positive73% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Alexander Mirdzveli
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Dwarf Run is an old-fashioned RPG featuring turn-based combat, elements of point-n-click adventure and intriguing story line.
Why similar: Dwarves 96.9% ★, Fantasy 2.2%, Indie 0.9%
- #27 Dungeon Marathon
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Retro Army LimitedPub: paulstephendavis
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Dungeon Marathon is a new style of game where you must run through Dungeons, no fighting allowed!
Why similar: Dwarves 98.6% ★, Indie 1.4%
- #28 Boozy Dwarf
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mizar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Classic fantasy RPG about dwarves Non-linear storyline Sandbox Around 40 hours of gameplay
Why similar: Dwarves 98.7% ★, Indie 1.3%
- #29 Hinterland
79% matchVery Positive80% of 255 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
June 11, 2009 - Update Two new playable Orc classes: Lord (Warrior) or Shaman. Expanded gameplay: Orcs consume twice as much food, learn martial skills faster, manufacture items slower, and the Shaman uses totems to summon creatures. Several new items regardless of character class.
Why similar: Dwarves 81.4% ★, Strategy 12%, Fantasy 6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #30 The Colony
78% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 75.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 12.1%
- #31 Orc Colony
78% 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 57.6%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 12.9%, Sandbox 9.1%, Fantasy 4.6%
- #32 Terra-7
76% 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 38.2%, Sandbox 17.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Simulation 13.1%
- #33 MediAevi
75% match1 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.9%, Sandbox 10.8%, Simulation 10.4%, Strategy 10%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #34 TFM: The First Men
76% 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 49.5%, Base Building 23.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 5.4%, Simulation 5.2%
- #35 DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,066 reviews2023
Dev: The DFHack Team
Windows · Linux
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Why similar: Dwarves 64.7% ★, Colony Sim 25.2%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #36 300 Dwarves
77% matchMixed53% of 78 reviews2014
Dev: Artifex MundiPub: Viva Media, Inc
Windows · Mac
The Kingdom of Fairbridge is under attack by Goblins, Orcs and Trolls. Use your towers weapons and command your warriors to push the invading Goblins lead troops out of the kingdom. Take the battle from the castle walls to the mountains, caves and desert valleys that surround the kingdom.
Why similar: Dwarves 100% ★
- #37 Regions of Ruin: Runegate
72% matchVery Positive87% of 300 reviews2026
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.
Why similar: Dwarves 53.7% ★, Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 14.1%, Fantasy 5.6%, 2D 1.6%
- #38 Founders' Fortune
74% 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 56.4%, Base Building 19.4%, Sandbox 10.9%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 6%
- #39 They Who Dwell Below
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dhuavuin Interactive
Windows
They Who Dwell Below is an exploration horror game set within the crumbling ruins of a lost dwarven city. The player is tasked with escaping the long abandoned vestige and along the way uncovering the truth of its fall. But be wary, spirits are not all that haunt these ancient halls.
Why similar: Dwarves 92.6% ★, Multiple Endings 3.6%, Fantasy 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%, Indie 0.5%
- #40 Warlords Battlecry III
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,006 reviews2016
Dev: Infinite InteractivePub: Retroism
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 102.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.
Why similar: Dwarves 81.2% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #41 Dig In
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitar Games
Windows
A WW1 trench warfare colony sim where you build an evolving trench network with layered defenses, manage soldiers under pressure while holding a fragile sector of the front in real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.5%, Base Building 17%, Sandbox 13.9%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #42 Our Dear Kingdom
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 77.8%, Sandbox 7.7%, Simulation 6.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Indie 1%
- #43 Oxygen Not Included
71% 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 54.8%, Base Building 25.2%, Sandbox 9.1%, Simulation 4.2%, Strategy 4%
- #44 Deep Rock Galactic
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 375,448 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
Why similar: Dwarves 98.2% ★, Combat 1.8%
- #45 Zenith Expanse
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, Base Building 20.4%, Sandbox 11.7%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 7.6%
- #46 SuperColony
70% 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 45.9%, Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 15.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 7.9%
- #47 Edge Islands
69% 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 44.1%, Base Building 22.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 7.4%
- #48 Maia
72% 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 56.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Simulation 9.7%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #49 New Age
71% matchMixed62% of 135 reviews2019
Dev: G-type
Windows
New Age is a turn-based strategy-RPG with nonlinear quests, team PVP turn-based battles, coop mode and open world.
Why similar: Dwarves 89.3% ★, Strategy 10.7%
- #50 Wild West Simulator
69% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: kg games
Windows
Wild west simulator is a sandbox simulation game in the wild west hunt for pelts, dig for oil, manage the mine gather resources , and there is quests managing your colony entails a lot! you can also build your own settlement and develop your own colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.8%, Sandbox 18.6%, Simulation 15.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #51 Grim Realms
68% 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 43.3%, Base Building 19.5%, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 6.6%
- #52 Idyll
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.4%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 14%, Fantasy 7.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #53 Might and Magic: Heroes VII – Trial by Fire
70% matchMixed66% of 1,701 reviews2016
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Five years after the epic events of Might & Magic Heroes VII, lead the new Fortress faction to define the destiny of the Dwarves and shed light on some of the darkest chapters of their history.
Why similar: Dwarves 85.4% ★, Strategy 14.6%
- #54 Containment Director
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glamorous Games
Windows · Mac
You are the Director of a secret government organization that contains all the things that go bump in the night. From tall brutalist towers to hidden underground bunkers, design and build your personalized horror monster containment facility.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.9%, Base Building 24.5%, Simulation 15.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #55 Meowdieval Clowder
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.6%, Base Building 21.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 7.8%
- #56 Bronzebeard's Tavern
66% matchVery Positive94% of 6,849 reviews2023
Dev: Mermaid MenZ Games Limited
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Bronzebeard's Tavern is a goofy and playful restaurant manager sim where 1-8 players can work as a team with multiplayer co-op. Fulfill a number of different roles, serve a diverse range of customers and cook up delicious dwarven cuisine.
Why similar: Dwarves 84.2% ★, Simulation 8.2%, Comedy 4.1%, Fantasy 3.4%
- #57 Arc of Icarus
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13B Productions
Windows
Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.7%, Sandbox 14.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Simulation 11.4%, Strategy 6.8%
- #58 All My Gods
69% matchVery Positive88% of 112 reviews2015
Dev: Qumaron
Windows
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 76.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Simulation 11%
- #59 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! 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: Colony Sim 44.7%, Simulation 16.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Sandbox 14.2%, Base Building 9.7%
- #60 Our Freedom: Prologue
66% 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 39%, Base Building 21.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Simulation 13.5%, Sandbox 9.7%