- #1 Hotel Simulator
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lifesim Games S.A
Windows
In Hotel Simulator, you become the new owner of an old and neglected hotel. Bring back its splendor by cleaning, renovation, and interior design. Hire the crew, manage your business, and make it known as the fanciest hotel in the city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.7% ★, Immersive Sim 32%, Simulation 17.3%, Resource Management 9%
- #2 Penta Terra
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Barking Mudpuppy LLC
Windows
An enchanting fantasy colony simulator where the world comes alive through intricate simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.1% ★, Immersive Sim 26.9%, Simulation 24%
- #3 Mars Colony Simulator
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mars Simulator
Windows
Build humanity’s first home on Mars. Mine resources in first person, construct life-sustaining domes, grow lush vegetation, and launch rockets to reconnect with Earth in this immersive colony-building simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8% ★, Immersive Sim 27.6%, Simulation 23.7%
- #4 Skytropolis
95% matchPositive79% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Build the world's first SKYTROPOLIS, a vertical mega city where you control its design, architecture, economy, and sustainability! Play both on desktop or in virtual reality.
Why similar: Colony Sim 78.6% ★, Simulation 21.4%
- #5 Our Dear Kingdom
94% matchPositive100% of 10 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 82.6% ★, Simulation 11.4%, Resource Management 6%
- #6 The Colony
94% 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 80% ★, Simulation 20%
- #7 City idle
93% matchMostly Positive72% of 214 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3% ★, Immersive Sim 26.8%, Simulation 16.1%, Colorful 7.1%, Resource Management 2.6%
- #8 Shop Life Simulator
91% matchMixed52% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: AIONWARE LTD
Windows
A shop life simulator and management, From owning a small room above the store to selling exclusive products as the highest rated shop, or scratch lottery tickets to try your luck at winning big, In a 24/7 shop, Manage alone or with friends.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.5% ★, Immersive Sim 21.3%, Simulation 16.2%, Online Co-Op 14.1%, Colorful 5.9%
- #9 Why Am I Here
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hamiga Studio
Windows · Mac
A thought-provoking exploration survival game. You must endure a frozen wilderness threatened by both brutal natural forces and demonic creatures. Starting with nothing, you will fight the cold, manage resources, maintain body temperature, and gradually take in survivors to build a home together.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.6% ★, Immersive Sim 26.2%, Simulation 24.2%
- #10 All My Gods
92% 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 81.6% ★, Simulation 18.4%
- #11 Spirit & Stone
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6% ★, Simulation 24.9%, Immersive Sim 22%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #12 Idleant - an idle game about ant
89% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: Brillant
Windows
Manage your ant colony to accumulate maximum resources in this super relaxing idle, drawn entirely by hand.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.1% ★, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 14.2%, Immersive Sim 11.8%, Colorful 4.5%
- #13 柜台之后Trust Me,I am a banker
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ChenRui
Windows · Mac
"Trust Me, I am a banker" is a banking game that combines operation simulation, plot selection and black humor. You will handle 9 types of daily banking business. In addition to daily operations, players will also talk with all kinds of customers and feel their emotions and stories.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 36.4%, Simulation 32%, Crime 31.6%
- #14 Sect Leader's Decree
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alena Selezneva
Windows
Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.7% ★, Immersive Sim 21.2%, Simulation 18.4%, Resource Management 13.6%
- #15 Police Officer
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Police Officer
Windows
Police Officer is a first-person police station simulator where you manage a police station: process suspects, hear citizens’ pleas, and manage the daily chaos of law enforcement—one decision at a time.
Why similar: Crime 46.3%, Immersive Sim 28%, Simulation 25.7%
- #16 Protest Simulator
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Yalintech
Windows · Mac
Choose your side in the tense streets; resist as a protester or intervene as a police officer. Build barricades, throw stones, restore order. Order or freedom the choice is yours.
Why similar: Crime 45.6%, Immersive Sim 36.9%, Simulation 17.6%
- #17 Orc Colony
87% 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 67.1% ★, Simulation 23.5%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #18 NOVA ATLANTIS
85% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Silvio Reis
Windows
The ultimate management challenge: rebuild the lost utopia of Atlantis after its fall. Restore essential services, appease the gods, and forge a new Atlantean civilization stronger and more resilient than ever, ensuring the cataclysm never returns.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.9% ★, Simulation 30.9%, Resource Management 12.2%
- #19 Drug Dealer Sim: Street Hustle
84% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Azuu GamesPub: HapGames
Windows
Drug Dealer Sim: Street Hustle is a thrilling journey from a small-time gangster to the revered Godfather of Hollywood, Las Vegas, and Chicago in the Prohibition Era!
Why similar: Crime 46.9%, Immersive Sim 36.9%, Simulation 16.1%
- #20 DotSec
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alterhook
Windows · Mac · Linux
DotSec is a modern hacking simulator where you can choose your path as a Black Hat, White Hat, or Gray Hat hacker. The choices you make will directly impact your journey through the hacking world while also guiding you through complex puzzles and challenges.
Why similar: Simulation 37.7%, Crime 36.6%, Immersive Sim 25.8%
- #21 Salt Aquarium Fish Simulator
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Salt Aquarium Fish Simulator
Windows
Feed your fish, sell them, buy better and more special fish, and compete with your friends. Be the best and become the star of the industry. You can also engage in trading with your friends. Remember, 2 fish are better than one.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.8% ★, Immersive Sim 35.1%, Simulation 12.1%
- #22 Take Root
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhukovsky Games
Windows
Take Root is a COOPERATIVE colony simulator where plants and robots survive together in an urban post-apocalypse. Develop your settlement, build outposts, explore a procedurally generated city, and uncover the mystery behind the strange Event.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.3% ★, Simulation 21.5%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #23 BROMS: Battle Royale Management Simulator
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MIZO CLEATE
Windows
A management simulation game where you run a battle royale. Host matches to increase revenue from gacha requests, expand the map, and place objects to improve the environment. You can also play on the maps you create yourself.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9% ★, Immersive Sim 32.8%, Simulation 16.3%
- #24 King of Hearts
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaido Hermenegild
Windows
King of Hearts: a dark, intricate fantasy kingdom sim. You're the lone human amidst enigmatic creatures. Build a realm, face divergent desires, manage advisors and your psyche. No knights in shining armor—just shadows, secrets, and tough choices. Can you rule when happiness is uncertain?
Why similar: Colony Sim 45% ★, Simulation 27.1%, Immersive Sim 21%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #25 Beekeeper Simulator
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Void Chamber
Windows
Beekeeper Simulator puts you in the shoes of a dedicated beekeeper, where you'll care for buzzing hives, harvest a variety of honey types, and expand your operations to build a thriving beekeeping empire. Nurture your bees, optimize your apiary, and turn your passion into profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.7% ★, Simulation 28.8%, Resource Management 15.4%
- #26 Drug Empire
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: SONATA
Windows
Drug Empire is a casual simulator game where you grow, synthesize and distribute products to build your underground empire. Manage production, inventory, and distribution network while unlocking new ways to expand your operation!
Why similar: Crime 49.2%, Immersive Sim 25.4%, Simulation 21.1%, Colorful 4.2%
- #27 Colonus
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badhenke Studios
Windows · Mac
A cozy medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.2% ★, Simulation 29.8%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #28 InvisibleHand
79% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: JudgmentDay
Windows
In the bustling tavern, a variety of people are gathered. It's time to showcase true thieving skills!
Why similar: Crime 47.2%, Immersive Sim 30.6%, Simulation 22.2%
- #29 Extreme Cleaning Simulator
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameCompany
Windows
Extreme Cleaning Simulator is a realistic game where you must restore order to the most neglected and disgustingly filthy homes. Get rid of mountains of trash, scrub walls stained with who-knows-what, and tackle the nightmare that is the toilet!
Why similar: Immersive Sim 43.9%, Simulation 36.7%, Resource Management 11.5%, Colorful 8%
- #30 Drug Dealer Simulator
78% matchVery Positive86% of 20,822 reviews2020
Dev: ByterunnersPub: Movie Games S.A.
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Have you ever considered creating your own crime empire, without the legal and moral consequences? SIMULATE IT! Crawl into the dark alleys of the street business in this OG drug-dealing game, and make a fortune! A co-op sequel – DDS2 – is out NOW
Why similar: Crime 56.5%, Simulation 31.8%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #31 Kingdom Simulator
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vivid Horizon Games
Windows
Build, rule, and conquer in this immersive Kingdom Simulator. Shape your medieval realm, manage resources, navigate challenges, and strategize for the prosperity of your kingdom. Will you be a benevolent monarch or a cunning conqueror?
Why similar: Colony Sim 73.5% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Colorful 6.1%
- #32 MediAevi
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 71.1% ★, Simulation 20.7%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #33 The Promised Land
78% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 84% ★, Simulation 9.5%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #34 MeowFactory
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Smola Game Studio
Windows
Welcome to the MEOWFACTORY! Automate production lines and manage limited space to achieve perfection. Connect machines with conveyor lines and minimize hand (well, paw) labour! In the near and depressing future, when the world is on the verge of destruction, ONLY MEOWORKERS can revive production!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1% ★, Immersive Sim 22.3%, Simulation 22%, Resource Management 8.7%, Colorful 5%
- #35 SENKOU
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: あめざいく
Windows
You must not extinguish any of the incense sticks. This is the only rule in this game. You can continue playing for longer by controlling the wind direction and timing when to add new incense sticks. When all the incense sticks are extinguished, the game ends.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 62.2%, Simulation 37.8%
- #36 Spellcaster University
75% matchVery Positive83% of 4,213 reviews2021
Dev: Sneaky Yak Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.9% ★, Immersive Sim 25.1%, Simulation 14%, Resource Management 9.6%, Colorful 6.4%
- #37 The Brewline
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alcora GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Step into the world of bootleg booze in this story-driven, single-player sim! Grow your crops, brew your drinks, bond with eccentric customers, and bottle it all under your own brand. Uncover the truth behind your brother’s arrest, complete quirky missions, and build your underground empire.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 32.8%, Crime 30.4%, Simulation 26.7%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #38 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,339 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 66.3% ★, Simulation 25.1%, Resource Management 6.7%, Colorful 1.9%
- #39 Blueprint Tycoon
77% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 65.7% ★, Simulation 20.2%, Resource Management 14.1%
- #40 Wild West Simulator
73% 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 60.2% ★, Simulation 29.5%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #41 Prison King
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: True Games SyndicatePub: Movie Games
Windows
Sentenced for innocence… And now you need to learn how to survive. Navigate the prison life, make deals with guards and gangs alike, manage and sell contraband, and plot your next move. Your goal: to get out.
Why similar: Crime 42.1%, Immersive Sim 28.5%, Simulation 18.8%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #42 Foreclosure Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Minnalsta Games
Windows
Manage a bailiff in Foreclosure Simulator. Do business, earn money, buy new houses and vehicles. Decorate your home and garden according to your imagination. Enjoy the open world.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 61.8%, Simulation 38.2%
- #43 SCP: Site Director
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Noble Gas Studios
Windows
An SCP Facility Management game with strong visual stylings that allows you to run your own SCP Foundation Sites, capture anomalies, hire staff to contain and research them, and recontain them when they escape. Orchestrate multiple sites and guide your clandestine organization to success!
Why similar: Colony Sim 64.8% ★, Simulation 35.2%
- #44 The HELL : Kanto Earthquake 1923
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: METROPOLICE
Windows
1923: Process the Great Kantō Earthquake death. Lead all the miserable souls, battle quake-storms, and make life-or-death choices in collapsing Kanto's Hell. A historical strategy game inspired by true events where you play as Hell Governor. Oh...there is NAMAZU the Catfish Titan wreaking havoc too.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47% ★, Immersive Sim 26.3%, Simulation 23.2%, Resource Management 3.5%
- #45 Forensics: Crime Scene Detective
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Binary ImpactPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Become a forensic specialist in a realistic crime lab simulator. Investigate crime scenes, collect microscopic evidence, and identify perpetrators in the lab using DNA and digital analysis. Based on the experience and insights of experts from the State Criminal Police Office Rhineland-Palatinate.
Why similar: Crime 46.2%, Immersive Sim 28.6%, Simulation 25.2%
- #46 Dungeon Overseer
73% 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 48.9% ★, Immersive Sim 22.7%, Resource Management 13.1%, Simulation 12.5%, Colorful 2.7%
- #47 Shelter X
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inspite
Windows
Shelter X is a management game where you recruit residents, assign them to rooms, and let them work. As time passes, photo and video content unlocks, which you can watch later in your private room.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.8% ★, Simulation 26%, Immersive Sim 23.2%
- #48 The Population Must Grow
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Helmi Blub
Windows · Linux
Start with just one citizens to build up your city. Grow it more and more and more. There is no limit in size. Just the limit of your own PC.
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.1% ★, Simulation 30.4%, Resource Management 11.5%
- #49 PALEVO
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grey District
Windows
PALEVO — a criminal stealth-simulation. The city is your map, every choice is a risk.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 38.2%, Simulation 32.1%, Crime 29.8%
- #50 Avian Colony
69% 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 54.1% ★, Immersive Sim 16.2%, Simulation 15.9%, Resource Management 13.8%
- #51 Desktop Ant Farm Simulator
68% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Beef Cat
Windows
Desktop Ant Farm Simulator is a lightly interactive productivity app. Start each farm with a sprawling grid of dirt and some ants. Watch as they dig out tunnels and pockets and listen to cozy lo-fi beats. The game window persists over other applications on your desktop, and is fully re-sizeable.
Why similar: Colony Sim 67.3% ★, Simulation 32.7%
- #52 Red Dust Colony
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lorin Atzberger
Windows · Mac
Red Dust is a space-colony simulation game. Build the future of humanity in the unforgiving Mars environment. Explore, exploit resources, build, research, manage the complexity of a self sufficient base, optimize, automate, expand, conquer, but most important of all... survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 64% ★, Simulation 20.4%, Resource Management 15.6%
- #53 Hexoplanet
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sirnic Interactive
Windows · Mac
Colonize new planets from the comfort of Earth with our remote control planet management system. In Hexoplanet, you're in charge of building and managing entire planetary economies from terraforming and infrastructure to tourism and energy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.5% ★, Simulation 27.9%, Resource Management 6.9%, Colorful 5.7%
- #54 AI Society
66% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: b8ve
Windows
Build a society powered by AI characters. Give your townsfolk unique personalities, hobbies, and traits; then step back and watch them work, argue, form friendships, and fight on their own. Runs 100% locally on your machine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.4% ★, Simulation 25.4%, Immersive Sim 22.2%
- #55 Queen to Bee
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Shouty Knot Games Pub: Shouty Knot Limited
Windows · Mac
A cozy resource management game where you play as the Queen Bee. Good decisions for your loyal subjects will go a long way, as well as taking the time to know each and every one! Build cute new rooms and boost your honey production for a healthy hive. Will you be the next Queen?
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.1% ★, Simulation 29.3%, Colorful 8.6%
- #56 OEDO DEVELOPER
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 株式会社ドリームスレッド
Windows
“Oedo Developer” is a city builder featuring Ieyasu Tokugawa's Edo. Story and free play modes are available, the first offering a history based city building experience, and the second allowing you to freely develop the lands. Plan, build, distribute, and learn as you make the Edo of your dreams!
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.6% ★, Simulation 29.7%, Resource Management 11.7%
- #57 Hexbot Colony
69% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: The Chaotic Coder
Windows
Build and manage multiple colonies on different planets. Heavy focus on mining and industry, and setting up automated cargo transport between colonies. Also there are mysterious alien drones that will attack you, so you'll need some weapons to fight them off.
Why similar: Colony Sim 71.3% ★, Resource Management 18.4%, Simulation 10.3%
- #58 IdleZomb
65% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: STLgame
Windows
IdleZomb: Manage a ruined hospital, create zombies, evolve them, or sacrifice them for DNA. Every decision counts in this post-apocalyptic management game. Early Access focuses on the basics, with content available up to level 20.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.2% ★, Simulation 29.8%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #59 Empire Water Works
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harman Motor Works
Windows
Empire Water Works is a steam engine simulator based in a water pumping station. Operate and maintain your pumping station day and night, maintain city water pressure and fulfill contracts. Interact with realistic steam, coal-firing, and audio simulation in a vintage setting.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 48.3%, Simulation 27.1%, Resource Management 24.6%
- #60 Day Trading Simulator
64% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Hazelnut Lab
Windows
Experience a realistic stock market simulator! Buy and sell virtual stocks, respond to dynamic market news, and manage your assets wisely to become a successful investor.
Why similar: Immersive Sim 44.6%, Simulation 39.7%, Resource Management 15.7%