
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.
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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.

Nyric
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.

Dinky Guardians
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Nyric is a third-person survivalcraft where your words shape the world. Type a phrase—“A storm-haunted wasteland”—and step into a procedurally generated realm built from your imagination. Survive harsh climates and strange hazards using Faebots— AI companions with unique powers tied to their moods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Co-op 13.3%, Procedural Generation 9.7%
The Goal: Repopulate the entire Galaxy with Dinkys, keep them safe, and fully automate everything!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4% ★, Co-op 15.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Simulation 9.8%, Online Co-Op 8.5%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.7% ★, Base Building 18%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Simulation 7.1%, Survival 6.1%
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.4% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Online Co-Op 10.9%, Co-op 10.8%, Simulation 6.7%
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 81.3% ★, Simulation 18.7%
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 57.3% ★, Base Building 22.9%, Survival 6.6%, Resource Management 6.1%, Simulation 5.8%
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 82.7% ★, Simulation 17.3%
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 47.5% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Simulation 10.7%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Roguelite 6.7%
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.4% ★, Simulation 20.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Multiplayer 2.9%
An enchanting fantasy colony simulator where the world comes alive through intricate simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.6% ★, Simulation 22.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Procedural Generation 8%
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3% ★, Base Building 13.3%, Online Co-Op 12.9%, Co-op 11.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
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 65.8% ★, Base Building 19.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Survival 4.3%
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 54.8% ★, Base Building 22.2%, Procedural Generation 8.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Survival 3.8%
In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.2% ★, Base Building 16.3%, Simulation 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, Survival 7.1%
Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with groundbreaking aerial traversal and combat mechanics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7% ★, Online Co-Op 15.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Co-op 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
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 53.7% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Simulation 14.4%, Resource Management 6%, Survival 5.8%
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Simulation 11.7%, Base Building 10.9%, Survival 5%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 64.6% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.2%, Simulation 4.9%, Survival 4.1%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.6% ★, Base Building 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Resource Management 7.5%, Survival 6.9%
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 62.3% ★, Base Building 18.5%, Simulation 9.3%, Survival 4.1%, Resource Management 3.1%
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.2% ★, Base Building 19.2%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Simulation 11.1%, Survival 6.3%
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4% ★, Base Building 17.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Procedural Generation 10%, Simulation 6.6%
Astro World is a side-scrolling co-op game where the players will have to build their colony on a planet full of danger, valuable resources and alien artifacts, using which the player can explore new technologies and equipment to arm their colonists with.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5% ★, Co-op 17.4%, Online Co-Op 12.7%, Simulation 10.1%, Base Building 8.8%
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 87% ★, Simulation 10.1%, Resource Management 2.9%
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.7% ★, Base Building 18.4%, Simulation 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Survival 4.3%
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.2% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Simulation 14.4%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Resource Management 5.7%
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 55% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Simulation 13%, Survival 6.2%, Resource Management 5.4%
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.1% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Simulation 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9%, Roguelite 7.2%
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 51% ★, Base Building 23.2%, Simulation 22.4%, Top-Down 3.5%
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.5% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Simulation 12%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Survival 5.1%
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.9% ★, Simulation 15%, Base Building 14.4%, Procedural Generation 7%, Resource Management 6.7%
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 63.6% ★, Simulation 14.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Survival 6.5%, Resource Management 1.3%
A co-op survival game about a tribe of mischievous creatures. Hunt for food, gather resources, upgrade your camp together with your friends... and kick everything and everyone, a lot!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8% ★, Online Co-Op 19.5%, Co-op 18.5%, Simulation 11.9%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.1% ★, Base Building 19%, Simulation 12%, Procedural Generation 12%, Resource Management 5.6%
Become a Roman god! Don't be shy! Epic game that topped the charts on Big Fish Games and GameHouse!
Why similar: Colony Sim 84.1% ★, Simulation 15.9%
Crash-landed in an endless jungle, you must rescue survivors, build a steam-powered colony, and construct an escape vehicle before the wilderness claims you. Endless Vine is a steampunk survival colony builder where every decision shapes your fight for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Survival 5.3%
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 52.8% ★, Simulation 20.8%, Procedural Generation 13.8%, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 2.8%
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.7% ★, Base Building 17.4%, Simulation 10.8%, Survival 7.2%, Resource Management 5.8%
Cat Island is a colony survival game with voxel building and multiplayer! You start off with nothing and must grow your island with the help of a couple cat friends. Gather resources, complete building contracts, and expand your colony to do the labor for you!
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.9% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Co-op 10.3%, Procedural Generation 10%, Simulation 9.6%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.2% ★, Base Building 20.7%, Co-op 7.9%, Survival 6.9%, Multiplayer 6.3%
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.5% ★, Base Building 21%, Simulation 12.1%, Resource Management 4.3%, Top-Down 3.1%
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 45.3% ★, Online Co-Op 19.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Base Building 8.3%, Comedy 5.1%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Base Building 15.1%, Simulation 15.1%, Survival 6.8%
A colony sim set on a starship. Build and manage a spacefaring civilisation, balance oxygen, power, and crew survival, and guide your ship through the final escape from Earth.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.8% ★, Base Building 21.5%, Simulation 14.1%, Survival 4%, Resource Management 2.7%
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 57.1% ★, Simulation 23.5%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 4.5%
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.2% ★, Base Building 19.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Procedural Generation 7.4%, Survival 6%
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 55% ★, Base Building 20.8%, Simulation 11.6%, Procedural Generation 7.2%, Survival 5.5%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.2% ★, Base Building 18.8%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Simulation 11.3%, Survival 5.4%
Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.1% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Simulation 13%, Resource Management 5.1%, Survival 4.4%
Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3% ★, Base Building 19.4%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Simulation 8%, Post-apocalyptic 6.3%
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 55.5% ★, Simulation 23.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Top-Down 5.1%, Resource Management 4.2%
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.1% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Simulation 9.2%, Survival 6.3%
Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, Co-op 18.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Online Co-Op 13.5%, Simulation 8.7%
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 50.3% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Simulation 12.4%, Survival 6.4%, Resource Management 5.8%
StarRupture is a first-person open world base-building game with advanced combat and tons of exploration. Play alone or in a group on this sublime and ever-changing planet, extract and manage resources, create your complex industrial system and fight off hordes of alien monsters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Co-op 16.2%, Online Co-Op 12.3%, Simulation 9.1%
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 43.1% ★, Base Building 21.5%, Simulation 12.3%, Resource Management 6.6%, Post-apocalyptic 6.5%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.6% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.5%, Simulation 9.6%, Survival 5.8%
Survive and colonize Mars in a highly technical, open-world sandbox game. Build and upgrade your base, discover new regions, conduct mining operations, retrieve water, generate oxygen, grow crops, and fix broken parts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Co-op 13.8%, Simulation 9.6%
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 55.7% ★, Simulation 24.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Resource Management 5%