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Games Like TFM: The First Men

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Colony Sim, Simulation, Strategy, Survival.

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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?

Reviews: Mixed — 59% — of 413 reviews
Released: 2022-11-02
Developer: Gathering Tree
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchVery Positive80% of 2,200 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 17.5%, City Builder 7.8%, Building 7.6%, Management 6.1%

  2. #2 Dawn of Man
    96% matchVery Positive87% of 17,862 reviews2019
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 54.4%, City Builder 16.4%, Survival 9.5%, Sandbox 5.4%, Strategy 5%

  3. #3 Space Haven
    95% matchVery Positive86% of 11,153 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 7.5%, Sandbox 7.1%, Management 6.7%

  4. #4 Edge Islands
    96% matchMostly Positive75% of 101 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 32.6%, Base Building 19.8%, Building 8.9%, Sandbox 7%, Management 6.2%

  5. #5 Stonehearth
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,081 reviews2018
    Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3%, City Builder 10.9%, Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9%, Survival 6.8%

  6. #6 Noble Fates
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 1,489 reviews2021
    Dev: Xobermon, LLC
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Sandbox 8.2%, City Builder 7.7%, Building 7.2%

  7. #7 Founders' Fortune
    93% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
    Dev: Dionic Software
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.1%, Base Building 17.6%, City Builder 6.8%, Building 6.7%, Sandbox 5.3%

  8. #8 Norland
    91% matchVery Positive82% of 10,516 reviews2024
    Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Base Building 17.2%, Building 7.8%, Sandbox 7.3%, City Builder 7.1%

  9. #9 RimWorld
    91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 247,065 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.4 hrsMean: 267.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 6.3%, Tactical RPG 6%, Sandbox 6%

  10. #10 Embark
    92% matchMixed60% of 389 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 45.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Building 6.1%, Sandbox 6%, Survival 5%

  11. #11 Stardeus
    90% matchVery Positive87% of 1,562 reviews2022
    Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Sandbox 6.9%, Survival 6.4%, Open World 6.4%

  12. #12 CLOUD DWELLERS
    89% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2026
    Dev: XinZhiPub: Xinzhi
    Windows

    CloudDwellers is a 2D simulation and city-building game set in a world of scattered floating islands. Guide your settlers to harness technology, optimize production, and transform fragmented skies into a thriving, beautifully crafted aerial haven.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 9.7%, Management 8%, Resource Management 4.8%

  13. #13 Fata Deum - The God Sim
    89% matchMixed60% of 463 reviews2025
    Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
    Windows

    Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Building 7.5%, Sandbox 7.4%, City Builder 7.2%

  14. #14 Flotsam
    86% matchVery Positive81% of 4,643 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 18%, Sandbox 7.7%, City Builder 7.1%, Procedural Generation 6.9%

  15. #15 Dwarf Fortress
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 31,541 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 39.6 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: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8.1%, City Builder 7.4%

  16. #16 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    88% matchMixed66% of 6,027 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.7%, City Builder 13.2%, Resource Management 6.5%, Building 6.5%, Survival 5.7%

  17. #17 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    87% matchVery Positive81% of 2,267 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 35.5%, Base Building 19.1%, Survival 7.6%, Sandbox 5.6%, Building 4.3%

  18. #18 Clanfolk
    85% matchVery Positive92% of 4,069 reviews2022
    Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.3%, Building 12.9%, Sandbox 12.4%, Open World 10.4%, Crafting 8.9%

  19. #19 Dungeon Settlers
    84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,361 reviews2026
    Dev: CanOpener
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.6%, Base Building 21.5%, Tactical RPG 9.9%, Management 9%, Survival 7.7%

  20. #20 Kingdoms Reborn
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,742 reviews2020
    Dev: Earthshine
    Windows
    Median: 10.1 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Base Building 19.3%, City Builder 12.7%, Management 7.2%, Building 5.2%

  21. #21 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    82% matchVery Positive83% of 11,546 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Base Building 30%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 6.2%, Management 6.1%

  22. #22 Outland Kingdoms
    83% matchMostly Positive74% of 72 reviews2024
    Dev: GBL
    Windows

    Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 14%, Tactical RPG 9.7%, City Builder 7.7%, Building 7.3%

  23. #23 The Universim
    82% matchMostly Positive79% of 10,670 reviews2024
    Dev: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.5%, Building 9.5%, City Builder 9.4%, Sandbox 9.1%, Survival 6.8%

  24. #24 Humanica
    81% matchVery Positive94% of 215 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

    Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 15.9%, City Builder 8%, Management 7.3%, Survival 6.9%

  25. #25 Going Medieval
    78% matchVery Positive89% of 21,464 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 32.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Sandbox 7.4%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%, Procedural Generation 7%

  26. #26 Primitive Society Simulator
    80% matchVery Positive84% of 760 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Base Building 19.2%, Building 8.8%, Sandbox 8.5%, City Builder 8.1%

  27. #27 AColony
    79% matchVery Positive89% of 141 reviews2023
    Dev: ZeroTris
    Windows

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, Base Building 19.4%, Building 8.1%, City Builder 7.3%, Survival 7%

  28. #28 Farlanders
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 598 reviews2023
    Dev: Andrii BychkovskyiPub: Crytivo
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Terraform, strategize, and construct a Martian colony in this retro-inspired turn-based city builder. Create a comfortable living for your citizens, research alien artifacts, and uncover the secrets of the Red Planet.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Base Building 17%, Procedural Generation 7.8%, Sandbox 7.5%, City Builder 7.4%

  29. #29 Blacksmith Master
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 2,773 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 7.9%, Sandbox 7.2%, City Builder 7%

  30. #30 Colony Survival
    78% matchVery Positive92% of 9,016 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 39.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Building 8.1%, Survival 7.7%, Sandbox 6.3%

  31. #31 Odd Realm
    77% matchVery Positive84% of 1,022 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Sandbox 6.6%, Building 6.5%, Management 6.4%

  32. #32 Ratopia
    75% matchVery Positive88% of 4,899 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 8.7%, City Builder 6.2%, Management 6.1%

  33. #33 Ascent of Ashes
    76% matchMixed70% of 306 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 7.5%, Real Time Tactics 7.2%, Management 6.5%

  34. #34 Astro Colony
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,730 reviews2026
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Base Building 25.4%, Building 8%, Resource Management 6.9%, Sandbox 6.4%

  35. #35 Noble Legacy
    75% matchMostly Positive72% of 805 reviews2025
    Dev: Ultimus Rex LLC
    Windows

    Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 7.3%, Sandbox 7.2%, City Builder 6.7%

  36. #36 Don't get lost
    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 481 reviews2023
    Dev: Michael HutcheonPub: miicck
    Windows · Linux

    A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Procedural Generation 8.5%, Sandbox 8.3%, Building 7.7%

  37. #37 Settlement Survival
    74% matchVery Positive85% of 8,102 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Base Building 10.8%, City Builder 10.4%, Building 10.4%, Management 7.9%

  38. #38 Foundation
    72% matchVery Positive87% of 24,287 reviews2025
    Dev: Polymorph Games
    Windows
    Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 8.6%, Building 8.3%

  39. #39 Songs of Syx
    73% matchVery Positive94% of 9,302 reviews2020
    Dev: Gamatron AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 42.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Base Building 17.7%, City Builder 8.5%, Building 8.5%, Sandbox 8.2%

  40. #40 Settlements Rising
    72% matchVery Positive81% of 436 reviews2025
    Dev: The Catalyst Crew
    Windows

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 8.6%, Building 7.1%, Resource Management 5.7%

  41. #41 Surviving the Aftermath
    73% matchMixed70% of 4,648 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 35.3%, Base Building 17.1%, City Builder 11.7%, Survival 9%, Strategy 6.5%

  42. #42 Of Life and Land
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 368 reviews2025
    Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Base Building 18%, Building 7.6%, City Builder 7.6%, Sandbox 6.8%

  43. #43 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 774 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    At the farthest reaches of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats to achieve Roman Triumph!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 7.6%, City Builder 7%, Sandbox 6.9%

  44. #44 Nova Roma
    68% matchVery Positive93% of 2,363 reviews2026
    Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 8.1%, City Builder 7.5%, Sandbox 7.4%

  45. #45 Oceaneers
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2026
    Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
    Windows

    A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 16.1%, Building 8.3%, Survival 7.5%, Management 6.1%

  46. #46 SeaColony
    70% matchMixed65% of 82 reviews2026
    Dev: Emindev
    Windows

    SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.9%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 7.1%, Building 7.1%, Sandbox 7%

  47. #47 Airborne Empire
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 948 reviews2026
    Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

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  48. #48 Catizens
    69% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
    Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%

    Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 9.1%, Sandbox 8.3%, City Builder 8%

  49. #49 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    71% matchMixed69% of 371 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    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 41.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Survival 8.3%, Building 6.9%, City Builder 6.5%

  50. #50 Maia
    73% matchMixed44% of 1,065 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.

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  51. #51 A Game of Humans
    71% matchMixed66% of 73 reviews2020
    Dev: Scion Studios
    Windows

    A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

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  52. #52 Gnomoria
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
    Dev: Robotronic Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, City Builder 9.6%, Building 7.9%, Survival 6.1%

  53. #53 Endzone 2
    66% matchMixed67% of 1,085 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 34.4%, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 8.1%, Sandbox 8.1%, Building 7.7%

  54. #54 House of Legacy
    64% matchVery Positive83% of 3,987 reviews2025
    Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
    Windows
    Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.

    Why similar: Base Building 22.1%, Sandbox 14.4%, Management 14%, City Builder 12.4%, Open World 11.7%

  55. #55 Adaptory
    65% matchMostly Positive79% of 112 reviews2026
    Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac

    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 37.4%, Base Building 21.5%, Procedural Generation 8.4%, Survival 7.1%, Resource Management 6.2%

  56. #56 Land of the Vikings
    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,266 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Base Building 14.6%, City Builder 8.9%, Building 7.8%, Sandbox 7.4%

  57. #57 Planetbase
    67% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,466 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40%, Base Building 21%, City Builder 9.3%, Survival 6.6%, Building 4.3%

  58. #58 Mountaincore
    65% matchMixed65% of 268 reviews2025
    Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    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: Colony Sim 33.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Building 7.9%, Management 7.4%, Sandbox 6.5%

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