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Games Like The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

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

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 69% — of 368 reviews
Released: 2020-08-21
Developer: Xigma Games
Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 5.5 hrs
Mean playtime: 8.3 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

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  1. #1 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
    97% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2018
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.

    Why similar: Survival 42.5%, Simulation 25.3%, Strategy 22.2%, Indie 10%

  2. #2 Kingdoms and Castles
    96% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
    Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 8.4%, Survival 8.4%

  3. #3 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    96% matchMixed66% of 6,015 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 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 40.6%, City Builder 22.7%, Resource Management 8.4%, Survival 7.9%, Building 5.6%

  4. #4 Founders' Fortune
    95% 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 40.7%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 12.5%, Survival 7.7%, Building 7%

  5. #5 Settlement Survival
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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 32.8%, City Builder 20.8%, Survival 12.1%, Building 10.3%, Base Building 7.4%

  6. #6 Blacksmith Master
    93% matchVery Positive83% of 2,724 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 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 28.7%, City Builder 15.3%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 10.5%, Resource Management 9.3%

  7. #7 The Last Haven
    94% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Base Building 22%, City Builder 13.9%, Survival 13%, Colony Sim 11.8%, Strategy 11.1%

  8. #8 Edge Islands
    92% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 36.5%, Base Building 16.2%, City Builder 11.4%, Building 10.6%, Survival 9.2%

  9. #9 Settlements Rising
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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 32.5%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 9.5%, Resource Management 9.3%, Survival 7.9%

  10. #10 Stonehearth
    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,072 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 43.3%, City Builder 21.5%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.7%, Crafting 5.2%

  11. #11 Patron
    90% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
    Dev: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.7%, City Builder 18.8%, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 8.3%, Resource Management 6.9%

  12. #12 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 reviews2018
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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 37.6%, Base Building 14.9%, Survival 14%, City Builder 7.8%, Crafting 6.2%

  13. #13 Land of the Vikings
    88% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,258 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 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 35.9%, City Builder 18.4%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Building 8%

  14. #14 The Unexpected Quest
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 204 reviews2020
    Dev: Rionix
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.

    Why similar: City Builder 26.1%, Base Building 22.7%, Crafting 15.2%, Building 14.6%, Medieval 8.1%

  15. #15 Planetbase
    87% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,422 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.1 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 37.1%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 10.7%, Resource Management 5.3%

  16. #16 Mistward
    86% matchMixed62% of 91 reviews2026
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac

    Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 9.4%, Survival 9.2%, Strategy 7.3%

  17. #17 Banished
    85% matchVery Positive90% of 43,296 reviews2014
    Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, City Builder 24.5%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.7%

  18. #18 Sheltered 2
    86% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
    Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    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 37.3%, Survival 16%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 13.7%, Building 7.2%

  19. #19 Farthest Frontier
    82% matchVery Positive86% of 25,375 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 18%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 12%, Survival 10%

  20. #20 Going Medieval
    82% matchVery Positive89% of 21,328 reviews2026
    Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
    Windows
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 32.3 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 34.4%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 12.8%, Crafting 9.7%

  21. #21 Settler's Domain
    84% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2026
    Dev: rick
    Windows

    Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, City Builder 21.7%, Resource Management 13.1%, Base Building 10.9%, Strategy 6.2%

  22. #22 Endzone 2
    83% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    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%, City Builder 17.4%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 8.3%

  23. #23 My Colony
    84% matchVery Positive90% of 279 reviews2018
    Dev: Ape Apps
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 52.8%, City Builder 31.4%, Simulation 6.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Indie 2.4%

  24. #24 Odd Realm
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
    Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 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 29.8%, Base Building 12.4%, City Builder 12.2%, Survival 9.9%, Resource Management 9%

  25. #25 Oxygen
    79% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 15.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 9%

  26. #26 Buoyancy
    81% matchMixed55% of 831 reviews2019
    Dev: Devs on a Boat
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    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 47.2%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 11%, Survival 8.6%, Strategy 6.1%

  27. #27 One More Island
    80% matchMixed67% of 265 reviews2022
    Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%

    As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, City Builder 18.4%, Survival 12.4%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 10%

  28. #28 Flotsam
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 4,563 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    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 33.1%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 14.7%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 10.7%

  29. #29 Dice Legacy
    79% matchMixed68% of 1,054 reviews2021
    Dev: DESTINYbit
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 18.9%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 9.2%, Resource Management 8.1%

  30. #30 Mountaincore
    77% matchMixed65% of 264 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 32.8%, City Builder 13.2%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 8.4%, Building 8.3%

  31. #31 Space Haven
    73% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 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 31.9%, City Builder 14.2%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 11.7%, Resource Management 8.6%

  32. #32 Aven Colony
    78% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,779 reviews2017
    Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 6.4%, Simulation 4.9%

  33. #33 Stonedeep
    78% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
    Dev: Direfang
    Windows

    Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Survival 12.1%, City Builder 10.4%, Resource Management 10.2%

  34. #34 Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 764 reviews2025
    Dev: Coreffect InteractivePub: Forklift Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 28.1%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Survival 10.6%, Crafting 8.7%

  35. #35 Gnomoria
    77% 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 36.6%, City Builder 17.6%, Survival 9%, Building 7.3%, Crafting 6.8%

  36. #36 First Feudal
    76% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
    Dev: Harpoon Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.1%, Building 8.1%

  37. #37 Surviving the Aftermath
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 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 30.7%, City Builder 21.8%, Survival 13.7%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 7.7%

  38. #38 Aztecs: The Last Sun
    73% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2026
    Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
    Windows

    Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 9.7%

  39. #39 After the Collapse
    75% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    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 35.1%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 14.6%, Survival 12.5%, Crafting 7.3%

  40. #40 Generation Exile
    73% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2026
    Dev: Sonderlust Studios
    Windows

    Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 10.8%, Building 10.2%

  41. #41 Colony Simulator
    74% matchMixed66% of 424 reviews2022
    Dev: Indie Marc
    Windows

    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 41.6%, City Builder 24.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Simulation 10.5%, Crafting 8.1%

  42. #42 Ascent of Ashes
    72% matchMixed70% of 303 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 29.8%, City Builder 14%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 8.4%

  43. #43 Cataclismo
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 9.7%

  44. #44 The Wandering Village
    68% matchVery Positive92% of 8,415 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.4%, City Builder 21.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 10.5%

  45. #45 IXION
    70% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,592 reviews2022
    Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
    Windows
    Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 20.2%, Survival 12.9%, Base Building 11%, Resource Management 10.4%

  46. #46 Paragon Pioneers
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
    Dev: Tobias Arlt
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, City Builder 18.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Crafting 10.6%, Building 10.5%

  47. #47 CLOUD DWELLERS
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 42.8%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 12%, Resource Management 9.1%, City Builder 6.1%

  48. #48 Orrstead
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 80 reviews2024
    Dev: IndividualKex
    Windows

    Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Building 9.7%, Isometric 7.5%

  49. #49 Cavern Adventurers
    71% matchMixed63% of 156 reviews2025
    Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, City Builder 23.5%, Survival 11.3%, Simulation 8.1%, Building 6.5%

  50. #50 Pioneers of Pagonia
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 5,473 reviews2025
    Dev: Envision Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    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%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 10.6%, Building 9.4%

  51. #51 Surviving Ceres
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 139 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Survival 15.3%, Base Building 14.4%, Crafting 12.1%, Building 11.3%

  52. #52 Farlanders
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 591 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 31.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 13.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Survival 9.5%

  53. #53 Dungeon Overseer
    71% 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 35.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 9%

  54. #54 New Cycle
    68% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 12.2%, Building 9.2%

  55. #55 Aquatico
    70% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
    Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 9%, Survival 6.9%

  56. #56 Frostpunk 2
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 26,922 reviews2024
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

    Why similar: City Builder 31.6%, Survival 20.2%, Resource Management 15.2%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Strategy 9.3%

  57. #57 Ratopia
    65% matchVery Positive88% of 4,853 reviews2025
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.4 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 32.5%, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 11.6%, Building 10.2%

  58. #58 Colony Survival
    67% matchVery Positive92% of 8,976 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 41.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Survival 14%, City Builder 9.3%, Building 9.1%

  59. #59 Lords and Villeins
    67% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
    Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, City Builder 18.5%, Building 9.1%, Resource Management 8%, Crafting 7.7%

  60. #60 Corsair Cove
    63% matchVery Positive86% of 3,074 reviews2026
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 10.3%, Building 9.2%

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