- #1 8-Bit Farm
97% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Farming Sim 21.8%, Agriculture 20.3% ★, City Builder 13%, Strategy 5.5%
- #2 The Blighted Frontier
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, City Builder 19.6%, Base Building 19.6%, Zombies 9.5%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #3 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
96% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 23.7%, Farming Sim 14.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Simulation 7.6%
- #4 Your Island -KIMI NO SIMA-
95% matchVery Positive81% of 104 reviews2019
Dev: Andymente
Windows
Your people landed on a virgin forest island. Develop the island, build a house, make fields and barns, develop agriculture, fishery and industry, Let's develop into a wonderful island. It is a box-garden / sandbox-type simulation game that guides people and develops and develops islands. Andy maintenance (c)
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.4%, Farming Sim 21.6%, Agriculture 19.4% ★, City Builder 15.5%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #5 Windowed Realms
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 6.7%
- #6 Compact Colonies
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 17.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #7 Meer's: Escape
93% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Meer's
Windows
Meer's: Escape is an island version of the classic city simulation. The game expands on some of the deep-rooted tropes of the city-building experience while introducing new gameplay elements to recognize the excitement and challenges of creating and maintaining a real city.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Farming Sim 21.5%, City Builder 18.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Agriculture 12.5% ★
- #8 Fosoria
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Base Building 23.2%, City Builder 11.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Exploration 5.9%
- #9 Pocket Harvest
91% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Reap the joys of country life and cultivate your farm and fame!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.9%, Farming Sim 22.3%, Agriculture 20.4% ★, City Builder 13.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #10 Fio and the Doomed City
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows · Mac
A “city-building” x “tower defense” SLG by a young girl, Fio. Fio and her guardians, the Flora Bears, are building a city in the last city of humanity. Increase facilities, residents, and resources, and prepare for battle. Withstand enemy attacks and defeat the boss with your big beam cannon!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 22.2%, Resource Management 13.9%, Strategy 4.8%
- #11 Ostriv
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,467 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Agriculture 13.1% ★, Farming Sim 12%
- #12 Kingdom Islands
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victor Skillerstrand
Windows
Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 23.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 9.8%, Simulation 5.6%
- #13 SontusCrops
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IndieNegra
Windows
A relaxing 2D farming and crafting game where you grow crops, craft tools, gather resources, and freely organize your world to create the perfect setup at your own pace.
Why similar: Farming Sim 28.2%, Agriculture 21.4% ★, 2.5D 15.9%, Strategy 11%, Resource Management 9%
- #14 All Roads Connected
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Base Building 17.9%, City Builder 17.9%, Farming Sim 15.7%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #15 Havendock
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,898 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3%, Agriculture 18.6% ★, Farming Sim 15.8%, Base Building 14.3%, City Builder 13.8%
- #16 Zombie Colony
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Zombies 27.4%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%
- #17 California Escapades
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 323 reviews2024
Dev: NUTS POWER ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Windows
In this simulation and adventure game, explore 19th-century Gold Rush California. Join Jim and Emma to build and manage your farm and city. Plant crops, raise animals, construct buildings, complete missions, uncover secrets, and collect treasures. Start your adventure now!
Why similar: Farming Sim 25.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Agriculture 19.3% ★, Base Building 8.9%, Strategy 6.9%
- #18 Kingdom Square
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mete İlhan
Windows
A tile-based minimalist city-building and automation game set in the middle ages.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 20.1%, 2.5D 15%, Base Building 10.2%, Simulation 9.4%
- #19 Greenfeet Haven
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Owlycode makes games
Windows
A friendly fantasy colony sim where you manage halflings. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to discover new items, and evolve your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient town! Inspired by the genre of RimWorld and the ambience of Stardew Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Agriculture 17.3% ★, Farming Sim 16.2%, City Builder 9.1%
- #20 Aven Colony
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,747 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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 39.8%, City Builder 27.4%, Base Building 16.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Simulation 4.9%
- #21 They Are Billions
83% matchVery Positive85% of 50,888 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 29%, Colony Sim 28.8%, Zombies 21.9%, City Builder 9.9%, Strategy 5.5%
- #22 Lil Guys
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Base Building 22.9%, City Builder 16.9%, Resource Management 11%, Combat 6.8%
- #23 Airlock
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ironbridge Games
Windows
Plan in the ant farm. Live in the 3D city. AIRLOCK is a post-apocalyptic survival base-builder where you rescue Settlers from ruined Ashgate, build a sanctuary deep beneath the toxic surface, and outlast The Altered. The Last of Us meets The Alters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.2%, Zombies 18.3%, Base Building 16.6%, City Builder 15.2%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #24 Zomboard
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
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 33.7%, Base Building 22.8%, Zombies 20.6%, Resource Management 8.5%, Strategy 7.9%
- #25 Dream Town Island
81% matchVery Positive96% of 460 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A town sim where you raise generations of residents. Unlock new stores and facilities, help your residents find love, or cash in on the stock market!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, Farming Sim 21.4%, City Builder 20.1%, Agriculture 7.9% ★, Strategy 6.4%
- #26 Our Freedom: Prologue
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, Base Building 23%, City Builder 19.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #27 T-Minus 30
80% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 24.5%, Base Building 22%, 2.5D 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #28 The Wandering Village
77% matchVery Positive92% of 8,187 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 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 23.4%, City Builder 18.5%, Farming Sim 14.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #29 Forest Camp Story
79% matchVery Positive84% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Create and customize your own campground in this charming pixel art sim game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 20.9%, Farming Sim 18%, Simulation 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #30 Rise Against the Invaders
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
Windows
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 31.5%, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 22.5%, Resource Management 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
- #31 Torp
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Goat Head Studios
Windows · Linux
Torp is a viking age colony simulator where you guide a group of norsemen in their quest to build a peaceful and thriving settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.4%, Farming Sim 23.4%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 8.9%, Simulation 8.8%
- #32 EndZ Village
78% matchMixed54% of 39 reviews2019
Dev: DEVCLIED
Windows · Mac · Linux
EndZ Village is a 2D post-apocalyptic zombie survival game developed by DEVCLIED. This 2D survival game immerses you in a post-apocalyptic world infested with zombies, where humanity is fighting endlessly against the constant onslaught of infected zombie hordes.
Why similar: Base Building 20.7%, City Builder 19.8%, Zombies 17.1%, Resource Management 11%, Colony Sim 10.7%
- #33 MuMu get to Work
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 青涩柠檬工作室
Windows
This is a simulation management and home-building game where you can raise all sorts of slimes. These slimes will cultivate farmland, bake bread, and produce various unique goods. Plan your shops to sell goods to customers and earn plenty of coins. As your wealth accumulates, build your own town.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Farming Sim 17.6%, Agriculture 15.9% ★, Base Building 14.7%, City Builder 13.3%
- #34 Founders' Fortune
76% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.8%, Base Building 22.1%, City Builder 19.6%, Resource Management 6.9%, Strategy 4.6%
- #35 Buoyancy
77% matchMixed56% of 825 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 42.2%, City Builder 21%, Base Building 17.6%, Resource Management 7.2%, Strategy 6.9%
- #36 Landslide
74% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: 灵风工作室
Windows
Watching people run and build their towns in the mountains and resist the threat of local indigenous tribes! Here, you can destroy their town, open up the massacre mode, attach someone to their town, and experience new technologies, weapons, characters and stories.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 12.1%, 2.5D 11.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #37 Treetopians
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aparato Games
Windows
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #38 Celestial Trails
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Universal Games
Windows
You arrive on a barren island seeking a fresh start. Gather resources, farm, fish, and craft to build a thriving society. Unlock advanced technologies, manage resources, and grow your settlement from humble beginnings to exploring the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Farming Sim 24.9%, City Builder 24.1%, Casual 5.7%, Exploration 4.2%
- #39 Planetbase
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,320 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 34.9%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 23.9%, Resource Management 7.4%, Strategy 5.5%
- #40 Outlands
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 23.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Simulation 9.6%, Base Building 8.7%
- #41 Pinevale Settlements
73% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Kinetic Quasar Games
Windows
Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!
Why similar: Base Building 26.8%, City Builder 23.4%, Colony Sim 17.7%, Resource Management 16.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #42 Sprite's Honor!
71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Holographicquad
Windows
Gnomes stole your boat parts! Gather resources to master Fae powers. Farm mythical creatures and build a colony to defeat the gnome kings and get back home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Agriculture 19% ★, Farming Sim 18%, Base Building 15%, City Builder 14.1%
- #43 Spirit & Stone
72% 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 30.6%, City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 12.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 9.8%
- #44 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
72% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 37.4%, Base Building 20.2%, City Builder 17.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 5.8%
- #45 Zombie Warz
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GobiGD
Windows · Mac
Zombie Warz is a strategy survivor RTS with rogue-lite gameplay elements. Play as the king of a kingdom under siege by zombies and survive to discover their origins.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Zombies 19.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, 2.5D 8.8%
- #46 Oh! Edo Towns
71% matchVery Positive86% of 102 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Plunge into the past for a rousing romp through Edo period Japan!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7%, Farming Sim 19.9%, City Builder 17.3%, 2.5D 10.7%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #47 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
69% matchVery Positive86% of 194 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.6%, City Builder 27.1%, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Resource Management 6.4%
- #48 Town Keeper
69% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Agriculture 20.2% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 17.5%, Resource Management 6.2%
- #49 Autonauts vs Piratebots
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 517 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.
Why similar: Farming Sim 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.8%, Agriculture 17.1% ★, City Builder 14.1%, Base Building 6.9%
- #50 Tenants of the Shade
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stormjest
Windows
Build a living civilization from a single village. Guide your people across a dynamic landscape of rivers, farms, trade routes, and rival kingdoms as your society rises from the dawn of history.
Why similar: Base Building 23.3%, City Builder 22.6%, Resource Management 14.4%, Agriculture 14% ★, Colony Sim 11.8%
- #51 The Promised Land
71% matchVery Positive87% of 776 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.0 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 51%, City Builder 13.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Casual 6.3%, Resource Management 6%
- #52 Hungry Meem
68% matchPositive88% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Drecom Co., Ltd.
Windows
Meems, the hungry creatures that live under the World Tree, are in danger of extinction! Let's make the Meems' lives happy by exploring around the World Tree with them and developing their settlement!
Why similar: Agriculture 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 22.1%, Farming Sim 19.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Cute 5.2%
- #53 Pathless Woods
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,102 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Farming Sim 22.9%, Base Building 19%, City Builder 17.7%, Agriculture 10.3% ★, Resource Management 9.6%
- #54 Stonedeep
70% matchMixed46% of 104 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 26.5%, Base Building 22%, 2.5D 15.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, City Builder 11.7%
- #55 HistoriCity: Florence
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stratagem Interactive
Windows · Mac
A mission-based survival citybuilder/colony sim where you rebuild Renaissance Florence in the aftermath of the Black Plague. Overcome recurring droughts, build the Florence Cathedral, hire Michelangelo, and survive the Bonfire of the Vanities with an authentic Renaissance lute soundtrack.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, Agriculture 21.6% ★, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #56 Lands of Koastalia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Resource Management 11.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #57 Infinite Construction
68% matchMixed47% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: BackSnow Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
This is an infinite sandbox construction game with no boundaries. The game is simulating the reconstruction of a post-war town; there are 18 kinds of resources in the game, and the construction strategy is to increase the resources and maintain the dynamic balance of different resources.
Why similar: Farming Sim 30.8%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Simulation 6%
- #58 Settlement Survival
66% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 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 27.8%, City Builder 24.3%, Agriculture 15.2% ★, Base Building 12.4%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #59 Venture Towns
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 24.1%, Farming Sim 19.4%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 8%
- #60 Catizens
66% matchVery Positive82% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 27.8%, City Builder 19.2%, Farming Sim 18.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 5.1%