- #1 SKY HARVEST
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nadir Kaan Sezi
Windows
The Earth is dead. Take control of the ARC-7 terminal and manage the fate of 5,000 souls. Balance energy and credits, make moral choices, gamble, and survive the Loan Shark. Every keystroke has a price in this 100-day dystopian text-based simulation. Your shift begins now, Operator.
Why similar: Dystopian 24.3%, Resource Management 17%, Colony Sim 14.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.1%
- #2 Organs Please
96% matchVery Positive84% of 320 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Political Sim 22% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Resource Management 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #3 Goblins Please
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SoulMeatGames
Windows
The dark lord has tasked you to decide which heroes pass and which heroes do not. There are becoming too many papers and to top it off the camp with the other goblins will not last long without you. Decide who passes through during the day and manage the camp at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1% ★, Political Sim 29.7% ★, Resource Management 15.7%, Multiple Endings 8.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #4 Floodland
95% matchMixed56% of 1,062 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1% ★, Political Sim 20.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Resource Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.5%
- #5 Sheltered 2
94% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 32.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Resource Management 17.4%, Survival 10.2%, Management 7.2%
- #6 Motile Works
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Estry
Windows
We've finally found it. The P35 Semiramide. This old construction platform will be our home for a while. With its help, we can start the last surviving reactor. But on the way back, we need to gather as many people and resources as possible. Despite pollution, hunger, strife, predators and raiders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Political Sim 19.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.9%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #7 Aquatico
92% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Underwater 30.3% ★, Colony Sim 28.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Resource Management 7.7%, Management 7.5%
- #8 Do Not Feed the Monkeys
91% matchVery Positive94% of 12,088 reviews2018
Dev: Fictiorama StudiosPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A digital voyeur simulator where you watch strangers through surveillance cameras. Invade their privacy and witness their most intimate moments, but don’t interact with the subjects – anything could happen if you dare feed the monkeys!
Why similar: Political Sim 27.1% ★, Dystopian 17.3%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Resource Management 10%, Management 9.4%
- #9 Down Further
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SeaRuby Games
Windows
Explore the deepest parts of the ocean in this open-world, survival horror game. Fend off unknown creatures with only a few damaged devices in your submarine. Collect creature data, upgrade your vessel, and escape the deep ocean trenches in Down Further.
Why similar: Underwater 41% ★, Dystopian 14.5%, Hand-drawn 9.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Multiple Endings 6.6%
- #10 Survival Bunker
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Df Games Studio
Windows
Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 25.4%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Management 6.8%
- #11 Crow's Requiem
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Ex Ignorantia
Windows
A narrative-heavy, comic-infused survival visual novel & puzzle game where you are a licensed body collector navigating a dystopian world of moral dilemmas and resource management; where belief, rebellion, or control will prevail through your choices.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.1% ★, Dystopian 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Hand-drawn 10%
- #12 Surviving the Abyss
88% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Underwater 28.6% ★, Colony Sim 26.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Management 8.1%, Choices Matter 7.1%
- #13 Orc Colony
89% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2% ★, Simulation 12.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 8.3%
- #14 Frostveil: The Last Winter
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alabarda Gaming
Windows
Winter 1920. As a village leader during the War of Independence, you must manage resources to survive the frost. At the breaking point, will you be a savior or a tyrant? Every choice writes a story in the snow. In pursuit of the story.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6% ★, Resource Management 13.4%, Political Sim 12.6% ★, Choices Matter 11.8%, Survival 10.3%
- #15 Keeping It Shrimple
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Random Order
Windows · Mac
"Keeping It Shrimple" is a management game where you breed, feed, and care for your adorable shrimp. Experiment with breeding pairs. Manage the water properties of your tanks. Sell rare breeds on the market. With planning, experimentation, and a dose of luck, you may just breed the perfect shrimp!
Why similar: Underwater 29.2% ★, Colony Sim 29% ★, Resource Management 16%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 8.3%
- #16 Subzero Tides
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9% ★, Dystopian 22.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Simulation 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #17 Clan & Flood
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: XF STUDIO
Windows · Mac
Flood. Famine. Betrayal. In ancient times, you lead a small clan to survive in the mud. Build shelters, cultivate fields, construct dams — but the real challenge isn't just nature: your followers have their own ambitions, and your heir may not be who you hoped. The next flood is coming.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5% ★, Political Sim 24.3% ★, Resource Management 14.4%, Survival 11.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #18 Not For Broadcast
84% matchVery Positive94% of 12,340 reviews2022
Dev: NotGamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A new political Party has won a landslide in the General Election, and for some reason the editor at the news station you work at has done a runner. Now it’s up to you, the Janitor, to take over the editing booth in this tumultuous time - will you help the government, or stand in their way?
Why similar: Dark Comedy 22%, Political Sim 21.1% ★, Dystopian 18.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Management 7.5%
- #19 Oceaneers
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable 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: Underwater 32.4% ★, Colony Sim 30.7% ★, Survival 8.9%, Management 8.1%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #20 Dark Moon
82% matchMixed49% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 31% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Resource Management 14%, Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 10.2%
- #21 Love in Space
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Jørn LavollPub: Storedraumen Games A/S
Windows
50% Visual Novel - 50% Sci-Fi Karaoke-Musical. A dystopian future where you hide beneath the waves. Your choices write the story - and the lyrics you'll sing.
Why similar: Underwater 26.5% ★, Dark Comedy 23.4%, Dystopian 15.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Choices Matter 8.7%
- #22 Ecopunk
81% matchVery Positive84% of 114 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
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 40.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Management 11.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Survival 8.2%
- #23 Never Secure
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blank Page Games
Windows
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 36.8% ★, Resource Management 16.7%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Simulation 10.2%
- #24 Generation Nova
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OatCube Games
Windows
Manage a colony of people who woke too soon from their cryo-sleep. Build and manage a working generation ship and hopefully one day the grandchildren of the first generation might land on a habitable planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7% ★, Political Sim 20.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 6.8%
- #25 Frostpunk: 1886
80% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
The original Frostpunk experience is being reimagined and expanded with new events, mechanics, and laws within a new Purpose Path. Return to your role as the ruler of Earth's last city, manage its citizens, weigh up your choices and ensure your society's survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Resource Management 15%, Survival 8.9%, Choices Matter 7.7%
- #26 Border Base
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bitzooma
Windows
Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe, it’s a colony sim & base-building hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33% ★, Political Sim 22.5% ★, Resource Management 12.8%, Survival 8.5%, Management 7.5%
- #27 Dust Dwellers
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crimson Stone Games
Windows
Lead a group of survivors through a dry and desolate wasteland in this turn-based card game. Outfit your survivors with vehicles to fend off metal beasts at night, scavenge for resources, and uncover the path to your next homestead. Can you outwit the dangers of this harsh new world?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Dystopian 15%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 8.3%
- #28 Rogue AI Simulator
78% matchVery Positive83% of 384 reviews2023
Dev: Nerdook ProductionsPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2% ★, Political Sim 25% ★, Resource Management 12.9%, Choices Matter 8.2%, Management 8.1%
- #29 Frostline
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raptor Entertainment
Windows
In a world gripped by the Ice Age, you manage the last telephone station in the city. Listen to incoming visitors and grant or deny communication according to government orders. Your decisions shape the fate of the region. An atmospheric, story-driven communication simulation: Frostline!
Why similar: Dystopian 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Resource Management 11.5%, Multiple Endings 11.3%
- #30 Shopping in a Winter Zombieland
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Zombie Zone GermanyPub: Amrun Verlag
Windows · Mac · Linux
An apocalyptic Visual Novel from Zombie Zone Germany for Christmas with German voice acting, lots of decisions and seven different endings. There is only a version in German language.
Why similar: Dark Comedy 27.8%, Dystopian 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #31 Beekeeper Simulator
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Void Chamber
Windows
Beekeeper Simulator puts you in the shoes of a dedicated beekeeper, where you'll care for buzzing hives, harvest a variety of honey types, and expand your operations to build a thriving beekeeping empire. Nurture your bees, optimize your apiary, and turn your passion into profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2% ★, Resource Management 17.2%, Simulation 16%, Management 15.3%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #32 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 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 40.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Survival 10.9%, Resource Management 9.4%, Management 5.9%
- #33 Frostpunk 2
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,240 reviews2024
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 19.4 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: Post-apocalyptic 20.1%, Resource Management 19.1%, Survival 13.1%, Political Sim 11.2% ★, Colony Sim 9.7% ★
- #34 Capyvarias
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Piebox
Windows · Mac · Linux
Help Capyshan and Capymay rebuild the Capyvarias empire. Everything is gone. Only these two brave capybaras remain, determined to raise their community from the ashes. Can you click your way to survival, growth, and a future among the stars?
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Management 11.3%, Simulation 10.4%, Resource Management 9%
- #35 ASV Trident
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaminsLab
Windows
You are the acting captain of the last war vessel of humanity. Now the ship is your home and refuge. "real-time roguelike spaceship sim"
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Resource Management 10.4%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #36 The Last of the Minnows
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wyrmyr Games
Windows
The Last of the Minnows is a pixel-art survival simulation where you manage a fragile aquarium ecosystem. Balance oxygen, temperature and contaminants to keep your fish alive. Breed unique traits over generations, adapting to ever-changing conditions. Can you keep them alive for 100 days?
Why similar: Underwater 41% ★, Dystopian 16.1%, Simulation 13.4%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #37 Blueprint Tycoon
76% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.8% ★, Management 17.8%, Resource Management 15.1%, Simulation 10.8%, Strategy 5.4%
- #38 Beholder: Conductor
72% matchVery Positive91% of 4,209 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!
Why similar: Political Sim 40.5% ★, Dystopian 19.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%, Multiple Endings 6.7%, Management 6.6%
- #39 Luthenia
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: arthurluthen
Windows
Shape a new society in Luthenia, a deep colony simulation game. Don't give direct orders—pass laws, respond to crises, and manage a living economy. Guide your people from primitive survival to a complex civilization where every individual settler matters.
Why similar: Political Sim 30.5% ★, Colony Sim 30.5% ★, Dystopian 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #40 MediAevi
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5% ★, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Resource Management 8.8%
- #41 Homeseek
73% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: TrapticsPub: The Iterative Collective
Windows
Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.7% ★, Dystopian 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Resource Management 11.2%, Choices Matter 8.4%
- #42 MEMORIAPOLIS
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,686 reviews2025
Dev: 5PM Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
In Memoriapolis, you're not just building a city, you're shaping a living, evolving civilization. Travel through five major eras, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Leave your mark on history by navigating the power struggles between rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9% ★, Political Sim 28.7% ★, Resource Management 11.1%, Management 9.5%, Choices Matter 8.3%
- #43 Mermaid Colony
73% matchMixed60% of 35 reviews2019
Dev: M. HankaPub: Liu Lidan
Windows
Mermaid Colony is an atmospheric survival strategy game. You're granted godlike powers to guide the mermaids in a battle between light and darkness.
Why similar: Underwater 41.5% ★, Resource Management 12.2%, Simulation 10.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Management 9.3%
- #44 Surviving the Aftermath
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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 32.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 27.4%, Survival 10.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #45 Drownlight
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FathomlightPub: Crytivo
Windows
Drownlight is a city-building survival simulator set in a flooded world. Build and expand your city around a lighthouse, manage resources, and make moral decisions that shape the fate of the survivors. Secrets lurk in the raging waters, and if the lighthouse goes out, the city may be lost forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2% ★, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Resource Management 14.7%, Choices Matter 8.7%, Survival 8.6%
- #46 Frostpunk
71% matchVery Positive93% of 132,545 reviews2018
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.8% ★, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Resource Management 17.5%, Survival 11.2%, Strategy 6.9%
- #47 After Inc: Revival
69% matchVery Positive80% of 1,165 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Dystopian 16.3%, Resource Management 10.8%, Management 7%
- #48 Egglets - The Long 10 Days
69% match4 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: wieLuft
Windows · Mac
A 10-day crisis management simulation. As Eggon’s administrator, you follow absurd orders, manage chaos, and seek truth between news and rumors. Obey commands – or choose humanity? The fate of the Egglets rest in your hands.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.5%, Political Sim 22.3% ★, Choices Matter 10.4%, Simulation 8.6%, Multiple Endings 7.8%
- #49 Life Below
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MegapopPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
Why similar: Underwater 30.1% ★, Colony Sim 24.5% ★, Resource Management 12.2%, Management 8.7%, Survival 7.5%
- #50 Beholder 3
70% matchMixed65% of 2,714 reviews2022
Dev: Paintbucket GamesPub: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
When a high-ranking security officer saves you from prison, you end up a pawn in her schemes. Now you must eliminate anyone standing in the way of her secret plans and try to get your life back while working two jobs. No tenant, employee or superior is safe from your spying.
Why similar: Political Sim 32% ★, Dystopian 25.5%, Management 8.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
- #51 Stop the Press!
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nebuchadnezzar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
You run a newspaper in a nation on the brink of revolution. Twist headlines to suit your agenda, upgrade your printing press, mastermind a distribution strategy to grow your readership and evade being censored—or worse—by the Secret Police. With enough influence you can change the course of history.
Why similar: Political Sim 22.2% ★, Dystopian 13.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Management 11.9%, Simulation 11.3%
- #52 War Angels
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Leolit GamesPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
War Angels puts you in charge of a hospital in the middle of a war. With scarce food, limited medicine, and waves of critically injured patients, every decision becomes a moral struggle. Who will you save when you can’t save them all?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Resource Management 13.7%, Choices Matter 9.3%, Survival 8.2%
- #53 IdleZomb
67% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: STLgame
Windows
IdleZomb: Manage a ruined hospital, create zombies, evolve them, or sacrifice them for DNA. Every decision counts in this post-apocalyptic management game. Early Access focuses on the basics, with content available up to level 20.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Simulation 15.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, Strategy 8.8%
- #54 Windowed Realms
67% 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 42.9% ★, Resource Management 17.5%, Simulation 10.6%, Strategy 9%, Management 8.8%
- #55 Sand: A Superfluous Game
66% matchPositive97% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: Voided Pixels Studio
Windows
An open-world, base-building, adventure game with quirky humor and llamas. Explore the wasteland of Alaska smashing skeletons in your supped-up cab and trading veggies with the native rhino people. Do the bidding of a mysterious cube from space and unlock the secrets of the desert.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8% ★, Dark Comedy 24.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Dystopian 15.7%, Choices Matter 8.1%
- #56 Dystopians
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
A cyberpunk colony simulator where you take over, manage & build bases, create & lead the crew to survive in a dark cybercity. Every member of the society makes their own decisions based on various factors and stats, for you is to decide and point out what would be best to do next!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6% ★, Dystopian 18.3%, Management 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%, Survival 8.7%
- #57 Beholder
68% matchVery Positive92% of 30,197 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Stargaze (Warm Lamp Games)Pub: Alawar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re a state-installed landlord in a totalitarian country. Place listening devices, steal and sneak into your tenants’ apartments. Use what you uncovered to report anyone capable of plotting against the state. You MUST! But WILL you?
Why similar: Political Sim 30.7% ★, Dystopian 26.5%, Choices Matter 12.8%, Multiple Endings 9.1%, Simulation 6.5%
- #58 Rise Against the Invaders
66% 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 41.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Aliens 9.5%, Resource Management 8.8%, Survival 8.7%
- #59 Booth: A Dystopian Adventure
67% matchVery Positive91% of 386 reviews2020
Dev: Guanpeng Chen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 2036. In this famine-riddled world, food-centric sovereignty has been established. Living alone inside a food-inspection booth, you are striving to find truth and peace beyond the borderline.
Why similar: Dystopian 27.7%, Political Sim 25.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Multiple Endings 10%