- #1 Moons of Ardan
97% matchVery Positive96% of 92 reviews2021
Dev: Pandora Technology
Windows
Embark on a space city-building adventure in Moons of Ardan! Develop a thriving civilization in a real-time planetary system. Oversee production chains, cater to the needs of your axonauts, recover their lost technologies, and navigate resource transportation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20% ★, Agriculture 15.9% ★, Economy 13.4%, City Builder 12.1%, Building 9.6%
- #2 The Diner at the End of the Galaxy: Free Appetiser
96% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: General Interactive Co.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Open a diner on a desert planet, grow exotic ingredients, create a menu for intergalactic palates and deal with powerful factions. Free Appetiser is the prologue to Diner at the End of the Galaxy, where you cook and manage your way to intergalactic riches and glory.
Why similar: Cooking 18%, Diplomacy 14.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Management 9.9%, Economy 9%
- #3 Diluvian Winds
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 380 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 12.9%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #4 Aztecs: The Last Sun
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.3% ★, Economy 14.4%, Base Building 13.6%, City Builder 12.5%, Resource Management 11.3%
- #5 United Penguin Kingdom
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 427 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: Economy 18.1%, City Builder 17.3%, Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Management 15.1%, Resource Management 14.3%
- #6 Goblins of Elderstone
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: Diplomacy 25.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.7% ★, Base Building 13.1%, City Builder 11%, Management 10%
- #7 Farm Manager World
93% matchMostly Positive71% of 607 reviews2025
Dev: Cleversan GamesPub: Sim Farm S.A.
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Dive into the agricultural life with Farm Manager World! Manage your own farm across vibrant global locations, cultivate exotic crops, and build your agribusiness empire. Welcome to sustainable farming at its finest.
Why similar: Agriculture 22.3% ★, Economy 13.8%, Management 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Resource Management 12.3%
- #8 Mars Attracts
92% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Outlier
Windows
Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.3% ★, Base Building 13.9%, Economy 13.4%, City Builder 12.4%, Management 11.5%
- #9 El Dorado: The Golden City Builder
91% matchMixed56% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Hobo BunchPub: Gameparic
Windows
El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Economy 13.7%, City Builder 13%, Management 11.6%
- #10 Fabledom
91% matchVery Positive85% of 7,347 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.7% ★, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Agriculture 12.6% ★, Economy 10.9%, City Builder 10.3%
- #11 StarKeeper
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.
Windows
StarKeeper is a management sim where you run a bar on an asteroid hurtling through the endless cosmos. Unlock new furniture and resources to accommodate your culturally and species-diverse guests. Established relationships will help you survive threats and affect the shape of star systems.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.2% ★, Diplomacy 13.2% ★, Political Sim 11.9% ★, Base Building 10.5%, Cooking 10.3%
- #12 Synergy
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,011 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
An ecosystem City Builder in a unique world. Build your settlement, manage your workers and optimize your resources. Analyzing your environment, spreading new plants, and harvesting them are key to prosperity.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.4% ★, Colony Sim 15.1% ★, Economy 12.2%, Base Building 10%, City Builder 9.8%
- #13 Make Your Kingdom
89% matchMixed58% of 195 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, City Builder 15.3%, Economy 14.4%, Base Building 14.3%, Management 13.4%
- #14 Primitive Society Simulator
88% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Diplomacy 23.5% ★, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Agriculture 15.9% ★, Base Building 11.2%, City Builder 9.6%
- #15 Exile 2097: Space Odyssey
87% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KarmanLine Studio
Windows
Exile 2097: Space Odyssey is a near-future hard sci-fi epic. Lead the Human Continuity Government, build solar-system colonies, upgrade space stations, shape society, uncover the AI rebellion threat, and guide humanity’s final return to Earth amid unknown dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.6% ★, Base Building 15.7%, City Builder 13.8%, Political Sim 12.9% ★, Resource Management 11%
- #16 Of Life and Land
86% matchVery Positive86% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 22% ★, Base Building 15.8%, City Builder 13.6%, Management 11.6%, Economy 11.5%
- #17 Pharaoh™: A New Era
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,128 reviews2023
Dev: Triskell InteractivePub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Colony Sim 17% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 11.9%, Management 10.2%
- #18 HistoriCity: Florence
85% 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 19.2% ★, Agriculture 17.1% ★, Economy 11.6%, City Builder 11.5%, Base Building 10.5%
- #19 Exile
84% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8% ★, Agriculture 15.2% ★, City Builder 13.5%, Economy 12.9%, Management 10.7%
- #20 Frontier Governor
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sedot Games
Windows
Frontier Governor is a city-building game set in 15th-century Korean history. You have been appointed as the local governor, in the historical background of the northern pioneering. Overcome the rough north and lead the frontier through various resources, buildings, technologies, policies, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 16.9% ★, Economy 13.9%, Political Sim 13.5% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Management 10.9%
- #21 NecroCity
83% matchMixed52% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7% ★, Base Building 19%, City Builder 17.2%, Building 13.4%, Management 9.5%
- #22 Settlement Survival
82% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 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 21.5% ★, City Builder 15.2%, Agriculture 12.3% ★, Building 10.9%, Management 10.9%
- #23 Amazing Space
82% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Playbosh Games Entertainment UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Windows
Welcome to the world of space stations! Create your own space base with workplaces and production facilities. Ensure sustainability and safety, explore space, defend your base, and build diplomatic relationships. Be vigilant and successful!
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.4% ★, Political Sim 15% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Building 9.5%, Economy 9.3%
- #24 Noble Legacy
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 640 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval city-builder in which you rule the lands as a Noble. Build your kingdom, manage your people, defend your realm, and master a deep economy, alone or with friends in co-op, every decision is yours. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Diplomacy 24.5% ★, Colony Sim 16.1% ★, Political Sim 12.5% ★, Economy 11.8%, City Builder 9.7%
- #25 IXION
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 17,015 reviews2022
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 31.1 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 19.9% ★, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Space 11.9%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #26 Isla Paradiso
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paradiso Studio
Windows
Build and manage a tropical island economy, optimize production chains, research new technologies, and defend your growing settlement against pirate threats in this relaxing yet strategic city-building game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, City Builder 16.2%, Economy 15.7%, Building 11.3%, Management 11%
- #27 Nuclear Crawler
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.8% ★, Base Building 21%, Management 12.7%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #28 Folklands
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Economy 14.9%, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 10.4%
- #29 Gnomepunk
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glivi Games S.A.Pub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Create an army of gnomes, train builders, gather resources, develop technology, overcome the fauna, understand the flora and use it for alchemy. Conquer or ally with other factions and dominate the forest!
Why similar: Diplomacy 27.5% ★, Economy 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%, City Builder 11.1%, Resource Management 9.9%
- #30 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Emerick GibsonPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island. Define the tenets of your culture, deal with your subjects' needs and withstand the forces of the elements.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, Agriculture 19.1% ★, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 12%, Building 8.7%
- #31 Buildings Have Feelings Too!
78% matchMixed45% of 80 reviews2021
Dev: Blackstaff GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
An exciting new city-management/puzzle game about buildings and the city they inhabit. You must grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment facilities and amenities, to help your buildings thrive; or risk them being demolished forever.
Why similar: Economy 23.4%, City Builder 19.8%, Management 19.4%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 13.9%
- #32 Dungeon Overseer
77% 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 23.1% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Economy 15.5%, City Builder 12.6%, Resource Management 10.3%
- #33 Oxygen: First Breath
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1% ★, Base Building 17.3%, City Builder 14.2%, Economy 12.8%, Resource Management 11.6%
- #34 Ostriv
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 18.7% ★, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Agriculture 12% ★, Economy 11%
- #35 Whiskerwood
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,769 reviews2025
Dev: Minakata DynamicsPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.9% ★, Colony Sim 16.7% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Economy 11.4%, City Builder 10%
- #36 Norland
74% matchVery Positive82% of 9,662 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Diplomacy 23.1% ★, Colony Sim 16.5% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Economy 11.4%, City Builder 9.7%
- #37 Heart of the Machine
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,838 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 73%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Diplomacy 23.6% ★, Colony Sim 15.8% ★, Base Building 11.5%, Economy 11.4%, City Builder 9.6%
- #38 Resort Galactica
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stupid Name Studios
Windows
Welcome to Resort Galactica, a hotel simulator set in space where you design, build, and manage an extravagant resort among the stars. Care for your guests based on each species' individual needs. Expand your hotel with restaurants, leisure centres, and entertainment floors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Building 11.6%, City Builder 11.3%, Management 11.1%
- #39 Ratopia
73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22.6% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 11.7%, City Builder 11.5%, Management 10.8%
- #40 Kolo
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MTandi
Windows
Kolo is a medieval settlement simulator where you lead a group of adventurers ready to start a new life in the wilderness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.9% ★, Economy 15.2%, City Builder 13%, Base Building 12.7%, Resource Management 11.9%
- #41 One More Island
75% matchMixed68% of 250 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.4 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 23% ★, Economy 14.4%, City Builder 13.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Building 10.6%
- #42 MEMORIAPOLIS
72% 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 20.6% ★, Political Sim 17.1% ★, City Builder 14.6%, Base Building 11.9%, Management 10.3%
- #43 Nova Roma
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 670 reviews2026
Dev: Lion ShieldPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
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: Diplomacy 21.4% ★, Colony Sim 15.9% ★, Base Building 12%, Economy 11.8%, City Builder 10.1%
- #44 Manor Lords
72% matchVery Positive85% of 85,453 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: Diplomacy 24% ★, Colony Sim 15.9% ★, Economy 11.4%, Base Building 11.3%, City Builder 9.5%
- #45 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
70% matchVery Positive91% of 25,183 reviews2024
Dev: 3DivisionPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 73.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy. Manage the lives of your citizens from education to work and party loyalty to criminal activity.
Why similar: Diplomacy 19.4% ★, Colony Sim 16.7% ★, Economy 12.1%, Base Building 12%, City Builder 11.3%
- #46 Blocktopia
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stak Games
Windows
Blocktopia is a vibrant and humorous clicker city-builder game. Gather resources, build your town, and defend it against nightly raids! In this chaotic world where justice prevails, survive and dive into a fun city-building experience!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2% ★, Diplomacy 23.8% ★, City Builder 15%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 10%
- #47 Mistlands: Wheats & Demons
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silence Studios
Windows
Become a mayor of a small town in a medieval city builder with advanced villager management. Develop a settlement in lands teeming with demons and other evil spirits. Consider the traits, desires and abilities of residents to survive and prosper.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1% ★, Base Building 15.4%, City Builder 14.7%, Economy 10.4%, Management 10.2%
- #48 Fallen Crown
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LongWay Interactive
Windows
You will lead an exiled royal dynasty, building prosperous cities, gaining the trust of the people, and preparing to overthrow the usurper. In the unique dynasty mode, the leader can find a partner and have children to shape the future of the kingdom.
Why similar: Diplomacy 26.9% ★, Colony Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 13.6%, Economy 11.8%, Building 10.5%
- #49 Against the Storm
68% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Diplomacy 22.3% ★, Colony Sim 16.3% ★, Base Building 11.6%, Economy 11.2%, City Builder 9.8%
- #50 Town Keeper
68% matchVery Positive96% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Agriculture 17.5% ★, Base Building 13.2%, City Builder 12.6%, Economy 11.5%
- #51 Cartel Tycoon
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,719 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Agriculture 16.4% ★, Colony Sim 16% ★, Economy 12.6%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #52 Founders' Fortune
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,168 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
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 34.6% ★, Base Building 16.9%, City Builder 13.4%, Building 9.7%, Management 7.5%
- #53 Outer Frontier
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Roley Games
Windows
Grow crops and fight giant birds, mine precious materials while avoiding sink holes. Keep your societies needs met before unrest breaks out. And finally end the war by tracking down the enemy leader.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.6% ★, Agriculture 18.3% ★, Economy 11.1%, Management 10.3%, City Builder 9.5%
- #54 Border Base
68% 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 23.4% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Political Sim 14.3% ★, City Builder 12.1%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #55 Matsudaira's Myoshu: A Sengoku Village Simulator
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Dragonhead Gaming
Windows
Welcome, Myoshu, it is time to construct your village during the tumultous time of Sengoku where the legends of samurai and ninja were born. A multitude of buildings, technologies, festivals, and resources await your grand design but beware as bandits, ronin, and ninja seek to hinder your progress.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.6% ★, Agriculture 16.9% ★, Cooking 16.8%, City Builder 11%, Economy 10.3%
- #56 Crowded Blue Dot
69% matchMixed58% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: cys20 studio
Windows · Linux
Crowded Blue Dot is a game about producing various items to make people happy and growing a city from a small village to a metropolis.
Why similar: Base Building 17.2%, City Builder 16.6%, Colony Sim 16.2% ★, Resource Management 14.2%, Management 13.4%
- #57 Empires of the Undergrowth
65% matchVery Positive94% of 17,329 reviews2024
Dev: Slug DiscoPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.
Why similar: Diplomacy 21.6% ★, Colony Sim 16.4% ★, Base Building 11.7%, Economy 11.6%, City Builder 9.9%
- #58 Farmman
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Economy 15.4%, City Builder 14.9%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 11.5%
- #59 CLOUD DWELLERS
66% matchNo user 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 28.7% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Management 14.1%, Building 13.1%, Resource Management 10%