- #1 Hell Architect
97% matchMixed69% of 442 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29% ★, City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 15%, Demons 10.5%, Building 10.4%
- #2 Ascent of Ashes
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 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 22.9% ★, City Builder 16%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Base Building 11.8%, Survival 9.7%
- #3 Hell Architect: Prologue
96% matchVery Positive82% of 833 reviews2021
Dev: Woodland GamesPub: Leonardo Interactive
Windows
Hell Architect is a hell colony sim. Build and manage your hell. Take care of the sinners with funny cartoon-style tortures, fill their needs, develop buildings, gather resources, grow your population. Prologue is a free standalone version of the game 'Hell Architect'.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3% ★, City Builder 27%, Base Building 17%, Building 11.8%, Management 9.8%
- #4 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
95% 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 37.9% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 15.8%, City Builder 11.8%, Building 6.5%
- #5 Horror Tycoon
94% matchMixed62% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Smidge Games LLC
Windows
Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.
Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Demons 19.5%, Building 18.1%, Management 15.4%, Horror 13.9%
- #6 NecroCity
94% 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 28.4% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Building 10.9%, Survival 8.3%
- #7 Surviving the Aftermath
93% 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: City Builder 29%, Colony Sim 27.5% ★, Survival 14%, Base Building 12.1%, Simulation 7.3%
- #8 Night is Coming
92% matchMixed66% of 441 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 14.1%, Survival 12.3%, Building 10.7%
- #9 Worshippers of Cthulhu
91% matchVery Positive82% of 1,460 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2% ★, City Builder 19.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Demons 9.4%, Building 9%
- #10 Surviving the Abyss
91% 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: Colony Sim 28.2% ★, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 10.8%, Building 10.7%
- #11 Endzone 2
90% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 30.7% ★, City Builder 23%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 9.9%
- #12 Black Forest
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 409 reviews2023
Dev: LemuriaPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Danger, death, and despair define Black Forest. As the chief of an unlucky village, your goal is to survive. Gather resources, shore up the village, then survive the terrifying night. Maybe you'll hold out long enough for relief to arrive. Maybe not. Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.6% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 12.5%, Building 10.5%
- #13 Frostpunk
89% 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: City Builder 31.7%, Colony Sim 28.6% ★, Survival 16.5%, Base Building 8.1%, Building 8.1%
- #14 Go To Hell Must
88% matchVery Positive92% of 155 reviews2024
Dev: Easy S Studio
Windows
Want to decide where mortals go when they die? Welcome to hell! With one click, you can decide whether mortals should go to heaven or stay in hell.
Why similar: City Builder 40.5%, Time Management 38%, Simulation 11.5%, Management 10%
- #15 Infection Free Zone
87% matchVery Positive80% of 17,172 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Colony Sim 21% ★, Base Building 19.8%, Time Management 10.1%, Survival 9.9%
- #16 Ghost Keeper
85% matchVery Positive88% of 52 reviews2026
Dev: Quest CraftPub: Gaming Factory
Windows
Become a Ghost Keeper and lead your fearsome minions against the living. Use diverse scare tactics, manage demonic creatures and harness dozens of skills. Oh, and don’t let the Brotherhood catch you! The ultimate scaring experience begins…
Why similar: Demons 52.1%, Horror 28.7%, 3D 12.4%, Management 6.8%
- #17 Post-Apo Builder
86% matchMixed43% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 16.5%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 15.9%, Time Management 15.1%, Grand Strategy 13.7% ★
- #18 Cataclismo
83% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 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 29.6% ★, City Builder 22%, Base Building 15.7%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.3%
- #19 The Deadly Path
84% matchMixed48% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: Owlskip EnterprisesPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Aid the Deities of Dread in their quest for vengeance and pave the way for their ascension. Gather grim materials, construct defences and expand the underworld to appease the rage of the gods in The Deadly Path, a unique building management and roguelike strategy game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Time Management 17.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Survival 13.7%
- #20 Buoyancy
84% matchMixed56% of 820 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 48% ★, City Builder 25.7%, Base Building 13.7%, Survival 9.8%, Simulation 2.7%
- #21 Flocking Hell
82% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Sextant Studios
Windows
Flocking Hell is a deeply strategic roguelite where you defend your pasture from demonic invasion. It blends calm exploration with auto-battler combat, offering a mix of easy-to-learn mechanics and thought-provoking gameplay. It also has a LOT of sheep 🐑😈
Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Base Building 21.2%, Demons 14.5%, Building 9.2%, PvE 4.2%
- #22 Aztecs: The Last Sun
81% 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 26.6% ★, City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 11.8%, Building 10.5%
- #23 Here Comes The Swarm
79% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4% ★, City Builder 19%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 15.2%, Management 8.6%
- #24 Underworld Overseer
80% matchPositive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 44.8%, Base Building 26.7%, Demons 16.4%, Management 10.7%, Simulation 1.4%
- #25 Creo God Simulator
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 237 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Creo God Simulator is a game of city building, resource management, survival, and a ton of villager smiting. As the divinely chosen Creostrider, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8% ★, City Builder 36.4%, Management 14.5%, Simulation 8.5%, 3D 2.7%
- #26 MachiaVillain
81% matchMixed65% of 799 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Why similar: Base Building 36.7%, Simulation 23.2%, Management 22.7%, Building 17.3%
- #27 Ostriv
78% 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 26% ★, City Builder 25.5%, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 10.1%, Building 9.9%
- #28 Settlement Survival
77% 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 27% ★, City Builder 25.4%, Building 11.3%, Survival 11.2%, Management 8.3%
- #29 Gold Gold Adventure Gold
77% matchVery Positive82% of 284 reviews2025
Dev: Can Can Can a Man
Windows
Gold makes God. Embrace city-building chaos around a monster-filled dungeon where danger & profit go hand in hand. Assign heroes quests, evolve powerful pets and expand your influence one gold coin at a time. Recruit, defend, explore — all in pursuit of Glory and Gold!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3% ★, City Builder 20.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Management 12.5%, Survival 10.9%
- #30 The Shrouded Isle
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,510 reviews2017
Dev: Jongwoo KimPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...
Why similar: Building 29.3%, Management 27.6%, Horror 22.1%, Multiple Endings 21%
- #31 After Long Night
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 434 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8% ★, City Builder 17%, Base Building 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Survival 9.9%
- #32 The Crust
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,397 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2% ★, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 17.6%, Building 10%, Survival 8.8%
- #33 Against the Storm
74% 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: Colony Sim 22.2% ★, Grand Strategy 17.9% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 12%, Survival 9.3%
- #34 IXION
75% 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: City Builder 28.6%, Colony Sim 27.3% ★, Survival 13.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 9.3%
- #35 Exodus Borealis
75% matchVery Positive86% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
Windows
In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, City Builder 29%, Building 15.8%, Survival 11.2%, Demons 7.1%
- #36 The Devil is in the Details
73% matchVery Positive98% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: HideWorks
Windows
A survival horror spot-the-difference game set in a twisted Hell gameshow. Demons will distract you, torment you, or try to kill you. The Arbiter is your mysterious guide—sometimes helpful, sometimes...not so much. Spot the anomalies or suffer the consequences.
Why similar: Horror 76.4%, 3D 23.6%
- #37 Norland
72% 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: Colony Sim 22.9% ★, City Builder 17.9%, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Base Building 12%, Survival 9%
- #38 Scarecropia
73% matchVery Positive90% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Survival 9.6%
- #39 The Last Haven
74% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 28.6%, City Builder 21.3%, Survival 15.9%, Colony Sim 12.8% ★, Building 9.7%
- #40 New Cycle
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 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 26.4% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Survival 12.2%, Building 10.9%
- #41 The Unholy Priest
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 381 reviews2025
Dev: Grejuva
Windows
Manage a haunted funeral service as a priest in a cursed forest. Bury or cremate the dead, perform exorcisms, fend off demonic possessions, and quiet restless souls. Survive terrifying encounters, maintain sanity, and experience the pinnacle of horror simulation in The Unholy Priest!
Why similar: Demons 33.2%, Management 22.9%, Horror 21.4%, Simulation 16.1%, 3D 6.4%
- #42 Oxygen
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 25.2% ★, City Builder 21.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 11.4%, Building 9%
- #43 From Glory To Goo
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6% ★, City Builder 26.5%, Base Building 21.4%, Survival 12.9%, Simulation 4.5%
- #44 Nova Roma
69% 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: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 8.9%
- #45 Dawn of Man
71% matchVery Positive87% of 17,635 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.9% ★, City Builder 39.6%, Survival 14%, Simulation 4.3%, Management 1.2%
- #46 Unholy Heights
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,637 reviews2013
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1% ★, City Builder 25.3%, Building 14.5%, Management 11.2%, Hand-drawn 7.9%
- #47 Mars Attracts
68% 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 24.3% ★, City Builder 20.7%, Time Management 16.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11.1%
- #48 Whiskerwood
67% 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: Colony Sim 22.7% ★, City Builder 18%, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 8.8%
- #49 Edge Islands
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2% ★, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 15%, Building 12.5%, Survival 9.1%
- #50 The Tribe Must Survive
70% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8% ★, Base Building 18%, Survival 15.2%, Building 14.4%, Management 11.1%
- #51 Reignfall
70% matchVery Positive89% of 424 reviews2018
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?
Why similar: Colony Sim 68.5% ★, City Builder 31.5%
- #52 Manor Lords
65% 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: Colony Sim 22.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.8% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 12%, Survival 9.4%
- #53 Deck of Haunts
66% matchVery Positive87% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: City Builder 33%, Base Building 29.1%, Building 17.6%, Horror 12.3%, Simulation 8%
- #54 Endzone - A World Apart
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,807 reviews2021
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, Colony Sim 17.1% ★, Survival 16.6%, Base Building 14%, Building 6.9%
- #55 Goblins of Elderstone
68% 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: Colony Sim 21.5% ★, City Builder 17.7%, Grand Strategy 16.3% ★, Base Building 12.1%, Survival 9.6%
- #56 The Wandering Village
63% matchVery Positive92% of 8,074 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.4 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 32.1% ★, City Builder 27.3%, Base Building 12%, Management 11.8%, Survival 10.2%
- #57 Genesis of a Small God
66% matchVery Positive83% of 63 reviews2024
Dev: Pierre Nury
Windows
You have awoken as a small god. As you accumulate the faith and souls of your followers, you will learn incredible new abilities. Protect, guide your people and smite any threats that may arise. The fate of your world is in your hands.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 12.3%, Management 10.4%