- #1 Fabledom
96% matchVery Positive85% of 7,484 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.5 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: Colony Sim 52.7%, City Builder 18%, Strategy 7.5%, Casual 5.6%, Resource Management 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This fairytale-inspired city builder captures the same cute, lighthearted aesthetic and accessible colony management found in the seed game.
- #2 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,364 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.3%, Strategy 13.2%, City Builder 12.9%, Casual 8.3%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic medieval city-builder that emphasizes the same steady growth and resource management loops as The Promised Land.
- #3 Stonehearth
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,005 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 66.5%, City Builder 19.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 2.4%, Management 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a charming voxel art style and a focus on managing a small group of settlers, mirroring the colony-sim feel of the seed.
- #4 Kingdoms and Castles
95% matchVery Positive94% of 31,097 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.5%, City Builder 20.3%, Strategy 8.7%, Resource Management 5.9%, Management 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similarly casual and approachable take on building a thriving kingdom while managing resources and defending against minor threats.
- #5 The Universim
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,560 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.4%, City Builder 17.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Casual 6.2%, Management 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: While it adds god-game elements, it retains the core colony-simulation and expansion mechanics that make building a civilization rewarding.
- #6 Havendock
94% 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 49.4%, City Builder 15%, Strategy 9%, Casual 6%, Time Management 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A relaxing, singleplayer colony-sim that focuses on building up a settlement in a unique environment with a similar casual pace.
- #7 One More Island
93% matchMixed68% of 254 reviews2022
Dev: Berg GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 63.6%, City Builder 19.5%, Management 5%, Resource Management 4.2%, Simulation 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses on exploration and colony expansion across multiple islands, capturing the adventure-oriented nature of the seed game.
- #8 Settlement Survival
91% 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 58%, City Builder 21.5%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 5%, Resource Management 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deeper look at resource management and survival while maintaining the core colony-building loop.
- #9 Aven Colony
92% 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 64.4%, City Builder 18.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Simulation 3.5%, Resource Management 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi take on the colony-sim genre that keeps the focus on managing infrastructure and keeping your colonists happy.
- #10 The Pyraplex
91% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 50%, City Builder 13.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Casual 6.6%, Resource Management 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines management and simulation in a way that feels very similar to the quest-driven progression of the seed game.
- #11 Paragon Pioneers 2
90% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.6%, City Builder 17.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 5.1%, Cute 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: A highly addictive, casual city-builder that excels at the satisfying 'just one more click' progression loop.
- #12 Clanfolk
89% matchVery Positive92% of 3,845 reviews2022
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.Pub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Why similar: Colony Sim 74.7%, Casual 9.6%, Simulation 6.2%, Cute 5.9%, Indie 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: A cozy, survival-focused colony-sim that emphasizes the daily lives and needs of your settlers in a charming, atmospheric setting.
- #13 Venture Towns
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 132 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Make your own metropolitan utopia! Stores, mansions, towers--anything goes!
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.4%, City Builder 19.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Casual 9.2%, Simulation 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This Kairosoft title offers a cute, pixelated approach to town management that aligns perfectly with the casual simulation vibe.
- #14 Foundation
86% matchVery Positive86% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.0 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Colony Sim 32.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Resource Management 6%, Simulation 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: An organic city-builder that allows for a relaxed, grid-free approach to constructing a medieval village, perfect for fans of casual simulation.
- #15 Tropical Resort Story
88% matchVery Positive92% of 180 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 57%
It's vacation time! Try your hand at managing a lush tropical resort!
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Casual 10.3%, Simulation 5.7%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A casual simulation game that focuses on building and maintaining a resort, sharing the same cute and colorful aesthetic.
- #16 Dream Town Island
87% 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 52.1%, City Builder 16.4%, Strategy 11%, Casual 7.8%, Simulation 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Another Kairosoft gem that focuses on building a thriving community with a lighthearted and accessible interface.
- #17 Legends of Heropolis DX
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 85 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.7%, City Builder 15.6%, Casual 11.2%, Simulation 6.3%, Strategy 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends city-building with light adventure elements, making it a strong thematic match for The Promised Land.
- #18 Of Life and Land
84% matchVery Positive86% of 356 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 55%, City Builder 17.9%, Strategy 10.7%, Resource Management 6.3%, Management 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: A charming colony-sim that emphasizes the interaction between nature and your growing settlement.
- #19 Blueprint Tycoon
85% matchVery Positive82% of 1,097 reviews2016
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build your settlement, gather goods, ensure maximum efficiency and make a profit!
Why similar: Colony Sim 60%, City Builder 10.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Management 6.2%, Casual 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game adds a layer of logistical management to the colony-building experience, perfect for those who enjoy the strategy aspect.
- #20 Citizens: Far Lands
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2022
Dev: RedKar DevsPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Citizens is a blend between turn based city builder and a puzzler for strategy masterminds. Build a thriving settlement, extract and process resources and manage your population by catering to their needs, thus allowing you to build bigger and better!
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 7%, Time Management 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city-builder that focuses on puzzle-like placement and resource management in a relaxing environment.
- #21 ISLANDERS
82% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.7%, City Builder 29.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 2.2%, Atmospheric 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, relaxing city-builder that strips away complex management to focus on the pure joy of building beautiful settlements.
- #22 Cavern Adventurers
83% matchMixed66% of 122 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 61.1%, City Builder 18.1%, Casual 9.4%, Simulation 5.5%, Cute 4%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the casual simulation and adventure tags, providing a similar experience of managing a small group in a new world.
- #23 Dorfromantik
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,212 reviews2022
Dev: Toukana Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!
Why similar: City Builder 37.4%, Strategy 21%, Casual 15.1%, Resource Management 13.2%, Simulation 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more of a puzzle game, its relaxing atmosphere and tile-based building will appeal to fans of casual city-builders.
- #24 Going Medieval
79% matchVery Positive89% of 20,881 reviews2026
Dev: Foxy VoxelPub: Mythwright
Windows
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 31.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.6%, City Builder 17.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Management 5.5%, Simulation 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D colony-sim that offers more depth in building and survival while keeping the core management loop engaging.
- #25 Timberborn
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 39,576 reviews2026
Dev: Mechanistry
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 42.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.2%, City Builder 21.6%, Strategy 8.3%, Resource Management 4.8%, Management 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A unique city-builder featuring beavers that focuses on water management and vertical construction.
- #26 Mistward
81% matchMixed63% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Mistward is a survival city-builder set on a mysterious island enshrouded in a poisonous mist! Create light sources to keep the mist at bay, build houses and command humans to gather resources. Explore the island and find a way out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 58.2%, City Builder 18%, Strategy 12%, Simulation 5%, Cute 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style colony-sim that encourages exploration and building within a mysterious and atmospheric world.
- #27 Colonize
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Colonize is a relaxing 17th-century city-builder. Establish a settlement in the New World, manage resources, and ensure your people thrive across three unique levels. No combat, just pure strategy and management in a peaceful isometric world. Build your legacy at your own pace!
Why similar: Colony Sim 65.6%, City Builder 20.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-heavy colony-sim that focuses on the challenges of establishing a new settlement in a harsh environment.
- #28 Noble Fates
80% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.9%, City Builder 18.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Management 4.9%, Simulation 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that allows you to rule over your subjects with a personal touch, blending simulation and strategy.
- #29 Patron
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,163 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.8%, City Builder 19.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Resource Management 4.4%, Management 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: A social-focused colony-sim that requires balancing the needs of your citizens with the demands of expansion.
- #30 Ratopia
76% matchVery Positive88% of 4,696 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.0 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 55.1%, City Builder 14.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 4.8%, Management 4.5%
- #31 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
79% matchMixed66% of 5,998 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 63.2%, City Builder 20.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Resource Management 4.8%, Simulation 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A realistic but accessible colony-sim that focuses on the challenges of surviving and thriving in a medieval setting.
- #32 MOAI: Build Your Dream
77% matchVery Positive81% of 211 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Discover the wonders of an uncharted island and help the natives restore their ravaged land to its former glory in Moai: Build Your Dream! Overcome the fury of an active volcano, hordes of attacking ghosts and the threat of dwindling resources as you guide the hero and a native princess on their quest.
Why similar: Strategy 37%, Casual 27.9%, Simulation 13.7%, Time Management 12.1%, Adventure 5.6%
- #33 Romopolis
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 147 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic ancient Roman city with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Colony Sim 65.7%, Casual 8.7%, City Builder 7.4%, Strategy 5.8%, Simulation 5.5%
- #34 City idle
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 219 reviews2023
Dev: Grest Games OÜ
Windows
Experience a city-building game, where the citizens are fully simulated and every decision you make impacts their lives. From the Stone Age to the Iron Age and beyond, watch your civilization evolve and progress under your guidance.
Why similar: Colony Sim 70%, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 6.2%, Cute 4.6%, Management 3.2%
- #35 CLOUD DWELLERS
73% matchVery Positive92% of 71 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 64.6%, Strategy 9.7%, City Builder 5.4%, Management 5.4%, Resource Management 5%
- #36 Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,118 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: Atari
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility. Your colonists anxiously follow you to shore. The treasures of an entire continent await you.
Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Simulation 26.5%, Adventure 25.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #37 Mars Colonization
75% matchMixed53% of 53 reviews2023
Windows
The time has finally come when we can enjoy a new stage in human development!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Strategy 20.2%, Casual 12.7%, Adventure 9.9%, City Builder 8.2%
- #38 Age of Invention
76% matchMixed67% of 111 reviews2015
Dev: Mirball GamesPub: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Experience the wonder of discovery as you rebuild a crumbling kingdom!
Why similar: Casual 42.8%, Time Management 17.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Adventure 6.6%
- #39 Floodland
73% matchMixed56% of 1,068 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.8 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 59.9%, City Builder 16.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 6.4%, Atmospheric 2.2%
- #40 Pocket Arcade Story
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 51 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Create the gaming paradise of your dreams! Reach 5-stars and host tournaments!
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Casual 9.9%, City Builder 9.7%, Simulation 6.9%
- #41 Weather Lord: Following the Princess Collector's Edition
74% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2016
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The power of the elements is in your hands! Use it to reclaim your kingdom!
Why similar: Strategy 35.9%, Casual 26.1%, Adventure 18%, Time Management 9.5%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #42 Celestial Empire: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive85% of 396 reviews2025
Dev: President Studio
Windows
Embrace your duties as a new provincial governor. Experience the beauty of ancient China, design the city of your dreams, and take care of your people’s needs. Earn the Gods’ favor to maintain the Mandate of Heaven for the ruling dynasty.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.8%, City Builder 17.4%, Strategy 12.6%, Management 5%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #43 Idle Colony
70% matchVery Positive83% of 556 reviews2024
Dev: Faith G.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Casual 10.4%, Management 5.5%, Resource Management 4.6%
- #44 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 74 reviews2023
Dev: Redkar LimitedPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Experience the ultimate turn-based colony building game in Citizens: On Mars - Prologue! As the leader of a fledgling Martian settlement, your mission is to develop a thriving colony amidst the harsh and unforgiving environment of the Red Planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 7.6%, Casual 7.6%
- #45 Paragon Pioneers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 68.1%, City Builder 20.4%, Management 5.6%, Simulation 3.5%, Resource Management 1.7%
- #46 Lords and Villeins
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 966 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 57.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 4.9%, Resource Management 4.4%
- #47 Scorchlands
69% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.6%, City Builder 15.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Resource Management 7.8%, Casual 6.3%
- #48 TFM: The First Men
71% matchMixed62% of 406 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 74.8%, Strategy 7.7%, City Builder 6.8%, Resource Management 3.8%, Management 3.7%
- #49 Townopolis
72% matchMixed67% of 140 reviews2016
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Casual city building. Become an architect. Manage the small polis. Construct an idyllic neighborhood with plenty of houses. Work your way to the top through the campaign mode, or create your own scenarios.
Why similar: Casual 25.1%, City Builder 22.6%, Simulation 14.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Time Management 10.6%
- #50 Kaya's Prophecy
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2025
Dev: Jérémie & ThibautPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.1%, City Builder 17.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Resource Management 4.9%, Management 4.8%
- #51 Banished
67% matchVery Positive90% of 43,119 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 62.5%, City Builder 20.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 3.5%, Resource Management 2.1%
- #52 RPG Tycoon
71% matchMixed51% of 487 reviews2016
Dev: Skatanic StudiosPub: Macrocosmic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Hire heroes, send them on quests, get loot and make a profit as you expand from nothing into a bustling fantasy kingdom and attempt to win the coveted title of the greatest kingdom in all of the land!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.7%, City Builder 17.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Management 7.8%, Adventure 6.1%
- #53 Founders' Fortune
68% 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 69.2%, City Builder 14.1%, Strategy 7%, Simulation 3.2%, Resource Management 2.9%
- #54 Airborne Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,369 reviews2022
Dev: The Wandering Band LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.
Why similar: City Builder 46.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Resource Management 14.4%, Simulation 5.6%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #55 Knights of the Crusades
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 169 reviews2025
Dev: Reverie World StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Travel to the Holy Land with the First Crusades. Rise from a humble knight to the founding father of a world-spanning holy order. Lead through war, faith, diplomacy, and cunning schemes. Experience a unique blend of RTS, city-building, and sandbox gameplay, and shape history!
Why similar: City Builder 52.1%, Strategy 30.3%, Simulation 11.7%, Indie 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #56 8-Bit Farm
69% matchMixed66% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Farm management simulation game! Create the most awesome farm!
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.2%, City Builder 13.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Casual 8.6%, Simulation 5.5%
- #57 Tribe: Primitive Builder
66% matchVery Positive81% of 782 reviews2023
Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 55.4%, City Builder 16.7%, Casual 7.2%, Resource Management 6.7%, Adventure 5.2%
- #58 Ballad of Solar
68% matchVery Positive87% of 212 reviews2014
Dev: AlawarPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
In a land of enchantment, torn by evil, a hero arrives to save the day! Guide Solar and his band of helpers as they set out to stop the dark sorcerer Grogan from achieving eternal life and to rescue the fair Lumina.
Why similar: Strategy 29.8%, Casual 28.7%, Adventure 18.1%, Time Management 12.2%, Resource Management 6.5%
- #59 Synergy
64% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,039 reviews2025
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
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: Colony Sim 53.7%, City Builder 18.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Resource Management 6.4%, Management 4.7%
- #60 Airborne Empire
63% matchVery Positive88% of 851 reviews2026
Dev: The Wandering Band LLCPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.3%, City Builder 17%, Strategy 8.9%, Casual 6.8%, Resource Management 6.5%