- #1 Kingdom's Deck
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.5%, City Builder 13.3%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%
- #2 Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
96% matchVery Positive97% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: Crux Games
Windows
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.5% ★, City Builder 19.3%, Deckbuilding 12%, Card Game 9.6%, Roguelike 9.1%
- #3 Border Pioneer
95% matchVery Positive87% of 1,902 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Card Game 8.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #4 Against the Storm
94% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 26.2%, City Builder 24.4%, Base Building 14.7%, Resource Management 12%, Survival 8.8%
- #5 Aurora Defense
94% matchMixed62% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.7% ★, City Builder 14%, Tower Defense 13.5%, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Base Building 9.5%
- #6 Cardboard Town
93% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,304 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 20.3%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.7% ★, Card Game 12.2%, Deckbuilding 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #7 Super Fantasy Kingdom
91% matchVery Positive87% of 5,926 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.9% ★, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Card Game 16.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #8 Exodus Borealis
92% matchVery Positive86% of 307 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 19.5%, God Game 18.7% ★, City Builder 18.2%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Mythology 12.4%
- #9 As We Descend
90% matchVery Positive87% of 1,382 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.6% ★, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Card Game 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #10 Rise to Ruins
91% matchVery Positive88% of 7,757 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.7%, City Builder 17.8%, Tower Defense 16.6%, God Game 15.3% ★, Base Building 7.6%
- #11 Toads of the Bayou
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 160 reviews2024
Dev: La GrangePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Lead a group of toads as they fight against Baron Samedi’s evil forces in a challenging mix of turn-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding. Synergise card effects, gain the aid of powerful allies and engage in strategic combat to thrive in the cursed bayou.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #12 Edge Islands
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 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 31.2%, Base Building 17.5%, City Builder 16.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Survival 7.2%
- #13 Vault of the Void
88% matchVery Positive92% of 3,003 reviews2022
Dev: Spider Nest Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.4% ★, Deckbuilding 20.7%, Card Game 16.9%, Roguelike 10.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #14 Beneath Oresa
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,708 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Spear Inc.Pub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Beneath Oresa, a fighting roguelike deckbuilder, takes you deep within the city to confront your foes. As a strategist, choose your cards, upgrades, and artifacts wisely, but as a fighter, turn their positioning to your advantage.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40.3% ★, Deckbuilding 21.3%, Card Game 17.9%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #15 Wildfrost
86% matchVery Positive83% of 8,823 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.5% ★, Deckbuilding 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Card Game 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%
- #16 Stacklands
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,157 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: City Builder 28.7%, Card Game 25.4%, Deckbuilding 15.7%, Survival 14.4%, Strategy 7.4%
- #17 Islets Defense
85% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: City Builder 24.7%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Base Building 14.5%, Resource Management 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #18 Deck of Souls
84% matchVery Positive81% of 222 reviews2024
Dev: Bigboot StudiosPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.4% ★, Deckbuilding 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Card Game 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%
- #19 Kainga: Seeds of Civilization
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 766 reviews2022
Dev: Erik RempenPub: Silk Softworks
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Welcome to the mystical world of Kainga, an unusual roguelite village-builder! Take control of a Thinker and, with the help of your people, grow a unique town to complete short challenges while discovering the world and adapting to the pressures of the environment, beasts and other tribes.
Why similar: God Game 32.9% ★, City Builder 30.7%, Resource Management 12.3%, Strategy 6.5%, Base Building 4.6%
- #20 Settlement Survival
82% matchVery Positive85% of 8,054 reviews2022
Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.2 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: City Builder 32.3%, Colony Sim 30.3%, Survival 10.3%, Base Building 8.6%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #21 Ratropolis
83% matchVery Positive88% of 5,510 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20% ★, Deckbuilding 16%, Card Game 12.5%, Tower Defense 12%, City Builder 9.4%
- #22 Isle of Arrows
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,101 reviews2022
Dev: Gridpop
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.6%, City Builder 23.1%, Roguelike 19.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Fantasy 1.9%
- #23 Tiny Kingdom
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, City Builder 20.8%, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Card Game 11%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #24 The King is Watching
78% matchVery Positive89% of 10,374 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: City Builder 19.8%, Tower Defense 19.4%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 10.6%, Deckbuilding 10.5%
- #25 Rogue Hex
79% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.4% ★, City Builder 14.8%, Deckbuilding 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Card Game 10%
- #26 Fantasy Village Simulator
81% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 16.7%, Colony Sim 15.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #27 Vertical Kingdom
80% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Farlight Games IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Deckbuilding 13%, Card Game 13%, Base Building 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #28 Hexagod
79% matchVery Positive88% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Aarimous
Windows · Mac · Linux
A satisfying roguelike village builder set in the eye of an apocalyptic storm. Place hexagon tiles, unlock adjacency bonuses, and find powerful relics to create game breaking synergies. Prove you are worthy of becoming the next Hexagod… before the storm destroys it all.
Why similar: God Game 26.6% ★, City Builder 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #29 Kaya's Prophecy
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 238 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 27%, City Builder 24.3%, Card Game 14.4%, Roguelike 9.3%, Deckbuilding 9.1%
- #30 Islantiles
75% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Islantiles is a cozy but compulsive roguelike deckbuilder. Unlock powerful technology cards, shape your deck to craft game-breaking combos, and grow your settlements to glory in this ultra-satisfying roguelike!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.9% ★, City Builder 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Deckbuilding 10%, Resource Management 9%
- #31 Nordhold
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,330 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, City Builder 22.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #32 Fata Deum - The God Sim
77% matchMixed60% of 460 reviews2025
Dev: 42 Bits EntertainmentPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.
Why similar: God Game 26.1% ★, Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 18.2%, Base Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #33 Simmiland
77% matchVery Positive87% of 1,940 reviews2018
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
Why similar: God Game 55.1% ★, Card Game 16.7%, Simulation 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Strategy 4.5%
- #34 Decks of the Damned
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Card Game 27.7%, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Survival 17%, Strategy 8.3%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #35 Goblins of Elderstone
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
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: God Game 17.8% ★, Colony Sim 16.9%, City Builder 15.9%, Tower Defense 12.5%, Base Building 9.9%
- #36 Transport Legion
73% matchVery Positive86% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Card Game 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 16.4%, Resource Management 7%
- #37 Terracards
73% matchVery Positive85% of 761 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Purrfect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Card Game 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
- #38 Odd Realm
73% matchVery Positive84% of 1,017 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 11.4%, Survival 8.2%
- #39 Dice Legacy
76% matchMixed68% of 1,054 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Colony Sim 24.7%, Roguelike 10.6%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10.1%
- #40 Warlords Under Siege
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: City Builder 27.7%, Base Building 14.9%, Card Game 14.4%, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Survival 10%
- #41 Kingdoms Reborn
72% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Colony Sim 25.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 7.9%, Card Game 6.1%
- #42 Technotopia
70% matchVery Positive85% of 693 reviews2024
Dev: YustasPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Welcome to Technotopia, a city-builder card game. Take on the role of an AI designed to build a perfect city. Build districts, meet the needs of diverse communities and maintain the delicate balance between factions vying for control over you!
Why similar: God Game 29.5% ★, City Builder 23.8%, Deckbuilding 18.9%, Card Game 14.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #43 Card Survival: Tropical Island
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,044 reviews2022
Dev: WinterSpring Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.
Why similar: Card Game 30.3%, Survival 20.7%, Resource Management 13.3%, Roguelike 12%, Simulation 10.3%
- #44 Landnama
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 25.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 10.6%, Resource Management 7.6%
- #45 Automatic Kingdom
68% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: City Builder 25.1%, Card Game 19.7%, Resource Management 17%, Base Building 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #46 Novus Orbis
69% matchVery Positive91% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Seizo GamesPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
A combo-based deckbuilding roguelike through a space-time loop: collect cards, receive blessings, add pets to your party, and grow stronger. Chain together cards in the right order for max power, and act before the enemy does. Build synergistic decks, find many secrets, and make BIG numbers!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.5% ★, Deckbuilding 18.5%, Card Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 11.2%
- #47 Buoyancy
74% matchMixed55% of 831 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 40.1%, City Builder 24.3%, Base Building 11.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Survival 6.7%
- #48 Creo God Simulator
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2025
Dev: MKSM Design LLC
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: God Game 32.9% ★, City Builder 23%, Colony Sim 21.2%, Mythology 9.9%, Strategy 5.3%
- #49 Floodland
72% matchMixed56% of 1,086 reviews2022
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Ravenscourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 21.5 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 34.4%, City Builder 27.4%, Resource Management 14%, Survival 11.9%, Strategy 9.8%
- #50 Roots of Yggdrasil
68% matchVery Positive86% of 365 reviews2024
Dev: ManaVoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build settlements, explore the Nine Realms, collect artifacts and upgrade your deck to reach the top of Yggdrasil in this post-Ragnarok roguelike city-builder! Can you survive the end of the world?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.7% ★, City Builder 18.4%, Deckbuilding 16.2%, Base Building 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #51 Night is Coming
69% matchMixed63% of 464 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 22.7%, City Builder 16.5%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Mythology 13.9%, Base Building 11.8%
- #52 Hadean Tactics
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.7% ★, Deckbuilding 16.7%, Card Game 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #53 Cardnarok: Raid with Gods
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 104 reviews2021
Dev: Greedy Wolf Studio
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilding card game that demands tactics and switching in battle. Unlock and pick your divine battle team, develop your very own strategy and deck builds, preview levels and choose your path, and survive mythological bosses to defeat Azathoth in each playthrough.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36% ★, Mythology 21.5%, Card Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 10.6%, Roguelike 7.7%
- #54 CLOUD DWELLERS
66% matchVery Positive87% of 90 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 40.6%, Base Building 19%, Resource Management 11.9%, City Builder 9.7%, Strategy 7.7%
- #55 Spin Hero
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,092 reviews2024
Dev: Sphere StudiosPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Spin Hero is a roguelike deckbuilder, where you spin the reels to decide your fate. Collect powerful symbols for your inventory, adapt and evolve your strategy, learning from defeats to unlock new possibilities and synergies.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.9% ★, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Roguelike 13.1%, Card Game 10.8%, Strategy 7%
- #56 Mistward
67% matchMixed62% of 91 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 29.4%, City Builder 26.1%, Base Building 8.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Simulation 6.7%
- #57 Dimwood
66% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Inkspun LLC
Windows
A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 28.7%, Card Game 20.1%, Roguelike 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #58 Goblin Camp
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2026
Dev: Korppi Games Ltd
Windows · Linux
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern forest. Fish, farm, explore the forest and harness the spirits in a unique fantasy citybuilder inspired by Finnish mythology.
Why similar: God Game 22.1% ★, Colony Sim 18.9%, City Builder 17%, Mythology 11%, Resource Management 10.2%
- #59 Here Comes The Swarm
65% matchVery Positive85% of 330 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 22%, City Builder 15.5%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Base Building 12.3%, Resource Management 9.5%