- #1 夕照原
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: 无栈Stackless
Windows
《夕照原》是一款另类的殖民地建设游戏,作为一名普通市民,你无法操纵他人,只能依靠自己的努力,去创造影响。 但请相信,城市不会辜负于你。
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 24.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.5%, RPG 10.3%, Strategy 9.8%
- #2 The Burden Of Aldrin
96% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Connor Bradley
Windows
Protect your civilization against rising barbarian hordes! Take control of Aldrin, a captain of the guard with a suddenly huge weight on his shoulders. Make impactful decisions as you fight off waves of enemies and build up your city. Carefully balance your resources to make sure you can survive!
Why similar: City Builder 29%, RPG 20.7%, Strategy RPG 18.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.1%, Strategy 5.6%
- #3 One Hunread-Year Kingdom
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DerstyPub: HappyForest
Windows
Use your actions to build your kingdom and manage resources to achieve prosperity. With each turn, the enemy's ambition grows, but with your wise leadership, you can endure for 100 years.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, City Builder 29.5%, Strategy 19.6%, Medieval 5.5%, Base Building 5.4%
- #4 Little Porp
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, City Builder 35%, Strategy 17.7%, Casual 8.4%, 2D 2.8%
- #5 Wastelan Wars
94% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Old Can
Windows
A strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world. Different factions fight for supremacy and resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 25.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, RPG 13.6%
- #6 Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,394 reviews2019
Dev: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 6.4 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 38.9%, City Builder 25.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Casual 9.4%, Medieval 5.5%
- #7 Beastie Bay DX
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 119 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Develop a deserted island and collect rare monsters!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 23.1%, Strategy RPG 17.3%, RPG 14.2%, Casual 7.1%
- #8 The Promised Land
92% matchVery Positive87% of 779 reviews2014
Dev: Boolat GamesPub: ESDigital Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 51.5%, City Builder 17.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Casual 12.4%, Resource Management 2.1%
- #9 Kairobotica
91% matchVery Positive86% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Vanquish villains and lead the Kairobot Corps to glory in this spacefaring saga!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, City Builder 20.3%, Strategy RPG 18%, RPG 13.7%, Strategy 10%
- #10 Beware of Light
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bajka Games
Windows
Beware of Light is a «hard sci-fi» city-building game focused on narrative and survival. After an unexpected crash landing on a dead world, as the new Captain, you must manage colony infrastructure and manpower. Can you thrive under the scorching sun? Will this planet become your grave or salvation?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, City Builder 34.3%, Strategy 24.4%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #11 The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
90% matchVery Positive84% of 840 reviews2019
Dev: Ubisoft Blue BytePub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 66.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
With this modernized History Edition dive into the diversified mix of enthralling build-up matches and exciting real-time fights. Manifold landscapes await to be explored and populated. Includes the main game plus the two expansions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.7%, City Builder 27.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Medieval 6.8%
- #12 My Colony
89% matchVery Positive90% of 277 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, City Builder 43.1%, Strategy 11.9%, Indie 1.6%
- #13 Aven Colony
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,775 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 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 42.9%, City Builder 35.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Base Building 6.7%, Resource Management 1.4%
- #14 LowPolis
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BroWar Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, advance, reshape! For all those who have missed relaxing strategy classics. LowPolis is a friendly-paced city builder game where you become the ruler of a rising community. Begin with a handful of resources and pave your way to a truly majestic kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 34.7%, Colony Sim 29.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Casual 8.2%, Medieval 7.8%
- #15 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
87% matchMixed66% of 6,007 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 31.0 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 41%, City Builder 38.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 6%, Resource Management 4.3%
- #16 Epic Astro Story
86% matchVery Positive87% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Battle baddies and foster interplanetary diplomacy in an epic space colony sim!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 22.3%, Strategy RPG 17.7%, RPG 14.2%, Casual 7.6%
- #17 Skyship Quest Story
85% matchMixed64% of 86 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Customize your airship and explore the world above the clouds in this sim RPG
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 26.1%, RPG 23.1%, Casual 11.5%, Exploration 4%
- #18 CityPunk
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: nubosoft
Windows · Mac
Build upward in a city under corporate control. Place tiles, optimize spatial layouts, and manage powerful adjacency effects while balancing profit-driven demands against the needs of your residents in a dense cyberpunk megastructure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.6%, City Builder 35.1%, Strategy 15.8%, Casual 7%, Base Building 5.8%
- #19 Peasants
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meeki Games
Windows
A city builder with a twist - Putting the focus of the game on the peasants who live and grow in your community. Cater for them, deal with their shortcomings and just maybe they will thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.8%, City Builder 29.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Medieval 8.7%, Base Building 6.9%
- #20 Outlands
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, City Builder 29.4%, Strategy 18.4%, Exploration 5%, Medieval 4.2%
- #21 Demon Castle Story
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 268 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.5%, City Builder 22.4%, RPG 20.7%, Strategy 15.8%, Casual 10.1%
- #22 Kingdom Islands
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victor Skillerstrand
Windows
Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, City Builder 33%, Casual 8.9%, Base Building 8.7%, Medieval 8.7%
- #23 Banished
82% matchVery Positive90% of 43,242 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 27.1 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 41.9%, City Builder 39.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Medieval 4.4%, Resource Management 1.9%
- #24 Built by Day, Bitten by Night
81% matchMixed65% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: GameEraStudios
Windows
Built by Day, Bitten by Night is a cozy voxel city builder with a small problem: the zombies. And pirates. And yetis, robots, UFOs. Build your kingdom by day — farms, fountains, mansions, dragons. Defend it by night. How long can your keep survive till dawn?
Why similar: City Builder 34.6%, Colony Sim 32.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Casual 9.9%, Base Building 6.7%
- #25 Riftmoor
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rosko gamesPub: Rosko Games
Windows
A colony sim plus dungeon crawler where you build a thriving settlement, manage your citizens, create a powerful army, venture through mysterious rifts into dangerous dungeons, and return with the resources needed to grow your kingdom.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 27.2%, Strategy 16.5%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Cartoony 5%
- #26 Crownbound - Fantasy Kingdom Sim
79% matchMixed50% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Bart Mamzer
Windows
You’re the ruler, but your heroes have minds of their own. Recruit heroes, set rewards, build a thriving kingdom and hope your warriors don’t run off chasing squirrels instead of fighting monsters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, City Builder 26.5%, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Strategy 11.3%, RPG 10.9%
- #27 Renz Village Adventure
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Logan RenzPub: Renz Studios
Windows · Mac
An idle village simulation RPG where you build a thriving town, recruit unique heroes, send adventurers into dangerous dungeons, and watch your village grow into a legendary kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 27.2%, Colony Sim 26.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Casual 12.8%, RPG 6.4%
- #28 Echoes of the Anvil
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Maximiliano Burgos
Windows · Mac · Linux
A simulation and management game about a blacksmith exiled for defying an empire. Gather resources, forge tools, pay taxes, and choose between helping the people or serving the power that rules the world.
Why similar: City Builder 26.7%, Colony Sim 24%, RPG 17.7%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 8.9%
- #29 Alpha Lyrae Discovery
79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: xe2050Pub: WELOVEBOT CO., LTD.
Windows
Alpha Lyrae (Vega) is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. You were sent to Alpha Lyrae system, and your first object is to discover and to transmit data back. The last and only message from the previous team: "It is a rich and soft planet. They are everywhere."
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 26.5%, Strategy RPG 9.6%, Strategy 9%, RPG 8%
- #30 Buoyancy
78% matchMixed55% of 830 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 46.8%, City Builder 28.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Base Building 7.6%, Resource Management 2.7%
- #31 Age of Pyramids
77% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 38.7%, Colony Sim 31.7%, Strategy 20.4%, Base Building 6.1%, Resource Management 3.1%
- #32 Pixel Vale
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BoZo Studios
Windows
Pixel Vale is a medieval fantasy city-builder game, focused on building up you city while managing external threats. Fight or trade with other cities, explore through the fog of war, and defend against goblin raids. Research new buildings to expand and keep your citizens happy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, City Builder 28.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Casual 12.2%, Medieval 4.2%
- #33 Skyline Settlers
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: City Builder 35.7%, Colony Sim 34.9%, Strategy 17.1%, Medieval 8.5%, Resource Management 3.2%
- #34 World Cruise Story
76% matchVery Positive95% of 83 reviews2022
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Captain a luxury cruise liner, sailing the entire world while entertaining VIPs!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, City Builder 23.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Casual 15%, 2D 2.5%
- #35 Dawn of Man
75% matchVery Positive87% of 17,803 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.1 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: City Builder 44.7%, Colony Sim 41.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Choices Matter 1.3%, Resource Management 0.8%
- #36 Karma Kingdom
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kucing Hitam
Windows
A Strategy RPG game where you must rebuild a shattered world using your skill and magic. Bring land, people and equipment back from Netherspace and create a home for them. As your kingdom grows you must consider the ecology, the kingdom's happiness and acts of charity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, RPG 27%, Strategy RPG 23%, Strategy 7.7%, Indie 1%
- #37 First Feudal
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 639 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.3%, City Builder 22.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Base Building 9%, Medieval 7.7%
- #38 Outland Kingdoms
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 71 reviews2024
Dev: GBL
Windows
Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 25.6%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Strategy 10.6%, RPG 6.8%
- #39 Bonfire Kingdom
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bonfire Forged Games
Windows
Bonfire Kingdom is a survival city builder mixed with RPG elements in a dark medieval fantasy world - like a hauntingly beautiful German fairy tale. Superior enemies are creeping out of the darkness. Protect your village by leading your band of loyal knights into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, City Builder 20.1%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, RPG 10.5%, Base Building 9.1%
- #40 Feartress
73% matchMixed49% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Frederik ListPub: Foo Dogs Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Feartress is an idle RPG where you gather resources, build structures and hire workers and armies to help you succeed in battle and take over multiple dimensions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Strategy RPG 19.7%, RPG 15.2%, Strategy 13.4%, Casual 7.9%
- #41 Cube Colony
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Berries Studios
Windows
Build a floating island by drafting packs of colorful tiles. Balance Industry, Nature and Science — tip too far and your colonists celebrate or burn things down. Stack cubes, place buildings, manage the balance. How high can you build before it all falls apart?
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, City Builder 30.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Casual 13.2%, Base Building 3%
- #42 Spirit & Stone
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, City Builder 31.6%, Strategy 19.8%, Exploration 5.3%, Base Building 5.3%
- #43 Zeus + Poseidon
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,954 reviews2016
Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Zeus + Poseidon delivers hundreds of hours of gameplay in one game!
Why similar: City Builder 43.6%, Colony Sim 39.4%, Strategy 17%
- #44 Founders' Fortune
71% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 46.3%, City Builder 26.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Medieval 2.7%
- #45 Rise of the Insurged
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Destiny Forge Studio
Windows
Rise of the Insurged is a dark fantasy strategy/management game where you lead a company of adventurers. Recruit, train, and send your mercenaries on choice-driven missions, fight in the arena, and master craftable elemental magic to overthrow the Queen.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, RPG 21.9%, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Strategy 18.3%, Medieval 4.2%
- #46 ANCIENT SOULS : The Governor
72% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: OE WORKS
Windows
Reunite the free cities of your State, Maintain good relations with the President and the Federation Army. Build structures, give jobs to your citizen Hunt bandits, Rob buildings, Raid villages, Use diplomacy or your guns to reach your goals! Improvise, adapt, overcome and became the Governor...
Why similar: RPG 29.6%, Strategy 27.6%, City Builder 22.6%, Casual 17.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #47 Our Freedom: Prologue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vladyslav LytvynovPub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
The medieval world is waiting for you! Stand up for your people and help them defend their freedom! Build your village, win battles and tournaments, and lead your settlement to prosperity in colony sim RPG Our Freedom: Prologue!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 27.5%, Strategy 21.2%, Base Building 10.2%, RPG 6.9%
- #48 pyramida
70% matchVery Positive85% of 755 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
Why similar: City Builder 36.3%, Colony Sim 34.4%, Strategy 26.3%, Indie 3%
- #49 Lands of Koastalia
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.7%, City Builder 31.5%, Strategy 12%, Base Building 7.9%, Medieval 7.6%
- #50 Sylox
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonz
Windows
Sylox is a short, minimalist base-building game with a touch of worker placement and strategic expansion. Assign workers to key tasks, unlock new buildings, expand, and defend your growing base against increasing enemy attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.9%, City Builder 31.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Base Building 6.5%, 2D 2.7%
- #51 Harrowlands
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BashfulWolf Studio
Windows
Harrowlands is a medieval fantasy colony sim where you shape a thriving settlement in a vast, mystical realm. Master intricate base-building mechanics and guide your inhabitants through the complex social bonds that define their world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, City Builder 27%, Strategy 11%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Base Building 9.4%
- #52 Windowed Realms
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, City Builder 29.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Base Building 7.3%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #53 Legends of Heropolis DX
67% matchMixed64% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Build the town of Heropolis.Gather your strongest heroes and destroy Evilcorp!
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, City Builder 30.4%, Casual 12.6%, RPG 7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #54 Citizens: On Mars - Prologue
68% 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 34.9%, City Builder 30.9%, Strategy 21%, Casual 8.3%, Base Building 4.9%
- #55 Marsbound
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ghost Workshop
Windows
MARSBOUND is a survival game in sci-fi setting which combines elements of economic strategy and psychological thriller. The player assumes the role of an AI manager who must create the first Martian colony from scratch with Earth's brightest minds under their command.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.3%, City Builder 33.5%, Strategy 21.4%, Choices Matter 3.6%, Multiple Endings 3.2%
- #56 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
67% matchVery Positive86% of 204 reviews2024
Dev: Purple Nebula
Windows
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8%, City Builder 36.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Base Building 8.6%, Resource Management 2.4%
- #57 Dwarven Realm
67% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Resonance Software
Windows
Explore an epic fantasy medieval world where dwarves fight for survival in a hostile universe. Guide your colony of dwarves through unique challenges, tough moral choices, and unforgettable encounters. Explore, mine, build, trade to ensure the prosperity of your people.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.8%, City Builder 29.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.3%, Exploration 4.8%
- #58 OBRII
66% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Exponenta Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game focused on building and managing a Mars colony, featuring meticulously handcrafted missions and a procedurally generated sandbox mode.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, City Builder 34%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 7.3%, Indie 0.7%
- #59 Pinevale Settlements
66% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Kinetic Quasar Games
Windows
Build a colony from scratch, set up production chains, and defend against raids. Manage resources, research technologies, expand your settlement, and survive each escalating wave!
Why similar: City Builder 32.1%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 11.8%, Medieval 9%