- #1 ASV Trident
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GaminsLab
Windows
You are the acting captain of the last war vessel of humanity. Now the ship is your home and refuge. "real-time roguelike spaceship sim"
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #2 Zenith Expanse
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Dynamic Narration 16.9% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Sci-fi 7.9%, Management 7.9%
- #3 Last Monument
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Levikinco
Windows
A deadline-driven roguelite management game set in ancient Egypt. Build impossible monuments under brutal deadlines. Push your workers to the limit, survive disasters and riots, and watch your civilization slowly transform into something far stranger.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Management 10%, Roguelite 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%
- #4 Irondrive
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Alessandro Le Mura
Windows
Your base is moving. Your crew is exhausted. Manage task priorities, automate critical repairs, and keep your colonists alive as your fortress drives through hell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Roguelike 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%, Roguelite 8.8%
- #5 The Monarch
94% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Citadel Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%, Base Building 11%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #6 Maia
94% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.3%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Base Building 9.7%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 9.4%
- #7 Fosoria
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Management 10.4%, Strategy 7.1%, Exploration 5.7%
- #8 Abeyance
93% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Bumblebee Studios
Windows
Abeyance is a roguelite, sci-fi, dungeon-crawler. Salvage wrecked starships in a gritty, post-apocalyptic world. Fight mutants and mechanized defense systems. Battle your inner demons to save your soul… and reclaim your humanity.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 16.3%, Roguelike 15.6%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Roguelite 11.3%
- #9 Children of Mare
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starfall Games
Windows
Venture into the host's mind and extracts all its fears to feed Mare. Build, explore, mine and conquer ruins to please the goddess of nightmares.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 13.2%, Roguelike 9.5%, Roguelite 9.4%, Procedural Generation 8.5%
- #10 The Monarch: First Light
91% matchMixed66% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Citadel Games
Windows
Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #11 Nederfall
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1Time Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Netherlands has fallen. Lead your survivors on scavenging raids through the ruins, find resources, recruit more survivors, and come home to a camp to take care for. Survivors cook, build, and train on their own. Every item you bring back makes your camp grow stronger.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%, Strategy RPG 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #12 Windowed Realms
89% 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 42.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.5%
- #13 After the Collapse
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 212 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.1%, Base Building 12.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Management 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9%
- #14 Dark Ruins
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ruinloom
Windows
Top-down RTS: Collect genes/gear, train warriors into 4-person squads, explore ruins and unlock secrets. Old maps persist; focus on progression to defeat all foes. Enemies drain SAN—use consumables wisely. Mix tactics for bursts; endless builds via loot, traits & 3-choice skills.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Roguelike 15.7%, Strategy 15%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #15 IdleZomb
87% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: STLgame
Windows
IdleZomb: Manage a ruined hospital, create zombies, evolve them, or sacrifice them for DNA. Every decision counts in this post-apocalyptic management game. Early Access focuses on the basics, with content available up to level 20.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Simulation 8.3%
- #16 Forsaken: Year One
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kymera Games
Windows
Rebuild society as you see fit in this survival community management game. Centered around survivors, their needs and their relationships, you will have to make hard choices to survive and rebuild after the apocalypse.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11%, Management 10.3%, Base Building 9.7%
- #17 Dark Moon
85% matchMixed47% of 161 reviews2025
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: 101XP
Windows
Dark Moon is a survival strategy game where in order to survive you must avoid the Sun’s scorching rays and embrace the darkness. Gather resources, upgrade your mobile base, make tough moral decisions, but most importantly - don’t go into the light!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Management 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Sci-fi 7.8%
- #18 TFM: The First Men
86% matchMixed60% of 413 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 47.6%, Base Building 17%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%, Management 7.3%
- #19 Harrowlands
84% 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 34.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Strategy RPG 8.5%, Management 8.3%
- #20 Beneath a Dead City
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Management 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #21 Drill Core
82% matchVery Positive85% of 2,424 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Roguelike 13.6%, Base Building 10.9%, Roguelite 10.5%, Strategy 8.5%
- #22 RimWorld
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 244,068 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.5 hrsMean: 265.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Management 8.1%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #23 Starfall Protocol
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Base Building 13%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Strategy 6.7%, Choices Matter 6.7%
- #24 Doomsday.Inc
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Tarakan Game Studio
Windows
Lead a doomsday cult as... a project manager. Doomsday.Inc is a satirical strategy game where you'll manage crazed acolytes, bureaucracy, and divine ambitions. Can you bring about the end of the world without getting bogged down in paperwork?
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.4%, Strategy RPG 17.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #25 Wastelander
81% matchPositive89% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: Appstronaut Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms. Build a colony from nothing, find and unlock unique buildings and re-activate powerful relics to protect yourself. Will you survive and get off the planet?
Why similar: Colony Sim 34%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 10.3%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Base Building 8.5%
- #26 SuperColony
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2%, Base Building 14.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Roguelite 10%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #27 The Five Monks
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Mad GoblinsPub: team BLACKCODE Inc.
Windows
A settlement simulation about five monks who survived a burning monastery and set out across the continent. Generate a world, gather scattered companions, and raise a new sanctuary from the ashes. Rebuild a broken world with the hands of those who survived.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Story Rich 5.8%, Simulation 5.5%
- #28 Wasteland Train: Conductor
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jinye
Windows
Wasteland Train is a 2D train management strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic rail network. Command an expanding mobile base, trade between isolated cities, recover crystal cores, develop technology, and survive raids, broken tracks, acid rain, and toxic fog.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.1%, Strategy 12%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%
- #29 Micro Star Command
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Liam Healey
Windows
In this minimalist roguelike strategy game, you will take control of your nation's star systems and command your troops as you race to the galaxy's edge. Make split-second tactical decisions as you plot the routes of your forces and gain powerful new upgrades as you expand across the galaxy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.7%, Roguelike 25.1%, Strategy 21.4%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #30 Project Hortus
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PerfectioNH
Windows
Project Hortus is a city-building strategy game set in a distant future, after Earth has been destroyed. On the planet Hortus Prime, it's up to you to establish a new civilization. Manage your city, explore uncharted territories, and face unknown dangers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #31 Oasis RTS
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spackogames
Windows
Regain control of planet oasis and defeat your opponent! Build your base, monitor the economy, manage your resources, explore the Map, and plan attack and defense. Build 9 different buildings and 19 different units with various abilities and win the chaotic Robot Battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Management 6.2%
- #32 Sigma Draconis
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 23 reviews2021
Dev: Draconis Games
Windows · Linux
A group of colonists from a distant world have arrived at their new home. Equipped with advanced technology but limited resources, they must build to survive. Sigma Draconis is a colony simulation game which focuses on building and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43%, Strategy 14.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Management 8.1%
- #33 SkillGrid
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Vlad BuculeiPub: Kanaforge
Windows
SkillGrid is a minimalist strategy game where you expand, manage, and defend a growing grid against an evolving hostile force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Base Building 13.3%, Simulation 8.1%
- #34 Null Keeper
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ioStudios
Windows
Run an evil asteroid base in the void. Dig, claim, and build your lair, summon entities through Warp Rifts, and repel the Vanguard raids hammering your Void Core — while MALACHAR, your AI narrator, judges your every move.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 12.2%, Simulation 11.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #35 Breadoria
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Procedural Generation 6.5%
- #36 Fantasy Village Simulator
74% 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: Colony Sim 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 10.7%
- #37 Take Root
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zhukovsky Games
Windows
Take Root is a COOPERATIVE colony simulator where plants and robots survive together in an urban post-apocalypse. Develop your settlement, build outposts, explore a procedurally generated city, and uncover the mystery behind the strange Event.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.5%, Base Building 13%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.3%, Simulation 7.3%
- #38 The Tribe Must Survive
72% 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 29.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Roguelite 8.3%, Management 8.2%
- #39 Starship Colony
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Management 9.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #40 Stationbreak
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken SpaceshipPub: Slug Disco
Windows · Linux
You are on the run. Build stations in hostile systems, gather what resources you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Your ships are slowly failing, but the Swarm is relentless, hungry, and on your heels. Can you survive long enough to secure a future for humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Sci-fi 14%, Strategy 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.5%
- #41 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
74% matchVery Positive81% of 2,263 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.1 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 44.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #42 Eternity
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ground Control Studios
Windows
Lead the last fleet of mankind across an abandoned star system. Ration life-support, weigh research against survival, and shape society through Fleet Council decisions you cannot undo. Every choice tightens the path to the next jump.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Management 9%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #43 SacriFrogos
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uóki Games
Windows
A roguelike strategy and survival game where ever-growing sacrifices are required to keep the mysterious Eternal Flame alive. Build a colony of Frogos and create unique builds every run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, Roguelike 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Management 9.5%
- #44 Bite the Crown
70% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Nyra Games
Windows · Mac
In a world ruled by sugary tyrants, an unlikely hero rises from the shadows: Pom the Mold. Build your secret guild, gather rogue treats, lead the rebellion and battle through candy-coated chaos to topple the Candy Kingdom. The Sweet Revolution begins—bite back!
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Base Building 15.1%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 10.6%, Management 10.1%
- #45 Embark
73% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 60.4%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 5.8%, Simulation 4.5%
- #46 Adaptory
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 111 reviews2026
Dev: Stormcloak GamesPub: indie.io
Windows · Mac
Deep in uncharted space, your expedition took a challenging turn when your ship crash-landed. Master complex simulations to keep your outspoken explorers alive, face unpredictable challenges, and figure out a way back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.6%, Base Building 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Sci-fi 10%, Management 7.4%
- #47 Caravanserai
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oversight ProductionsPub: TBD
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guide your convoy through an arid, post-collapse world. Survive, trade, explore and maybe find out what pushed the world over the edge. Caravanserai is a Solarpunk game featuring multiple scenarios and a strong narrative on a procedurally generated world where your companions act independently.
Why similar: Roguelike 23.8%, Dynamic Narration 21.9% ★, Roguelite 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Procedural Generation 10.4%
- #48 The Blighted Frontier
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sly Game Studios
Windows
Rebuild civilization in a world consumed by the blight. Manage survivors, defend against the dead, and transform a fragile camp into a thriving frontier settlement.
Why similar: Colony Sim 49%, Base Building 15%, Management 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Simulation 6.7%
- #49 Worlds Explorers
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneers Games
Windows · Linux
Explore alien planets with carefully designed ecosystems, weather, resources, dangers and unique phenomena. Hunt animals for food and collect resources to craft equipment and repair devices on your ship. Escape each unique planet and unlock crew members and new ships.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Management 11.3%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, Base Building 9.8%
- #50 Primage
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: Fadzior
Windows
As the leader of a Stone Age tribe, gather resources, develop your settlement and lead your people through the challenges of a world full of danger and mystery. Your survival skills, strategic planning and decision-making will be key in this battle for survival.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Dynamic Narration 18.7% ★, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Base Building 12.2%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #51 The Colony
73% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 78.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #52 Aven Colony
72% 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 56.9%, Sci-fi 13.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Simulation 4.7%
- #53 Cloud Exiles
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yi Xian Sheng Ji
Windows
Rescue survivors and construct cities in the clouds in this post-apocalyptic simulation and role-playing game. Escape from frenzied zombies and a mysterious mist permeating through the air.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Real Time Tactics 10.1%
- #54 CitaDrill
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio MokaPub: CobraTekku Games
Windows
Captain a giant drill-city in this roguelite citybuilder. Dig deep into an infested planet, collect resources, expand your city under the dome, upgrade your drill, and protect yourself against waves of fearsome creatures together with your mettle and paw-some cat crew.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, Base Building 10.4%, Roguelite 9.5%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #55 Idyll
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.2%, Base Building 18.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 7.9%, Simulation 5.1%
- #56 Recovery Syndicate
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bumblebee Studios
Windows
Recovery Syndicate is a prequel to Abeyance, in which you are the leader of one of the factions trying to reconstruct the economy of the galaxy. You must build and manage your colony's resources carefully, while watching out for rival factions who are also vying for supremacy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Base Building 12%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%
- #57 Terra-7
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, Strategy 16.8%, Management 12.5%, Base Building 12.5%, Simulation 8.6%
- #58 Sheltered 2
69% matchMixed45% of 2,210 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42%, Post-apocalyptic 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Management 8%
- #59 License To Clone
66% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Jam Donut Games
Windows
License To Clone is a challenging Open World Sandbox Survival RPG where you learn through survival. Explore a desert with a dynamic economy full of rogue factions. Experiment with powerful mutations. Tame creatures and extract powerful body parts to splice your DNA in your cloning lab.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%