- #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 31.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Roguelike 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 7.7%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #2 Project: Zenith Expanse
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Webrevolution Szymon Kosok
Windows · Mac · Linux
A space colony sim where your colonists write diaries, form addictions, and die at 3 AM while the crew sleeps. Settle dozens of planets, trade or smuggle across 1,000 star systems, fight pirates, race alien creatures, and mod everything. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.2% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Dynamic Narration 10.5% ★, Procedural Generation 8.2%, Sci-fi 7.5%
- #3 The Monarch
95% 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 25.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.5%, Roguelike 10.4%
- #4 Maia
96% matchMixed44% of 1,063 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 49.2% ★, Sci-fi 14%, Management 9.9%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #5 Abeyance
94% 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 16.1%, Roguelike 15.9%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Roguelite 11.6%
- #6 Children of Mare
94% 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% ★, Base Building 13%, Roguelite 9.6%, Roguelike 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8.4%
- #7 The Monarch: First Light
93% 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 13.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Roguelike 10.5%
- #8 Odd Realm
92% matchVery Positive85% of 992 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?
Why similar: Colony Sim 36% ★, Base Building 12.6%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Management 9.3%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #9 After the Collapse
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 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% ★, Base Building 12.8%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Management 9.4%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%
- #10 Windowed Realms
91% 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 10.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 9.8%, Management 7.7%
- #11 IdleZomb
90% match8 user reviews75% of 8 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 18.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.6%, Simulation 8.4%
- #12 TFM: The First Men
89% 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 47.5% ★, Base Building 16.9%, Procedural Generation 8.3%, Real Time Tactics 8.2%, Management 7.5%
- #13 Harrowlands
89% 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 34.1% ★, Base Building 13.4%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Management 8.5%, Strategy RPG 8.5%
- #14 Dark Moon
87% matchMixed49% of 150 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 34.3% ★, Base Building 13.1%, Management 10.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.7%
- #15 RimWorld
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 236,346 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.4 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 41.6% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Management 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.5%
- #16 Beneath a Dead City
86% 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 42.6% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Management 12.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #17 Drill Core
85% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 35.7% ★, Roguelike 13.8%, Base Building 10.8%, Roguelite 10.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Starfall Protocol
86% 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 37.2% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.9%, Choices Matter 6.8%, Strategy 6.7%
- #19 Wastelander
84% 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 33.8% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9%, Base Building 8.4%
- #20 Doomsday.Inc
84% 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 38.3% ★, Strategy RPG 17.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Simulation 7.7%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #21 SuperColony
83% 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 42.9% ★, Base Building 14.8%, Roguelite 10.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Procedural Generation 8.6%
- #22 Micro Star Command
82% 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 26.3%, Roguelike 25.6%, Strategy 21.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #23 Sigma Draconis
82% 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 42.9% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Base Building 13%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Management 8.3%
- #24 Project Hortus
81% 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 35.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 8%
- #25 Wasteland Train: Conductor
80% 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 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Base Building 8.7%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%
- #26 SkillGrid
79% 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 19.1%, Strategy 16%, Base Building 13.3%, Simulation 8.2%
- #27 Oasis RTS
79% 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%, Strategy 13.2%, Management 6.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%
- #28 Fantasy Village Simulator
78% 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 21.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 11%
- #29 The Tribe Must Survive
77% 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 29.4% ★, Roguelike 12.6%, Base Building 10.7%, Roguelite 8.5%, Management 8.3%
- #30 Take Root
76% 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 9.1%, Simulation 7.4%
- #31 Embark
78% matchMixed61% of 386 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 60.7% ★, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Management 5.9%, Simulation 4.5%
- #32 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,242 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5% ★, Base Building 15.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Procedural Generation 6.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #33 Starship Colony
75% 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 40.5% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Management 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Strategy 7.8%
- #34 Stationbreak
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Broken Spaceship
Windows · Linux
A grounded sci-fi station builder where you hold failing systems together while pursued by a relentless, energy-hungry swarm. As a fleet on the run, drop into hostile systems, gather what you can, and jump away before you are overwhelmed. Try to survive long enough to secure a future for humanity.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Strategy 9.1%, Choices Matter 7.6%
- #35 SacriFrogos
74% 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 32.2% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 9.6%
- #36 Bite the Crown
73% matchNo user reviews2026
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 37.2% ★, Base Building 15%, Roguelike 13.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Management 10.2%
- #37 Primage
73% matchPositive82% of 17 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 18.8% ★, Strategy RPG 14.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #38 Aven Colony
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,731 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 57.1% ★, Sci-fi 13.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Simulation 4.7%
- #39 Adaptory
71% matchVery Positive84% of 91 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 40.5% ★, Base Building 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Management 7.5%
- #40 The Colony
76% 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 78.2% ★, Strategy 14%, Simulation 7.8%
- #41 Re/terra
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TW
Windows
Journey across a post-apocalpytic world as you race to find the key to the future before the food runs out
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%, Sci-fi 7.2%
- #42 Cloud Exiles
72% 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 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Real Time Tactics 10%
- #43 CitaDrill
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Studio Moka
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 30.2% ★, Roguelike 13.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Roguelite 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #44 Sheltered 2
73% matchMixed46% of 2,183 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 15.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Management 8.2%
- #45 Nederfall
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 1Time Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A post-apocalyptic survival management game where you lead a camp of survivors, send them on expeditions to scavenge weapons and resources, and rebuild society by constructing and upgrading your camp in a fallen Netherlands.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Base Building 12%, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Management 10.4%
- #46 Terra-7
70% 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 40.1% ★, Strategy 16.8%, Management 12.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Simulation 8.6%
- #47 License To Clone
70% 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 34.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 15%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #48 Recovery Syndicate
70% 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 16.3%, Base Building 12%, Sci-fi 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #49 Crashbound
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Foolhardy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand and survive in a magical hand-painted world filled with friends and foes. Grow and manage your settlement in the day, defend it through the night, and rebuild your broken airship to claim your escape!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Base Building 11.8%, Procedural Generation 9.5%
- #50 Artillis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CallMeClever
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead your caravan across a series of eye-catching, procedurally generated islands. A Roguelike - Tower Defense mashup that challenges both your creativity and your wits. Can you grow your tribe and confront the corporations poisoning the seas you call home?
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, Dynamic Narration 17.1% ★, Roguelike 13%, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Base Building 9.4%
- #51 Buzzopolis: Hive Incremental
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Uberbax Gaming
Windows
An incremental roguelite colony sim about bees, mutations, and controlled chaos. Experiment with management, crafting, research, and upgrades. When mutations spiral out of control — collapse the hive, keep progress, and start fresh. Every run unlocks new strategies and a buzz of unpredictable fun.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.2% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Roguelite 10.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Roguelike 7.7%
- #52 Moonport
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HiHowYaDurin
Windows · Mac
Moonport is a side-scrolling, real time strategy, space colony simulation with roguelike elements. You play as a brave space explorer who aspires to colonize the moons of Saturn. How many moons can you conquer?
Why similar: Colony Sim 31% ★, Roguelike 13.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Roguelite 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
- #53 Generation Exile
67% matchPositive82% of 33 reviews2025
Dev: Sonderlust Studios
Windows
Rebuild settlements entirely within a colossal generation ship in this turn-based city builder. Expand your city, manage limited resources and optimize production chains as you navigate difficult choices about humanity’s future among the stars.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Management 10.7%, Procedural Generation 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%
- #54 Seabed Settlers
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tense Games
Windows
An atmospheric city-builder inspired by classics like Caesar III, Anno, and Pharaoh—set on the ocean floor. Build, manage, and expand your underwater colony as humanity flees a dying world. Balance resources, population, and survival in this deep colony sim across a structured campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9% ★, Base Building 14.2%, Sci-fi 12.4%, Roguelite 10.5%, Management 9%
- #55 The HELL Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2025
Dev: METROPOLICE
Windows
Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 10.2%, Strategy 7.1%
- #56 Outlands
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HugMeGames
Windows
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Strategy 15%, Simulation 9.1%, Base Building 5.9%
- #57 Subzero Tides
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Logical Progression Games
Windows · Linux
Build, trade, and survive in a living ecosystem where every choice shapes the colony and every faction remembers. Deep systems connect production, management, and survival in a world that never stops reacting.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2% ★, Sci-fi 13.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Atmospheric 6.9%
- #58 Feluna Base
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LiberaByte
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tiny base builder roguelite where the only enemy is time. Provide food and shelter for your growing outpost. Produce advanced resources for your home station. Discover the mysteries of Feluna with every new run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2% ★, Base Building 16.6%, Roguelike 14.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #59 Ragnorium
68% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8% ★, Roguelike 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Base Building 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.1%