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  1. #1 Sheltered 2
    97% matchMixed45% of 2,215 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 32.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Survival 13.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Strategy 6.2%

  2. #2 Orc Colony
    96% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2019
    Dev: Luzon Games
    Windows

    Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.9%, Simulation 12.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Resource Management 8.2%, Survival 7.7%

  3. #3 Never Secure
    96% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Blank Page Games
    Windows

    In a collapsing world, safety is a memory. Guide a small group of survivors through the daily struggle of a bleak reality. Manage your shelter, craft essentials, and make soul-crushing choices. In Never Secure, winning isn't the goal—lasting one more day is.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.2%, Survival 16%, Resource Management 13.2%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Simulation 9.7%

  4. #4 Concrete Coffin
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: YMV
    Windows

    Become the Governor of people trapped in a concrete coffin. Manage resources and citizens, make cold decisions, and try to survive inside the shelter.

    Why similar: Text-Based 27.2%, Resource Management 18.5%, Simulation 12.5%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12%

  5. #5 Survival Bunker
    94% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Df Games Studio
    Windows

    Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Survival 15.4%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 6.4%

  6. #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 49.8%, Survival 14.3%, Simulation 9%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Strategy 8.1%

  7. #7 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    93% matchVery Positive81% of 2,264 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 40.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Survival 14.9%, Resource Management 7.3%, Simulation 5%

  8. #8 MoonScape
    92% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: SouthMoon Studio
    Windows · Linux

    Build an army, raid rival corporations, and defend your base while it keeps running without you. Research upgrades, arm your Titan, and dig into a moon that isn't as abandoned as it looks. Something was here first. Find out why it's gone.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Text-Based 23.6%, Simulation 13.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 7%

  9. #9 Dwellers of Terra
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: McJz
    Windows

    A first-person survival colony sim. Scavenge, craft and repair a broken colony. Recruit survivors to help you produce valuable resources and defend against a constant barrage of deadly attacks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14.8%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy RPG 11.5%, Resource Management 10.4%

  10. #10 Stranding Echoes
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mend Games
    Windows

    STRANDING ECHOES is a minimalist colony sim. Manage the non-corporeal creatures called echo to build your base and survive the heat.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Survival 9.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.1%

  11. #11 Ecopunk
    90% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2025
    Dev: Zerone Games
    Windows

    Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.7%, Survival 11.9%, Resource Management 9%, Simulation 7.9%

  12. #12 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
    89% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: afterglow games
    Windows

    Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Simulation 13.8%, Survival 12.9%, Resource Management 9.6%

  13. #13 Oxygen Not Included
    89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
    Dev: Klei Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.9%, Survival 16.4%, Resource Management 13.3%, Building 5%, Simulation 4.1%

  14. #14 Surviving the Aftermath
    88% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.8%, Survival 15%, Simulation 9.5%, Strategy 9.4%

  15. #15 The Blighted Frontier
    87% 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 45.8%, Simulation 10.5%, Survival 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Resource Management 8.6%

  16. #16 HOMUNCULCHU
    86% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: OkisyuPub: Okisyu Game
    Windows

    Guide fragile homunculi with limited lifespans through humanity's final bid for survival across six hostile worlds.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.1%, Survival 15.5%, Simulation 9.9%, Resource Management 8.4%, Sci-fi 7.7%

  17. #17 Hello World
    84% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Agency
    Windows · Linux

    A colony sim with turn-based tactical combat, set in a lush, living apocalypse. Build a community of humans and robots while a bioengineered jungle devours the world around you and rogue machines fight you for what's left.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.4%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%

  18. #18 Shelter Manager
    85% matchMixed62% of 279 reviews2021
    Dev: Hamsters Gaming
    Windows

    We live in a troubled world. Viruses, military conflicts - you never know what danger the world will face tomorrow. It's time to get ready now! Lead a bunker network and start developing society after a global disaster.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.1%, Strategy RPG 10.9%, Survival 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%

  19. #19 The Colony
    86% 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 75.9%, Simulation 12.7%, Strategy 11.4%

  20. #20 Paleon
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2023
    Dev: Paleodev
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 55.8%, Survival 17.6%, Simulation 10%, Strategy 7%, Building 5.5%

  21. #21 Buoyancy
    83% 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 57.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Resource Management 7.3%

  22. #22 Aurora Core
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Xinokon Games
    Windows

    1,000 sleepers, 100 waking hands and 1,500 light years of emptiness. As commander of the Aurora Core you assign your crew, ration oxygen and make decisions no one should survive. Will you bring your colony to Thalassa?

    Why similar: Text-Based 25.3%, Resource Management 21.4%, Survival 16.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Simulation 10.4%

  23. #23 Space Haven
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 11,081 reviews2026
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Survival 12.3%, Resource Management 10.3%, Simulation 6.1%

  24. #24 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    82% matchMixed69% of 368 reviews2020
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.2%, Survival 17.1%, Resource Management 12.3%, Simulation 7.4%, Strategy 6.9%

  25. #25 Red Dust Colony
    80% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
    Windows · Mac

    The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 48.3%, Survival 14.6%, Resource Management 13.3%, Simulation 10.1%, Building 4.5%

  26. #26 Space Hoarders Inc.
    81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
    Dev: DogWater Entertainment
    Windows

    A Sci-Fi turn based resource management game where you mine, craft and ship resources across the galaxy while trading, spying and battling NPCs along the way.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, Text-Based 15.8%, Simulation 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Strategy 9.2%

  27. #27 Our Dear Kingdom
    79% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
    Dev: Alex Voxel
    Windows

    Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 77.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Resource Management 6.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Management 2.1%

  28. #28 Rise Against the Invaders
    79% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BASEMENTMODE, LLC
    Windows

    BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Survival 12.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Simulation 8.3%

  29. #29 Endzone 2
    77% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 9.6%, Simulation 6.3%

  30. #30 Frostpunk
    78% matchVery Positive93% of 137,048 reviews2018
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Survival 16.7%, Resource Management 14.8%, Strategy 7.1%

  31. #31 Frostpunk: 1886
    77% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows

    A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 6.9%

  32. #32 Rows Of Earth
    76% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Glasworks Studios
    Windows

    A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...

    Why similar: Colony Sim 54.5%, Survival 15%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 9.5%, Resource Management 8.9%

  33. #33 Wasteland Train: Conductor
    75% 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 34.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Survival 8.1%

  34. #34 Isolated Island: After the flood
    75% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: ZHANG FAN
    Windows

    Survive in a world drowned by disaster. Explore by day, hide by night, fight zombies, scavenge resources, build your shelter, and trade with other factions. Your survival, your strategy.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 16.8%, Strategy RPG 8.4%, Strategy 7.9%

  35. #35 Frostveil: The Last Winter
    73% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2026
    Dev: Alabarda Gaming
    Windows

    Winter 1920. As a village leader during the War of Independence, you must manage resources to survive the frost. At the breaking point, will you be a savior or a tyrant? Every choice writes a story in the snow. In pursuit of the story.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 36.6%, Survival 17.1%, Resource Management 12.6%, Text-Based 12.2%, Simulation 8.2%

  36. #36 Sigma Draconis
    76% 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 45%, Strategy 13.2%, Simulation 12.2%, Resource Management 12%, Sci-fi 7.7%

  37. #37 Tree House Colony
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jens P. Behrens
    Windows

    Through an "accident" seafarers arrive on an island where they have to fight for their survival. Help them by building and managing a tree house for them.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.9%, Survival 15%, Resource Management 14.9%, Simulation 7.3%, Strategy 6.3%

  38. #38 IdleZomb
    73% 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 46.2%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Simulation 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Resource Management 8.7%

  39. #39 TFM: The First Men
    74% 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 51.4%, Survival 10%, Tactical RPG 10%, Resource Management 8%, Simulation 5.6%

  40. #40 Oxygen: First Breath
    73% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%

    This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.9%, Survival 14.4%, Resource Management 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.8%, Simulation 8.2%

  41. #41 Underground Nomads
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Funzen Games
    Windows

    You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 47.4%, Survival 15%, Resource Management 11.5%, Simulation 8.9%, Building 6.7%

  42. #42 Worlds Explorers
    71% 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 41.5%, Survival 16.2%, Resource Management 9.3%, Simulation 7.6%, Strategy 7.3%

  43. #43 The Vanguard Expanse 4065
    70% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2026
    Dev: Cryo Sleep Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Forged over 9 years, The Vanguard Expanse 4065 is a deep, text-based incremental 4X RPG that refuses to hold your hand. Survive a procedurally evolving universe. Build massive industries, command fleets, or rule the black market. It is difficult, rewarding, and you play however you want!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41%, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Tactical RPG 13%, Strategy 10.6%, RPG 4.9%

  44. #44 Ocean Punk
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 169 reviews2024
    Dev: Infinite Studio
    Windows

    Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 10.8%, Simulation 5.5%

  45. #45 Sky Base Venus
    71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
    Dev: Rara Avis Interactive
    Windows

    Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 50.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Survival 10.6%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 7.4%

  46. #46 Dungeon Settlers
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: CanOpener
    Windows · Mac

    A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3%, Survival 13%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy RPG 8.1%

  47. #47 Embark
    72% 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 62%, Survival 11.6%, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Building 5.2%

  48. #48 Breadoria
    70% 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 50%, Survival 15.8%, Simulation 8.7%, Resource Management 7.7%, Strategy 7.5%

  49. #49 New Cycle
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Survival 13.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 6.4%

  50. #50 The Colony Experiment
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Bilboldev
    Windows

    The Colony Experiment is a colony simulator where you lead a group of Joes trapped in The Scientist's experiment. Gather resources, build your colony, survive the challenges ahead, and uncover the Scientist's base to finally break free.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 46.5%, Simulation 16.3%, Strategy 14%, Survival 12.8%, Resource Management 9.5%

  51. #51 Order: The New Dawn
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Outer Space Workshop
    Windows

    Order: The New Dawn is a colony sim with space adventure. As a legendary captain from the United Stellar, build a base on the desert planet New Terra and face the perils of the Wastespace—how will you shape the destiny of the stars?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 40.5%, Resource Management 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Survival 10.8%, Building 5.2%

  52. #52 Autumn Leaves
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Yamakoshi Hiroyuki
    Windows

    An artsy, text-based, fantasy management game. Not as difficult as it looks.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.3%, Text-Based 19.9%, Survival 11%, Strategy 8.6%, Resource Management 7.5%

  53. #53 Colony of the Forsaken
    68% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Tazdingol
    Windows · Mac

    Colony of the Forsaken is a survival colony sim where you control multiple villagers, build up your settlement during the day, and defend it from enemy waves at night. The focus is on managing villagers, surviving losses, exploring for progress, and shaping each villager through skills and spells.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.9%, Survival 17.5%, Strategy RPG 11.5%, Building 5.8%, Resource Management 5.5%

  54. #54 Llanthmar
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Jason Larrabee
    Windows

    Llanthmar is a turn-based, strategy game that tasks you with ensuring the survival of your lost colony on an unknown planet. Gather resources, manufacture supplies, and fight back against anything that threatens to take them away.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Resource Management 11.8%, Survival 11%, Strategy RPG 10.8%

  55. #55 Siida
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: AbyssHaul
    Windows

    Survive through Lapland's frozen beauty in this Sámi-inspired survival strategy game. Don't conquer nature, listen to it. Master the seasons in a fragile ecosystem where sustainability is the only way to endure.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.2%, Survival 21%, Resource Management 19.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 11.2%

  56. #56 Beware of Light
    67% 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 50.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Survival 17.2%, Resource Management 15.1%

  57. #57 Dark Moon
    66% 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 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17%, Resource Management 13.1%, Survival 11.3%, Strategy 5.5%

  58. #58 RimWorld
    66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 245,287 reviews2018
    Dev: Ludeon Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 59.6 hrsMean: 266.1 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 46.1%, Survival 14.8%, Tactical RPG 10%, Simulation 6%, Sci-fi 6%

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