- #1 Oceanopolis 2000
97% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andrew ConnellyPub: Andrew Connellt
Windows
Build the future under the sea in this retro sci-fi city tycoon.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.5%, Submarine 16.8% ★, Underwater 14.9% ★, Idler 10.6%, Base Building 7%
- #2 Abyssals
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: Shiro Unlimited
Windows
Abyssals is a Survival City Builder in the dark depths of an inhospitable planet. Build your underwater colony, explore where light can’t reach, and hunt for scarce resources. Expand your infrastructure and power your lamps, as danger lies in the deep, hidden in the dark.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.2%, Submarine 17.5% ★, Underwater 13.1% ★, Simulation 8.5%, Building 6.8%
- #3 Surviving the Abyss
96% matchMixed65% of 1,077 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.
Why similar: Underwater 23.6% ★, Colony Sim 18.5%, Base Building 10.6%, RTS 9.3%, Building 7.7%
- #4 Aquatico
95% matchMixed67% of 871 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Underwater 27.3% ★, Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 10.8%, Building 8.1%, Economy 6.6%
- #5 Aquacity
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evor Games
Windows
Dive into the sunken world. Face the dangers of the deepness. Build a colony and make it thrive. Conquer or explore the unknown, you decide which way you choose.
Why similar: Underwater 22.4% ★, Colony Sim 17.5%, Base Building 11.1%, RTS 10%, Building 8.9%
- #6 Subzero Tides
94% 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 26.2%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 10%, RTS 7.8%, Survival 6.5%
- #7 Sonorous | Deep Down Below
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HOONAYA
Windows
SONOROUS – Deep Down Below is an unforgiving underwater first-person survival game set in a dystopian world. Find your sunken research to save humanity from an eternal life on the open sea in a continuous fight for survival.
Why similar: Underwater 30.2% ★, Submarine 26.2% ★, Base Building 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%, Building 5.9%
- #8 Subciety
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rhydermike
Windows · Linux
Build and defend an underwater colony on Europa. Master the physics of towing massive structures through the deep. Hack hostile tech and mine rare resources to out-compete rival factions in this atmospheric underwater survival-builder.
Why similar: Submarine 25% ★, Underwater 21.7% ★, Colony Sim 21.2%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 4.8%
- #9 DepthWake
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reversed Interactive
Windows
Return to an Earth abandoned for over 500 years and explore its transformed oceans in search of vital resources. With supplies on humanity's new home world running dry, you must gather materials, build automated underwater operations, and uncover the secrets that now lie beneath the waves.
Why similar: Submarine 26.1% ★, Underwater 24.8% ★, Base Building 15.3%, Building 10.1%, Survival 6.7%
- #10 Colonization Simulator
91% match6 user reviews0% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: Imperian Online Rakovnik
Windows
Colonize rich planets with vegetation or deserted moons. Build a functional and prosperous colony. Take care of your colonists. Experience adventures on distant worlds or build a colony on planets in our solar system.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, Base Building 15.9%, RTS 11.3%, Isometric 8.7%, Building 8.5%
- #11 ARTDINK GAME LOG: Aquanaut's Holiday
90% match2 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: ARTDINK
Windows
The deep-sea exploration adventure that captivated countless players is back. What you discover in this underwater world brimming with freedom and challenges is entirely up to you. Follow your curiosity and make the most of your day off.
Why similar: Underwater 33.8% ★, Submarine 33.4% ★, Idler 18.6%, Simulation 5.2%, Exploration 5.1%
- #12 Seabed Settlers
89% 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: Underwater 24.9% ★, Colony Sim 20.9%, Base Building 16.1%, RTS 10.3%, Building 5.1%
- #13 Sunken Seeker
89% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Reckonment Studio
Windows
Sunken Seeker is a short, first-person underwater horror experience. Forced to pilot a decaying submersible, you have 7 days to pay off a massive debt. Navigate pitch-black waters, scan for salvage beyond your headlights, and survive the shift before the Director cuts your life support.
Why similar: Submarine 41.4% ★, Underwater 40.2% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Exploration 5.3%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #14 Terrahold
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SMAR Studio
Windows
Build an autonomous colony on a living procedural planet. Gather resources, command robots, expand your power grid, and defend the teleporter from an ecosystem that reacts to every step of your growth. Activate the link—or lose everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.6%, Base Building 18.1%, RTS 16.2%, Isometric 10.6%, Survival 6%
- #15 PlanetX
87% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Giedrius Talzunas
Windows · Mac
PlanetX is a real-time strategy MMO set on a spherical planet. Players expand territories, construct buildings, and manage resources to develop their empire. The ultimate goal is to conquer the entire planet by claiming all land plots and outpacing rivals in strategic growth and domination.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Grand Strategy 19% ★, RTS 14.3%, Building 9.3%, Economy 7.4%
- #16 Oceaneers
86% matchVery Positive89% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Underwater 30.4% ★, Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 10.3%, Building 10.1%
- #17 Thalassophobia
85% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: NGreenDev
Windows
As a cataclysmic event rocks the planet, you find yourself in an old, decrepit submarine tasked with only one goal: survive. Manage the internal systems to keep yourself alive and fend off undersea horrors as they attempt to cut your journey short.
Why similar: Submarine 48.5% ★, Underwater 38.4% ★, Simulation 7.1%, Atmospheric 3.3%, 3D 2.8%
- #18 The Abyss Below
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 59 reviews2026
Dev: Broken RelayPub: PostHuman Interactive
Windows
The year is 1997. Pilot a small submersible into the depths of the Pacific to investigate a massive sonar anomaly. Navigate by instruments, scan targets, and uncover something far older than it should be.
Why similar: Submarine 40.3% ★, Underwater 40.3% ★, Simulation 5.5%, Exploration 5.4%, Atmospheric 3.3%
- #19 Discoveries of the Deep
86% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Capstone SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
Join an expedition to the unexplored abyss – a fascinating world of strange creatures, lost vessels, and a wealth of untold secrets. Search for ancient wrecks, underwater trenches, missing airplanes, and even the Titanic. Climb on board your mini-sub and dive as deep as you dare!
Why similar: Underwater 41.6% ★, Submarine 38.4% ★, Simulation 7.8%, Strategy 4.5%, Exploration 4.5%
- #20 Sinking Eternity
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZeroByte
Windows
Sinking Eternity is a single-player underwater exploration RPG. Survive extreme depths, hide from dangerous sea creatures, and uncover the secrets of a civilization lost for millennia.
Why similar: Underwater 32.8% ★, Submarine 23.7% ★, Base Building 12.9%, Survival 9.4%, Futuristic 6.3%
- #21 Type2
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lucas LázaroPub: Type 2 Studios
Windows
Type2 is a space-based city builder where you try to run a mining business on the moon. Use your management skills to maintain a colony, expand your company, and of course, make money
Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Base Building 18.8%, Isometric 15.4%, Idler 10.5%, Simulation 7.8%
- #22 Reclaim Earth
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blue Radish Games
Windows · Mac
Reclaim Earth is a base-building, colony management, survival game where you play as a semi benevolent robot crash-landed on a post apocalyptic Earth. You must build your base, enlist the help of humans, and defend against hordes of mutated bugs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 17.6%, Building 11.5%, Survival 10.4%, Futuristic 5.9%
- #23 Make Your Kingdom
82% matchMixed58% of 197 reviews2022
Dev: yo_serjioPub: BigGame Publishing
Windows
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 12.1%, Survival 10.2%, RTS 9.9%
- #24 Dwarf Things
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, Base Building 19.5%, Isometric 11%, Survival 9.9%, Simulation 8.7%
- #25 Reshaping Mars
79% matchVery Positive84% of 832 reviews2023
Dev: TholusPub: Yooreka Studio
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
「Reshaping Mars」is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Grand Strategy 15% ★, RTS 14.8%, Building 10.2%
- #26 20,000 Miles Under the Sea
81% matchMostly Negative40% of 153 reviews2020
Dev: CreaTeam
Windows
Become a fearless underwater explorer and reach the bottom of The Mariana Trench to win 20,000* REAL DOLLARS!
Why similar: Submarine 38.3% ★, Underwater 35.9% ★, Idler 15.4%, Simulation 6%, Atmospheric 2.5%
- #27 The Wild Age
81% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
The Wild Age is a micromanagement strategy game with tower defense gameplay mechanics. The game is designed mainly for a peaceful and relaxed gaming experience that offers a break from the busy realities of life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 19%, Survival 12.2%, Isometric 10.2%, Building 9.5%
- #28 Aquarift
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FloxStudios
Windows
Survive in a harsh underwater environment filled with mysterious and aggressive fauna. Gather resources, build bases, and craft equipment to explore an underwater alien world! Swim through interconnected biomes in a metroidvania style.
Why similar: Submarine 44.9% ★, Underwater 38.1% ★, Base Building 17%
- #29 Idyll
78% 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 38%, Base Building 22.5%, Survival 13.2%, Isometric 7.5%, Strategy 6.5%
- #30 Dark Moon
77% 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 26.6%, Base Building 17.6%, RTS 13%, Economy 10.1%, Survival 8.2%
- #31 Ant Colony: Wild Forest
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pixel CellsPub: Polden Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
You play as an ant queen, growing an ant colony. Ants cannot be controlled directly. But you can spawn needed types of ants; upgrade them; make raids and most importantly - dig and build a dungeon! The goal of each location is to destroy all enemy bases. If the queen dies - the game ends.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Grand Strategy 16.7% ★, Base Building 14%, RTS 10.5%, Building 9%
- #32 Plasticalypse - Submarine Adventures
78% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2021
Dev: FLUXO GAMES
Windows
A journey of the last ocean cleaner submarine that is tasked to restore the ecosystem of a dying earth. "Plasticalypse: TrashSub Adventures“
Why similar: Underwater 39.3% ★, Submarine 33.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 6.5%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Futuristic 5.6%
- #33 NAUTUS
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Design StudiosPub: Arc Games
Windows
From the creators of Have a Nice Death comes a charmingly quirky island adventure with 4-player co-op! From above, catch your breath in a cozy sanctuary and befriend quirky locals. From below, take the helm of an upgradable submarine, fight mutant creatures, and craft vital gear. Explore NAUTUS!
Why similar: Submarine 34.3% ★, Underwater 33.1% ★, Base Building 14.7%, Building 9.8%, Atmospheric 4.2%
- #34 Phoenix Hope
77% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Base Building 17.7%, RTS 13%, Survival 11.5%, Building 9.6%
- #35 Stranding Echoes
75% 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 35.7%, Base Building 20.3%, Building 11.4%, Survival 7.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #36 Under The Waves
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,098 reviews2023
Dev: Parallel StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Stan, a professional diver in the North Sea, is struggling to overcome a life-changing loss during an extended mission underwater. Stuck in his self-imposed solitude, he starts to experience strange events and will have to make the most significant choice of his life...
Why similar: Underwater 50.7% ★, Submarine 31.1% ★, Atmospheric 6.3%, Exploration 5.7%, Sci-fi 4.2%
- #37 HydroTick: Water Reminder & Aquarium Manager
73% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: RetroArcPub: Rock Paper Publisher
Windows
Stay hydrated, relax, and build your dream aquarium! HydroTick reminds you to drink water at your chosen intervals, rewards you with coins, and lets you collect unique fish, rare decorations, and create a soothing aquatic world.
Why similar: Submarine 30.6% ★, Underwater 27.3% ★, Idler 14.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Economy 7.9%
- #38 Cloudlings
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Middle Space
Windows
Cloudlings is a cute colony sim set amongst the clouds. Guide a small tribe of curious creatures as they build a floating village, merge drifting islands, manage resources, unlock upgrades, and uncover the mysteries hiding beyond the clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Isometric 13.2%, Building 11.5%, Survival 9.7%
- #39 Maia
75% 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 41.1%, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #40 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% 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 37.6%, Base Building 17%, Survival 13.4%, Isometric 10.3%, Building 9.8%
- #41 Folklands
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 59 reviews2025
Dev: Bromantic GamesPub: Light Up Games
Windows · Linux
Folklands is a relaxing settlement builder with a retro look and feel set in a fantasy Nordic-inspired world. Harvest, produce and trade resources from multiple production chains as you grow your settlement. Keep your folks happy and safe and tend to their needs in a living and changing world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.9%, Base Building 14.5%, RTS 13.4%, Isometric 12.6%, Building 11.1%
- #42 Nuclear Crawler
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Sk Game Studio
Windows
Build a massive Ice Crawler powered by a nuclear power plant on a distant planet where you need to generate energy to survive and rescue other survivors. Your crawler base can accommodate dozens of survivors and have dozens of floors. Learn how to build a nuclear power plant to survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.2%, Base Building 24.9%, Building 14.1%, Isometric 9.9%, Strategy 7.2%
- #43 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
71% matchVery Positive86% of 205 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 34.1%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13.5%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #44 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
70% matchVery Positive83% of 185 reviews2026
Dev: Perspective GamesPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Give rise to wonders of the Aztec Civilization as you build your own magnificent metropolis in this ancient city builder. From humble beginnings build, trade, manage and conquer to become Tlatoani (Emperor).
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, Grand Strategy 15.5% ★, RTS 12.3%, Isometric 11.9%, Base Building 11.5%
- #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 45.3%, Base Building 21%, Building 9.7%, Survival 8.9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #46 Bunny Bunker
70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Polyspice Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategy by day, tactical tower defense by night. Build a bunny colony, manage resources, and defend against nightly monster attacks in this mix of city building and tower defense. Help your bunnies escape to the stars before the darkness destroys everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.1%, Base Building 17.7%, RTS 14.1%, Building 11.3%, Isometric 10.6%
- #47 Oxygen Not Included
71% 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 41%, Base Building 25%, Survival 13.7%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 3.6%
- #48 They Are Billions
71% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 26.1%, RTS 15.8%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 5.9%
- #49 Abyssal Rust
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inmersionbit
Windows
Navigate an open-world ocean in a rusted submarine with monstrous creatures lurking in the depths. Collect artifacts, upgrade your submarine and descend into even deeper waters. If you didn’t fear the deep sea before, now you will.
Why similar: Underwater 43.8% ★, Submarine 39.2% ★, Survival 9.2%, Exploration 3.8%, Sci-fi 2.6%
- #50 Recovery Syndicate
69% 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 23.3%, RTS 15.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 9.9%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%
- #51 Against The Tide
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Times Pi
Windows
Against The Tide is a simulation strategy game about restoring a dying coral reef. Build your conservation facility, grow your marine gardens, thwart invasive species, and discover new technologies to save the reef.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Underwater 20.3% ★, Building 10.5%, Simulation 8.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #52 Aztecs: The Last Sun
67% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Base Building 14.6%, RTS 11.6%, Building 10.3%, Isometric 9.8%
- #53 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
67% matchVery Positive98% of 53 reviews2026
Dev: Emerick GibsonPub: RockGame S.A.
Windows
Will you create a lasting civilization or see it collapse into the sea? In Sea, Sun & Salt, you build a city on a small mediterranean island. Define the tenets of your culture, deal with your subjects' needs and withstand the forces of the elements.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, Underwater 19.6% ★, Isometric 14.8%, Building 8.9%, Base Building 8.2%
- #54 Cosmic Castaway
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Vinciware
Windows
Cosmic Castaway is a colony building survival game. Gather scarce resources, rescue and assign your crew, build and defend your outpost from hostile forces, and turn wreckage into refuge to repair your ship and escape back to your home planet.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 15.7%, Isometric 12.2%, Survival 11.3%, Building 6.8%
- #55 The Omins
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TemesaGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Omins have taken their first step through mysterious portals, discovering new lands to explore and settle, inhabited by fantastic creatures and shaped by unknown forces. Guide them in this real time fantasy settlement game blending exploration, survival, and RTS mechanics.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, RTS 20.5%, Base Building 18.7%, Survival 10.3%, Strategy 7.4%
- #56 ENDER OCEAN - Your mission: "Clean the Ocean"
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 15 reviews2022
Dev: Ender Ocean
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Ender Ocean principle? Locate and collect waste (plastic bags, bottles, lost nets...) thanks to underwater robots connected to a collection boat, in order to valorize them afterwards, all from home.
Why similar: Underwater 47.6% ★, Submarine 31.9% ★, Simulation 12.1%, Exploration 5.1%, 3D 3.2%
- #57 Virum:Colony
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NeuroOre
Windows
A colony-building strategy about settling a hostile alien world. After a failed mission, your crew crash-lands on Erythra, cut off from Earth. Build a base from scratch, connect power and oxygen systems, manage colonists, and turn survival into a thriving colony.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Building 8.8%, Economy 8.8%, Survival 8.6%
- #58 Cleaning The Ocean
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nasheik
Windows · Linux
The ocean didn't get dirty on its own. Pilot your submarine through vast underwater worlds, collect the trash humanity left behind, and uncover what's been growing in the dark. Clean, explore, upgrade and try not to look too closely at what's following you.
Why similar: Submarine 46.2% ★, Underwater 37.5% ★, Simulation 8.3%, Building 4.3%, Exploration 2.5%
- #59 Night is Coming
66% matchMixed63% of 464 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, RTS 16.7%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 10.9%, Survival 10.3%
- #60 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
68% 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 34.1%, Base Building 20%, Survival 13%, Post-apocalyptic 10.5%, Building 6.5%