- #1 Abyssals
97% 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 17.3% ★, Underwater 13.1% ★, Simulation 8.6%, Building 6.7%
- #2 Surviving the Abyss
96% matchMixed65% of 1,047 reviews2024
Dev: Rocket Flair StudiosPub: Paradox Arc
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 7.7 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 23.7% ★, Colony Sim 18.5% ★, Base Building 10.6%, RTS 9.1%, Building 7.7%
- #3 Oceanopolis 2000
96% 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 18.7% ★, Submarine 17.8% ★, Underwater 15.9% ★, Idler 12.1%, Building 6.7%
- #4 Aquatico
95% matchMixed67% of 858 reviews2023
Dev: Digital Reef GamesPub: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 27.2% ★, Colony Sim 22.1% ★, Base Building 10.7%, Building 8%, Economy 6.9%
- #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 17.6% ★, Base Building 11%, RTS 9.8%, Building 8.8%
- #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 26.3% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Building 9.9%, RTS 7.6%, Survival 6.4%
- #7 Subciety
93% 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 24.8% ★, Underwater 21.8% ★, Colony Sim 21.3% ★, Base Building 10%, Strategy 4.9%
- #8 Colonization Simulator
92% 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 27.7% ★, Base Building 16%, RTS 11.1%, Isometric 8.6%, Building 8.5%
- #9 Seabed Settlers
91% 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 10.1%, Building 5%
- #10 Sunken Seeker
91% 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 41.2% ★, Underwater 40.3% ★, Simulation 6.7%, Exploration 5.3%, Atmospheric 3.7%
- #11 Oceaneers
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of unstable 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 30.8% ★, Colony Sim 24.8% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Building 10%, Survival 10%
- #12 PlanetX
89% matchMixed66% of 50 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 25.1% ★, Grand Strategy 18.8% ★, RTS 14%, Building 9.2%, Economy 7.9%
- #13 Tides of Tethys
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Rust LLC
Windows
Explore the uncharted depths of Tethys, and scavenge resources and lost technologies, to survive the dangers of the abyss. Lead expeditions of Knights through the dark and the unknown, and help them rebuild their long lost Kingdom.
Why similar: Underwater 30.8% ★, Base Building 15.2%, Building 12.1%, Colony Sim 11.8% ★, Survival 9.4%
- #14 Discoveries of the Deep
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 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 41.7% ★, Submarine 38.2% ★, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 4.5%, Exploration 4.5%
- #15 Thalassophobia
87% 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 48.3% ★, Underwater 38.5% ★, Simulation 7.2%, Atmospheric 3.3%, 3D 2.8%
- #16 Sinking Eternity
86% matchNo user reviews
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 33% ★, Submarine 23.7% ★, Base Building 13%, Survival 9.3%, Futuristic 6.2%
- #17 Type2
86% 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 32.9% ★, Base Building 18.6%, Isometric 15.2%, Idler 11.2%, Simulation 7.8%
- #18 Reclaim Earth
84% 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 27% ★, Base Building 17.7%, Building 11.4%, Survival 10.2%, Futuristic 5.8%
- #19 20,000 Miles Under the Sea
85% matchMostly Negative39% of 150 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 37.7% ★, Underwater 35.5% ★, Idler 16.3%, Simulation 6%, Atmospheric 2.4%
- #20 Make Your Kingdom
84% matchMixed58% of 195 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 25.9% ★, Base Building 14.3%, Building 11.9%, Survival 10%, RTS 9.6%
- #21 Aquarift
82% 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 44.7% ★, Underwater 38.2% ★, Base Building 17%
- #22 Reshaping Mars
82% matchVery Positive85% of 831 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 20.6% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Grand Strategy 14.9% ★, RTS 14.6%, Building 10.1%
- #23 The Wild Age
83% matchMixed65% of 295 reviews2020
Dev: McMagic Productions
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 62%
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 30.9% ★, Base Building 19%, Survival 12.1%, Isometric 10.1%, Building 9.4%
- #24 Dark Moon
80% 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 26.6% ★, Base Building 17.6%, RTS 12.7%, Economy 10.6%, Survival 8.1%
- #25 Plasticalypse - Submarine Adventures
81% 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 39.5% ★, Submarine 33.6% ★, Post-apocalyptic 6.4%, Atmospheric 5.8%, Futuristic 5.5%
- #26 Phoenix Hope
81% 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 26.6% ★, Base Building 17.6%, RTS 12.7%, Survival 11.3%, Building 9.5%
- #27 Folklands
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 52 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 27.8% ★, Base Building 14.7%, RTS 12.9%, Building 11.7%, Economy 10.3%
- #28 HydroTick: Water Reminder & Aquarium Manager
78% 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% ★, Underwater 27% ★, Idler 15.7%, Base Building 12.3%, Economy 8.3%
- #29 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
79% matchMixed69% of 360 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 37.7% ★, Base Building 17%, Survival 13.2%, Isometric 10.2%, Building 9.7%
- #30 Maia
79% 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 41.3% ★, Base Building 14%, Survival 12.2%, Simulation 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #31 Tlatoani: Aztec Cities
77% matchVery Positive86% of 107 reviews2024
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 12.1%, Isometric 11.7%, Base Building 11.5%
- #32 Underground Nomads
77% 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 36.2% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Building 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Simulation 7.4%
- #33 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
76% matchVery Positive87% of 188 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 34.3% ★, Base Building 16.8%, Building 13.4%, Survival 11%, Strategy 7.7%
- #34 Nuclear Crawler
75% 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 34.4% ★, Base Building 24.9%, Building 14%, Isometric 9.8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #35 Bunny Bunker
73% matchPositive100% of 10 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 17.6%, RTS 13.8%, Building 11.2%, Isometric 10.4%
- #36 Embark
76% 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 45.9% ★, Base Building 20.8%, Building 9.5%, Survival 8.7%, Strategy 6.2%
- #37 Abyssal Rust
74% 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 44% ★, Submarine 39% ★, Survival 9.1%, Exploration 3.8%, Sci-fi 2.6%
- #38 They Are Billions
75% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 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 31.2% ★, Base Building 26%, RTS 15.6%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 6%
- #39 Oxygen Not Included
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 138,890 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.7 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 41.2% ★, Base Building 24.9%, Survival 13.6%, Building 10.2%, Simulation 3.6%
- #40 Aqua Corner
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: NeonGhost Studio
Windows
AquaCorner is a relaxing 3D idle simulation that brings a charming aquarium to your desktop corner! Collect cute fish, nurture them, and decorate their habitat with colorful items. Enjoy this cozy, atmospheric experience and build your dream underwater ecosystem.
Why similar: Underwater 33.1% ★, Idler 20.1%, Base Building 15.3%, Isometric 12%, Economy 11.3%
- #41 Under The Waves
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,801 reviews2023
Dev: Parallel StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 22.1 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 51% ★, Submarine 31.1% ★, Atmospheric 6.1%, Exploration 5.6%, Sci-fi 4.3%
- #42 Against The Tide
72% 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 33.3% ★, Underwater 20.3% ★, Building 10.4%, Simulation 8.7%, Strategy 8%
- #43 Recovery Syndicate
71% 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 23.4% ★, RTS 15.3%, Base Building 15.2%, Building 9.8%, Post-apocalyptic 7.5%
- #44 ENDER OCEAN - Your mission: "Clean the Ocean"
72% matchMostly Positive80% 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 47.7% ★, Submarine 31.7% ★, Simulation 12.3%, Exploration 5.1%, 3D 3.2%
- #45 Cosmic Castaway
71% 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 28% ★, Base Building 15.7%, Isometric 12.1%, Survival 11.2%, Building 6.7%
- #46 The people of Sea, Sun & Salt
70% matchNo user 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 26.6% ★, Underwater 19.5% ★, Isometric 14.6%, Building 8.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #47 The Last Haven
70% matchMixed61% of 1,526 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 26.6%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Survival 10.9%, RTS 10.7%
- #48 The Omins
70% 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 32.6% ★, RTS 20.2%, Base Building 18.8%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #49 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
71% 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 34.3% ★, Base Building 20%, Survival 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Building 6.4%
- #50 Sonorous | Deep Down Below
69% 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 34.7% ★, Submarine 30% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8%, Exploration 4%
- #51 Oxygen: First Breath
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,643 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.1 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 27% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Survival 11.1%, Building 10.5%, Economy 9%
- #52 Night is Coming
68% matchMixed66% of 441 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 26.2% ★, RTS 16.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Building 10.8%, Survival 10.2%
- #53 Idle Terra
68% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Boris Naftaliev
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7% ★, Base Building 18.2%, Idler 16%, Isometric 7.7%, Simulation 5.8%
- #54 Venusville
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31% ★, Base Building 18.8%, RTS 10.8%, Survival 10.2%, Building 8.1%
- #55 Aztecs: The Last Sun
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlan in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Expand the capital, perform sacred rituals, and withstand the coming darkness. Build, grow, sacrifice, survive - or watch the last sun set forever.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6% ★, Base Building 14.5%, RTS 11.4%, Building 10.2%, Isometric 9.6%
- #56 Rise Against the Invaders
68% 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 33.9% ★, Base Building 20.2%, Building 12.5%, Survival 9.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #57 Surviving the Aftermath
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,513 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 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 27.8% ★, Base Building 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Survival 12.7%, Strategy 9%
- #58 Arcane Shores
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Absent Slumber
Windows
Arcane Shores is a city-building strategy game infused with magic. Build, defend, and expand your settlement while casting powerful spells that bend nature, restore what’s broken, and turn the tide against your enemies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35% ★, Building 12.2%, Survival 11.9%, Economy 10.8%, Base Building 10%
- #59 Powerplay
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frantic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Powerplay is an RTS with a focus on resources and industry. Create supply chains, transport, and explore in this thrilling base builder. Grow into a powerful industrial nation, but don't spread too thin! Resources are finite and "the others" can reclaim what is theirs at any time.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.8% ★, Base Building 19%, RTS 16.9%, Isometric 9.6%, Simulation 6.4%
- #60 Tutankhamun – Builders of the Eternal
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: TreeByte Software
Windows
A 3D city-builder where you farm the Nile, worship powerful gods, train armies, trade with distant regions, and construct monumental works worthy of ancient Egypt.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7% ★, Isometric 14.3%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Simulation 11.7%