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  1. #1 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
    97% matchMixed66% of 5,984 reviews2017
    Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 51.2%, Building 11.9%, Resource Management 10.9%, Survival 10.1%, Simulation 4.6%

  2. #2 Oxygen
    96% matchMostly Positive73% of 865 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. 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 more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 11.2%, Survival 9.9%, Crafting 9.1%

  3. #3 Planetbase
    96% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,262 reviews2015
    Dev: Madruga Works
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 41.1%, Base Building 20.8%, Survival 11.9%, Building 7.9%, Resource Management 5.9%

  4. #4 Land of the Vikings
    95% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,203 reviews2023
    Dev: Laps GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Building 13.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 8.6%

  5. #5 Stranded: Alien Dawn
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 10,890 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Base Building 24.9%, Survival 17%, Crafting 13%, Resource Management 6.3%

  6. #6 Surviving Ceres
    94% matchVery Positive87% of 137 reviews2025
    Dev: Ryan SaundersPub: One Man Media
    Windows

    Explore a handcrafted survival game with an emphasis on crafting and base building. Export manufactured goods to earn funding, manage colonists, defend against hostile aliens, and work towards terraforming Ceres from a frozen ball of ice to a tropical paradise.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, Building 15.7%, Base Building 15.6%, Crafting 14.2%, Survival 12.7%

  7. #7 Astro Colony
    93% matchVery Positive82% of 2,509 reviews2022
    Dev: Terad Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, Automation 19.3%, Base Building 17.3%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.3%

  8. #8 Settlement Survival
    91% matchVery Positive86% of 7,842 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.7%, Building 17.9%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 11%, Sandbox 7.9%

  9. #9 Embark
    92% 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 42.5%, Base Building 17%, Building 10.2%, Survival 8%, Crafting 8%

  10. #10 New Cycle
    90% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,783 reviews2024
    Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 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 29.2%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 15.3%, Survival 12%, Resource Management 8.8%

  11. #11 Maia
    91% 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 45%, Base Building 13.5%, Survival 13.2%, Simulation 7.1%, Building 5.9%

  12. #12 Laysara: Summit Kingdom
    89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,314 reviews2026
    Dev: Quite OK GamesPub: Future Friends Games
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?

    Why similar: Colony Sim 26.1%, Automation 16.3%, Base Building 14%, Building 13.3%, Resource Management 9.1%

  13. #13 Northern Lights
    89% matchMixed67% of 296 reviews2020
    Dev: MadGoat Studio
    Windows

    Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?

    Why similar: Crafting 19.7%, Survival 19.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Realistic 11.5%, Open World Survival Craft 8.6%

  14. #14 Sapiens
    88% matchVery Positive84% of 2,103 reviews2022
    Dev: Majic Jungle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 13.6%, Crafting 11.4%, Survival 10.1%

  15. #15 Oxygen Not Included
    87% 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 37.3%, Base Building 20%, Survival 12.3%, Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%

  16. #16 Space Haven
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 9,719 reviews2020
    Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    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 29.7%, Base Building 16.5%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.1%, Sandbox 8.9%

  17. #17 Oxygen: First Breath
    86% 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 26.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Building 11.9%, Survival 10.8%, Resource Management 9%

  18. #18 Endzone 2
    85% matchMixed69% of 1,004 reviews2025
    Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    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 31.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 13%, Survival 11.7%, Sandbox 9.3%

  19. #19 Survival Vacancy
    84% matchMixed64% of 88 reviews2021
    Dev: Mind Leak
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    In a nuclear apocalypse, you have to use your engineering skills to save as many survivors as possible. Defending, mining, crafting, creating production lines, and building an underground city for the survivors is your goal in this 2d side-scrolling automation game.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, Automation 15.3%, Base Building 11.4%, Building 10.8%, Crafting 9.2%

  20. #20 Ostriv
    82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,359 reviews2020
    Dev: yevhen8
    Windows
    Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 36.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Ostriv is a city-building game that puts you in a role of a governor of an 18th century Ukrainian town to challenge your creative skills and management abilities.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 15.8%, Building 14.2%, Survival 10.2%, Resource Management 8.9%

  21. #21 Dawn Apart
    82% matchMostly Positive73% of 239 reviews2025
    Dev: Industrial Technology and WitchcraftPub: Astra Logical
    Windows

    Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33%, Automation 23.3%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 12%, Resource Management 3.5%

  22. #22 Frost Survival VR
    81% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2025
    Dev: Wenkly Studio Sp. z o.o.
    Windows

    Sandbox Survival in VR. Face a frozen wilderness solo or in co-op - build a shelter, craft tools, hunt for food, and manage your resources to endure harsh conditions. Strategize your moves against unpredictable weather and lurking dangers. And remember to keep yourself safe and sane!

    Why similar: Base Building 22%, Survival 16.3%, Crafting 14.5%, Building 13.2%, Sandbox 12.1%

  23. #23 Project AURA
    84% matchMixed64% of 698 reviews2018
    Dev: Nexcentric Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

    Why similar: Building 21.7%, Resource Management 17.6%, Base Building 15.4%, Simulation 12.8%, Sandbox 12.2%

  24. #24 Tribe: Primitive Builder
    81% matchVery Positive81% of 760 reviews2023
    Dev: Space Boat StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%

    Chill out as you explore the beautiful, realistic island of exiles. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings and settlements. Manage tribe and automate your gameplay. Discover 4 lands, a storyline and save the inhabitants of the island.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, Automation 16.9%, Base Building 11.7%, Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.2%

  25. #25 Farlight Explorers
    83% matchMixed56% of 205 reviews2019
    Dev: Farlight Games Industry
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Extract and gather resources from different planets. Manage the supply of electricity, water, food and oxygen of your base in order to survive. Automate the creation of new products. Build a spaceship to transport your products to other places...

    Why similar: Building 42.2%, Sandbox 26%, Crafting 12.3%, Simulation 12%, Strategy 3.9%

  26. #26 Skyformer
    79% matchVery Positive90% of 59 reviews2025
    Dev: Weatherfused
    Windows

    Create an automated system that terraforms a planet with an army of drones. Craft and build bases, set up a weather monitoring system, prepare to survive different types of storms, and take control of the climate and biomes!

    Why similar: Automation 23.1%, Base Building 17%, Building 14%, Crafting 12.8%, Survival 11.3%

  27. #27 Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)
    80% 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 38.8%, Building 17.7%, Base Building 16.8%, Survival 12.3%, Simulation 6.6%

  28. #28 Outpath
    78% matchVery Positive94% of 2,905 reviews2023
    Dev: David Moralejo SánchezPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    Why similar: Automation 19.7%, Base Building 18.1%, Crafting 14.1%, Building 12.6%, Sandbox 9.5%

  29. #29 Winter Survival
    78% matchMixed63% of 751 reviews2025
    Dev: DRAGO entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Winter Survival is a story-driven survival game where trauma turns reality into a reflection of your breaking mind. Battle cold, hunger, hallucinations, and adapt to the wilderness as it adapts to you.

    Why similar: Base Building 23%, Survival 17.9%, Building 16.5%, Crafting 13%, Sandbox 9.1%

  30. #30 Farthest Frontier
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 23,648 reviews2025
    Dev: Crate Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Building 22.8%, Base Building 17.1%, Survival 10.8%, Resource Management 10.6%

  31. #31 Primitive Society Simulator
    77% matchVery Positive83% of 687 reviews2024
    Dev: YSH BigDovePub: YSH Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    A colony-building game combined with grand strategy elements. Play as a tribal leader, guiding your people from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age. Survive, multiply, and compete for territory among ancient nations.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 31.9%, Base Building 17.8%, Building 15.3%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 10.1%

  32. #32 TFM: The First Men
    79% 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 37.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Building 10.4%, Survival 7.4%, Sandbox 6.7%

  33. #33 Adaptory
    76% 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 29.9%, Automation 17.3%, Base Building 16.5%, Survival 10%, Building 8.5%

  34. #34 Ascent of Ashes
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 294 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Building 13.7%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 11%

  35. #35 Colony Survival
    75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,816 reviews2017
    Dev: Pipliz
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 38.1%, Base Building 18.2%, Building 14.1%, Survival 12.9%, Sandbox 7.5%

  36. #36 Russian Village Simulator on Mars
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 68 reviews2025
    Dev: VD Games
    Windows

    Develop a village colony on Mars, using various resources and bringing the unique flavor of Russian culture to the distant space.

    Why similar: Base Building 26%, Crafting 17.3%, Sandbox 13.1%, Survival 12.7%, Realistic 9.2%

  37. #37 AColony
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 134 reviews2023
    Dev: ZeroTris
    Windows

    A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 18.4%, Building 14.5%, Crafting 12.2%, Survival 12.1%

  38. #38 Eden Crafters
    71% matchVery Positive86% of 2,214 reviews2024
    Dev: Osaris Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Embark on a journey of survival, crafting, and automation in Eden Crafters, a solo and co-op open-world game that challenges you to turn a hostile planet into a habitable haven for humanity. Temper the climate, create a breathable atmosphere, and turn toxic lakes into water: shape a new world!

    Why similar: Automation 20%, Base Building 14.7%, Colony Sim 14.2%, Crafting 11.3%, Building 10.8%

  39. #39 Colonize Prologue
    74% matchMixed64% of 510 reviews2022
    Dev: RembrosoftPub: CreativeForge Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.4%, Building 20.3%, Survival 14.5%, Sandbox 13.7%, Simulation 3%

  40. #40 Settlements Rising
    72% matchVery Positive82% of 412 reviews2025
    Dev: The Catalyst Crew
    Windows

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 35.3%, Building 13.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 10.3%, Survival 8.7%

  41. #41 The Tribe Must Survive
    73% 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 31.4%, Base Building 17.5%, Building 16.5%, Survival 12.2%, Resource Management 10.5%

  42. #42 Polylithic
    72% matchMixed69% of 163 reviews2023
    Dev: polyperfectPub: indie.io
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Polylithic is a survival game unlike any other, set in the most pivotal moment in mankind's history: the Stone Age. Experience life as a Paleolithic hunter-gatherer, settle down as a Neolithic farmer, form tribes in co-op multiplayer, or go at it alone in a world where we're not yet apex predators.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, Automation 17%, Base Building 15%, Crafting 11.7%, Survival 10.5%

  43. #43 Mind the Vikings
    75% matchMixed43% of 83 reviews2018
    Dev: Miso Games
    Windows

    Start with nothing and build up your viking settlement in harsh Nordic climate in this survival strategy town building game. Start with nothing and prepare for winter. Set forth on raids on other viking settlements and defend yourself from them.

    Why similar: Building 22.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 18.8%, Sandbox 14.8%, Crafting 13.5%

  44. #44 Humanica
    69% matchVery Positive95% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: PanfachDev
    Windows

    Humanica is a city-builder game about an ancient settlement, featuring vast technological development. Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!

    Why similar: Colony Sim 28.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 13.5%, Survival 13.1%, Resource Management 9.6%

  45. #45 Ecopunk
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 114 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 40%, Sandbox 11.5%, Base Building 11.3%, Survival 11.1%, Resource Management 7.7%

  46. #46 Night is Coming
    70% 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 35.6%, Base Building 19.1%, Building 17.1%, Survival 13.8%, Simulation 6.7%

  47. #47 The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands
    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 220 reviews2018
    Dev: Xigma Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Build, discover, craft and survive.Build your settlement in a snowy encampment, survive monster attacks and manage resources to uncover the secrets of the ancients.

    Why similar: Survival 44%, Simulation 31.2%, Atmospheric 10.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Indie 7%

  48. #48 Flotsam
    67% matchVery Positive80% of 4,240 reviews2025
    Dev: Pajama Llama GamesPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Sail, scavenge, and rescue survivors in a vibrant floating city-builder. Captain your drifters across the endless garbage sea to uncover soaked ruins, rusting factories, and stories from the old world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, Automation 17.9%, Base Building 15%, Building 10.8%, Survival 9.3%

  49. #49 Surviving the Aftermath
    70% 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 37.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Survival 16.9%, Building 10.3%, Simulation 9.2%

  50. #50 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
    71% 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 36.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 12.7%, Building 10.9%, Crafting 9.7%

  51. #51 Sphere - Flying Cities
    71% matchMixed50% of 237 reviews2022
    Dev: mañana studiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
    Windows

    Sphere – Flying Cities is a sci-fi citybuilder which combines strategy, simulation, and survival elements in an extraordinary and immersive scenario. Rebuild and protect a society in a unique and hostile environment. Pay the price for your decisions and be prepared to lose everything.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, Building 14.2%, Survival 13.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Resource Management 9.7%

  52. #52 Under A New Sun
    68% matchMostly Positive76% of 368 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    Windows

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    Why similar: Base Building 20.8%, Crafting 19.1%, Survival 18.8%, Realistic 9%, Open World Survival Craft 8.6%

  53. #53 Viking Frontiers: Prologue
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 471 reviews2025
    Dev: BLUM EntertainmentPub: GameHunters
    Windows

    Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

    Why similar: Sandbox 28.8%, Survival 23.5%, Realistic 20.2%, Simulation 19.8%, Strategy 6.5%

  54. #54 Frozenheim
    68% matchMixed70% of 3,855 reviews2022
    Dev: Paranoid InteractivePub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Lead your Viking clan onto unknown shores and carve out a future for your people in the fjords of Frozenheim. Gather resources, expand, and watch your settlement grow to a bustling town that will withstand the harshness of winter and wrath of other clans.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 43.6%, Base Building 25.9%, Resource Management 19.2%, Simulation 7.5%, Strategy 2.2%

  55. #55 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
    69% 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 34.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Survival 13%, Crafting 8.2%, Building 7.6%

  56. #56 Icaria
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 58 reviews2025
    Dev: Blindsight Games LLC
    Windows

    Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Automation 17.5%, Base Building 13.2%, Building 11%, Crafting 9.6%

  57. #57 Short Snow | Cold Survival Game
    67% matchMixed55% of 102 reviews2025
    Dev: MubDev
    Windows

    A realistic open-world survival experience. After a harrowing plane crash, you find yourself stranded in the wilderness. Battling freezing temperatures and hunger, you face an unknown virus that slowly paralyzes muscles, leaving its victims motionless and at the mercy of the unforgiving cold.

    Why similar: Survival 20.2%, Base Building 16.7%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 11.3%, Open World Survival Craft 7.8%

  58. #58 Blacksmith Master
    65% matchVery Positive84% of 2,485 reviews2025
    Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.

    Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 15.7%, Building 13.7%, Survival 9.9%, Resource Management 9%

  59. #59 The Last Haven
    68% 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 29.9%, Survival 13.7%, Colony Sim 12.4%, Building 12%, Crafting 8.8%

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