- #1 Evil Labs
97% matchMixed70% of 82 reviews2018
Dev: Mirabolis Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Evil Labs is a game about building and managing your own Evil Laboratory. Research and develop diseases, infect people, sell the cure and get rich!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 68.5% ★, Base Building 10.6%, Simulation 7.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Building 3.8%
- #2 Hexbot Colony
96% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: The Chaotic Coder
Windows
Build and manage multiple colonies on different planets. Heavy focus on mining and industry, and setting up automated cargo transport between colonies. Also there are mysterious alien drones that will attack you, so you'll need some weapons to fight them off.
Why similar: Hex Grid 46.6% ★, Colony Sim 36.5%, Resource Management 12.7%, Simulation 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #3 Post-Apo Builder: Prologue
96% matchMixed69% of 434 reviews2023
Dev: Septarian Games
Windows
Discover a post-apocalyptic world Collect resources and manage people Build your colony on the remains of an oil tanker Prepare supplies and vehicles for a dangerous expedition. Complete challenging tasks from the council of elders
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 47.9% ★, Colony Sim 23.2%, Base Building 8.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Resource Management 4%
- #4 Zomboard
95% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Tania Felidea
Windows
Zomboard is a post-apocalyptic colony sim and base defense game. Start with a few survivors, build your settlement, and fortify defenses to survive overwhelming zombie hordes.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Outbreak Sim 15.1% ★, Strategy 9%, Resource Management 7.2%
- #5 Never Secure
94% 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 29.6%, Outbreak Sim 17.2% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Resource Management 12.2%, Simulation 8.4%
- #6 Warranted Humanity
94% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2025
Dev: Jovano Software
Windows
Warranted Humanity is a post-apocalyptic 2D side scroller where choices matter. Fight different infected and rival factions, scavenge, skill up, craft, manage your shelter and other survivors, all in a race against time to ensure humanity’s survival before everyone is irreversibly infected.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.5% ★, Colony Sim 18.4%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 7.8%, Crafting 7.1%
- #7 Eclectic Expansion Enterprise
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 30 reviews2023
Dev: OOMM Interactive
Windows
Expand among the stars! It is 72k years in the future, and a new wave of Human expansion abounds. Join the ranks of the Ecxos, prep star systems for habitation, and develop your tools and ships to enterprise ever faster and further.
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.5% ★, Colony Sim 17.4%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 6.4%
- #8 Deep Space Directive
92% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: One Wheel Studio
Windows
Resource management without micro-management! Build, defend, and optimize your ever-growing industrial colony in a dynamic hex-tile world. Buy low, sell high to expand and upgrade your base. Even your enemies are a resource to be exploited. Profit waits for no one!
Why similar: Hex Grid 29% ★, Colony Sim 24%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 13.8%, Economy 5.8%
- #9 Treetopians
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aparato Games
Windows
Treetopians is a cozy colony simulator where players build vertical villages in the treetops and care for a growing community of villagers with unique needs and personalities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.1%, Outbreak Sim 23.8% ★, Base Building 11.2%, Simulation 9.4%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #10 Trojan Inc.
91% matchMostly Negative36% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: WalkBoy Studio
Windows
Will you be able to infect all devices of the world? «Trojan Inc.» - simulator, which will involve you in a world of computer viruses and trojans.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 81% ★, Strategy 9.1%, Simulation 8.4%, Indie 1.5%
- #11 CyberTown: Prologue
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cyber Games
Windows
CyberTown - Is a game about interplanetary colonization where you create new cybernetic cities. Build, develop and strengthen your cities. Natural disasters, diseases, the needs of the population and much more will not let you get bored in this new cybernetic world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.4% ★, Colony Sim 26.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Base Building 7.5%, Crafting 4%
- #12 Scorchlands
89% matchVery Positive91% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: RinglabPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Linux
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
Why similar: Hex Grid 39.5% ★, Colony Sim 20.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 4.9%
- #13 Mad Tower Tycoon
89% matchMostly Positive78% of 441 reviews2020
Dev: Eggcode
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Design your own skyscraper with more than 100 Floors. Rent offices, apartments or shops and build a financially lucrative skyscraper. Build cinemas, bars or a theater to satisfy your visitors and create an effective transport system with elevators and stairs.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.6% ★, Colony Sim 20.7%, Resource Management 8.1%, Base Building 7.8%, Building 6.2%
- #14 STEM Defense
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: NoOneGames
Windows · Mac
Engage in epic battles against microscopic foes in 'STEM Defense', a strategic tower defense adventure set on a hex-grid. Harness the immune system's power, BUILD your defenses and fend off waves of pathogens, unlock potent cells and upgrades, and evolve your defenses for a grand survival showdown!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 37.2% ★, Hex Grid 36% ★, Base Building 11.4%, Strategy 6.2%, Building 4.7%
- #15 Entropy Department
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Art Studios
Windows
A facility-building management sim with a physics-fueled sandbox: build the labs, run the shifts, direct your goal-driven staff, and stop anomalies from turning one mistake into a collapse. How long can your facility survive its own research?
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 34.1% ★, Colony Sim 27.1%, Base Building 16.3%, Simulation 9.9%, Strategy 6.1%
- #16 40 Days [四十天]
88% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Black Phoenix Studio
Windows · Mac
40 Days is a special strategy simulation game related to infectious diseases spread all over the city. You, as ahead of the quarantine department, have been given full authority and manpower to contain the city, deal with different parties, virus in the city and most importantly find out the cure.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 83.3% ★, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 7.5%, Indie 1.3%
- #17 Zombie Colony
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Juvty Worlds
Windows
Manage a zombie colony. Mine, build, master new technologies, do everything to capture these pitiful people and their juicy brains!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 35.5% ★, Colony Sim 30.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Simulation 7.2%, Base Building 6.4%
- #18 After Inc: Revival
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,261 reviews2025
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 39.5% ★, Colony Sim 25.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.2%, Simulation 4.9%
- #19 Before We Leave
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,705 reviews2021
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.7% ★, Colony Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Base Building 8.8%, Building 5.8%
- #20 Zombie Survival
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Dragon Games Inc.
Windows
The theme is literally zombie survival. No Humans Allowed, except as the main course. An apocalyptic city building survival game where you grow the zombie horde and take over the world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 44.4% ★, Colony Sim 24.3%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 7.5%, Building 4.8%
- #21 Project Apocalypse
83% matchMostly Positive70% of 37 reviews2022
Dev: Sargonius Games
Windows
Build and defend your post-apocalyptic city in Project Apocalypse. Manage your survivor's needs, gather resources, and trade items to help them stay alive. See if you can create a thriving community in this harsh world.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 32.9% ★, Colony Sim 23.4%, Base Building 12.8%, Resource Management 9.1%, Building 5.3%
- #22 Plague Inc: Evolved
82% matchVery Positive94% of 61,802 reviews2016
Dev: Ndemic Creations
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 71.4% ★, Strategy 14.3%, Simulation 10.5%, Realistic 1.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #23 Moonlit Nights
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Umut Bora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Moonlit Nights is a base management game set in a zombie apocalypse world. Form raiding parties and send them out to gather supplies, deal with mysterious visitors, and make difficult choices. How many days can you survive, or can you be freed and return to your normal life? Make your choice wisely.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 55.6% ★, Colony Sim 28.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Exploration 4.9%, 2D 0.8%
- #24 Make the Empire Great Again
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Magic Cloud Studio
Windows
A simulation + turn-based auto-battle game. The "Dusk Apocalypse" nears; the empire teeters! Your people need food, work, maybe some thrilling fun. But monsters seize Your lands, plunder Your fields & mines! Fight, reclaim lost! Build, forge grandest! Fear not the "Dusk", for a new "Sun" has risen!
Why similar: Colony Sim 36%, Hex Grid 25.6% ★, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 8%, Simulation 7.6%
- #25 Landnama
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 470 reviews2023
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.1% ★, Colony Sim 26.4%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #26 Infect and Destroy
82% matchMostly Negative36% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: FarrugiaSoft
Windows · Linux
Play as the zombies! Infect and Destroy is an indie game in which you play as an infectious disease with the sole purpose of eliminating everyone on Earth. Play as an ultra-intelligent self-aware virus capable of reanimating the dead and turning them into your minions.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 82.8% ★, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 7.6%, Indie 1.4%
- #27 MicroTown
80% matchVery Positive95% of 475 reviews2019
Dev: Snowy Ash Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, Hex Grid 23.6% ★, Base Building 15.8%, Resource Management 12.2%, Strategy 5.8%
- #28 I Am Zombie
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WarmZombie
Windows
This is an RPG game where you will follow our protagonist to fight and save lives!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 66% ★, Base Building 15.5%, Simulation 8.4%, Crafting 4.8%, Exploration 4.6%
- #29 Dig a Little Deeper
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unbound Sparks
Windows · Mac
Dig, find valuable resources, and make your colony prosper in Dig a Little Deeper. An accident has taken your small group of colonists to an inhospitable and unknown planet. Only with your leadership and your management skills you will be able to build a new home. Let's start digging!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Crafting 10.4%, Resource Management 9.8%, Strategy 8.4%
- #30 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
79% matchMixed70% of 364 reviews2020
Dev: Xigma Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 8.4 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 40.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Resource Management 12%, Crafting 9.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #31 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 37.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Simulation 7.8%, Building 7.8%
- #32 Vilset
77% matchMostly Negative37% of 70 reviews2021
Dev: Another Reality
Windows
Vilset is a strategic simulator based on the principle of survival of people, who turned out to be beyond the limits of their civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, Base Building 18%, Crafting 11.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Building 8.8%
- #33 Dying Reign
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Bryce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Disease spreads across your lands, destabilizing regions, draining your resources, and testing your authority. Quarantine cities, draft troops, balance fear and order… but every choice comes at a cost.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 51.4% ★, Colony Sim 28.5%, Resource Management 6.6%, Strategy 5.4%, Simulation 4%
- #34 Dwarf Things
75% 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 39.4%, Base Building 19.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.2%, Crafting 8.6%
- #35 SeaColony
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a base-building survival game set in the endless open sea. Build and expand a floating outpost, manage survivors, and create production chains to keep your colony alive. Farm the ocean and trade with merchant ships to survive and grow in the harsh deep.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.4%, Base Building 17.4%, Resource Management 12.2%, Crafting 10.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #36 Oxygen Not Included
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 140,274 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 67.9 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 44.8%, Base Building 24%, Resource Management 14%, Building 6.4%, Strategy 4.1%
- #37 Embark
76% matchMixed61% of 387 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 49.5%, Base Building 20.2%, Crafting 8%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 6.9%
- #38 DUSK OF WAR
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: oedipe games
Windows
DUSK OF WAR is a base-building game with resource and human management in a post-apocalyptic world where resources are limited. The game is played in real time and allows you to alternate between base management phases and real-time tactical combat.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.5% ★, Colony Sim 28.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 10.7%, Building 4.8%
- #39 First Feudal
74% matchMostly Positive76% of 634 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 13.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Building 7.4%
- #40 The Blighted Frontier
72% 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 40.1%, Base Building 18.7%, Simulation 10.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Resource Management 9%
- #41 Oxygen: First Breath
72% matchVery Positive89% of 1,653 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 7.4 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 29.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 7.4%
- #42 Founders' Fortune
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,181 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 7.1%, Building 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #43 Tree House Colony
71% 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 34.2%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 14.6%, Crafting 11.1%, Building 7.5%
- #44 Weather Dragger
69% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Geese & Goose
Windows · Mac
Grow a happy village by dragging clouds and sunlight across the map. Build, harvest, and shape a tiny world through weather.
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.9% ★, Colony Sim 33.3%, Resource Management 10.9%, Building 5.9%, Simulation 5.6%
- #45 Hex Colony: 2284
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KaZoTaPub: Market Garden Works
Windows · Linux
Hex Colony: 2284 is a fast-paced, hexagonal, turn-based, multiplayer strategy game set in a dystopian future. Build and expand your colony on a newly discovered planet by exploiting resources, striking trade deals and asserting dominance over the competition. Hexagons are the Bestagons!
Why similar: Hex Grid 46.5% ★, Colony Sim 26.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 8.9%, Economy 4.8%
- #46 Quarantine
73% matchMixed60% of 436 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 79.5% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Simulation 7.4%, Atmospheric 1.2%, Indie 0.7%
- #47 Total City Defence
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Imprint Gaming
Windows
Total City Defense is a zombie themed survival game where you must complete each level to progress. Using the mouse and keyboard you control various units, including Troops, Turrets and Drones to make your way through each level rescuing civilians, VIPS and destroying enemy strong holds.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 55.2% ★, Colony Sim 28.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Exploration 4.6%, Atmospheric 1.5%
- #48 Nuclear Crawler
70% 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 38.1%, Base Building 24.4%, Resource Management 11%, Strategy 9.3%, Building 9%
- #49 Simulator Z
70% matchPositive91% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: CASHPub: GorillaGamesStudio
Windows
A world where you can create your own zombie apocalypse to your liking!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 65.2% ★, Simulation 14.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Top-Down 5%, Indie 0.9%
- #50 Greedy Little Kingdoms
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: zlorky
Windows · Mac
A short-run roguelike city builder. Gather timber, craft crowbars and magic potions, fulfill demands from frogs, plague doctors, and swamp dragons. Explore the hex map, survive the King's moods, and find the artefacts that break your economy wide open. Repeat.
Why similar: Hex Grid 19.3% ★, Base Building 18%, Colony Sim 17.1%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 8.5%
- #51 Undead Defense TD
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sugradh_Dev
Windows
Zombies are coming! Build your defenses and expand your settlement to create a safe space for humanity. Use turrets, walls and light towers to keep the darkness safe. Expand your settlement to find abandoned settlements and additional resources.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 40.7% ★, Colony Sim 24.9%, Base Building 10.6%, Resource Management 9.5%, Strategy 6.9%
- #52 Sheltered 2
70% matchMixed46% of 2,191 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.9 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 34.8%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 17%, Hex Grid 10.8% ★, Strategy 8.9%
- #53 Spirit & Stone
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Garden Gate Interactive, LLC
Windows
A kingdom's open ended journey from a small village to a patchwork of bustling castles. Build your kingdom block by block. Explore the world, grow your industries, and watch your citizens thrive in your creations. Do it your way - there are no wrong choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.2%, Simulation 14%, Strategy 13.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 6.6%
- #54 Keep Them Busy
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hooded Penguin
Windows · Mac
A colony sim where you build, manage, and expand across an open galaxy. Keep NPCs occupied, or they’ll develop autonomous behaviours—leading to crime, chaos, or rebellion. Balance industrial growth with environmental preservation, enforce laws, and defend your colony from extra-terrestrial threats!
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 36.5% ★, Colony Sim 31.4%, Building 7.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 6.4%
- #55 The Gaming Cafe
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bilici
Windows
Build, run, and grow your own Gaming Cafe. Set up gaming stations, manage customer flow, and boost profits by selling drinks and shelf products.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 43.7% ★, Colony Sim 26.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Simulation 6.5%, Crafting 6.3%
- #56 Sigma Draconis
68% 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 37.3%, Base Building 17.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Resource Management 11.9%, Simulation 11.2%
- #57 Dead Night Highway
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Pink
Windows
Dead Night Highway is a compact colony simulator where a group of survivors on their journey west sets up camps to replenish resources, but zombie horde only grows larger...
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 41.8% ★, Colony Sim 23%, Base Building 12.4%, Crafting 6.5%, Strategy 5.2%
- #58 Eco Park
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: LunaBrod
Windows
Eco Park is a game about ecology and lo-fi hip-hop. Manage a dynamic ecosystem with creatures eating, breeding, and dying in real time. You’ll need to introduce species to increase biodiversity. Keep population sizes under control, or one species might extinguish another.
Why similar: Outbreak Sim 59.2% ★, Colony Sim 30.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Atmospheric 1.6%
- #59 Zenith Expanse
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Simulation 9.7%, Strategy 7.9%
- #60 TFM: The First Men
67% 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 42.8%, Base Building 23.3%, Resource Management 8%, Building 5.9%, Strategy 5.8%