- #1 This War of Mine
97% matchVery Positive94% of 97,585 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Why similar: Survival 21.7%, War 14.7%, Base Building 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #2 Sheltered 2
96% matchMixed45% of 2,215 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.2%, Resource Management 14.9%, Base Building 14.5%, Survival 13.2%
- #3 Doomsday Train
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PAOGE
Windows
Doom falls and civilization collapses entirely. The roaming train becomes the last hope of mankind. You will take charge of the vehicle, manage and equip survivors, allocate food and daily tasks, collect resources to resist zombie swarms. The fate of everyone hinges on your decisions.
Why similar: Base Building 16.4%, Colony Sim 16%, Survival 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%, 2.5D 11.1%
- #4 Мне только спросить!
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Каракули
Windows
"I just want to ask!" is a medical registrar simulator with time management elements set in a provincial Russian hospital, featuring humorous elements. Your main task is to help patients, but each one has their own story.
Why similar: Medical Sim 57.4% ★, Time Management 14.5%, Management 8.3%, Point & Click 8.1%, Choices Matter 5.9%
- #5 Hot Seat Triage
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: System Two Games
Windows
Triage is easy until your own brain starts lying to you. Pick patients from a crowded ER, question them under time pressure, and call NOW, SOON or WAIT before their aura fades. Every case hides a cognitive bias built to fool you. Made by an emergency physician.
Why similar: Medical Sim 55.5% ★, Time Management 14.3%, Simulation 7.3%, Management 7.2%, Resource Management 5.6%
- #6 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 28.2%, Survival 14.6%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 14%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #7 Homeseek
93% matchMixed67% of 235 reviews2023
Dev: TrapticsPub: iterco
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Time Management 9.5%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #8 Organs Please
92% matchVery Positive83% of 334 reviews2023
Dev: TECHHOMEPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A dark and satirical management sim, where you take control of a recycling factory with a twist: it recycles humans. Your job is to decide who gets to escape our dying planet in a cozy spaceship and who sacrifices their blood, sweat and tears for humanity. Literally.
Why similar: Colony Sim 12.3%, Resource Management 11.8%, Base Building 11%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Multiple Endings 9.3%
- #9 HolyZone
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FiveGuysPub: Devotion Interactive
Windows
It is a strategy and survival game set in a world turned into a desert by nuclear wars. Gather scarce resources, manage your team, build your town, and engage in strategic battles. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: War 14.6%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Colony Sim 14.1%, Survival 11.3%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #10 Bunker 1024
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Systemic Silence
Windows
Manage a bunker. Protect survivors. Outsmart a rogue AI. Bunker 1024 is a first person survival management game where you craft tech, maintain critical systems, and deliver aid as time grows thin - all while Lumina 6.0 studies your patterns and actively works against your routines.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, Resource Management 13.3%, Time Management 13%, Survival 10.9%, Emotional 8.8%
- #11 Oxygen Not Included
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 143,483 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, Base Building 22%, Survival 14.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, Management 5.5%
- #12 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
89% 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 30.9%, Base Building 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Survival 13.9%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #13 Dark Moon
88% 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 25.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Resource Management 12.5%, Survival 9.2%
- #14 Observing
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Raven's Tale Entertainment
Windows
Survive night after night. During each eight-hour night, question strangers, identify parasite hosts through spore-filled photographs, support expeditions by radio, and convince the group. Manage scarce resources and the protagonist’s mental state before sunrise.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Resource Management 12.4%, Time Management 11.4%, Survival 10.5%
- #15 The Blighted Frontier
86% 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 33.6%, Base Building 17%, Survival 9.1%, Resource Management 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%
- #16 Warranted Humanity
85% 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: Colony Sim 18.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #17 Surviving the Aftermath
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,570 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Strategy 8.5%
- #18 Survival Bunker
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Df Games Studio
Windows
Survival Bunker puts you as a lone survivor in a post-apocalyptic world. Manage an underground bunker, gather resources, and face various threats. Your choices have consequences, and death is not the end; a family member will take over.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.4%, Survival 14.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Base Building 8.1%
- #19 PSY in Apocalypse
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Strawberry
Windows
PSY in Apocalypse는 사실적인 2D 정신과 어드벤처 게임입니다. 여러분은 게임 속에서 정신과 의사가 되어 환자들을 직접 치료하게 됩니다. 포스트 아포칼립스 세계를 의사의 관점이라는 다소 새로운 시각으로 이야기를 풀어나가게 됩니다.
Why similar: Medical Sim 64.3% ★, Post-apocalyptic 21.3%, Story Rich 7.2%, Simulation 3.8%, Realistic 3.4%
- #20 Muted
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Muted team
Windows
MUTED is a social thriller where you're taking the role of a single mother hunted by government. You need to craft diapers in slums of a dystopian city.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22.2%, Base Building 18.2%, Resource Management 16.4%, Survival 14.9%, Simulation 5.5%
- #21 Siida
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AbyssHaul
Windows
Survive through Lapland's frozen beauty in this Sámi-inspired survival strategy game. Don't conquer nature, listen to it. Master the seasons in a fragile ecosystem where sustainability is the only way to endure.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.4%, Resource Management 18.8%, Survival 17.7%, Time Management 17.7%, Simulation 9.7%
- #22 Ecopunk
81% matchVery Positive83% of 133 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Resource Management 10%
- #23 Sheltered
82% matchVery Positive82% of 6,278 reviews2016
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.7%, Base Building 23.5%, Survival 23.3%, Resource Management 9.9%, Management 7.1%
- #24 Oxygen
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 902 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24.5%, Base Building 16.6%, Resource Management 13%, Survival 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 9.8%
- #25 The Last Blue ―Youth at the End of World―
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: afterglow games
Windows
Your youth,your rules.From heated battles to heart-pounding romance. This is a life simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where young people live their youth while surviving.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Base Building 13.3%, Survival 12.1%, Simulation 10.7%
- #26 Frostpunk: 1886
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows
A full reimagining of Frostpunk, the groundbreaking survival city builder, packed with new content. In a world ravaged by endless frost, become the Captain of the last city on Earth. Manage its people and infrastructure while facing cruel weather and even crueler choices.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.5%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Resource Management 13.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Survival 12.1%
- #27 Doctor Dash ASMR Hospital
78% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Friedegggames OUPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
💊 Your dream hospital awaits! 🏥❤️ Addictive levels and unique locations ✈️ Hours of entertainment in the time-management genre ⏰
Why similar: Medical Sim 58.8% ★, Point & Click 12%, Simulation 8.9%, Management 8.2%, Time Management 6.2%
- #28 Until We Die
78% matchMixed63% of 4,629 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, Base Building 17.6%, Survival 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.3%, Side Scroller 13.8%
- #29 Oxygen: First Breath
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
This is a free version of Oxygen, featuring the first 50 game-days. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and keep the Oxygen Center running!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Base Building 18.7%, Resource Management 13.8%, Survival 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.8%
- #30 The Last Haven
77% matchMixed61% of 1,535 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Survival 12.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #31 Celebrity Life
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaming Factory
Windows
Happiness, success, fortune, fame, drama, scandals, and downfall. In Celebrity Life you'll experience them all. Take a journey through an immersive reflection of the peoples' lives we follow & talk about. The Celebrities! Now at last you can become one. Don't dream your life, live your dream.
Why similar: Base Building 15.2%, Survival 13.2%, Resource Management 12.5%, Emotional 11.7%, 2.5D 10.4%
- #32 SeaColony
74% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Emindev
Windows
SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31%, Base Building 18.2%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 12.9%, Management 8.3%
- #33 Rows Of Earth
74% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Glasworks Studios
Windows
A detailed zombie-survival colony sim where you create a settlement on an infested island. Guide your workers as they build walls, grow crops, dig trenches and plant their flag in the land. Help them to fight hordes, form families, and uncover old technologies. Write their story...
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.3%, Base Building 21%, Survival 13.3%, Resource Management 9.2%, Simulation 8.8%
- #34 Big Pharma
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,939 reviews2015
Dev: Twice CircledPub: Positech Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What if you had it in your power to rid the world of disease, to improve the lives of millions, to ease suffering and cure the sick… and earn a tidy profit? As the head of your own Pharmaceutical Conglomerate you have this power resting in your hands. Will you use it for good?
Why similar: Medical Sim 52.3% ★, Management 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.1%, Simulation 6%
- #35 Underdose
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Cheese Studio
Windows
In a not-too-distant, retro-future world shaken by a shortage of medicine, a talented pharmacist is accused of murdering Patient Zero. He flees to the slums, where he tries to survive in isolation until he can recreate the formula for the drug that will save his life.
Why similar: Medical Sim 41.6% ★, Time Management 11.8%, Point & Click 8.9%, Multiple Endings 8.9%, Emotional 6.8%
- #36 Motile Works
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Max Estry
Windows
We've finally found it. The P35 Semiramide. This old construction platform will be our home for a while. With its help, we can start the last surviving reactor. But on the way back, we need to gather as many people and resources as possible. Despite pollution, hunger, strife, predators and raiders.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Time Management 10.2%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #37 Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal
75% matchVery Positive94% of 884 reviews2016
Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring surgeon at Little Creek Hospital!
Why similar: Medical Sim 73.7% ★, Time Management 16.4%, Simulation 6.1%, Story Rich 3.8%
- #38 Opawration!
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: chinchingames
Windows
A 2D, veterinarian horror game. In this game, select the appropriate treatment and treat patients with topical products injections, surgeries. Treat patients over the course of 7 days, using the in-game computer to research the best treatment option.
Why similar: Medical Sim 65.5% ★, Point & Click 11%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Multiple Endings 9%, Simulation 5.3%
- #39 Stranding Echoes
72% 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 36%, Base Building 19.6%, Resource Management 15.7%, Survival 9.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #40 Last Monument
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Levikinco
Windows
A deadline-driven roguelite management game set in ancient Egypt. Build impossible monuments under brutal deadlines. Push your workers to the limit, survive disasters and riots, and watch your civilization slowly transform into something far stranger.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35%, Base Building 13%, Survival 12%, Time Management 12%, Management 10.4%
- #41 Over the Counter
71% matchVery Positive91% of 413 reviews2022
Dev: Brody Rampono
Windows · Mac · Linux
A pharmaceutical business management game.
Why similar: Medical Sim 64.3% ★, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Simulation 8.8%
- #42 Breadoria
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Breadpan
Windows
Breadoria is a survival colony sim where tiny Breads gather, build, craft, and defend their home from hungry invaders. Take control of any Bread, or automate your colony as you plan its next expansion.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 14.1%, Management 8.8%, Resource Management 8%
- #43 Let My Family In
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Synthesis Games LLC
Windows
A bunker gatekeeper simulator set amid an impending nuclear collapse. Investigate desperate survivors, decide who deserves entry, and build a population that can keep your colony alive for generations.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.1%, Resource Management 16.6%, Realistic 12.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Strategy 10.8%
- #44 Hospital Manager
73% matchMixed46% of 255 reviews2015
Dev: CCCPPub: Microids Indie
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience something novel, bursting with extraordinary phenomena and strange situations in your hospital! Only you have the power to make the best decisions and to make your hospital the most popular one! But beware: Several events will add some spice to your life! Embark on the career of your life!
Why similar: Medical Sim 75.2% ★, Management 16.9%, Simulation 7.9%
- #45 Cellula
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Patrick GallawayPub: Pontius Pilates Publishing
Windows
Manage a colony of living cells in a strategy game built from real biology. Build phospholipid membranes, place organelles, import nutrients, fight viruses, detect cancer, and divide your cells to grow. No tutorials. No lectures. Learn by keeping the cell alive.
Why similar: Medical Sim 40% ★, Colony Sim 28%, Time Management 11%, Strategy 9%, Simulation 8.6%
- #46 Galaxy Scavengers
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Team Asterisk
Windows
Mine, build, upgrade, and extract. Scavenge the stars in a resource-management sim focused on base building and survival. Gather materials, construct facilities, and order units to thrive in a hostile galaxy. Fortify your temporary base and secure your haul for a clean escape before it’s too late.
Why similar: Base Building 23.7%, Colony Sim 22.3%, Resource Management 15.6%, Survival 15.6%, Strategy 9%
- #47 New Cycle
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,860 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Base Building 13.9%, Survival 11.8%, Resource Management 11.2%
- #48 Heart's Medicine - Hospital Heat
70% matchVery Positive96% of 366 reviews2017
Dev: Blue GiraffePub: GameHouse
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The long awaited sequel to "Heart's Medicine - Time to Heal". An intense, but also funny, medical drama that deals with a lot of life-changing decisions. Become an aspiring doctor at Little Creek Hospital!
Why similar: Medical Sim 77.1% ★, Time Management 10.3%, Simulation 9.5%, Story Rich 3.1%
- #49 After the end
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Frog Games
Windows
In AFTER THE END, lead survivors in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. Manage scarce resources, face zombies and armed foes. Every decision matters, with permanent death and lasting consequences. Build your base and fight to survive.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 21%, Survival 14.4%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Resource Management 11.5%, Base Building 10.2%
- #50 Sigma Draconis
69% 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 33.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Resource Management 12.7%, Strategy 11.9%, 2.5D 9.4%
- #51 EverestBaseCamp
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: darkrio Studio
Windows · Mac
Manage Everest Base Camp, prepare climbers for dangerous expeditions, and guide your team from early route pushes toward an eventual summit attempt.
Why similar: Base Building 18%, Resource Management 17.4%, Time Management 12.9%, Survival 11.8%, Management 11.6%
- #52 Lil Guys
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Radnyx
Windows
Lil guys building castles and fighting monsters. Build creative defenses, protect the crown, and make more lil guys.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.3%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 14.4%, Resource Management 12.6%, Management 8.9%
- #53 Maia
70% 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 41.7%, Survival 14.7%, Base Building 13.6%, Management 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #54 Red Dust Colony
67% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Panic Spreadsheet
Windows · Mac
The spirit of the space race lives on in this Mars based colony sim. Mine, craft and research in order to build up your initial lander into a self sustaining colony. Keep oxygen levels high and CO₂ levels low. Discover and grow a variety of plants to balance out colonist nutrition.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.9%, Base Building 20.3%, Resource Management 14.6%, Survival 13.7%, Simulation 7.8%
- #55 Ultrasound
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Walter Woods
Windows
A sci-fi horror 3D point&click game. Use an ultrasound machine to diagnose and do surgery on a grotesque infection spreading aboard a space freighter. Craft meds, upgrade your machine, find new surgical tools, and restore ship systems before you collide with a star. Soon, something will be born.
Why similar: Medical Sim 53.2% ★, Time Management 14.6%, Point & Click 8%, Management 7.7%, Multiple Endings 5.9%
- #56 Frontier Roots
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MoroiGames
Windows
Survive and thrive in a pixel art survival RPG set in the Alaskan wilderness. Trap, fish, forage, and build a village from scratch. Face shifting seasons, craft to endure the cold, and live in harmony with nature in a world where every choice matters.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, Resource Management 14.9%, Time Management 14.4%, Survival 13.6%, Base Building 12.4%
- #57 Stonedeep
68% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2021
Dev: Direfang
Windows
Stonedeep is an 2.5D underground city builder. Dwarfs gather resources, build and fend off monsters. Colonies can specialize in culture, production, military and trading. At start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, Base Building 18%, Resource Management 13.6%, 2.5D 12.8%, Survival 12.2%