- #1 Gnomoria
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,539 reviews2016
Dev: Robotronic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.7%, City Builder 31.7%, Sandbox 11.9%, Crafting 11.6%, Indie 2.9%
- #2 Stonehearth
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 13,043 reviews2018
Dev: Radiant EntertainmentPub: (none)
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 38.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.4%, City Builder 34.9%, Sandbox 9.6%, Crafting 8.1%, RPG 1.9%
- #3 Ashenburrow
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ashynlight Studio
Windows · Linux
The depths of Ashenburrow are alive. Wildlife hunts, feeds, breeds and dies — with or without you. Survive, craft, build. But remember: you are not alone underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.4%, City Builder 27.9%, Automation 15.4%, Action RPG 13.5%, Sandbox 10.7%
- #4 My Colony
94% matchVery Positive90% of 270 reviews2018
Dev: Ape Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build, expand, and rule a growing space colony. Explore tech, trade, and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, City Builder 47.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #5 Skyberry Garden
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.8%, Automation 22.2%, Crafting 15.1%, Sandbox 11.5%, Base Building 5.3%
- #6 Founders' Fortune
93% matchVery Positive80% of 2,187 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 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 48.1%, City Builder 27.7%, Sandbox 7.1%, Crafting 5.9%, Base Building 5.5%
- #7 Colony Simulator
92% matchMixed66% of 424 reviews2022
Dev: Indie Marc
Windows
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 40.3%, City Builder 39.9%, Crafting 12.4%, Base Building 4.6%, Indie 2%
- #8 Banished
91% matchVery Positive90% of 43,196 reviews2014
Dev: Shining Rock Software LLC
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.2%, City Builder 44.1%, Sandbox 6%, Indie 2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #9 Kubifaktorium
91% matchVery Positive81% of 796 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build, manage and grow a thriving colony in Kubifaktorium. The game features different biomes to explore, plenty of resources to exploit, complex machinery to build and interesting production chains to master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 24.4%, Automation 18.3%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 4.5%
- #10 Life is Feudal: Forest Village
90% matchMixed66% of 6,003 reviews2017
Dev: MindillusionPub: Bitbox Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 30.9 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 47.4%, City Builder 43.8%, Crafting 4.3%, Sandbox 3%, Indie 0.9%
- #11 Reignfall
89% matchVery Positive89% of 424 reviews2018
Dev: Checkmaty
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.7%, City Builder 29%, Hack and Slash 6.7%, Action 5.3%, Indie 2.4%
- #12 Dawn of Man
89% matchVery Positive87% of 17,766 reviews2019
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 30.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Why similar: City Builder 48.3%, Colony Sim 44.9%, Sandbox 5.2%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #13 Arclands
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jon Keller
Windows · Mac
Create a buzzing village and become a powerful enough wizard to defend it in this RPG inspired city builder!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 27.2%, Action RPG 21.3%, RPG 8.5%, Crafting 7%
- #14 Aven Colony
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,765 reviews2017
Dev: Mothership Entertainment LLCPub: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 50.1%, City Builder 41.3%, Base Building 4.3%, Sandbox 1.9%, Indie 1.8%
- #15 Cutout Village
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DevilishGames
Windows · Mac
Cutout Village is a narrative, cozy, city-builder game in which you will have to build villages using simple and unique mechanics: cutting, folding and gluing. Restore the family home, revive your village and create spaces filled with fruit trees and histories to live!
Why similar: City Builder 30.7%, Colony Sim 25.8%, Collectathon 17%, Crafting 10.9%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #16 Noble Legacy
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Studio 369Pub: Ultimus Rex LLC
Windows
Noble Legacy is a medieval colony sim where every villager has a purpose and every decision carries weight. Build a thriving settlement, recruit & manage your people, master a deep economy, and defend your realm as you forge a legacy worthy of the crown. What kind of ruler will you be?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, City Builder 23.5%, Action RPG 13.9%, Crafting 12.7%, Sandbox 8.4%
- #17 Grow Your Team
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demex Games
Windows
Gather seeds from defeated monsters. Grow random body parts and build unique hybrid characters to assist you in your journey. You will explore new areas along with new enemies and seeds in this action-RPG.
Why similar: Action RPG 30.3%, Collectathon 23.5%, Crafting 20.5%, Character Customization 10.5%, RPG 8.1%
- #18 Factory Town
84% matchVery Positive91% of 4,454 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Build, automate, and optimize a giant factory on 3D terrain using conveyor belts, trains, chutes, pipes, and airships. Sell your goods to nearby villages to expand their borders, increase happiness, and unlock even better technology!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.7%, City Builder 23.5%, Automation 20.6%, Crafting 14.1%, Sandbox 9.3%
- #19 Colonus
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Badhenke Studios
Windows · Mac
A medieval village-building game about shaping a charming settlement, cultivating the land, and watching a small community flourish.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.3%, City Builder 32.8%, Sandbox 13%, Cute 4.8%, Indie 3.4%
- #20 Final Frost
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sunrise Lake Studios
Windows
Create your own story from the ashes of civilization, navigating treacherous terrains and fractured societies that have adapted to a harsh new reality. Build a base, forge alliances, or roam freely, battling for survival and shaping your journey with every decision.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.6%, City Builder 25.2%, Automation 16.6%, Sandbox 10%, Crafting 8.8%
- #21 Farmman
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rossoft Interactive
Windows · Mac
Embark on a journey to build a prosperous settlement in this colony sim with a richly simulated economy. Manage the land, citizens’ salaries, taxes, and laws. Experience a detailed world where every action has a reaction, and even the smallest events can shatter the kingdom’s fate.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, City Builder 32.1%, Crafting 16.3%, Sandbox 10.9%, Base Building 4.2%
- #22 Microtopia: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive94% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in this free version of Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 21.3%, Automation 18.6%, Crafting 13.7%, Sandbox 8.7%
- #23 Catizens
81% matchVery Positive81% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: badopticsgamesPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Inspired by RimWorld and The Sims, Catizens is a colony management simulation game where you watch over unique cats with quirky personalities, as you help them build and grow their settlement while exploring new lands, facing off against wildlife and overcoming the challenges of each environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 28.5%, Crafting 13.1%, Sandbox 9.9%, Character Customization 4.7%
- #24 Tribu
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Lizard Games
Windows
Join the battle for survival in the Aurk Valley. As the leader of your tribe, it's up to you to fulfill the wish of your tribe's divinity and emerge victorious against the other tribes. Forge alliances, establish trade routes, and conquer the Aurk Valley.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.6%, Collectathon 17.8%, Action RPG 15.3%, Crafting 14.7%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #25 Odd Realm
79% matchVery Positive84% of 1,012 reviews2024
Dev: Unknown Origin Games Inc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.4%, City Builder 21.9%, Automation 15.2%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #26 Arcanus Legends
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Arctic Flame Games
Windows
Arcanus Legends craft any spell imaginable and rebuild villages while facing epic challenges in a magical universe. Arcanus Legends is a single player & online co-op action RPG.
Why similar: City Builder 34.5%, Action RPG 24.8%, RPG 11.9%, Crafting 11.5%, Action 9%
- #27 World Turned Stone: Apocalypse
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! The first stage of terraforming the world from the beginning of the apocalypse. Provides a discount for the full game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 23.9%, Automation 19.9%, Crafting 17.2%, Base Building 5.5%
- #28 Factory Town 2: Paradise
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A combination Town Builder + Factory Sim where you build a tropical island village, produce tons of goods, automate everything, and feed a giant sentient volcano in exchange for super powers!
Why similar: City Builder 28%, Colony Sim 23.7%, Automation 21%, Crafting 15.7%, Sandbox 6.9%
- #29 Hidden Harbor Top-Down 3D
79% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: AztechPub: Azerbaijan Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find the objects that are hidden on the map.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, City Builder 26.2%, Action RPG 18.1%, Collectathon 16.8%, Action 4.6%
- #30 The Gears: Factory
77% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: StoryBox
Windows
[The Gears: Factory] is a third-person 3D factory-building game where the player's main goal is to build automated systems by mining minerals and producing industrial units.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 26.2%, Automation 19.9%, Crafting 16.9%, Base Building 5%
- #31 Kingdom Workshop
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dmitry Medvedev
Windows
Become a workshop owner! Build base, plan manufacture, hire workers, trade and finally decide the outcome of the war between the kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 26.7%, Crafting 17.9%, Automation 15.5%, Base Building 4.8%
- #32 Dungeons & Kingdoms: Prologue
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Uncle Grouch GamingPub: Camlann Games
Windows
A medieval fantasy kingdom builder, management sim and dungeon delver RPG hybrid. Gather resources, hunt wild animals and build infrastructure. Then dive into the dungeons to face the monsters within. Reap the rewards, unlock new resources and advance your tech.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.2%, City Builder 28.2%, Action RPG 15.7%, Crafting 10%, Hack and Slash 8.7%
- #33 World Turned Stone
76% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: Tbjbu2 (GAME ON HOLD)
Windows
Civilization has turned STONE. Revive the people, terraform the world, defend against the apocalypse, and rebuild civilization from the stone age to advanced technology! Prologue link below.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.5%, City Builder 23.7%, Automation 20%, Crafting 17.4%, Base Building 5.5%
- #34 Black Metal
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Inverse OntologyPub: Avaris AS
Windows
Colonize. Explore. Survive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.5%, City Builder 25.7%, Action RPG 17.3%, Crafting 12.2%, Hack and Slash 9.6%
- #35 Cosmic Construct
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YuLabs Entertainment
Windows
Create your cute animal overlord and command 100 pawns. Build a settlement into a civilization under the guide of an ancient and mysterious totem; in this 2D colony simulation and management game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, City Builder 24.9%, Crafting 15.9%, Sandbox 10.2%, Base Building 5%
- #36 Autonauts vs Piratebots
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 520 reviews2022
Dev: DenkiPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 21.7%, Automation 21.6%, Crafting 16.1%, Sandbox 9.8%
- #37 Our Dear Kingdom
73% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 74%, City Builder 16.9%, Sandbox 5.6%, Indie 3.4%
- #38 Microtopia
72% matchVery Positive87% of 951 reviews2025
Dev: Cordyceps CollectivePub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Become the hive mind of a robot ant colony in Microtopia! Use pheromone trails to create, automate and optimize supply chains for your ants to follow. Collect resources, produce goods, feed your queen, grow your colony and fly out to expand the species!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, City Builder 23.7%, Automation 18.6%, Crafting 13.4%, Sandbox 8.9%
- #39 Crystarise
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 257 reviews2023
Dev: YUKIUSAGI Games
Windows
Explore a vast world, create your own sky island, the island gives the girl the power. An open world-action RPG that you create more and more and become stronger and stronger.
Why similar: City Builder 32.9%, Action RPG 22.3%, Crafting 16.1%, Hack and Slash 10.7%, Character Customization 7.1%
- #40 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
74% matchMixed69% of 365 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 48.6%, City Builder 26.8%, Crafting 14.4%, Base Building 5.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #41 Age of Pyramids
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 87 reviews2022
Dev: Cassagi Entertainment s.r.o.
Windows
Age of Pyramids is a sandbox city builder and simulator set in Ancient Egypt. You take on the city governor and architect’s mantle to build the most incredible city on Earth. You will have to gather dozens of resources to maintain happiness of your people and prosperity.
Why similar: City Builder 46.1%, Colony Sim 38.1%, Sandbox 11.1%, Base Building 4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #42 Goblin Keep
71% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2023
Dev: Black Lake Entertainment
Windows
Voxel World Town Building and Survival game with building tools, combat, destruction, and multiplayer
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.5%, City Builder 31.1%, Crafting 12.4%, Sandbox 10.8%, Action 5.1%
- #43 Planetbase
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,370 reviews2015
Dev: Madruga Works
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 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 46.3%, City Builder 38.5%, Base Building 6.7%, Sandbox 3.6%, Crafting 3%
- #44 Scaling Up
69% matchPositive86% of 28 reviews2026
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Become the owner of a snake ranch! As a small dragon, raise your ranch from the ground up. Gather and manage resources, build various facilities to house your snakes, make sure they are cared for to keep them happy, and collect their beautiful scales, to forge stronger equipment and scale up!
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.4%, City Builder 30.6%, Automation 18.2%, Sandbox 10.5%, Cute 4.1%
- #45 Gridmax
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Survive a hostile alien world, gather resources, build a settlement, and grow your colony. Craft tools, construct defenses, and adapt to harsh environments in this open-ended survival colony simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.3%, Automation 21.9%, Crafting 13.5%, Sandbox 12.7%, Base Building 5.2%
- #46 HavenCraft
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows
Build a Safe Haven! An alchemy accident has devastated the mainland and the people are looking for a new home. Take the lead and rebuild society, house by house. HavenCraft is a third-person town builder and management game, playable in single- and multiplayer.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.7%, Automation 21.1%, Crafting 12.6%, Sandbox 12.3%, Base Building 4.2%
- #47 Frontera
69% match5 user reviews20% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Duality LLC
Windows
Frontera is primarily a fantasy city builder with emphasis on producing items for unit wants and combat. Units have four stats trainable at buildings that will also sell technology. Available items and production will grow strong enough to challenge the monsters that infest the rest of the island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 41.1%, City Builder 37.7%, Crafting 14.7%, Base Building 2.9%, Indie 2%
- #48 Rise Under the Warstorm
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Last Signal
Windows
Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.
Why similar: Colony Sim 31.1%, Automation 25.8%, City Builder 20.6%, Crafting 18.5%, Base Building 4.1%
- #49 Buoyancy
71% matchMixed55% of 828 reviews2019
Dev: Devs on a Boat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Buoyancy is a city-building strategy game where you build, manage, and move a floating city on an oceanic world. Explore and scavenge resources scattered around the endless waters. Keep your villagers nourished and happy while combating fires, sickness, and pirate attacks.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.5%, City Builder 33.7%, Base Building 4.9%, Indie 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #50 Little Porp
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VuVuu
Windows
A Little Village or þorp Builder, which takes place on a 32x32 tile map. Use the resources available to keep your villagers warm, fed, and hydrated for as long as you can. When the little ice ages come, you must manage your resources wisely to prevent a very cold sad death of your villagers.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7%, City Builder 48%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #51 Dawn Apart
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 261 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 43.9%, Automation 26.1%, Crafting 17.6%, Base Building 6.8%, Sandbox 4%
- #52 Survival Vacancy
70% 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 34.8%, Automation 18.4%, City Builder 16%, Crafting 14.5%, Sandbox 8.5%
- #53 holoVillage: Our Cozy Days
66% matchVery Positive84% of 510 reviews2026
Dev: RoboqloPub: holo Indie
Windows
Farm, fish, mine, craft, and decorate your home in this cozy life sim. Venture into dungeons and take on bosses outside the village for some added excitement. Enjoy relaxing and thrilling moments alike with hololive talents as you shape your countryside life.
Why similar: City Builder 35.5%, Collectathon 24.4%, Action RPG 24.1%, Cute 6.1%, Base Building 3.9%
- #54 Kinlings
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gobbo
Windows
Craft your tale in a whimsical fantasy world. Shape a charming city, fulfill Kinlings' needs, and watch their unique stories unfold. Explore, quest, farm, and build. Experience the enchantment of Kinlings.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.9%, City Builder 33.2%, Crafting 15.6%, Cute 6.3%, Base Building 2.7%
- #55 Project Adaloria
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GraySlug Games
Windows
An open world, free roaming, medieval fantasy realm. Survive and expand your own settlements amidst warring factions, dangerous monsters, and diverse characters. Choose your path: thief, trader, farmer, assassin, or colony builder!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 26.4%, Crafting 16.9%, Sandbox 12.5%, RPG 7.8%
- #56 First Feudal
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 635 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 37.6%, City Builder 26.5%, Crafting 15.8%, Sandbox 8.3%, Base Building 5.8%
- #57 Towns
71% matchMostly Negative27% of 2,834 reviews2012
Dev: Xavi Canal, Ben PalgiPub: SMP
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 53%
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Why similar: City Builder 55.8%, Sandbox 17%, Crafting 15.5%, Indie 5.9%, RPG 4.5%
- #58 The Blighted Frontier
66% 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 47.3%, City Builder 35.8%, Crafting 10.1%, Base Building 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #59 Sprite's Honor!
65% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Holographicquad
Windows
Gnomes stole your boat parts! Gather resources to master Fae powers. Farm mythical creatures and build a colony to defeat the gnome kings and get back home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, City Builder 22.8%, Collectathon 17%, Automation 15.3%, Crafting 11.8%