- #1 Frontier Roots
97% 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 19.3%, City Builder 14%, Time Management 11.8%, Resource Management 9.2%, Crafting 8.8%
- #2 Blockville
96% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2023
Dev: SCT
Windows
Blockville is a relaxing, funny, stylized city building simulation game where you can build a city inspired by the toys you all used to play with as a child. A mix of modern day city building sim with a comedy twist. Now you have an excuse to play again as an adult in this stylized city sim.
Why similar: City Builder 16.9%, Trains 14.5% ★, Colony Sim 14.3%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #3 Factory Town 2: Paradise
94% matchVery Positive91% of 151 reviews2026
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
A Town Builder + Factory Sim where you fully automate a tropical village and feed a giant volcano. Use conveyor belts, trains, boats, zip lines, pipes, water wheels and more to produce massive amounts of items and keep everyone happy!
Why similar: City Builder 16.5%, Trains 15.3% ★, Colony Sim 14.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Crafting 9.3%
- #4 MicroTown
95% matchVery Positive95% of 477 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 20.8%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Economy 8.8%
- #5 Skyline Settlers
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Riza Ozhan
Windows
Build your colony on a floating island, keep your settlers happy and manage your resources wisely. Turn limited space into an advantage, create a peaceful town and enjoy a strategic life in the sky.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, City Builder 24.3%, Economy 10.5%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 8%
- #6 Gnome Glen
93% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Enchanted Pumpkin Co.
Windows
Gnome Glen is a relaxing survival colony sim / city builder that blends cozy charm with satisfying depth. Gather resources, build homes, farm crops, research techs and watch your gnome village come to life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.3%, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 11.6%, Resource Management 9.6%, Economy 9.1%
- #7 Settlements Rising
92% matchVery Positive81% of 435 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 23.3%, City Builder 20.6%, Resource Management 9.8%, Base Building 9.1%, Medieval 7.9%
- #8 T-Minus 30
91% matchVery Positive93% of 189 reviews2021
Dev: Dejobaan GamesPub: SUPERHOT PRESENTS
Windows
Plan a city and build a space fleet to escape a dying Earth before time runs out. You have 30 minutes to scavenge a post-apocalyptic environment to build infrastructure, grow crops, generate power, and assemble rockets to save as many people as you can.
Why similar: City Builder 23%, Colony Sim 22.1%, Base Building 13.6%, Time Management 12.8%, Management 8.3%
- #9 All Roads Connected
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dushman Gaming Studio
Windows
Explore an endless world, build countless settlements, discover lost artifacts, and lead your nation into a new dawn of industry.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 17.8%, Base Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, Farming Sim 9.6%
- #10 Lands of Koastalia
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pavel Valakh
Windows
Lands of Koastalia is a relaxing city building game with a unique building system. As Mayor, your primary mission is to keep people happy. Craft natural-looking villages, manage resources within and across them, explore an island, and meet the needs of your residents.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 21.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Resource Management 9.2%, Medieval 8.6%
- #11 Kingdom Islands
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victor Skillerstrand
Windows
Kingdom Islands is a medieval city-building game, where you construct a prosperous city on a distant island. As your village expands and your people begin to develop their knowledge of the land, you may explore and visit new areas of the known world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, City Builder 24.3%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 10.5%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #12 Kingdoms Reborn
89% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Base Building 12%, Management 7.8%, Economy 7.6%
- #13 Kingdom Workshop
87% 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 17.6%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Crafting 11.2%, Economy 10.3%
- #14 Dungeon Overseer
88% matchMixed54% of 50 reviews2021
Dev: Ripknot
Windows
Dungeon Overseer is a colony simulator with a focus on base building and resource management. Become the Overseer by building a unique dungeon layout, constructing your lair, upgrading and expanding, questing, crafting, researching, recruiting, defending your base, and raiding.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.8%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 13.5%, Economy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #15 The First Settlement VR
86% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: Christian Wendt
Windows
Build and manage a growing medieval town in The First Settlement VR. Place over 50 buildings, manage citizens and merchants, run production chains and trade with neighbouring towns – all in an evolving sandbox city builder experienced entirely in VR.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 17.4%, Time Management 14.8%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 9.3%
- #16 Of Life and Land
86% matchVery Positive86% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: KerzovenPub: Metaroot
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant strives to find its place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources.
Why similar: Colony Sim 18.7%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Farming Sim 9.2%, Resource Management 8.7%
- #17 Pixel Vale
85% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: BoZo Studios
Windows
Pixel Vale is a medieval fantasy city-builder game, focused on building up your city while managing external threats. Fight or trade with other cities, explore through the fog of war, and defend against goblin raids. Research new buildings to expand and keep your citizens happy.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 21.5%, Economy 9.7%, Medieval 7.6%, Resource Management 7.4%
- #18 Agromatic
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gimcraft
Windows
An industrial empire builder where the workforce is the automation. Hire specialists with their own traits and put them to work wherever the operation needs them, mines, workshops, rail depots, research labs. You decide what gets built. They make it run.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, City Builder 18.2%, Farming Sim 11.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Economy 9.8%
- #19 Settler's Domain
82% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2026
Dev: rick
Windows
Settler's Domain is a strategy game about building a new settlement in unknown lands. Grow your population, explore the map, and contend with other settlements while keeping your settlers alive.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 21.2%, Resource Management 12%, Economy 10%, Base Building 9%
- #20 First Feudal
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 644 reviews2021
Dev: Harpoon Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 13.4%, Resource Management 11%, Crafting 9.8%
- #21 Kingdoms and Castles
83% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 20%, Base Building 9.3%, Resource Management 8.7%, Economy 8.1%
- #22 Oxygen: First Breath
82% 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 22.1%, City Builder 20.9%, Base Building 15%, Resource Management 11%, Economy 9.4%
- #23 Hamlet
81% matchNo user reviews2028
Dev: K2 Games
Windows
Hamlet is a medieval city builder where pivotal characters drive your economy and define product quality and quantity. Manage and develop your people wisely because every person counts! Can you grow your hamlet into a powerhouse that rivals even the capital?
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.6%, City Builder 21.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Medieval 8.9%, Economy 8.8%
- #24 Settletopia
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pēteris Pakalns
Windows · Linux
Grow a small colony into a vast, world-spanning civilization. Play solo or with friends as you gather resources, build cities, manage colonist needs, explore uncharted lands, establish logistics, raise armies, forge alliances, and wage wars—all in a living world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Management 8.5%, Resource Management 7.5%
- #25 Humanica
78% matchVery Positive93% of 175 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: City Builder 19.4%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9.1%, Management 8.9%
- #26 Lil Guys
79% 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 27.8%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 15.4%, Resource Management 9.7%, Management 9.1%
- #27 United Penguin Kingdom: Huddle up
79% matchVery Positive89% of 636 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 45%
This free version of the United Penguin Kingdom covers the content from one year of in-game time. A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales.
Why similar: City Builder 23.3%, Colony Sim 20.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Economy 9.7%, Management 9.6%
- #28 Founders' Fortune
80% matchVery Positive80% of 2,189 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 10.0 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 35.3%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 6%, Management 5.6%
- #29 Windowed Realms
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.2%, City Builder 21.4%, Resource Management 12.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Strategy 7.2%
- #30 Treetopians
77% 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 24.9%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 8.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #31 Havendock
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,948 reviews2025
Dev: YYZ StudioPub: Pretty Soon
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Breathe easy and thrive in this cozy colony sim. Build a haven for castaways, manage resources, live your best life on the ocean. Lead your humble settlement into a high-tech society.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.9%, City Builder 14.6%, Time Management 10.9%, Farming Sim 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%
- #32 Paragon Pioneers
77% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Paragon Pioneers is a city-building idle game in which you discover, conquer and then build on islands to fulfill the needs of your inhabitants. Even with limited time to play you can enjoy this deep simulation game and follow one of the countless ways to optimize your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24%, City Builder 19.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Crafting 10.7%, Economy 10.1%
- #33 Scaling Up
74% matchPositive86% of 29 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 22.7%, City Builder 19.2%, Farming Sim 13.8%, Time Management 13.1%, Economy 7.2%
- #34 Ostriv
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,621 reviews2020
Dev: yevhen8
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Resource Management 8.9%, Economy 8.2%
- #35 Angkor: The Holy City
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: William Parsons
Windows
Angkor: The Holy City is a unique village-builder game about growing a thriving town under the all-seeing eyes of the Gods. Construct intricate temples to honor them and research technologies to counter their wrath, all while expanding your village and contending with an ever-growing population.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 20.5%, Resource Management 10%, Base Building 10%, Economy 9%
- #36 Kubifaktorium
75% matchVery Positive81% of 800 reviews2021
Dev: Neomateria Games GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 20.3%, Trains 17.6% ★, City Builder 16.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Economy 9.2%
- #37 Diluvian Winds
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Alambik StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Diluvian Winds is a relaxing management game set in a small hamlet at the foot of a lighthouse. Welcome weary travelers and work together to expand your hamlet on land, under the sea, or among the clouds.
Why similar: City Builder 22%, Colony Sim 20.4%, Base Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.9%, Economy 9%
- #38 Union Of Rivals
72% matchMixed64% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: 2Play
Windows
A deep colony sim and city builder. Manage resources and production chains to build the railroad from East to West. Found towns, harvest and refine the goods that fuel the line, then persuade or outlast the settlements in your path. Every citizen has a name, a trait, and a breaking point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 16.4%, Trains 14.8% ★, Base Building 9.9%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #39 Exile
73% matchMixed60% of 14 reviews2025
Dev: JD7 Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 21.2%, Economy 10.2%, Management 8.9%, Nature 7.5%
- #40 Foundation
71% matchVery Positive87% of 24,128 reviews2025
Dev: Polymorph Games
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Colony Sim 11.7%, Medieval 11%, Resource Management 8.7%, Economy 8.2%
- #41 Patron
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,194 reviews2021
Dev: Overseer Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Patron is a survival city builder with a unique social dynamics system. Gather and produce resources, build your fledgling village into a prosperous city and navigate the intricate social tensions before they reach boiling point.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.5%, City Builder 23.5%, Base Building 8.8%, Economy 8.3%, Resource Management 8%
- #42 Frostward
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Acres Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build a settlement. Survive the winter. In this procedural colony simulator, your villagers are your lifeline. Guide them through a harsh wilderness and expand a struggling camp into a massive, thriving colony island.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.9%, City Builder 18.1%, Time Management 11.8%, Resource Management 11.4%, Economy 8.1%
- #43 Randoville
72% matchMixed65% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: AVE Team
Windows
Randoville is a medieval chill-builder where everything is decided by your luck! Will you get a shabby hut or a gorgeous palace? Throw D20 and find out!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.1%, City Builder 19.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Farming Sim 10.7%, Economy 10.6%
- #44 Noble Legacy
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 793 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 20.3%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Resource Management 9.5%, Economy 9.5%
- #45 Farmman
70% 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 25.9%, City Builder 21.9%, Economy 11.3%, Crafting 11.2%, Base Building 10.7%
- #46 Seeds of Resilience
73% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 12.1%, Economy 10.3%, Management 8.4%
- #47 A Hero's Rest: An RPG Town Simulator
70% matchMixed69% of 180 reviews2024
Dev: Vanargand Games
Windows
Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, Time Management 12.8%, Base Building 10.9%, Resource Management 10.2%, Medieval 9.2%
- #48 Pixel Colony
69% matchPositive93% of 45 reviews2023
Dev: Broken Toilet Games
Windows · Linux
Build and manage your own colony. Citizens are primary resource. Make them happy by producing a variety of resources. Protect your settlement and colonists from hostile environment and make a great city!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 25.3%, Resource Management 11.5%, Management 10.3%, Relaxing 7.5%
- #49 Deichgraf
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2021
Dev: Acid Mines Software UG
Windows
Deichgraf is a small, calm, but sometimes intense building game. Build your own village and protect it against water caused by floods and heavy rain!
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, City Builder 17.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Medieval 9.9%, Economy 9.7%
- #50 Tokeis
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Toe Key
Windows
Tokeis is a board-like real-time city builder about growing your town from a tiny tile to a hexagonal empire. Collect tokens, manage resources, reorganize inefficiencies, and fortify your economy. Handle the harsh weather and defend against raiders trying to steal your riches!
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Economy 12.5%, Resource Management 10.5%, Management 9.7%
- #51 Towerfolk
67% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: 99 Interactive
Windows
In a medieval world, gather resources, build your city, and manage your people. Deal with theft and internal conflicts, complete royal missions, and fight enemies on the battlefield. Use strategy and economic management to keep your city thriving.
Why similar: City Builder 19.9%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Base Building 13.2%, Medieval 10%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #52 Factory Town
69% matchVery Positive91% of 4,475 reviews2021
Dev: Erik Asmussen
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 14.0 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 18.9%, City Builder 16.5%, Base Building 13.6%, Resource Management 11.1%, Trains 10.7% ★
- #53 United Penguin Kingdom
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 452 reviews2024
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A city-building game where you build a penguin settlement and satisfy the various needs of your penguins while dealing with seals and killer whales. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, become the king, and lead the United Penguin Kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Colony Sim 16.9%, Resource Management 12.6%, Economy 12.5%, Management 11%
- #54 Fjordal
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Andreasintech
Windows
Establish a Norse village and refine the land's resources. Pay tribute to the King, or grow strong enough to fight back. A Viking colony sim with production chains and resource management.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.1%, City Builder 19%, Base Building 14.3%, Economy 10.3%, Management 8.8%
- #55 Lords and Villeins
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 977 reviews2022
Dev: Honestly GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Build a prosperous settlement in a unique simulation of a feudal economy - each family runs their shop, owns their goods, and trades with other villagers in a free market. You will manage the land, build houses, organise events, set taxes, and balance supply and demand while engaging in diplomacy!
Why similar: Colony Sim 26%, City Builder 19.9%, Management 9.6%, Medieval 9.4%, Economy 8.9%
- #56 Monastery Builder
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SolidGames
Windows
Become a monk in a medieval European monastery. Be diligent with your duties, and develop and expand your friary. Learn plenty of useful skills and contribute to raising the standard of living for the local community.
Why similar: City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.4%, Farming Sim 10.9%, Immersive Sim 10.7%, Economy 10.4%
- #57 Stone to Stars
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: OnlyLogic
Windows · Mac
Stone to Stars is a colony sim and ruler simulator set at the dawn of civilization. Settle an uncharted continent, build a thriving settlement, discover new technologies, trade or wage war with your neighbors—and hold on to power as you guide your dynasty through the ages.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 18.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Crafting 10.3%, Economy 8.9%
- #58 Compact Colonies
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TunawareDevsPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows
Compact Colonies is a survival base-builder with roguelike elements, where every tile counts. Manage scarce resources, grow a tiny settlement, and keep your people fed, faithful, and defended in a finite world full of strategic trade-offs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.3%, City Builder 19.6%, Resource Management 13.2%, Economy 8.8%, Base Building 8.1%
- #59 Life Below
64% matchVery Positive84% of 198 reviews2026
Dev: MegapopPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Life Below is a refreshing twist on the city-building genre, set beneath the waves. Shape thriving coral reefs, revive collapsing ecosystems, and grow a living seascape in a heartfelt narrative by Rhianna Pratchett. You are the ocean's final hope.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.8%, City Builder 16.9%, Time Management 11.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Resource Management 9.1%