
You play as a beetle exploring the underground world, working together with ants. Expand the nest, gather resources, and maintain the nest’s temperature to survive the long winter.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Colony Sim, Singleplayer, Strategy, City Builder.

You play as a beetle exploring the underground world, working together with ants. Expand the nest, gather resources, and maintain the nest’s temperature to survive the long winter.

The Undercity: Last Light
Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.

Devouring City
Devouring City is a top-down management game about a living city that swallows giant minerals whole. Guide residents and organs as they digest matter, then turn visible resources into power, structures, inhabitants, and weapons. Balance expansion, production, and defense as your organism grows.
Build a living colony beneath a dying surface. Dig rooms, organize workers and keep food, power and morale in balance. Face breakdowns, earthquakes and difficult choices as you explore the deep and turn a fragile refuge into a civilization.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Underground 24.5% ★, City Builder 14.4%, Resource Management 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%
Devouring City is a top-down management game about a living city that swallows giant minerals whole. Guide residents and organs as they digest matter, then turn visible resources into power, structures, inhabitants, and weapons. Balance expansion, production, and defense as your organism grows.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.8%, City Builder 18.2%, Resource Management 16.5%, Building 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%
Scavenger T.O.M is a survival crafting game set in a radiation-contaminated world. Use your exploration robot, T.O.M, to gather resources, craft tools, and survive. With radiation spreading, efficient resource management is key. Plan expeditions strategically and craft wisely to stay alive
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Underground 20.3% ★, Creature Collector 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, City Builder 10.1%
City Builder Pro lets you unleash your inner ruler—design your dream base, prepare for epic battles, and feel the thrill of watching your city grow and dominate. Build smart, strike hard, and rise to power!
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.9%, City Builder 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Resource Management 12.3%
Fleeting World - a city-building game where the landscape around you is constantly changing. Build a settlement, collect resources, adjust it to the changing terrain, avoid natural hazards, offer the resources to the gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Building 20.3%, City Builder 18%, Strategy 16.6%, Resource Management 8.7%
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: Colony Sim 23%, City Builder 17%, Resource Management 13.8%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 7.6%
Grow a multiplying population of adorable creatures and guide them as they rebuild their world. Assign tasks, gather resources, and watch your colony come to life as their numbers rise. Turn a handful of creatures into a thriving world and uncover all their secrets in this cozy, incremental game.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Creature Collector 23.5%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 11.6%, Cute 5.6%
Build and Manage a Rat City. Run it into the ground. Literally. Keep your Rats happy and productive. Create for them a glorious colony in the dirt! The never ending demand for the production of products to consume is all consuming. Wait, is this real life? No, it's RAT CITY!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 18.1%, Underground 14.3% ★, Resource Management 14.3%, Building 10.3%
BUILD. DEFEND. SURVIVE. An alien menace has ravaged Earth. Humanity has scattered to the wind. But hope remains. A resistance is organizing. Build your new settlement, defend your people, and fight to reclaim what was lost.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.1%, City Builder 20.3%, Building 15.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Strategy 10.2%
Build an underground network of caves in this fantasy-themed management sim.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Underground 21.2% ★, City Builder 17.8%, Building 8.7%, Exploration 6.2%
Raise a thriving colony of unique hybrid animals - breed and build for satisfying genetic traits while nurturing moods and relationships. Choose to lead with Heart, Mind or Soul through each chapter. Decisions and events ripple through time - each MeadowMeld village is uniquely yours.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.1%, Creature Collector 22.9%, Building 14.3%, Resource Management 10.6%, City Builder 7.8%
Build and maintain a colony of Mushrooms, keep them happy with constant parties and make sure to deploy some defenses to deal with foragers
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Creature Collector 22.5%, City Builder 11%, Resource Management 10.3%, Building 10.2%
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 18.7%, Resource Management 17.8%, Building 9.7%
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 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 26.7%, City Builder 20.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Building 8.3%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, City Builder 15.1%, Building 12.6%, Resource Management 11.6%
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 36.7%, Resource Management 18.3%, Building 15%, Minimalist 11%, Strategy 10.7%
A tile-based city re-builder set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.9%, City Builder 21.3%, Building 17.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Resource Management 7.6%
Against The Tide is a simulation strategy game about restoring a dying coral reef. Build your conservation facility, grow your marine gardens, thwart invasive species, and discover new technologies to save the reef.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.2%, Creature Collector 24.1%, Building 13.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Nature 7.4%
Use your actions to build your kingdom and manage resources to achieve prosperity. With each turn, the enemy's ambition grows, but with your wise leadership, you can endure for 100 years.
Why similar: Colony Sim 34.3%, City Builder 20.7%, Strategy 18%, Building 13.4%, Resource Management 10.8%
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 40.8%, City Builder 24.6%, Resource Management 15.5%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 8.2%
Make the planet Green Again in this relaxing colony sim game! Help a nation of little plant people reclaim their planet taken over by defective robots, as you build, decorate, and defend your settlement. Grow crops for your citizens, explore the unknown, and protect the new natural order!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Resource Management 13.4%, City Builder 12.8%, Building 12.3%
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 31.5%, Post-apocalyptic 25.2%, Resource Management 21.2%, Building 11.5%, Strategy 10%
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 23.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Resource Management 16.6%, City Builder 16.2%, Building 13%
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 37.5%, Building 17.5%, Resource Management 14.9%, Underground 12.1% ★, Strategy 7.8%
Beware of Light is a «hard sci-fi» city-building game focused on narrative and survival. After an unexpected crash landing on a dead world, as the new Captain, you must manage colony infrastructure and manpower. Can you thrive under the scorching sun? Will this planet become your grave or salvation?
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.5%, City Builder 22.9%, Strategy 21.3%, Resource Management 18.3%
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 45.4%, Strategy 15.9%, Building 12%, Resource Management 11.7%, City Builder 10.9%
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 32.6%, City Builder 19.6%, Strategy 16%, Building 11.6%, Resource Management 8.3%
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 37.9%, City Builder 18.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%
A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.9%, Resource Management 15.4%, City Builder 14.7%, Strategy 10.7%
Dubai Builder is a strategy game in which you build, develop and manage a city in the desert and are responsible for all aspects related to it and struggle with difficult climatic conditions.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Colony Sim 20.6%, Building 19.4%, Resource Management 17.6%, Strategy 16.7%
A pyramid-building adventure of historic proportions!
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.2%, City Builder 15.3%, Resource Management 14.5%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 9.5%
A 1-bit story-driven city builder inspired by late-80s Macintosh aesthetics. Rebuild a remote northern island settlement between warring nations and uncover the mystery at its heart.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.7%, City Builder 17.6%, Resource Management 16.6%, Building 13.3%, Strategy 7.3%
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 20.4%, Resource Management 17.9%, Building 12.9%, Strategy 9.6%
A vertical kingdom in the sky! Plan your ascent from the harsh Sand Zone, rising layer by layer as you and your Towertizens stand together against looming disasters. Build trade ports and vertical supply networks. Perform Rituals to shape miracles, and witness the prosperity of this rising nation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Resource Management 16.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Building 14.3%
XIRI: Oasis Cities is a survival-driven city builder set in a high-tech future. Defend your city from disasters, cyberattacks, espionage, diseases, and growing unrest. Expand through powerful corporations that fuel growth, influence neighboring settlements, and reshape the balance of power.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 16.3%, Resource Management 16.1%, Building 12.4%
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 28.1%, City Builder 18.2%, Resource Management 17.2%, Building 14.3%, Strategy 10.1%
Under the Rust is a tactical UI-based bunker simulation. Take control of the C.O.R.E. system, manage life support resources, assign personnel, and survive the post-apocalyptic decay.
Why similar: Colony Sim 36.4%, Post-apocalyptic 22.3%, Resource Management 16.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 7%
Goblins live for about 20 days. Build a colony that outlasts them. Grow food, dig into the hillside, organize workshops and hauling, and prepare for raids. Raise the next generation and turn a woodland settlement into a fortress of their own.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1%, Resource Management 19.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 12.6%, Strategy 10.5%
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 25%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, City Builder 15.7%, Building 14.8%, Resource Management 13.5%
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 46.7%, City Builder 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Resource Management 9.7%
Aquatico is a classic city builder set within the depths of the sea. Strategically build an underwater colony atop the ocean floor and face the challenges that accompany oceanic life.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Building 13.8%, Resource Management 9.8%
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 37.1%, Resource Management 20%, City Builder 16.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Nature 7.9%
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 27%, City Builder 26.2%, Colony Sim 17.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 9.7%
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 32.1%, City Builder 20%, Building 17.6%, Resource Management 15.3%, Strategy 9.9%
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 31.8%, City Builder 20.9%, Resource Management 13.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Building 9.4%
Build a hilltop colony in the last land safe from the toxic mist. Survive, expand, explore ancient monuments, and look for a way out before the mist claims everything.
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.9%, City Builder 20.2%, Strategy 17.4%, Building 12.3%, Exploration 6.8%
After a nuclear war life on the surface became impossible. A 300m thick radioactive fog covered the Earth. We are looking for bold active people to manage the process of restoring life on Earth. Join!
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6%, City Builder 17.1%, Resource Management 14.7%, Building 12.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%
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 33.2%, City Builder 19.3%, Building 12.3%, Resource Management 12%, Strategy 9.5%
Travel back 2600 years to ancient Greece. Build and manage your city (polis) and experience and shape the life of the ancient Greeks on your own terms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Building 16.9%, Resource Management 14.9%, Strategy 10.3%
Run the last known gas station in the southwest in this base building colony sim. Set the fuel price, build and staff a fortified outpost, send crews into the wastes, and deal with the factions at your pumps. Weigh morale decisions against one another as you expand your empire.
Why similar: Colony Sim 32.6%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Resource Management 12.2%, City Builder 12%, Strategy 11.5%
Lost Heaven Station is a game BASE Build-Colony-Sim for players to manage crew to survive in their train and travel to find a ‘Lost Heaven’
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.1%, City Builder 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 14.4%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 10.9%
Embark on a space voyage with your ragtag crew of civilians in search of a new home. Build spaceships tile by tile, create optimal gas conditions, manage the needs and moods of their crew, encounter other space-faring groups, and explore the universe in this spaceship colony simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Building 14.1%, Resource Management 13.7%, City Builder 13.3%
Build, Upgrade, Reset, Repeat
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.5%, City Builder 20.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Building 10%, Exploration 6.8%
Goblin Colony is a real-time strategy game with building and settlement management features. As the keeper of the dungeon you will command an ambitious tribe of goblins as you explore, build and do battle with your foes across a huge campaign.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, Underground 20% ★, City Builder 16%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 8.6%
Townsmen – A Kingdom Rebuilt hands the crown to you: Guide your people from their first steps in a small village to a massive medieval metropolis with thousands of inhabitants.
Why similar: Colony Sim 43.5%, City Builder 18.7%, Strategy 16.9%, Building 9.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
NeoTerra is a unique survival city builder where you face the endless winter. Will you be able to prepare in time? Will you save the spark of human civilization even after the whole planet is ejected out of the Sun's orbit and into the void of space... and at what cost?
Why similar: Underground 27.1% ★, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, City Builder 14.5%, Resource Management 14%, Building 12.1%
The Promised Land, a brave new world , the hole nation – all this lies in your hands! Become a true leader, a chosen one, a father of nation! Guide your colony to the victory of the modern superpower! We collected all the best that is in games of this genre, arched by exciting mini-games and carefully turned it into the deep and...
Why similar: Colony Sim 56%, Strategy 14%, City Builder 12.6%, Resource Management 8.3%, Cute 3.6%
Found a colony, dig a nest, and raise an empire of ants in a giant's back garden. A top-down colony sim of pheromone trails, brood and castes, foraging, and three-way war. Survive a whole backyard food chain of spiders, birds, frogs, and rival ant colonies.
Why similar: Underground 34.9% ★, Colony Sim 25%, Strategy 16.9%, Resource Management 12.2%, City Builder 5.2%
A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....
Why similar: Colony Sim 37%, City Builder 23.3%, Building 18.9%, Strategy 12%, Resource Management 8.5%