- #1 Settletopia
97% 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 22.9%, City Builder 8.9%, Base Building 8.7%, Management 8.4%, Sandbox 8%
- #2 Starship Colony
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Belt Software
Windows
A deep starship colony sim. Build your starship, manage air, water, food, fuel, energy, temperature and psychology to keep your crew alive across vast distances. Closed-loop system in space. Mining, wiring, plumbing, in-ship factory, (alien?) radio signals & translation, diplomacy, combat, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.5%, Survival 9.3%, Base Building 8.7%, Management 8.5%, Sandbox 7.1%
- #3 Pawnholm
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hugimugi
Windows · Linux
Island survival RTS, with mysteries behind every corner. Assign your pawns to gather, craft, fight, study, and do other errands for your kingdom. Every randomly generated island holds unique secrets to be uncovered. As the Duke of Pawnholm, will you lead your pawns to prosperity ...or to calamity?
Why similar: Colony Sim 19.8%, Sandbox 9.5%, City Builder 9.3%, Management 8.5%, Base Building 8.2%
- #4 Galaxy Scavengers
95% 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: Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 11.9%, Survival 11.6%, Sandbox 10.3%, Management 8.3%
- #5 Beyond These Stars
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Balancing Monkey GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Build a city on the back of a Space Whale and learn to coexist as you journey through the stars. Manage intricate supply chains and the needs of your people as you build outposts, meet aliens, and uncover the mysteries of the universe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, City Builder 8.8%, Survival 8.5%, Management 8.4%, Base Building 8.2%
- #6 TFM: The First Men
94% matchMixed61% of 412 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Management 7.2%, Sandbox 7%, Survival 6.9%
- #7 Mars Colony Builder
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameHunters
Windows
Discover a whole new world with Mars City Builder! Construct roads, erect buildings customize the city and take care of its safety. After all, you are the first Martian settler and this is a vast, unknown land. Develop it in any way you please!
Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, Survival 9.7%, Sandbox 8.9%, Base Building 8.7%, Management 8.7%
- #8 Oceaneers
91% matchVery Positive90% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.6%, Survival 10.3%, Open World Survival Craft 10.2% ★, Management 7.7%, Base Building 7.4%
- #9 Maia
93% 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 34.1%, Survival 11.2%, Management 10.2%, Sci-fi 7.7%, Base Building 7%
- #10 Space Haven
90% matchVery Positive86% of 10,886 reviews2026
Dev: Bugbyte Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 21.3%, Survival 8.7%, Management 8.7%, Base Building 8.2%, City Builder 7.8%
- #11 Architect of Ruin
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dead Money LLCPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Linux
Architect of Ruin is a completely hand drawn sword and sorcery colony simulation game. Farm, hunt, build, and survive as you rebuild an ancient temple under the gaze of a vengeful god.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 8.8%, Survival 8.3%, Base Building 8.2%, Management 8%
- #12 Oxygen Not Included
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 142,307 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.4 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 34%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12.5%, Resource Management 7.5%, Management 6.6%
- #13 Gateworlds
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydrarch
Windows · Mac
Gateworlds is a colony sim about exploring and surviving a fantasy wilderness. Find your way in a world of floating islands, strange creatures, and fickle gods.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.3%, Survival 10.7%, Sandbox 8.8%, Base Building 7.7%, Management 7.7%
- #14 Planetbase
89% 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 30.3%, City Builder 12.5%, Base Building 10.5%, Survival 9.8%, Space 6.4%
- #15 RimWorld
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 242,338 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.7 hrsMean: 264.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 28%, Base Building 10.4%, Survival 10.3%, Management 8.3%, Sandbox 7.6%
- #16 Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
86% matchVery Positive81% of 2,258 reviews2018
Dev: Suncrash
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 25.0 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 28.4%, Survival 11.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 6.9%, Management 5.4%
- #17 Founders' Fortune
85% 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 36.1%, City Builder 10.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Survival 7.5%, Sandbox 7%
- #18 Embark
86% matchMixed60% of 389 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, Base Building 10.8%, Survival 8.3%, Sandbox 7.8%, Open World 5.7%
- #19 After the Collapse
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 211 reviews2022
Dev: Anarkis Gaming
Windows
ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.2%, Survival 10.1%, Management 9.7%, Base Building 9.4%, City Builder 8.7%
- #20 Oxygen: First Breath
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,658 reviews2022
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 8.1 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 22.7%, City Builder 11.2%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 8.1%
- #21 Settlements Rising
83% matchVery Positive81% of 430 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 25.8%, City Builder 11.8%, Management 8.2%, Survival 7.1%, Resource Management 6.9%
- #22 Ratopia
82% matchVery Positive88% of 4,734 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.3%, Survival 9.8%, Management 9.2%, Base Building 9.2%, City Builder 9%
- #23 SuperColony
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, Survival 11%, Base Building 10.4%, Sandbox 9.8%, Management 8.4%
- #24 Lil Guys
81% 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 28.6%, Survival 11.5%, Base Building 10.7%, Management 10.1%, City Builder 9.3%
- #25 Edge Islands
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9.2%, Survival 7.9%
- #26 SpaceSlog
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 45 reviews2026
Dev: Produno Games Studios
Windows · Linux
Build your spaceship, manage your crew, and explore the cosmos whilst trying to keep your crew alive and your ship fully functioning. This game features simulated ship systems and a lived in universe which creates a challenging, unique and unforgettable experience with every playthrough.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.1%, Survival 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%, Management 9.2%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #27 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 23%, Management 9.4%, Survival 8.6%, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8.2%
- #28 Oxygen
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 22.4%, City Builder 10.6%, Survival 10.1%, Base Building 9.5%, Sandbox 8.8%
- #29 Beneath a Dead City
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moonroof Studios
Windows
Run your own Adventurer's Guild in this fantasy colony sim with a focus on dynamic storytelling. Recruit heroes to explore a ruined city, but keep an eye on those murder hobos. An unhappy hero could turn to arson, violence, and jaywalking.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.9%, Management 12.6%, Survival 12%, Base Building 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #30 Stardeus
78% matchVery Positive87% of 1,543 reviews2022
Dev: Kodo LinijaPub: Paradox Arc
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Stardeus is a deep colony sim set on a broken starship manned by drones and hibernating human survivors. As the AI, have your drones repair your ship, save your crew and travel the stars in this beautiful simulation.
Why similar: Colony Sim 21.8%, Survival 9%, Base Building 8.2%, Sandbox 7.6%, Open World 7%
- #31 Farmman
77% 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 26.6%, City Builder 11.8%, Sandbox 10.5%, Management 9.4%, Survival 8.7%
- #32 The Blighted Frontier
76% 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 32.5%, City Builder 12.2%, Base Building 10.3%, Management 10%, Survival 8.2%
- #33 Orc Colony
77% matchMixed60% of 43 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.5%, Strategy 9.7%, Management 8.7%, Simulation 8.7%, City Builder 7.2%
- #34 Humanica
73% matchVery Positive94% of 164 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: Colony Sim 20.2%, City Builder 11%, Survival 10.4%, Management 10.4%, Base Building 8.1%
- #35 First Feudal
76% 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 25.9%, Base Building 9.7%, City Builder 9.1%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.5%
- #36 Venusville
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbit Start StudiosPub: PlayWay S.A
Windows
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.1%, City Builder 11.2%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.9%, Management 7.7%
- #37 Colony Survival
75% matchVery Positive92% of 8,916 reviews2017
Dev: Pipliz
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 28.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!
Why similar: Colony Sim 33.8%, Survival 12.8%, Base Building 11.1%, Sandbox 8.2%, Building 7.1%
- #38 Terra-7
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, Management 12.6%, Sandbox 12.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 8.9%
- #39 Zenith Expanse
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Glitched Phoenix Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a damaged scout ship in a living space colony survival sim. Wake your crew from cryostasis, secure water and food, build fragile settlements, trade or smuggle between factions, and survive the stories that emerge.
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.7%, Survival 10.9%, Management 10.4%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.3%
- #40 Gnomoria
75% 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 33%, City Builder 13.1%, Sandbox 12.9%, Survival 9.2%, Building 6.3%
- #41 Quriocity
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 37 reviews2023
Dev: Oxeliz Pvt ltd
Windows · Mac
Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 11.9%, Survival 10.2%, Sandbox 10.1%, Base Building 8.9%
- #42 The Crust
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 3,637 reviews2024
Dev: VEOM StudioPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, Base Building 10.1%, Sandbox 8.6%, City Builder 8.4%, Management 8.2%
- #43 Idle Terra
70% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Boris Naftaliev
Windows · Linux
Sci-fi idle strategy in isometric view: build structures, gather resources, and trade with ships while exploring your plot of land cell by cell.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.9%, Base Building 10%, Management 9.7%, City Builder 8.7%, Sandbox 8%
- #44 HullRats
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dan Danciu
Windows
A sandbox simulation where you manage oxygen, pressure, heat but also the mental and physical wellbeing of your crew. Take command of ships, scavenge, build, craft, survive the harshness of space in an emergent story where the world does not care about you.
Why similar: Colony Sim 29.6%, Survival 11.7%, Management 11.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Open World 8.1%
- #45 KingForge
69% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: ElykraGames
Windows
Build a living kingdom where villagers work and survive on their own. Assign roles, keep your people fed, automate your systems, and defend against growing threats. Your kingdom lives or falls by your decisions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.4%, Survival 12.3%, Open World 11.5%, Building 7.4%, Resource Management 7.3%
- #46 Seeds of Resilience
72% 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 25%, City Builder 11%, Survival 10.2%, Management 9.7%, Sandbox 9.4%
- #47 Survival Vacancy
72% 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 24.7%, Survival 8.8%, Management 8.6%, Sandbox 7.9%, Base Building 7.8%
- #48 Hostile Mars
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Big Rook Games
Windows
Hostile Mars is a factory-building game focused on combat! Explore an open world and discover new tech to unlock powerful weapons and structures. Create efficient supply chains using delivery bots. Salvage destroyed enemies for resources. Design your base to withstand increasing waves of enemies!
Why similar: Colony Sim 14.7%, Survival 11.1%, Open World Survival Craft 10.7% ★, Sandbox 7.8%, Base Building 7.7%
- #49 Starfall Protocol
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chaos Systematic
Windows
Starfall Protocol is a Starship colony sim with RPG adventures in a galaxy with millions of explorable planets!🌌
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 9.5%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Open World 8.2%
- #50 Insect Empires
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Insect Empires TeamPub: Countryball Team
Windows
Choose between 4 factions and wage war against your enemies in this real-time strategy game. Insect Empires is a cartoon style Isometric real-time strategy game about colony type insects. Choose your faction and wage war against any foe!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 9.2%, Base Building 9%, Sandbox 9%, Management 8.8%
- #51 Stonedeep
71% 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 24.9%, Survival 10.4%, Base Building 10.4%, Management 8.8%, Sandbox 7.8%
- #52 Paleon
69% matchVery Positive81% of 420 reviews2023
Dev: Paleodev
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.4%, Survival 14.5%, City Builder 10.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Simulation 6.7%
- #53 The Universim
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 10,595 reviews2024
Dev: Crytivo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 34.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 11.4%, Sandbox 9.5%, Survival 9.1%, Management 8.2%
- #54 Windowed Realms
67% 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 32.2%, City Builder 12.3%, Management 8.6%, Resource Management 8.4%, Base Building 8%
- #55 Lost Heaven Station
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Varnonsoft
Windows
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 25.8%, City Builder 11.4%, Base Building 10.6%, Sandbox 9.9%, Management 8.8%
- #56 Blacksmith Master
65% matchVery Positive83% of 2,646 reviews2025
Dev: Untitled StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.1%, City Builder 9.7%, Management 9.6%, Survival 9.1%, Base Building 8.7%
- #57 Exile
66% matchMixed64% 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 26.8%, City Builder 12.2%, Survival 11.1%, Management 10.5%, Building 6.8%
- #58 The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
68% 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 35.5%, Survival 13.9%, City Builder 9.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Resource Management 7.3%