Games Like Worshippers of Cthulhu

Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 46.3%, Lore-Rich 20.8%, Management 18.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Simulation 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the occult, Lovecraftian atmosphere and the obsession of managing a secret society.

Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.

Why similar: Colony Sim 34.6%, City Builder 18.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, Lore-Rich 11.4%, Isometric 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This dark fantasy strategy game features a similar focus on managing a settlement while dealing with eldritch threats and sanity mechanics.

Hell Architect is a game about building and managing your own hell. You take on a role of a hell manager and are tasked with developing the underworld in a way that would make Lucifer himself fall off his chair.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.1%, City Builder 15.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Sandbox 10.3%, Demons 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A management game that shares the dark, irreverent tone of cult-building while tasking you with constructing an efficient underworld.

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 30.5%, City Builder 29.6%, Building 8.1%, Base Building 8%, Strategy 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same high-stakes management and moral dilemmas found in Worshippers of Cthulhu, set against a brutal, unforgiving environment.

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.4%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 10%, Isometric 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder allows you to play as an undead overlord, focusing on building a dark empire rather than a traditional city.

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 34.7%, Base Building 16.1%, City Builder 11.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for colony simulation, offering unparalleled depth in managing individual follower needs and emergent storytelling.

War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.

Why similar: Colony Sim 21.1%, Base Building 18.8%, Sandbox 18.1%, City Builder 15.9%, Management 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a similar 'evil' management experience where you build a dungeon and command minions to do your bidding.

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 16.3%, Base Building 11.7%, Sandbox 10.9%, Economy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city-builder that forces you to manage resources and survive in a dark, fantasy-inspired world with constant environmental threats.

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.6%, City Builder 14.3%, Alternate History 11.7%, Base Building 10.3%, Sandbox 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused city-builder that emphasizes defensive construction and survival against overwhelming dark forces.

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 34%, City Builder 23%, Sandbox 14.3%, Building 11.3%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This god-game allows you to oversee the development of a civilization, including the ability to influence their beliefs and rituals.

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 16.9%, Alternate History 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%, Economy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the atmospheric dread of managing a base in a hostile, isolated environment where the unknown lurks just outside.

Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

Why similar: City Builder 48%, Colony Sim 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%, Base Building 9.8%, Management 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It expands on the survival-management formula, requiring you to navigate complex societal shifts and political tension within a desperate city.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29.3%, City Builder 18.8%, Sandbox 12.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Management 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on ruling a kingdom where your decisions and the personalities of your subjects drive the narrative.

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 27.5%, City Builder 24.8%, Base Building 11.9%, Building 8.8%, Economy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based survival city-builder that forces you to manage a population and resources while dealing with constant existential threats.

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Sandbox 11.9%, Economy 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A detailed colony-builder that focuses on survival and base-building in a harsh, historical setting with deep construction mechanics.

The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.9%, Lovecraftian 22.5%, Base Building 10.9%, Building 9%, Management 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game that focuses on managing a primitive tribe's sanity and resources in a dark, unforgiving world.

Land of the Vikings is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál!

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.9%, City Builder 19.1%, Sandbox 10.2%, Base Building 9.3%, Economy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that emphasizes survival, resource management, and building a settlement in a harsh, mythological-inspired landscape.

Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.

Why similar: Colony Sim 30.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Economy 12.2%, Supernatural 11.7%, Management 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: While lighter in tone, it shares the management and building mechanics of overseeing a specialized, magical institution.

Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27.9%, City Builder 19.3%, Sandbox 12%, Base Building 11.9%, Economy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale colony simulation that allows you to manage thousands of citizens and build a sprawling, complex empire.

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%, City Builder 17.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Base Building 9.9%, Economy 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic colony-builder that requires careful management of resources and population to survive in a ruined world.

Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 13%, Sandbox 11.2%, Economy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder where you must manage a colony in a post-apocalyptic world, focusing on air and resource sustainability.

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

Why similar: Colony Sim 49.2%, Sandbox 22.9%, Building 18.1%, Simulation 7.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses on the survival and growth of a family unit, emphasizing the management of needs and resources over generations.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, City Builder 26.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 7.9%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A blend of god-game and colony-sim that requires you to defend your village from waves of monsters while managing resources.

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 37%, Base Building 16.3%, Sandbox 10.4%, City Builder 9.9%, Management 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim set during the end of the world, where you must manage survivors and defend against demonic forces.

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 23.5%, City Builder 19.5%, Economy 11.3%, Sandbox 9.6%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A futuristic city-builder that challenges you to manage multiple small colonies in a harsh, resource-depleted environment.

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Colony Sim 32.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Sandbox 10.9%, Management 9.1%, Building 9%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on crafting and base-building with a gritty, dark aesthetic.

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.9%, City Builder 14.3%, Alternate History 11.1%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.8%

Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

Why similar: Colony Sim 29%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 10.5%, Supernatural 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game that tasks you with building a settlement and defending it against supernatural threats in a dark fantasy world.

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.2%, City Builder 15.8%, Base Building 12.5%, Sandbox 10.1%, Management 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that combines base-building with tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.8%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 9.7%, Economy 9.1%, Alternate History 8.6%

DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.8%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Management 8.4%

Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

Why similar: Colony Sim 28.3%, City Builder 16.8%, Base Building 13.6%, Sandbox 11.3%, Management 7%

El Dorado is a strategy city-building game in which you plan, build and develop your settlement to conquer Jukatan and earn the title of The Golden City. Become a leader, whom even Gods will bow to. Offer sacrifices to the Gods to earn their favor, but beware and don’t lose yourself in your riches.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.7%, City Builder 18.1%, Base Building 11.9%, Economy 10.3%, Management 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that focuses on the construction and management of a settlement in a historical, myth-heavy setting.

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: Colony Sim 20.7%, City Builder 14.4%, Alternate History 10.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Sandbox 9.7%

Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.

Why similar: City Builder 21.5%, Base Building 21.3%, Building 18.9%, Isometric 15.7%, Horror 10.8%

Mars Attracts is a park management sim set in the iconic universe of Mars Attacks™. Play as the devious Martians as you construct detailed enclosures, manage staff, and most importantly - abduct and experiment on humans for the entertainment of your Martian guests!

Why similar: Colony Sim 20%, City Builder 16.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.8%

Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.1%, City Builder 16.2%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 10.2%

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 28.7%, City Builder 21.5%, Base Building 10.6%, Economy 10.2%, Building 9.1%

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 30.2%, City Builder 27.6%, Base Building 12%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 6.5%

Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 59.9%, Dark Fantasy 24.2%, Atmospheric 8.8%, Strategy 7.1%

The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 17%, Base Building 12.1%, Sandbox 10.7%, Economy 10.2%

Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.3%, Economy 16.1%, Dark 11.3%, Strategy 9.7%

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 32.5%, City Builder 22.7%, Base Building 8.7%, Economy 8.7%, Management 7.3%

Build and manage mankind’s first mission across the universe! Create a sprawling facility underground, recruit a diverse group of specialists from around the globe and explore mysterious new worlds through the Exogate.

Why similar: Colony Sim 23.4%, City Builder 17.4%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 11.9%, Management 10.7%

A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.

Why similar: Colony Sim 39.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Management 15.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Strategy 7%

A cosmic horror idle game where you build the Yellow King’s cult, spread his living mold, and click yourself hollow. Memory by memory. Scream by silent scream, as the sky blooms with eyes watching your beautiful undoing.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 45.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Economy 11.5%, Management 10.9%, Simulation 10.5%

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland Followers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Why similar: Colony Sim 48%, Base Building 33.5%, Building 16%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 11.4%, Management 9.5%

Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.

Why similar: Colony Sim 36.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Management 14%, Building 13.8%, Economy 13.6%

Take up the role of the Hell Governor and embrace the challenge of welcoming souls who perished in major, historically real human disaster. Build your city, manage your resources while defending the chaos from demons who steal and kill your folks....and also that GIANT TITAN lurking around.

Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, City Builder 16.1%, Base Building 10.8%, Demons 9.9%, Building 8.3%

Every descent is a deadly gamble. DIVE or DIE in the cursed abyss, face Eldritch horrors to uncover the mystery of the black rain. Scavenge and upgrade, recruit and sacrifice. Save your camp... The Flood is coming.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 38.5%, Colony Sim 21.3%, Management 12.7%, Horror 9.1%, Dark 8.5%

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Why similar: Colony Sim 26.5%, City Builder 17.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 12.3%, Management 10.4%

Hardcore city-building sim in a fantasy steampunk world. Manage multi-racial colonies with hundreds of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, grow the economy, build logistics, and travel a vast world carrying out the Emperor’s orders.

Why similar: Colony Sim 24.5%, City Builder 16.9%, Sandbox 11.3%, Economy 10.4%, Base Building 10.3%

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Why similar: Management 38.1%, Lovecraftian 27.3%, Horror 12.9%, Simulation 8.9%, Strategy 7.5%

Manage Hell. Manipulate the Overworld. Build the resurrection business of your dreams! In Sintopia, you’re tasked with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell: “re-educate” the sinful, generate profit, play god and expand your hellish empire. All part of a day’s work at Hell Incorporated.

Why similar: Colony Sim 27%, City Builder 20.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Management 14.1%, Building 11.2%

Build a grand totalitarian colony and personally storm roguelite battlefields with your soldiers. Shape citizens fears, loyalties, bonds, and feuds. Capture enemies, convert them into true believers. Sacrifice the weak. Feed the strong. Wield absolute power and make every life bend to your will.

Why similar: Colony Sim 43.3%, Base Building 21.4%, Management 16%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 5.1%

A sandbox village simulation fundamentally about people, their thoughts and their needs. Luckily they are not alone in their burden, for you possess divine powers. And you would surely never add to the plight of the common man... Right?

Why similar: Colony Sim 25.8%, City Builder 18.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Management 9.8%, Sandbox 9.7%

Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

Why similar: Colony Sim 22%, City Builder 17.2%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.6%, Economy 10.4%

Become a mad scientist! Conduct crazy experiments, mix mutagens, breed abominable creatures, and attach monstrous body parts to them. Manage your inventory, expand your lab, and make sure your hideout is safe. Send your creations into the city to obtain salvage and test subjects!

Why similar: Supernatural 23.5%, Sandbox 20.7%, Horror 12.9%, Management 11.3%, Dark 9.6%