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Looking for games like Arcbound? Here are top survival city builder recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with AstroCore Mining, From Nothing or Seabed Settlers.

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  1. AstroCore Mining is a space colony simulator where you build and run a mining base on drifting asteroids. Gather rare minerals, expand your facilities, and meet the demands of your corporate overseers or face the results. You’re not just a manager; you’re the leader of an entire colony. Keep your people alive, balance rival factions, and make choices that shape life among the stars. Will your co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AstroCore Mining.

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  2. From NothingFrom Nothing is a 2D survival-crafting RPG where you build systems, sustain life, and transform a dead world into a living one. Stranded on a barren moon with limited resources and no clear way home, survival is only the beginning. Gather materials, construct infrastructure, and create the systems needed not just to survive, but to make the world habitable. What starts as a fragile … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to From Nothing.

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  3. Seabed Settlers is a deep and layered city-building strategy game set beneath the waves of a ruined Earth — inspired by classics such as Caesar III, Pharaoh, and Anno. Humanity has escaped the uninhabitable surface, now scorched by radiation, and seeks to rebuild beneath the sea. As the Overseer, you are entrusted with the survival and prosperity of one of the last hopes for civilization. Build h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seabed Settlers.

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  4. Welcome to Nova Origin In Nova Origin, humanity’s future begins on a distant alien world. You are the commander of a new frontier. With only limited resources and advanced technology at your disposal, your mission in Nova Origin is clear: Build a colony. Expand your reach. Create a new home for humanity. This planet is unknown, untamed, and full of opportunity. Every decision in Nova Origin shapes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Origin.

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  5. Cog Foo is a builder–automation–action game that blends factory management, modular warfare, and industrial strategy. Build factories to manufacture everything from machine parts to colossal modular tanks, then deploy your creations in battles to claim land, rescue survivors, and expand your industrial network. Build & Automate Design efficient production chains that transform raw res… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cog Foo.

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  6. Antropico: Colonies is a large-scale space strategy game about building power inside a living galaxy. You begin with a single foothold: an outpost on a hostile world. From there you expand across planets, infrastructure and institutions, shaping not only what you control, but how your authority works. This is not a purely abstract map. You build real structures on real worlds. Placement, geograp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antropico: Colonies.

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  7. Titan: The Ascension is a colony management and survival strategy game set on Saturn’s moon Titan. You take control of a corporation tasked with establishing humanity’s first large-scale off-world colony while Earth is collapsing due to extreme water shortages caused by climate change and global conflict. Your mission is not only survival on Titan, but also supporting Earth’s remaining population… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Titan: The Ascension.

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  8. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    86% User Score Based on 9,078 reviews

    Embark on a space journey with your patched-together 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 sim. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Haven.

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  9. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    77% User Score Based on 10,366 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 3 reviews

    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Planetbase.

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  10. Settletopia is a fantasy colony simulation game with multiplayer support. Develop a small settlement into a thriving multi-settlement civilization that spans the world. Build and Expand Your CivilizationBegin with a humble village and transform it into a thriving civilization. Manage multiple settlements, establish transportation routes, and lead your people through prosperity and danger. Cons… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settletopia.

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  11. SpaceSlog is a challenging sci-fi spaceship simulator that focuses on shipbuilding, crew interaction, and exploration. Inspired by games such as Rimworld, Starship Theory, Dwarf Fortress and X-COM, as well as iconic media such as Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Universe and The Expanse. Your colony ship has been destroyed. Fortunately, a few survivors managed to escape on a small ship. No… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpaceSlog.

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  12. NationForge is a nation-scale city builder centered on deliberate planning, population growth, and production chains. You play as the head of a private enterprise entrusted with building and governing a new nation. Your objective is clear: reach a population target within a fixed time period while avoiding bankruptcy. Cities serve two core purposes: supporting population growth and producing th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NationForge.

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    70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    70% User Score Based on 115 reviews

    Reshaping Mars is a colony simulation game on Mars, you will start by gathering resources, storing food, accepting immigrants, and building a better colony together. Develop powerful technologies for Mars Reshaping, make Mars great agai..sorry, just great. Don't forget to make the residents happy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Reshaping Mars.

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  14. Join our community About the GameCrash-landed on the hostile alien world of Hastaris centuries ago, survival remains a way of life. In Coloniser, an epic-scale multiplayer real-time strategy game inspired by classic isometric RTS titles, building a colony is earned. Players are thrown into massive, persistent online worlds shared with rival tribes and hostile wildlife. Govern a colony whose… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Coloniser.

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  15. Stranded at the Edge of ExistenceAfter a catastrophic first contact shatters humanity’s expedition fleet, you and a small group of survivors crash-land on a hostile, unknown world in the Lost Galaxy—a forgotten corner of the universe, beyond charts and signals. With no help coming, your only hope is to build, defend, and rediscover what remains of our fractured civilization. Can you survive the e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War.

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  16. Starship Colony is a deep spaceship 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. Survival in Space is HardResources are plentiful but you must journey acro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Starship Colony.

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  17. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, optimization
    88% User Score Based on 129 reviews

    Alien Horizon is 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. Can you survive anyway? Features complex resource management, no contact with Earth, exploration… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Horizon.

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  18. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    79% User Score Based on 15,549 reviews
    Critic Score 73%Based on 22 reviews

    Deck out your dome with 25 new buildings to give a fresh look to your living, working, and playing quarters. Whether it’s a Stirling Generator or a Spacebar, make sure you spruce up your space to be out of this world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Surviving Mars.

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  19. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    94% User Score Based on 478 reviews

    Companies are colonizing Mars and settlers are lining up to go. Play as one colonies’ architect to create the best settlement in the galaxy. Wisely use limited terraforming tools to build to your settlers’ needs or they might end up packing up and going to a rival base instead! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Farlanders.

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  20. Launch Window is a single player physics-based automation game where you establish supply chains across an entire solar system using Newtonian orbital mechanics. Transport resources and populations between colonies using real physics. Build infrastructure to construct more ships. Use those ships to establish new supply routes. This is how the colony grows. Your first launch may carry a handful … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Launch Window.

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  21. About This Game (Final English Version)Make the planet breathe again. Project Substrata is a base-building, automation, and environmental restoration simulation set on a desolate world abandoned by humanity. You are a self-sustaining AI robot left behind to rebuild what was lost. By analyzing the remnants of civilization, cleansing polluted lands, and processing the planet’s buried resources, yo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Substrata.

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  22. Set in a gritty, fictional 1960s universe—the same world as Black Border—it’s a colony sim / base-building / grand strategy hybrid where you rebuild a war-ravaged region, fortify your defenses, and control key trade routes that every convoy depends on. Even though it shares a universe with Black Border, Border Base is an entirely new experience and genre, pushing us into exciting new territory. Ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Border Base.

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  23. Void Ascendancy is a UI-driven space empire management game focused on economic expansion, planetary specialization, and interstellar trade. Starting from a single home system, you grow your influence across a procedurally generated star cluster by colonizing worlds, developing efficient colonies, and linking them into a stable trade network. There is no combat. Progress is driven by planning, lo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Void Ascendancy.

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    Shape the Fate of an Early SocietyLead a prehistoric settlement from its earliest beginnings and guide it through a harsh and unpredictable world. In this pre-historic city-builder and survival simulation, every decision matters — from how resources are gathered and shared to how belief, defense, and social structure shape the fate of your people. Build and Expand Your SettlementDesign and grow y… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawnkind.

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  25. 51%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:stability, story
    100% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    Survive in the skies of Venus with your floating colony as you balance buoyancy, mass, and altitude. Launch balloons and probes to explore the planet while harvesting resources from the atmosphere. Build up your colony and thrive in a simulation based on real science. Venus awaits. It began as a research station, but it became so much more… Sky Base Venus is a colony simulation set in the upper a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sky Base Venus.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 1,687 reviews

    When the Old World collapsed, humanity fell into chaos. The solar flare destroyed every institution of human civilization, causing people to fend for themselves in a collective frenzy for survival. Your group grew up in such a world, a world of desperate tribalism where the very atmosphere is struggling to stay alive. Now, you seek to restore purpose and unity to humanity while ensuring the conti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to New Cycle.

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  27. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    57% User Score Based on 825 reviews

    Project Aura is a simulation/strategy videogame where you take control of a colony of climate disaster survivors. In the near future, humans will face the drastic consequences of climate change. Forced to take refuge in vital reserves using cryo-preservation, they await a second chance. At the end of the 21st century, humans, finally aware of the great climate disaster, dedicated their efforts n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project AURA.

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  28. In an age when Earth lies broken — torn apart by endless wars over dwindling resources and consumed by an unstoppable climate collapse — humanity faces extinction. But from the ashes of its own making, a final spark of hope emerges. Driven by desperation and the will to survive, humanity launches itself into the unknown depths of the galaxy, seeking a new world — a fertile planet where life might… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Break.

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  29. The Deluxe Edition contains 5 additional missions, 2 new recruitable heroes and 3 new technologies Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown is a story-driven survival strategy game in which the fate of the iconic starship is in your hands. Take the helm, manage the ship and resources, and make difficult decisions. Will you be able to bring home the ship and its crew? “What if?” Scenarios Did you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown Deluxe Edition.

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  30. Welcome Island About the GameYou've awakened. You find yourself in a mysterious world of floating islands, where the sky shimmers with an ethereal glow. The islands drift like fragmented dreams, surrounded by unfamiliar flora and an unknown ecosystem. You gradually adapt to this world's rules. You'll need to build a home and develop technology, starting from scratch—from primitive tools to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CLOUD DWELLERS.

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  31. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 560 reviews

    Introversion Software, the indie legends behind Prison Architect, Darwinia, DEFCON and Uplink, present to you the broken, unfinished and bug filled Alpha of The Last Starship. Pick a ship hull, kit her out with engines, life-support, sensors and rail guns and start your galactic adventure! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last Starship.

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  32. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    96% User Score Based on 51,372 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen Not Included.

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  33. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    65% User Score Based on 164 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    "The Spatials: Galactology is The Spatials reimagined as a deeper, more rewarding simulation game. With mod support and active pause, Galactology adds new items and structures to build, trade routes to exploit, planets with many new variables, sophisticated AI, civilizations that actually attack your station -- and unique gameplay systems behind every object and room." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Spatials: Galactology.

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  34. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    61% User Score Based on 866 reviews

    Meeple Station is a cooperative Space station Simulation game. Strongly inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld (with a hint of Space Station 13). Where the complexity of a simulation game blends with the friendly and satisfying nature of a Real-Time-Strategy game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meeple Station.

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  35. Build an Empire That Spans the PlanetIn Factory Default, you control every step of a global industrial empire. Extract raw materials, refine them into advanced components, manufacture high-tech goods, and sell them across the world. Your operations span continents. Your decisions move markets. Your reputation shapes the future of your company. Build efficient production chains, secure supply con… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Factory Default: Build, Trade, Repeat.

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  36. A living online RPG where economy, progression and world events shape your journey. A World That Moves – With or Without You Guilds of Mountgate is a browser-based online RPG set in a connected, persistent world where systems matter more than spectacle. Travel between cities, ports, forests and mines. Watch markets shift. Build your character over time. And most importantly: Live in a world… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Guilds of Mountgate.

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  37. Shape the First Breath of a CivilizationBuild, explore, and expand across an infinite world. FireMatch Empire is a multi-city building and exploration game where your journey begins in a land that exists only where you can see. As you move, the world unfolds—forest by forest, ridge by ridge—revealing the space where your civilization will rise across ten ages. The journey is designed to unfold … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FireMatch Empire.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 2,876 reviews

    The Empire has fallen, leaving in its place multiple successor kingdoms. The lords and ladies of these petty kingdoms squabble for control and influence – whether with cloak and dagger or sword and shield, families feud amongst themselves and against each other as greater threats cast a shadow across the land. Famines wreak havoc on the lives of the peasantry, warfare and disunity threaten the soc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Norland.

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  39. 54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    54% User Score Based on 225 reviews

    This game is a prologue for Stellar Settlers full game, click to see on Steam! Stellar Settlers is a space-base building and colony sim game. With unique vertical and horizontal base-building gameplay, take control of a settlement, build your own thriving colony on 5 hostile planets. Earn profits, buy parts & build a better Starship, colonize even richer planets & REPEAT! In every new planet wit… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stellar Settlers: Arrival.

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  40. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 410 reviews

    STORYA natural disaster hit us and brought humanity to the verge of extinction. Only a few survived because of "Large Igneous Provinces", these are volcanoes that don't explode but huge cracks open in the Earth's crust and lava just starts bubbling out, oozing across the landscape, releasing tons of toxic gases. The most dangerous thing about an igneous province is that it can keep up th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oxygen: First Breath.

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  41. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    89% User Score Based on 1,997 reviews

    Terraformers is a 3X game with roguelite elements in which you terraform Mars. Explore the planet’s wonders, exploit its resources and expand by settling new cities. Start the terraforming... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Terraformers.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    76% User Score Based on 878 reviews

    The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Fermi Paradox.

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  43. Early Access AvailableWorld Order: Global Power is in active development. Play now and shape the future of the game through your decisions and feedback. Take control of a nation and navigate a complex geopolitical landscape where every action has consequences. Manage your economy, diplomacy, military, laws, and internal stability while responding to dynamic global events. New systems, features, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World Order: Global Power.

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  44. Revised Steam Description:Space Hotel offers a bold new twist on the classic city builder and tycoon genres, taking your management skills beyond the Earth's surface and into orbit. Experience the excitement and challenges of creating and maintaining a luxury space hotel where the stakes are higher and the rewards are out of this world. As the launch director of Space Hotel Ltd., you're responsib… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Hotel Ltd.

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  45. JOIN OUR DISCORD About the Game Embark on a journey to Mars, where you are the pioneer of a new era. Struggle against the ruthless Martian terrain to establish a self-sustaining colony. Balance resource management and societal advancement to ensure the survival and prosperity of your settlers. Envision the future and sculpt a resilient colony. Strategically utilize its resources to c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Dust Colony.

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  46. BACKGROUND (REAL LIFE) Please note that this game is being built as a "father daughter" project. My kid wants to be an AI Scientist and I thought this would be a good experiment to teach her about what GenAI can do today, how it may help humanity in the future, and how different computer mechanics today work together (software, audio, video, imagery, etc). You will see a lot of simil… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to the collective.

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  47. THE MARQUEE: LIGHTS. CAMERA. LEGACY.Build your own movie studio and guide it through the changing history of cinema. The Marquee: Lights. Camera. Legacy. is a movie studio management simulation where you develop films, hire talent, manage budgets, improve your studio, research new technology and try to build a lasting name in the film industry. Start small, make careful decisions, and grow your … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Marquee: Lights. Camera. Legacy..

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  48. Lead, bond, and survive in a character-driven tactical RPG set in the wake of an alien apocalypse. Grey Legend: Survivors will place you in control of a band of survivors in a post-apocalyptic, violent world. Beyond the tactical combat lies a deep social simulation: your survivors operate on individual beliefs and personal goals. Manage evolving relationships, navigate "fun chaos," and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grey Legend: Survivors.

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  49. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:emotional
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    85% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    About Medieval LegacyMedieval Legacy is a unique blend of family simulation and city-building strategy, where every decision shapes your legacy. Start as a humble citizen and guide your family through generations. Climb the social ladder to become the most influential family in the land. With strategy, wit, and a bit of luck, you can build a lasting legacy - but beware, as unchecked ambition may l… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Medieval Legacy.

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  50. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    78% User Score Based on 512 reviews

    The world is dying, overtaken by the endless ocean. You are the leader of a small group of survivors stranded on a rusty boat. You find a small land area, solid enough to serve as a building foundation. And now, step by step, you build a city. This city will go up to the sky, weather many storms, and become a home for the last remnants of humanity. For your people. The game’s physics-based bu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALL WILL FALL: Physics-Based Survival City Builder.

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