Games like Dust & Diamonds

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

55% User Score Based on 1,930 reviews

Critic Score 61%Based on 4 reviews

Hammerting is a vertical dwarven mining colony sim with RPG elements. Manage a clan of colorful dwarves, establish an epic mining operation, craft legendary swords and delve deep for greater glory, riches... and danger. With a war raging on the surface, the dwarves pledge to delve deep and, as the master craftspeople they are, produce and supply whatever is needed. From humble beginnings, you st… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hammerting.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

84% User Score Based on 2,022 reviews

— — — — music by Dunkel If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flotsam.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

80% User Score Based on 597 reviews

Orebound is a voxel, factory, automation game that's first person open-world. Explore the mountain ranges before you. Dig deep, mine hard and find the ultimate gemstone you have set off to find. ConstructConstruct massive dwarven structures by mining for several different resources, create your home, and build your factory! AutomateFind ore veins deep in the earth's mantle discover more precious m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Orebound.

About This GameKingforge is not just about building — it’s about creating a kingdom that actually lives. Start From NothingYou start with nothing. Gather resources, place your first structures, and slowly attract villagers to your land. From there, things begin to grow on their own. Villagers That Actually WorkVillagers are not just background characters. They work, eat, sleep, and make deci… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to KingForge.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

76% User Score Based on 3,372 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 11 reviews

Per Aspera is a narrative-driven strategy game with the goal of overcoming the challenge of terraforming Mars. Explore the planet, gather resources, and make strategic decisions as you live the fantasy of scientifically-based interplanetary expansion. Hardship awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Per Aspera.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,070 reviews

Explore endless Universe and create the most efficient constellation of colonies. Build conveyor systems to automate production. Take care of Astronauts and their needs! Establish new colonies as part of intergalactic simulation. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Colony.

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.

Explore and mine fully destructible worlds. Automate increasingly complex production chains. Delve deep to uncover an ancient civilization’s powerful secrets and learn to love the sand in this factory game where every pixel is a valuable resource. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sandustry.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

95% User Score Based on 1,830 reviews

A story-driven sci-fi survival-crafting game about mining, base-building, and carving out a future in the ruins of corporate greed. About AETHUSYou are Maeve - ex-mining engineer for the Astral Research Corporation (ARC), a galactic megacorp that profits by draining entire planets of their resources. She’s left the company. ARC has not left her, however. On Aethus, ARC claims there is n… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to AETHUS.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

94% User Score Based on 1,686 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Whiskerwood.

48%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

48% User Score Based on 52 reviews

World of Eggs: Idle Adventures is a world where you can build your civilization, trade with players, fight in raids, and do it all in idle mode. The game automates all the routine! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to World of Eggs: Idle Adventures.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

84% User Score Based on 50 reviews

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! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Edge Islands.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

84% User Score Based on 756 reviews

Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Laysara: Summit Kingdom.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

80% User Score Based on 460 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 2 reviews

Imagine that you don't have any modern technology. Use your mind to build from scratch your first primitive tools and constructions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tribe: Primitive Builder.

75%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

75% User Score Based on 1,855 reviews

Welcome to the Crust - a game that gives you a role of the CEO of the gigantic Moon colonizing company. It is a large-scale economical simulator that also brings elements of survival along with rich setting and dramatic script. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crust.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

65% User Score Based on 375 reviews

Includes: Base Game Endzone 2 - Digital Artbook Endzone 2 - Soundtrack The Endzone 2 Deluxe Edition bundle contains the main game, the atmospheric soundtrack that's going to be expanded during Early Access as well as the artbook containing beautiful artworks from the World of Endzone. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Endzone 2.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

92% User Score Based on 6,355 reviews

Colony Survival is a voxel RTS 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 monsters that attack every night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Survival.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

95% User Score Based on 311 reviews

Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MicroTown.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability

83% User Score Based on 366 reviews

Dig, Build & Explore. Manage a group of colonists as they attempt to survive underground on an alien world. Automated machine construction was sent ahead to create the underground Mercury facility, but something has gone wrong. Your colonists awake to find the facility in ruin. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mercury Fallen.

54%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, replayability

86% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Deep Space Outpost is a space station building & survival game, involving resource and base management. Build your space station tile by tile, mine asteroids, refine materials and keep your station operational. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deep Space Outpost.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 426 reviews

A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.Advanced society is long gone, the world is overrun by the Dream Plagues. The only survivors are small nomadic tribes that don’t attract too much attention. And now, the discovery of a long-abandoned project… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dream Engines: Nomad Cities.

87%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

87% User Score Based on 5,222 reviews

In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settlement Survival.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 5,128 reviews

Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Craft The World.

47%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere, replayability

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

47% User Score Based on 51 reviews

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 the start, dwarfs need drinks and rest. With a higher civilization level, they will increase their needs. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stonedeep.

95%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

95% User Score Based on 6,007 reviews

As a king in the world of Syx, you lead your people from small colonies to prosperous mega-cities and empires. You manage everything from individual subject's needs to global diplomacy, trade and a scheming nobility that might try to usurp you from time to time. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Songs of Syx.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics

79% User Score Based on 346 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autonauts vs Piratebots.

AFTERDEPTH is an exploration, survival, and technology progression game set in a post-apocalyptic underground world. After a mysterious incident, all contact with Bunker 09 is lost. As Dr. Kellan, a researcher stationed in Bunker 08, you are tasked with investigating what happened. What begins as a routine emergency quickly unfolds into something far more disturbing. Explore procedurally generat… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Afterdepth.

Peasant Simulator is an open-ended medieval sandbox. How will you survive and thrive? As serf or leige, smith, trade, farm, build, or conquer your way to fortune, glory, and a prospering medieval kingdom. Venture forth from forest or town, collecting or earning resources and securing for yourself a lodging to call home. From there, improve your constructions, equipment, and weaponry - graduall… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Peasant Simulator.

In Venusville, you lead the first expedition to colonize the skies of Venus — a place where the ground is death, and only the clouds can sustain life. Your mission: design, expand, and maintain a self-sufficient city suspended in the most hostile atmosphere in the solar system. You are the architect and commander of a living city. Every decision — where to build, what to produce, how to balance w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Venusville.

Deadly Infestation is a survival game in a procedural world infested with Zombies. Explore a totally destructible world and, of course, always have a good weapon to fight the animals and the infected. Collect resources to survive:With such resources found in nature, it is possible to feed, create weapons, tools, refined items, buildings and objects such as the work table, for example. Water is ess… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Deadly Infestation.

Build and grow your own colony in Wildwood, a thrilling town building game. Gather resources, craft tools, and expand your settlement with a robust logistics network. Start small and watch your colony thrive as you take control and guide it to greatness. Join the adventure now! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wildwood: A Town Building Game.

62%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

74% User Score Based on 35 reviews

SeaColony is a survival colony-builder set on the open sea. Build and expand a floating colony, manage colonists, research technologies, and develop farming, fishing, production, and power systems. Trade with merchant ships and survive pirate raids, fires, and harsh weather as your colony grows. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SeaColony.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

92% User Score Based on 2,288 reviews

Terraform a lifeless rock into a lush and habitable world. Build trucks, trains, and sprawling factories on an enormous hexagonal planet. Grow its population to millions. Enjoy a dynamic simulation of atmosphere, temperature, water, and forests. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Plan B: Terraform.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story

84% User Score Based on 45 reviews

Civilization has fallen. Mutants and rogue machines roam the wasteland, carrying on the chaos that destroyed the old world. But from the ashes, a new force rises: the Ecopunks. United. Determined. Ready to heal the Earth… and crush anything that stands in their way. SURVIVE OR DIEHunger. Disease. Scorching heat. Freezing cold. The wasteland forgives no one. Grow crops, hunt, and forage to ke… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecopunk.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

86% User Score Based on 2,203 reviews

Design, build and manage your magic school to explore what lies below. Study lost arcana, grow exotic plants, brew potions, and raise undead servants -- only you can prepare your fragile students to harness their Mind Over Magic. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mind Over Magic.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

94% User Score Based on 272 reviews

Welcome to Cozy Keep, where you can be a shopkeeper in a fantastical realm. Engage in commerce with merchants, strive to buy low and sell high, handle thieves, interact with customers, pay taxes(or don't) and ensure you always have the best products in stock. Remember, at the end of the day, it's all about profits! Clean up the place, build furniture and structures using raw materials and decor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cozy Keep: Farm, Craft, Manage.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

78% User Score Based on 620 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ALL WILL FALL.

96%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

96% User Score Based on 97 reviews

See your civilization grow in a relaxing city builder that you’ll play at your own pace. Terraform and colonize a new planet by the means of magic. Reshape entire regions, conduct research, and create wondrous constructions! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Scorchlands.

84%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

84% User Score Based on 806 reviews

Odd Realm is a simulation game set in a procedurally generated, fantasy world where you foster a group of Settlers to help them build, explore, and survive... probably... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Odd Realm.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

95% User Score Based on 31,361 reviews

Critic Score 90%Based on 3 reviews

Can you uncover the secrets of the core and return to the world above If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Core Keeper.

88%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

88% User Score Based on 84 reviews

In Goblin Camp, you’re in charge of a little band of goblins who want to make a new home for themselves in the middle world. Featuring 60 unique structures, over 100 items and over 80 crafting recipes, as well as 31 unlockable technologies, Goblin Camp has a lot for you to discover! Grow your camp from a collection of shacks and lean-tos into a bustling city of stone, develop new technologie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblin Camp.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

93% User Score Based on 108 reviews

Good morning! I am PAI - your Personal AI - and I am here to assist you! I apologize for awakening you early, but you have slept through the end of the world! But don't panic, I am here to help! With me and your trusty protosuit, you'll be able to mine ores and build an underground base to live in! There might not be sunshine down here, but at least you're not alone. I've located several othe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aground Zero.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

80% User Score Based on 6,376 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Lay claim to unspoiled lands and pave the way for a fierce Viking tribe. Craft the ultimate settlement solo or together with up to x3 friends. Trust in the Gods and the power of the Eye of Odin and summon intelligent NPC villagers to provide camaraderie and relief from the toils of survival. In ASKA, strive to build a self-sustaining Viking tribe, working, crafting, hunting and fighting together.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aska.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

86% User Score Based on 666 reviews

JOIN OUR TWITTER JOIN OUR DISCORD About the GameRise of Gun A simulator of a weapons store in a world overrun by zombies after a global epidemic. The entire world is enveloped in darkness, but humans have not given up and are fighting to the end. After losing his family, the main character sets out in search of survivors in despair. The journey was difficult, but he was able to find a wonderf… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise of Gun.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay

68% User Score Based on 136 reviews

The year is 2033. You, an ex-Marine with little opportunities left, have signed up with Utopia Arura, a large mining corporation on Mars. They have sent you to a location they have proposed but you have chosen for mining. Everything else is up to you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Utopia Colony.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

91% User Score Based on 1,854 reviews

Critic Score 78%Based on 6 reviews

If you were to mix Factorio, Forager, and Satisfactory, Nova Lands would be just that. Explore, build, and automate your base in this awesome, open-world 2D game! New planet, new home. Build your new base with all sorts of resources available to you, from basic rocks and wood to rare and unknown materials. Unlock new possibilities with every new building, maximize efficiency, and push deeper to o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nova Lands.

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.

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.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

75% User Score Based on 966 reviews

Critic Score 81%Based on 4 reviews

Before We Leave is a city building game set in a cozy corner of the universe. Nurture your Peeps and their surroundings while rebuilding and rediscovering civilisation. Settle new lands and planets while avoiding hungry Space Whales. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before We Leave.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding

67% User Score Based on 296 reviews

TFM: The First Men is a strategy simulation enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat. Inspired by the creation stories, Knights and Merchants, and Rimworld. Build your settlement with the help of various paths and crafts. Use countless traits, items, and skills to make the first men in your image. Raise and train children and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to TFM: The First Men.