Games like Rise to Ruins

"Rise to Ruins" is a godlike village simulator that combines elements from classic real-time strategy and resource management games, with twists of tower defense and survival. The objective is to manage a village, defend against monsters at night, and expand during the day, with the knowledge that failure is common, but provides learning opportunities.

"Endzone: A World Apart" is a post-apocalyptic survival city-builder game set 150 years after a global ecological disaster. As a leader, you must build a settlement on the hostile surface, manage resources and infrastructure, and ensure the survival of your elevated population in a harsh, radioactive environment with dynamic weather and radiation simulated environments.

"Banished" is a city-building strategy game where players manage a group of exiled travelers seeking to build a new settlement. The main objective is to maintain resources, balance population growth, and expand infrastructure for survival in a harsh, procedurally generated wilderness. With no set objectives or technology tree, players have the freedom to explore different strategies for growth and success.

They Are Billions is a strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. In the Campaign mode, reclaim territories for the New Empire through 48 missions with 90+ technologies to develop. Survive in randomly generated worlds in Survival mode, defending your colony against massive infected swarms. Uncover the story of the apocalypse's origins while upgrading your colony and army.

"Songs of Syx" is a complex and immersive fantasy city-builder, where you lead a small colony to become a metropolis and empire. The game features a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, weather, and a variety of cultures, gods, and creatures. Every playthrough is unique, with events and content generated procedurally. The mechanics are detailed and challenging, making it easy to learn but difficult to master.

"Going Medieval" is a strategy simulation game where players build and manage a medieval fortress, meeting their villagers' needs and managing their emotions and agendas. Construct your settlement using various materials like clay, wood, and stone, and shape it according to the world's history and events. Ensure your villagers' happiness and well-being to thrive in this medieval society.

KeeperRL is a single-player role-playing game with stellar gameplay and perfect visuals. As an evil wizard, build and manage your dungeon, equip minions, and explore the world to murder villagers and research black magic. With roguelike mechanics, turn-based combat, and customizable dungeons, KeeperRL offers plenty of humor and high replayability.

"Settlement Survival" is a survival city-builder game where you lead your people to a new settlement, providing shelter, food, and protection while managing well-being, happiness, education, and employment. Shape your settlement layout near resources, build housing, recruit Mayors, and prepare for seasonal disasters and environmental threats. Attract residents from foreign cities and create a thriving, prosperous community.

"Colony Survival is a historical simulation game that offers both single-player and multiplayer/co-op modes. Players must build and manage a colony with dozens of different jobs and resources, while defending against monster invasions using dynamic 3D pathfinding. Explore a large, diverse world and expand your colony with advanced metals, weapons, and jobs using an extensive science system."

Gnomoria is a single-player fantasy turn-based strategy game with good graphics and fabulous mechanics, allowing you to lead a group of gnomes to build and expand a kingdom in a procedurally generated world. With fully destructible environments and open-ended sandbox gameplay, craft items, build structures, set traps, and dig for resources, while managing a peaceful town or fending off invasions. Expect lots of bugs, high emotions, and endless replayability with various crafting mechanisms and contraption building.