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Frostward is a deep survival management colony simulator where every villager matters and every winter is a test. Featuring Day 1 Steam Workshop integration, this cozy but tense experience tasks you with guiding a small group of settlers through a harsh, procedurally generated wilderness. Expand your borders, establish complex supply chains, and battle the elements as you transform a struggling … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Frostward.

Your world. Their history.Create a tiny world, give it life, and decide what kind of god you want to be. GodWright is a single-player pixel-art god game and civilization sandbox where humans, elves, orcs, and dwarves build settlements, form kingdoms, and make history of their own. Protect a favorite village. Follow a royal bloodline. Separate rival kingdoms with a mountain range, or connect their… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GodWright.

A deep-space 4X simulation. Explore a procedurally generated universe, colonize worlds, build a realistic economy, and lead your civilization toward galactic domination. Brave ecological and economic crises, face famines, wars, and disasters, and ensure your survival! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astral 4X.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

86% User Score Based on 18,468 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn of Man.

Build. Defend. Survive. Expand. A sci-fi base-building game on a hostile alien world. Gather resources, build a sprawling high-tech colony, and defend against relentless alien threats—then unlock new planets, new challenges, and the secrets of humanity’s last frontier. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost Galaxy: Echoes of War.

Rule the Sands: Command, Conquer, and Create in Ancient Egypt Step into the heart of the ancient world with Egypt, a groundbreaking real-time strategy game that transports you to the golden age of Egypt. From the fertile banks of the Nile to the harsh sands of the desert, every decision shapes your journey to greatness. Whether you dream of building towering monuments, waging epic battles, or mas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Egypt.

90%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

90% User Score Based on 7,900 reviews

Kingdom Reborn is a city-builder with multiplayer and open world. Guide your citizens. Grow from a tiny village to a prosperous city. Upgrade your houses and technology through eras. With multiplayer, you can cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in the same open world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdoms Reborn.

Build a world that lives. Rebuild its systems, shape its society, and guide a recovering civilization through crisis and change. Decide what kind of world emerges, and what place it will take among worlds. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to New Dawn Protocol.

Your people are the power, and the problem. Land on an unknown planet and build a thriving colony in this sci-fi sim. Humanity’s last hope, rests in a pristine, yet perilous world. Will your COLONY survive, or will their conflicts BREAK it apart? In an age when Earth lies broken — torn apart by endless wars over dwindling resources and consumed by an unstoppable climate collapse — humanity face… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colony Break.

Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Meowdieval Clowder.

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

Rule your nation in a first-person government simulator. Expand your territory, command armies, control resources, and forge alliances. Lead your people to prosperity or dominate all nations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autocrats.

Antimatter is a 4X strategy game set in a vast, living, and fully simulated galaxy of immense scale and depth. Become anything from a humble spaceship captain to a galactic emperor, and everything in between. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Antimatter.

Ecliptica is a first-person science fiction sandbox set in an ancient, self-organizing world. You and your colony are alien organisms. After a long flight, the colonists have lost the memory of their origin, retaining only their intelligence and thirst for profit. Now you must take root on a planet that existed long before your arrival and is ready to protect its resources from uninvited guests. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ecliptica.

                Lead nomadic families through the Stone Age in this turn-based 4X strategy game with deeply simulated characters, cultures, and ecosystems. Explore the vast wilderness, gather and trade scarce resources, and stand your ground in risky autobattler combat. Discover fire, domestication, politics—and survive to tell the tale. Experience what prehistoric life was like by diving int… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Folk Emerging.

Shipwrecked: Lost Colony is an 18th Century city-survival builder set on a tropical isle lost to time. Lead a group of marooned survivors and forge a new beginning in an uncharted land, where dinosaurs are the biggest threat and your strongest allies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shipwrecked: Lost Colony.

Thveit is a cozy Norse settlement builder where changing seasons, ancient beliefs, and folklore creatures shape the fate of your settlements. Guide your settlers, manage resources, and grow a thriving community as humans and mythical beings learn to live side by side. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thveit.

53%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

A survival craft game with RTS elements. Build a base, become the leader of a tribe → village → city → state. Conquer neighboring settlements and become king. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lugal: Bronze Age Survival Game.

An atmospheric city-builder inspired by classics like Caesar III, Anno, and Pharaoh—set on the ocean floor. Build, manage, and expand your underwater colony as humanity flees a dying world. Balance resources, population, and survival in this deep colony sim across a structured campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seabed Settlers.

85%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

89% User Score Based on 10,003 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

Build a multi-story fortress out of clay, wood, and stone. Your villagers will have needs, feelings, and agendas shaped by the world and its history, and it's up to you to keep them content and... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Going Medieval.

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.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

68% User Score Based on 287 reviews

Critic Score 40%Based on 1 reviews

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

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

93% User Score Based on 4,788 reviews

Ostriv aims to raise the bar of city-building experience by adding a huge amount of possibilities and removing annoying limitations. It allows for truly organic town layouts without the grid and angle restrictions on a three-dimensional landscape. The goal is to make player's creations to become alive and believable communities where real-life problems would arise, thus making the late game a new … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ostriv.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

90% User Score Based on 49,448 reviews

Critic Score 68%Based on 5 reviews

Welcome to the world of Banished! In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The objective of the game is to keep the population alive and grow it into a successful culture. Options for feeding the people include hunting … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Banished.

CONQUISTA—a strategy game that blends colony sim w/ 4X gameplay. Build thriving cities and lead your nation to dominance. With living units who work, build relationships, and pursue ambitions of their own, you must respond to their desires. The seeds of history may be sown through one's dreams. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CONQUISTA: Tide of Wills.

A slow paced survival colony sim with aspects of survival RPG with you as a Mycenaean King during the Late Bronze Age. Lead your colony, trade items, import raw materials and export crafted goods. Defend your colony against enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 1200 BC.

Age After Age. Build a thriving settlement, shape society across multiple eras, and dominate a living world economy. Choose your path - classic history, Steampunk, Gothic, and more in a deep city-building strategy with evolving logistics, citizen classes, diplomacy, and research. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age After Age.

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

Hardship is a set on a dynamic world in a strange solar system. Build your city, Design your buildings and progress through an in-depth technology tree. Gather resources, craft tools, manage citizens’ needs, and battle the elements. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hardship.

A true God Game where faith, miracles, morality, and your Avatar decide the destiny of Eden itself. Guide your followers, perform divine miracles, and shape a living world as a young god. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eden Universe.

Roadmap About the GameRule a Living Interstellar Empire Final Vanguard is a real-time with pause 4X grand strategy where your empire is alive, reactive, and fragile. Expansion is only the beginning, your success depends on managing people, resources, and fleets across vast distances, while every choice can strengthen your civilization or expose it to collapse. Shape the Fate of Your People … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Final Vanguard.

Welcome to the vibrant realm of Angkor! Embark on an extraordinary journey, shaping your village from humble origins into a thriving settlement while contending with the whims of the powerful Gods who oversee your island sanctuary. Will you earn their favour, or crumble in the face of their divine wrath? Strategically design and construct your village, for the layout you choose holds the key to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Angkor: The Holy City.

"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever." - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Asteroid Colony is a real time strategy city builder and economy simulation game set in the future of mankind. Help humanity leave its cradle and establish a colony in the far away asteroid belt, outside the orbit of Mars. It is up to you whether humanity can reach its c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Asteroid Colony.

Be the architect of your own Egyptian empire in this meditative survival city builder, where every decision, no matter how small, has lasting consequences. Survive alongside your people, expand your influence across the Nile and create a grand Dynasty to rival the gods themselves. Paradise awaits. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dynasty of the Sands.

Govern the New World as His Majesty's Viceroy during the Age of Exploration. Explore unknown lands, build thriving colonies, trade across the Atlantic, wage war, and forge an independent nation in this historical turn-based 4X strategy game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Colonerra Age of Exploration.

A deep single-player kingdom management strategy game where you build, govern, and defend a fragile realm. Balance economy, warfare, diplomacy, quests, and exploration as every decision shapes the legacy of your reign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To Rule... Bavarin.

About This GameArmies change borders. Merchants change the world.Dawn of Imperialism is a real-time grand strategy game about how the Industrial Revolution transformed economic power into global influence. This is not a game about conquest. In the medieval world, power was largely tied to land. More territory meant more people, more taxes, and larger armies. The Industrial Age changed that equa… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn Of Imperialism.

"Peace and Prosperity" is a independently developed ink-wash style historical strategy game set in an alternate pre-Qin period of China. Starting from a small village of just a few hundred people, and conquer all sides to gradually build their own vassal state with millions of people. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to 政通人和.

94%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

94% User Score Based on 70 reviews

Roadmap About the GameAncient worldIt all starts in 10,000 B.C. You will have to go through a difficult path of human development - from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. The game features a massive technology tree, the progression of which will change your play style from time to time, forcing you to adapt to new conditions. Meanwhile, your settlement will grow, becoming larger and more techno… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Humanica.

A medieval sim where you don’t just rule- you live the crown. A blend of city-building, 4X strategy, and RPG open world. Build your kingdom. Outsmart rival factions. And remember: your monarch’s life is the real adventure. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Before Arthur.

This relaxing idle city builder lets you create the city of your dreams, with a cartoonish touch focused on the interaction of its inhabitants, making your city feel truly alive. Perfect if you’re tired of static, gray, hyper-realistic megapolis. Like in other games of the genre, you can construct buildings and roads, always keeping in mind that money is your main limiting resource. As a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Omicrocity 2.

34%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, optimization

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

48% User Score Based on 23 reviews

Feudal Baron: King’s Land is a classic city-builder. Turn a humble settlement into a medieval city, build workshops and churches, fend off raids, and manage your subjects. Ensure a steady supply—or squeeze every last coin out of the town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Feudal Baron: King's Land.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

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

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability

76% User Score Based on 125 reviews

Creo God Simulator is a game of building, decision-making, survival, and a ton of peasant smiting. As a newly-assigned lesser god, it's your job to build a society bit by bit, while convincing your new population to believe in you as their one true god. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Creo God Simulator.

60%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

60% User Score Based on 65 reviews

Disclaimer: This game does NOT have deep simulation like Dwarf Fortress or Rimworld. It's similar, but the simulated elements are very simple in comparison. It's a survival settlement-builder with the goal of "beating" an individual world in 8-12 hours of gameplay. Manage your ever-growing settlement! Use the resources at your disposal to build structures necessary for survival. Rese… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Settler's Domain.

89%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

89% User Score Based on 1,040 reviews

Fantasy Map Simulator: Witness the Rise and Fall of Dynasties on Your Wallpaper In this innovative simulation game, you'll become the creator and witness of a fantasy world, allowing imaginary history to unfold in your daily life. Features Generate or edit custom fantasy maps, building your unique imaginary world Simulate diplomacy, development, and wars between nations, observing historical evolu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FantasyMapSimulator.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,876 reviews

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Norland.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

80% User Score Based on 89 reviews

In this Primitive Society Simulator, you will play the role of a leader of an ancient tribe. Inspired by ancient Chinese legends, as well as games such as RimWorld, Dawn of Man, and StoneAge. Features Hoe and FlintYou will travel back to the barbaric era and lead the people to gather food, make tools, sew clothes, hunt and fish, and cultivate farmland, building a tribe in the wilderness. Bloodline… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primitive Society Simulator.

86%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

86% User Score Based on 200 reviews

Of Life and Land is a charming settlement-building strategy game paired with a rich simulation experience. Every animal and plant tries to find their place in nature while you lead your villagers to their future. Expand to different regions and trade with local factions to gain needed resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Of Life and Land.

67%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, stability

71% User Score Based on 45 reviews

El Dorado The Golden City Builder is a single-player city-building economic strategy game that is set in the mysterious land of pre-Columbian Latin America, where wealth does not always lead to happiness, and the anger of the Gods can bring disaster to anyone who is not favorable to them. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to El Dorado: The Golden City Builder.