Games like The Colony Experiment

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

76% User Score Based on 886 reviews

Founders’ Fortune is a colony simulator that draws a lot of inspiration from the Sims: It incorporates a lot of creative building and puts a heavy focus on the colonists themselves, simulating thoughts, wishes, expectations, and traits. These psychological components have a tremendous influence on the game: Migrants will only consider your colony if you can fulfill the expectations of your inhabi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Founders' Fortune.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

72% User Score Based on 248 reviews

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into a great impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps and even lead your loyal peasants into the battlefield. You start the game with a couple of peasants and limited resources to eventually turn your small settlement into a real… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to First Feudal.

93%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

93% User Score Based on 2,137 reviews

Clanfolk is a medieval colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the harsh winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clanfolk.

The world has changed... Years of massive industrialization and overexploitation have deeply disrupted the climate, making it unstable and triggering violent storms as well as major ecological shifts. In the face of this situation, you’ve been forced to start over on new lands. Your task is to rebuild a sustainable society while avoiding the mistakes of the past, in a changing world where food h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Food Industry.

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.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

76% User Score Based on 142 reviews

Bastide is a city building strategy of life in the 13th century where you must guide your village of peasants to thrive and survive against hunger, disease, enemies and their environment so that they may grow into a fortified town. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bastide.

83%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

83% User Score Based on 2,435 reviews

Evolve your primitive hunter gatherers through thousands of years of technological advancement. Feed, protect and grow your tribe, build towns and industry, and advance through the ages in this first person civilization builder for PC. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sapiens.

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.

45%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

71% User Score Based on 14 reviews

Emberwake is a 2D survival strategy game where you must protect the last ember of hope in a world plunged into darkness. Lead your villagers, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off relentless waves of undead as you struggle to keep your campfire alive. Your campfire is the heart of your village, providing warmth, light, and the will to survive. During the day, send your villagers ou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emberwake.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

79% User Score Based on 157 reviews

Dawn Apart is a space colony and factory sim with fully destructible environments. Mine, automate, and defend your settlers, or lead a rebellion against the very corporation pulling your strings…Build and AutomateTransform the alien landscape into a thriving industrial colony. Harvest resources, design intricate production lines, and optimize efficiency in a fully destructible world. Every factory… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawn Apart.

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.

66%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability

66% User Score Based on 132 reviews

Critic Score 67%Based on 2 reviews

Build a village on a deserted island, and prepare for merciless natural disasters! Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real medieval construction and craft techniques in this turn-base management game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Seeds of Resilience.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

73% User Score Based on 128 reviews

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mountaincore.

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.

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.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding

76% User Score Based on 790 reviews

Build and grow your settlement in a city-building simulation of medieval society Manage peasant and noble families, expand your production chain, work with the church, train an army for the king and influence the daily lives of your villagers while exploring what it means to be a true lord. Successful kingdoms are built on the shoulders of strong vassals and the labor of their peasants. Where pros… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lords and Villeins.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

92% User Score Based on 950 reviews

A simulation game where you build a town in the middle of the sea. Reach self-sufficiency, invite travelers to join you, then manage their needs and research new facilities to keep them happy. Build a submarine and discover islands to produce increasingly complex resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Havendock.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

78% User Score Based on 494 reviews

A side scrolling, pixel art, survival colony fantasy sim: Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Grim Realms.

69%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

69% User Score Based on 130 reviews

Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Civitatem.

Step into the lost world of Highreach, a once-great continent now fractured and floating under a veil of ancient, dangerous magic that alters the very fabric of reality. Explore this forgotten realm, where survival meets strategy, engage in combat, crafting, and watch as your camp evolves into a thriving settlement. Along the way, you'll meet companions with unique stories, manage your grow… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Highreach.

44%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability

73% User Score Based on 11 reviews

Primage – a unique blend of survival, RPG, and strategic managementExplore a procedurally generated world set in the Stone Age. Develop your settlement, craft tools, fight for survival, and shape your character in a world full of challenges.Game World– Infinite, procedurally generated terrain with diverse biomes: forests, swamps, deserts, mountains, caves, and water areas – Dynamic day and night… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Primage.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

92% User Score Based on 64 reviews

In Oceaneers, a survival-crafting colony simulation game, you manage a group of stranded survivors in a flooded world where sci-fi meets palm trees. With sinking islands, and scarce resources, you’ll need to grow an island colony, recruit new survivors and protect them from dangers on both land and sea! SURVIVE ON FLOATING ISLANDSThe ocean is scattered with floating islands powered by Float-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Oceaneers.

56%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

60% User Score Based on 43 reviews

Plow, sow, and reap. Sounds familiar? Not this time. Ancient Farm may not be the first farming simulator but it’s the first one to take you back thousands of years into the past, to ancient times where technology wasn’t nearly as impressive as it is today, but humanity was just as hungry as always. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ancient Farm.

65%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

65% User Score Based on 57 reviews

The Aztecs — a mighty Mesoamerican civilization that thrived for over three centuries, ruling vast territories and forging one of the most awe-inspiring societies in human history. A people of vision and strength, steeped in rich traditions, powerful deities, and sacred rituals. You are Tlatoani, a divine Aztec leader, born to shape the destiny of your people. Construct and develop the majestic ci… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aztecs The Last Sun.

74%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability

74% User Score Based on 318 reviews

Construct a laboratory base full of machinery to cure zombies. Assign workers to gather and process resources, building up your economy. Defend against zombie attacks and convert them into your workforce. Research technologies to develop the final antidote and restore humanity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Zombie Cure Lab.

36%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, monetization

58% User Score Based on 12 reviews

  In Exile, you lead a band of displaced settlers, cast out into an unforgiving land where only resourcefulness and resilience will secure a future. It's your decisions—the paths you clear, the shelters you raise, the hope you kindle—that will determine whether this small village endures or fades into the wild.   Through each season, you’ll be the one deciding how your village survives, adapts,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Exile.

61%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding

72% User Score Based on 36 reviews

Discord Join our community on Discord to chat with the developers and other players! About the Game In a world of bunny societies, existence was shattered when an evil pharmaceutical company, known for its sinister experiments, bioengineered a virus that unleashed a catastrophic zombie outbreak. In the aftermath of the outbreak, you find yourself leading a group of survivors in a world where fl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Colony 2044.

5%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:replayability, atmosphere

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics

8% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Lost in Tropics: Immerse yourself in a survival adventure like no other, set against the backdrop of a richly detailed tropical island. "Lost in Tropics" tests your ability to adapt, overcome, and survive in a world where every playthrough brings new challenges and surprises. Stranded with nothing, your survival hinges on your ability to utilize the island's resources, face the unpredictable eleme… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost in Tropics.

92%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

92% User Score Based on 173 reviews

Skillwood is a survival simulator about resource foraging. Chop trees, mine stones, and skillfully level up your abilities to upgrade buildings with the gathered resources. Go through the continous progression by unlocking more areas and buildings. Controls: WASD / Arrow buttons - movement SPACEBAR - action (chop, mine or construct) LEFT SHIFT - run About game: Game revolves around resou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skillwood.

73%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

74% User Score Based on 1,898 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 5 reviews

From victuals to Vikings, lead your village and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions and enemy raids, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict. Skál! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Land of the Vikings.

46%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding

75% User Score Based on 12 reviews

Lead hunter-gatherers and give rise to human civilization in Jericho, the oldest city in the world. Gather resources, craft tools and build structures to protect villagers and make your city thrive. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rise of Jericho.

80%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization

80% User Score Based on 11,782 reviews

Enter the world of Eco, a fully simulated ecosystem bustling with thousands of growing plants and animals living their lives. Build, harvest, and take resources from an environment where your every action affects the world around you. An imminent meteor strike threatens global destruction. Can you save the world without destroying it in the process? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Eco.

71%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story

71% User Score Based on 410 reviews

This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe to face other races and even the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Goblins of Elderstone.

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.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

82% User Score Based on 6,304 reviews

Brave a new world If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stranded: Alien Dawn.

68%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story

68% User Score Based on 117 reviews

Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:music

78% User Score Based on 60 reviews

Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Last City.

78%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor

Most mentioned negative aspects:music, graphics

78% User Score Based on 166 reviews

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home! Key features: Guide your settlement from the stone age until the late ages. Hunt, craft useful tools, breed animals, plant crops Arrange the production of the necessary spare parts for the construction of a new time machine Trade with caravans If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Paleon.

82%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story

85% User Score Based on 66 reviews

Critic Score 74%Based on 2 reviews

The surface has become overrun with giant beasts and destructive vermin, leaving an uninhabitable world in their quake. Humans had to get creative and now… they live on the backs of dragons! Gather various materials, create new items, and develop your very own village in Drago Noka! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drago Noka.

72%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music

Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding

72% User Score Based on 156 reviews

The world doesn't generate itself - you do it, shape the world as you wish! Start with nothing, and build dream houses for goblins and yourself while exploring, collecting resources, crafting, building, fighting, farming... and more!Miniland is a game where you can do anything you want to! Of course you will still need to eat something from time to time, but beside that, there are no restricti… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Miniland.

63%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization

63% User Score Based on 2,382 reviews

Life is Feudal: Forest Village is RTS city builder game with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around. Become a leader of the newly arrived settlers and lead them to peace and prosperity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Life is Feudal: Forest Village.

79%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding

79% User Score Based on 454 reviews

Build your home, build your adventure! The Dwarves of the HammerHelm Clan dream of living above ground, under the sun and clouds. As their Champion, it is up to you to help them establish their home and guide them towards prosperity. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HammerHelm.

76%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay

Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability

81% User Score Based on 1,184 reviews

Critic Score 50%Based on 1 reviews

The Apocalypse is here. Demons all around. Now, it’s time to fight back! Build, manage and defend your base in a post apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation.