The Best Base-building colony simulation Games - Page 5

Update : Manor Lords added at rank #25.
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Ixion (2022)

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PC Windows

IXION is a unique and engaging city-building survival game set in space where you manage a space ark while searching for a new hospitable planet. The game's innovative gameplay encourages exploration and introduces external risk factors such as space weather and sentient threats. The graphics and sound design add to the immersion, and the story is presented through unobtrusive recorded dialogue with great performances. With an overall excellent execution, IXION is a must-play for city-building lovers and fans of sci-fi genres.

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What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay that encourages exploration
  • External risk factors add excitement and challenge
  • Graphics and sound design are top-notch
  • Story presented through unobtrusive recorded dialogue with great performances
  • Overall excellent execution.
What could be improved:
  • Some fleet control challenges
  • Sheer amount of tasks, resources and responsibilities may be overwhelming
  • Regular crashes even on an upper mid-tier PC
  • Lack of tutorials may be a deal-breaker for some
  • Hard game, even experienced players may need to bump down the difficulty level.

  • city-building
  • survival
  • management
  • resource-management
  • colony
  • simulation
  • space
  • building
  • base-building
  • exploration

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One More Island (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

As the Queen's latest governor, build a colonial empire in Her name. Claim islands, collect their natural resources, build production chains, and turn a derelict outpost into a rebellious, bustling metropolis at the heart of a New World commercial empire!

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  • colony
  • city-building
  • base-building
  • building
  • simulation
  • economy
  • trading
  • top-down
  • management
  • exploration
  • ipad
  • survival
  • resource-management
  • 2d

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Planetbase (2015)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4

Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish a base on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, survive disasters and build a self-sufficient colony in a harsh and unforgiving environment.


  • city-building
  • simulation
  • colony
  • space
  • survival
  • management
  • robots
  • building
  • base-building
  • mars
  • strategy
  • trading
  • sci-fi
  • resource-management

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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation (2018)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?


  • survival
  • colony
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • base
  • real-time
  • post-apocalyptic
  • management
  • crafting
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • israeli

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Flotsam (2019)

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early access PC Windows

The floating garbage town survival game! Scavenge what precious garbage you can from the ocean's surface and grow your city while doing your best to survive in this colorful post-apocalyptic world.


  • colony
  • survival
  • building
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • management
  • sandbox
  • 3d
  • torn
  • stylized
  • family-friendly
  • open-world
  • exploration

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Winter Games Challenge (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Faster, farther, higher! Fly like an eagle, perform spectacular dramatic half-pipe stunts and race down the ice track or across the slopes. Take on sporting challenges in eight action-packed winter sports disciplines.

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  • cooperative
  • colony
  • sport
  • base-building
  • skating
  • scroller
  • tower-defense
  • skiing
  • simulation
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • snowboarding
  • local
  • 2d
  • survival

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Per Aspera (2020)

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PC Windows

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.


  • city-building
  • simulation
  • colony
  • science
  • mars
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • resource-management
  • automation
  • management
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • strategy
  • minimalist
  • sci-fi

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Cartel Tycoon (2021)

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Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X

Build an empire of drug production and smuggling chains while managing rogue lieutenants, state authorities, and public opinion. Rival gangs, the DEA, the army, and even the CIA all threaten your growing business. When Capo dies, crown your successor, and build your empire from the ruins all over again.


  • empire
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • business
  • management
  • survival
  • agriculture
  • strategy
  • soundtrack
  • narrative
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • building
  • base-building
  • economy

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Zombie Cure Lab (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Create the perfect lab in this challenging sandbox base builder and defend it from zombie attacks. Lead a team of scientists in curing the zombies and transform them into Human-Zombie hybrids. Gather resources, research new technologies and optimize your defense to overcome the apocalypse.


  • colony
  • moddable
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • resource-management
  • building
  • sandbox
  • cartoony
  • atmospheric
  • management
  • survival
  • tactical
  • strategy

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Hammerting (2021)

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PC Windows

Hammerting is a game about Dwarves living in a mountain cave, where players create and manage complex supply chains to arm their allies on the overworld and defeat their common enemy. The game involves turning the cubic chaos of mountainsides into a work of order and efficiency through investing in the Dwarves' well-being and building proper infrastructure. The game's RPG-lite elements give players a sense of wonder in exploring the deeper reaches of the mountain. However, the game suffers from AI tendencies that make it difficult to maintain long supply chains and careful resource management. Hammerting lacks the polish to grease the wheels of its impressive management hybrid, but it's worth playing for gamers who want something new and unusual.


What we like:
  • Variety of skills and buildings to master
  • Solid writing and interesting stories
  • Procedurally generated maps
  • Good dwarven society-building mechanic
  • Unique and unusual gameplay mechanic
What could be improved:
  • Difficulty in managing resources
  • Frustrating AI
  • Lackluster overworld missions
  • Poor optimization
  • Needs more fine-tuning

  • management
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • mining
  • automation
  • base-building
  • economy
  • lore
  • colony-building
  • exploration
  • building
  • inventory
  • procedural

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