The Best Base-building colony Games for Playstation 5

Update : Winter Games Challenge added at rank #3.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Stranded: Alien Dawn drops you into an unknown alien world, where you'll lead survivors, build a high-tech outpost, and make tough decisions to survive. With engaging gameplay, a variety of planets, and a peaceful non-combat option, you'll experience a unique, unpredictable journey. But beware, time may slow and crafting can get repetitive in this thrilling survival sim.


What we like:
  • Engaging gameplay
  • Variety of planets and moons
  • Non-combat peaceful option
  • Customizable difficulty settings
  • Beautiful graphics
What could be improved:
  • Time can feel slow
  • Crafting becomes repetitive
  • Lack of depth in some systems
  • Requires internet connection to play

  • survival
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • management
  • crafting
  • colony
  • hunting
  • destruction
  • cooking

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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

3

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.


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

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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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Flooded (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X j Android Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.


  • city-building
  • real-time
  • time-management
  • colony
  • simulation
  • god-game
  • resource-management
  • immersive
  • management
  • building
  • isometric
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • base-building
  • clicker

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Farworld Pioneers (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • colony
  • cooperative
  • base-building
  • scroller
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • pvp
  • space
  • management
  • colourful
  • open-world
  • galactic
  • rimworld

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Ruinarch (2020)

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early access Nintendo Switch m PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Ruinarch is an evil overlord simulator with a focus on story generation. Take control of the narrative by spreading rumors, unleashing monsters, and creating chaos on an epic scale!


  • protagonist
  • god-game
  • colony
  • villain
  • base-building
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • politics
  • sandbox
  • city-building
  • humor
  • simulation
  • building
  • dark
  • medieval

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