Games like Founders' Fortune

A settlement simulation game where players design custom buildings, manage villager needs and emotions, and raise families. The core loop involves resource gathering, construction, and ensuring villager survival and happiness.

80% positive from 2,184 · 2020 · 3% finish it · Steam Deck Verified · Lowest ever $4.51 (2026-06-19)

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Six games like Founders' Fortune

Planetbase

80% positive from 10,359 reviews2015Deck Playable

Planetbase is a colony simulation game focused on resource management and survival. Players build and manage a self-sufficient base on a hostile alien planet.

What players likedPlayers praise Planetbase as a fun, chill space builder simulation with pretty graphics and a nice soundtrack.

The catchUncontrollable random events can wreck a thriving colony

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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Flotsam

81% positive from 4,450 reviews20258% finish itDeck Verified

A survival city-builder where you recycle ocean trash into a thriving floating town. Explore, rescue survivors, and research tech to create a sustainable, feel-good apocalypse.

What players likedFlotsam is a charming and relaxing city builder with unique ocean-based survival, exploration, and resource management.

The catchVillagers get stuck doing nothing, forcing constant saves and reloads to unstick them.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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Academia : School Simulator

86% positive from 3,037 reviews202115% finish itDeck Playable

School management sim where you lay out classrooms, labs and toilets, hire teachers by subject and degree, and keep students fed, clean and disciplined without blowing the budget.

The catchDepth runs out fast; once the school is built there is little left to manage.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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Sapiens

83% positive from 2,137 reviews2022Deck Unsupported

A civilization-building simulation game where players manage individual sapiens to research, gather, and build. It features cooperative multiplayer and procedural generation for a sandbox experience.

What players likedPlayers praise its unique, relaxing, and playable nature, offering plenty to do and advance, similar to other survival/crafting games.

The catchDevelopment has stalled and the dev moved on, leaving it unfinished in early access.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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Reus 2

95% positive from 1,477 reviews202429% finish itDeck Verified

Reus 2 is a god game where you shape worlds with elemental giants to foster human civilizations. Its core loop involves creating ecosystems and managing human development through strategic choices and emergent relationships.

What players likedReus 2 is a highly replayable God Game, improving on its predecessor with more freedom, less time pressure, and varied gameplay.

The catchIt is a shallow tile placement puzzle that shows everything it has within a few hours.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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Clanfolk

92% positive from 3,917 reviews2022Deck Playable

Clanfolk is a multi-generational settlement simulation game focused on survival and legacy building. Players manage a family's daily life, resource gathering, and crafting to endure harsh winters and grow their homestead.

What players likedClanfolk is a cozy, combat-free colony sim like RimWorld, praised for its deep survival, family management, and active developer.

The catchThe pace is a crawl, with long stretches of gathering before anything gets built.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, City Builder and Base-Building.

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More about Founders' Fortune

What players liked

Players praise its building, farming, and research, comparing it to The Sims for its village expansion and micromanagement.

The catch

Colonists ignore assigned jobs, wandering far off or starving next to food.

Reviews: 80% positive from 2,184
Released: 2020
Finish it: 3% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Verified
Price: Lowest ever $4.51 (2026-06-19)
Play: Single-player

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 80% positive, but with 2,184 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

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