Games like Ratopia

A colony builder where every rat citizen holds their own money, so you set jobs, services, taxes and policies to keep the economy running while expeditions dig into old ruins.

88% positive from 4,722 · 2025 · 1% finish it · Steam Deck Playable · $22.00 $16.50 -25% · Lowest ever $14.99 (2024-11-09)

Building Colony Sim Base-BuildingSurvivalDifficultStrategy

Six games like Ratopia

Colony Survival

92% positive from 8,905 reviews20174% finish itDeck Verified

Colony Survival is a 3D survival strategy game where you build and defend a colony against monster invasions. Its core loop involves resource management, tech advancement, and pathfinding for colonists and enemies.

What players likedPlayers praise this Minecraft-like colony survival game for its extensive content, co-op, and continued development.

The catchIt plays like a rougher, less polished Minecraft that is still unfinished years on.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, Base-Building and Survival.

Games like Colony Survival →

Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

81% positive from 2,257 reviews20184% finish itDeck Playable

Colony simulation with tactical combat. Gather resources, build a base, research tech, and fight demons.

The catchCombat is shallow and repetitive, becoming a chore that drags the base building down.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, Base-Building and Survival.

Games like Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation →

Stardeus

87% positive from 1,542 reviews20228% finish itDeck Verified

A complex colony simulation where you manage drones and humans on a starship, repairing and exploring a procedurally generated universe. It focuses on survival, resource management, and emergent storytelling.

What players likedPlayers praise Stardeus as a deep, evolving "Rimworld in space" colony sim with a responsive developer and improved UI.

The catchProgress crawls, with long stretches spent waiting on slow mining and grindy research.

Both are tagged Colony Sim, Base-Building and Survival.

Games like Stardeus →

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, Base-Building and Strategy.

Games like Flotsam →

Spellcaster University

83% positive from 4,269 reviews202169% finish itDeck Playable

A fantasy management simulation where you build and run a magic university using a card-based deck system. Manage resources, students, and teachers while facing external threats.

What players likedPlayers praise this addictive base-building and deck-building game, comparing it to Theme Hospital and colony games.

The catchLimited control and decisions that often feel inconsequential

Both are tagged Colony Sim, Base-Building and Strategy.

Games like Spellcaster University →

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, Base-Building and Strategy.

Games like Clanfolk →

More like this: Colony Sim Base-Building Building Difficult

More about Ratopia

What players liked

Players praise Ratopia as a unique colony management sim, akin to ONI and Rimworld, with deep economic simulation and character control.

The catch

Managing the colony through a single walking rat avatar turns into tedious busywork.

Reviews: 88% positive from 4,722
Released: 2025
Finish it: 1% of players
Steam Deck: Steam Deck Playable
Price: $22.00 $16.50 -25% · Lowest ever $14.99 (2024-11-09)
Play: Single-playerFull controller support

It is here because it sits in the band this site looks at: well reviewed at 88% positive, but with 4,722 reviews, far fewer than the household names carry.

View Ratopia on Steam

Or skip the lists entirely.

Describe what you feel like playing

This page was built automatically from stored Steam data. How these pages are made.