Games like Colonize
If Colonize is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anno 1701 History Edition, Anno 1602 History Edition and Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its colonization depth feels unique, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Colonize: Colonize is a relaxing 17th-century city-builder. Establish a settlement in the New World, manage resources, and ensure your people thrive across three unique levels. No combat, just pure strategy and management in a peaceful isometric world. Build your legacy at your own pace!
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Steam players who put hours into Colonize also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Anno 1701 History Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Colonize.
Top pick for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Anno 1602 History Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Colonize.
Second-strongest match for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
Relive the beginnings of the Anno® series with Anno® 1602 History Edition, updated and optimized for current computers.
Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Colonize.
Third-strongest match for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
An intense real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy world of Orcs, Elves and Dragons. Kingdom Wars 2 combines the best of Zombie survival and crafting with complex fast-paced city building. Fight massive siege battles that turn beautiful landscapes into gory blood-soaked battlefields.
Here Comes The Swarm
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Colonize.
Ranked #4 for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Settlement Survival
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Colonize.
Ranked #5 for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.
From Glory To Goo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Colonize.
Ranked #6 for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Colonize.
Ranked #7 for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Gord
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Colonize.
Ranked #8 for Colonize fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Colonize at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Colonize on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Crime Scene Cleaner: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
When there’s a call, you are the man to clean up after your client’s dirty job. Siding with the mafia is a dangerous game, but they pay well, and you need money, right? So take your mop and better remove those bloodstains quickly before the police come.
Outpath: First Journey
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!
Lily's Well
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Colonize.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
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More from Rembrosoft
Other recommendable Steam games by Rembrosoft, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Property Tycoon
WHY THIS
Another title from Rembrosoft, the studio behind Colonize. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Property Tycoon gives you a unique chance to create your own real estate business. Buy devastated flats, houses and commercial premises all around the city. Renovate the acquired property, but first, look around and redesign the apartments so that they meet the requirements of future customers.
Colonize Prologue
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Colonize.
Another title from Rembrosoft, the studio behind Colonize. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Colonize.
Colonize Prologue is a combination of survival game and building strategy that takes place during the colonization period - the 17th century. It tells the story of a settlement in the new world and all the difficulties encountered by the early settlers.
House Master
WHY THIS
Another title from Rembrosoft, the studio behind Colonize. Shares Simulation with Colonize.
Have you ever dreamed of what it would be like to build your own house? Or maybe just your own gazebo, shed, or outdoor fireplace? What would it look like, and how much could it cost? The House Master will answer all these questions and more!
Frequently asked about Colonize
- Does Colonize run on Steam Deck?
- Colonize is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Colonize cost?
- Colonize is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Colonize?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Colonize are Anno 1701 History Edition, Anno 1602 History Edition, Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Colonize?
- Colonize was developed by Rembrosoft and published by CreativeForge Games.
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