Games like Buoyancy
by Devs on a Boat
Buoyancy is a top-down 3D post-apocalyptic city builder strategy survival: building floating cities, managing resources and population, defending against pirates. Flotsam and Aquatico play most like Buoyancy. Of the 12 closest games below, most share its city builder, colony sim and survival.
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Closest matches
Flotsam
Dec 4, 2025 · Pajama Llama Games
Both: Base Building · Colony Sim · City Builder
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic colony sim city builder, colorful stylized cartoon. Building floating settlements, resource management and exploration.
Base BuildingColony SimSandboxCity BuilderResource ManagementAutomationSurvivalOpen WorldFarming SimReal-Time with Pause👍 4,323Aquatico
Jan 12, 2023 · Digital Reef Games
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Base Building
Top-down 3D sci-fi underwater survival city-builder. Building underwater cities, resource management and conducting expeditions.
City BuilderStrategyColony SimUnderwaterBuildingEconomyFuturisticManagementBase BuildingPost-apocalyptic👍 787Floodland
Nov 15, 2022 · Vile Monarch
Both: Post-apocalyptic · Colony Sim · Survival
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic colony sim, colorful stylized 3D. Building a colony, managing resources and exploring islands.
StrategyPost-apocalypticColony SimSurvivalCity BuilderExplorationResource ManagementChoices MatterPolitical SimCrafting👍 927Airborne Kingdom
Mar 7, 2022 · The Wandering Band LLC
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Resource Management
Isometric 3D fantasy sky city builder, vibrant and colorful. Building a floating city, exploring the skies and resource management.
City BuilderBase BuildingExplorationBuildingSingleplayerResource ManagementSandboxRelaxingSteampunkStrategy👍 2,109The Wandering Village
Jul 17, 2025 · Stray Fawn Studio
Both: City Builder · Post-apocalyptic · Colony Sim
Isometric 3D post-apocalyptic city builder survival management, stylized colorful 3D. Building a settlement, managing production chains and exploring biomes.
City BuilderManagementSimulationPost-apocalypticColony SimResource ManagementExplorationCuteSurvivalNature👍 7,752Against the Storm
Dec 8, 2023 · Eremite Games
Both: City Builder · Base Building · Resource Management
Top-down 3D fantasy roguelite city builder, stylized 3D. Building settlements, managing resources and upgrading meta-progression.
StrategyCity BuilderSimulationBase BuildingBuildingGrand StrategyManagementResource ManagementColony SimHistorical👍 33,367Frostpunk
Apr 24, 2018 · 11 bit studios
Both: City Builder · Survival · Resource Management
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic society survival game, steampunk frozen world. City and society management, resource management, exploration.
City BuilderSurvivalResource ManagementStrategyPost-apocalypticColony SimSteampunkBuildingBase BuildingSingleplayer👍 114,568New Cycle
Jan 18, 2024 · Core Engage
Both: City Builder · Survival · Colony Sim
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic city builder survival colony sim, realistic industrial. Building settlements, resource management and managing people's needs.
City BuilderStrategySurvivalBuildingColony SimPost-apocalypticRealisticSimulationBase BuildingTop-Down👍 2,607Endzone - A World Apart
Mar 18, 2021 · Gentlymad Studios
Both: City Builder · Survival · Post-apocalyptic
Isometric 3D post-apocalyptic city builder survival strategy, realistic gritty. Building settlements, managing resources and surviving environmental threats.
City BuilderSurvivalStrategyPost-apocalypticSimulationBase BuildingIndieColony SimBuildingSandbox👍 8,317Surviving the Aftermath
Nov 16, 2021 · Iceflake Studios
Both: Post-apocalyptic · City Builder · Survival
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic colony sim survival strategy, realistic gritty 3D. Building and managing a colony, exploring the wasteland, resource management.
StrategySimulationPost-apocalypticCity BuilderSurvivalColony SimBase BuildingBuildingSingleplayerManagement👍 3,195Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Base Building
Isometric 3D post-apocalyptic city builder colony sim, voxel lumberpunk. Building settlements, managing water resources and automating production.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,914