Games like Mind Over Magic
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Mind Over Magic is a colony sim set at the site of a cursed magic school. Build and optimize your own magical academy, train powerful Mages, and master mighty relics in order to battle through the Underschool, a mysterious underground dungeon that holds the key to liberation from a deadly curse.
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$24.99Spellcaster University
Jun 15 · Sneaky Yak Studio
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Develop a prestigious university of mages. Build rooms, train your students, fight orcs, slay the bureaucrats, manage your budget... a director's life is not a quiet one.
MagicSimulationColony SimBase BuildingManagementImmersive SimSingleplayerEconomyChoices Matter3D👍 3,424
$29.99Dwarf Fortress
Dec 6 · Bay 12 Games
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
DwarvesColony SimBase BuildingSimulationCity BuilderStrategySandboxManagementBuildingSurvival👍 29,308
-20%$27.99RimWorld
Oct 17 · Ludeon Studios
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalStrategyManagementSandboxSingleplayerModdableSimulationSci-fi👍 208,795
-80%$2.79Seeds of Resilience
Jun 13 · Subtle Games
Both: Colony Sim · Building · Survival
Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.
City BuilderColony SimBuildingSurvivalSandboxBase BuildingManagementEconomyNatureStrategy👍 257
$19.99Academia : School Simulator
Jan 28 · Squeaky Wheel Studio Inc
Both: Management · Colony Sim · Base Building
Design, build, and manage a high school with terrific teachers and fantastic facilities or simply let your students poop in the bushes? Academia : School Simulator is a management/tycoon game where you get to decide!
ManagementCity BuilderColony SimBase BuildingSimulationBuildingCapitalismEconomyStrategySandbox👍 2,844
-10%$4.49Gridmax
3 days ago · Dream Gears
Both: Base Building · Survival · Management
Gridmax is a tile-based survival and base-building game set in a strange alien world. Gather, craft, build, and explore at your own pace as you grow your team, establish homes across the grid, advance your technology, and search for a way home.
Base BuildingSurvivalManagementColony SimBuildingCraftingSandboxAutomationSimulation2D
-50%$9.99Kingdoms and Castles
Jul 20 · Lion Shield, LLC
Both: Colony Sim · Management · Building
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
City BuilderColony SimResource ManagementManagementSimulationStrategySandboxBuildingBase Building4X👍 30,316
-80%$4.99As Far As The Eye
Sep 10 · Unexpected
Both: Building · Colony Sim · Survival
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?
StrategyBuildingColony SimCity BuilderTurn-Based StrategyTabletopSandboxSingleplayerSurvivalHex Grid👍 1,642
$19.99Odd Realm
Aug 16 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955
$18.99Craft The World
Nov 24 · Dekovir Entertainment, Sibear Games
Both: Colony Sim · Crafting · Building
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
DwarvesColony SimCraftingSandboxBuildingSurvivalOpen WorldStrategyIndieSimulation👍 15,074
$9.99Castle Story
Aug 17 · Sauropod Studio
Both: Colony Sim · Building · Survival
Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little creatures called Bricktrons. Design and build your own castles, expand your territory in a vast landscape and defend your Bricktrons against onslaughts of hostile creatures.
Colony SimStrategyBuildingSandboxMultiplayerSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftIndieTower DefenseSingleplayer👍 9,281
$19.99Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival
Jul 27 · Tbjbu2
Both: Survival · Base Building · Crafting
TIME TRAVEL through history to BECOME GOD 🚀 Ride dinosaurs, forge tools, sail dunes, build a colony, siege castles, automate and fly, mine underground, launch to the moon, build a dyson sphere! An insane, unforgettable and revolutionary survival crafting base building open world adventure.
SurvivalBase BuildingCraftingAdventureAutomationOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationColony SimAction-Adventure👍 807
$24.99Noble Fates
Dec 14 · Xobermon, LLC
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Early AccessColony SimCity BuilderSandboxCharacter CustomizationBase BuildingStrategy3DTop-DownManagement👍 1,385
$14.99Solace Crafting
Aug 1 · Big Kitty Games
Both: Survival · Crafting · Base Building
Embark on an adventure set in a fantasy survival RPG. Visit a borderless, open world where you manage resources to construct your base and new types of equipment to support your conquest.
SurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCraftingMultiplayerOpen WorldRPGBase BuildingOnline Co-OpBuildingSandbox👍 830
$34.99Pioneers of Pagonia
Dec 11 · Envision Entertainment
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
StrategyResource ManagementColony SimOnline Co-OpFantasyBase BuildingCity BuilderManagementProcedural GenerationPvE👍 4,794
$24.99Len's Island
Jun 19 · Flow Studio
Both: Survival · Building · Crafting
An open-world survival crafting game for 1–8 players, blending intense dungeon crawling and ARPG combat with peaceful farming and creative building. Take on quests and explore a vast, procedurally-generated world full of danger and discovery.
Open World Survival CraftSurvivalFarmingBuildingDungeon CrawlerOpen WorldNatureCraftingSandboxExploration👍 5,936
$11.99Rogue AI Simulator
Jan 11 · Nerdook Productions
Both: Base Building · Colony Sim · Building
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
SimulationResource ManagementArtificial IntelligencePolitical SimGod GameBase BuildingColony SimRPGBuildingManagement👍 364
$24.99Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Nov 24 · GSQ Games
Both: Colony Sim · Survival
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
SimulationMartial ArtsRPGSandboxStrategyMythologyXianxiaColony SimSurvivalWuxia👍 19,113
$19.99Potion Tycoon
Oct 4 · Snowhound Games
Both: Management · Building
Potion Tycoon is a management simulator with a witchy twist! Build and develop your very own magic shop. Manage resources, set up production lines, mix potions and sell them smartly to stay ahead of the competition. Welcome to the potion business!
ManagementSimulationBuildingSandboxShop KeeperStrategyMagicEconomyAutomationResource Management👍 629
$19.99Life is Feudal: Your Own
Nov 17 · Bitbox Ltd.
Both: Survival · Crafting · Building
Hardcore and realistic; LiF is a Medieval multiplayer sandbox RPG, with free terraforming, a rich crafting system and preset and modular building construction. With engaging survival aspects, no target physics-based combat and a unique formation system - along with numerous other features - LiF is not for the faint of heart!
Open World Survival CraftMedievalOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingSandboxBuildingMultiplayerRPGSimulation👍 8,805
$29.99War for the Overworld
Apr 2 · Brightrock Games
Both: Base Building · Management
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
CultBase BuildingDungeon CrawlerSandboxManagementDark ComedyOld SchoolSimulationGod GameStrategy👍 6,495
$29.99SpellForce: Conquest of Eo
Feb 3 · Owned by Gravity
Both: Tactical RPG · Crafting
On a journey to great magical might, explore and control the lands of Eo in this ever-changing turn-based strategy role-playing game. Field armies and heroes in tactical combat, finish hundreds of quests, and gather spells and artefacts to become the most powerful mage of all.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGGrand StrategyStrategy RPG3DFantasyTop-DownCrafting👍 2,149
$19.99Sorcerer King: Rivals
Sep 22 · Stardock Entertainment
Both: Tactical RPG · Building
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
4XTactical RPGGrand StrategySandboxPvETurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGBuildingCharacter Customization👍 255
$24.99AutoForge
Mar 27 · Siege Games
Both: Base Building · Crafting · Building
A 2D automation sandbox adventure. Build an automated factory with Mana-powered machines, progress through an expansive tech tree, explore a vast and wonderful world, upgrade yourself with ancient technologies, and defend it all from invasions.
Early AccessAutomationResource ManagementBase BuildingSandboxCraftingBuildingProcedural GenerationExplorationMultiplayer👍 439
-60%$7.99Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator
Dec 13 · niceplay games
Both: Crafting · Management
Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you.
CraftingSingleplayerRelaxingSimulationMedievalManagementIndie2DResource ManagementSandbox👍 37,896
$24.99One Military Camp
Jul 20 · Abylight Barcelona
Both: Management · Base Building · Building
Build your own military camp, manage the economy, recruit the best candidates and train them to become elite specialists. Send them on missions across the land to end the war once and for all!
SingleplayerManagementBase BuildingCity BuilderResource ManagementSimulationSandboxEconomyBuildingStrategy👍 684
$4.99Block Story™
Dec 10 · Big Cube Interactive, LLC
Both: Crafting · Dragons · Survival
There isn’t much better than a wide open game world in which you have essentially no limits and can alter the very landscape in which you play – that is, unless you add dragons, of course…
RPGAdventureOpen World Survival CraftSandboxActionCraftingOpen WorldIndieDragonsSurvival👍 1,944
$9.99Blockscape
Jul 3 · ioneo
Both: Survival · Crafting · Building
The ultimate block building game. Start with nothing and build an empire. Smooth voxel worlds, settlers, crafting, vehicles, and Steam multiplayer. Survival or Just Build — every item in your inventory is also a building block.
Open World Survival CraftSandboxOpen WorldSurvivalCraftingBuildingIndieMultiplayerSimulationCasual👍 727
$4.99Towns
Nov 7 · Xavi Canal, Ben Palgi
Both: Crafting · Survival · Building
The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
City BuilderIndieSandboxSimulationStrategyCraftingSingleplayerRPGSurvivalBuilding👍 2,400
$5.99Magic Research 2
May 21 · Maticolotto
Both: Management · Crafting
Welcome to Magic Research 2, an incremental RPG from the creator of Magic Research. Learn countless spells, face powerful foes, and command a team of Wizards who can cast spells for you as you journey to find or create the Philosopher's Stone.
Auto BattlerIdlerText-BasedAutomationRPGMagicFantasyManagementIncrementalCrafting👍 610
$12.99Island Market Simulator
Sep 3 · Zentium Studio
Both: Management · Building
Team up with your friends and build a thriving trade empire in this CO-OP strategy and economy simulation set on a lively island. Begin with a small market, share tasks, manage production chains, raise livestock, and dominate the economy together through changing seasons and dynamic festivals!
SimulationOnline Co-OpManagementCasualMultiplayerLife SimStrategyEconomyBuildingSingleplayer👍 171
$19.99Driftland: The Magic Revival
Apr 18 · Star Drifters
Both: Management · Survival
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
RTS4XGod GameGrand StrategyCity BuilderEconomyManagementSurvivalStrategyTop-Down👍 1,440
-90%$4.99Gord
Aug 17 · Covenant.dev
Both: Colony Sim · Survival
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.
AdventureColony SimDark FantasyAtmosphericSurvivalStrategyRTSMythologyAction-AdventureCity Builder👍 809
$39.99Master of Magic
Dec 13 · MuHa Games, Eerie Forest Studio
Both: Tactical RPG
Take up the role of a great wizard, wield powerful spells, command fantasy races and challenge your rivals in this remake of a cult turn-based strategy classic. Do you have what it takes to become Master of Magic?
Turn-Based CombatStrategy4XStrategy RPGTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGFantasyTurn-Based Tactics3DDark Fantasy👍 1,023

