Games like Wild West Pioneers
by EmpireCraft Studios
Settlement Survival and Banished play most like Wild West Pioneers. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its city builder, colony sim and sandbox; 5 came out in the last year and 7 are free or under $10. The best known is Frostpunk, with 114,568 Steam reviews.
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Closest matches
Settlement Survival
Oct 24, 2022 · Gleamer Studio
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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.
City BuilderBuildingColony SimSurvivalManagementSimulationSandboxExplorationStrategyResource Management👍 7,712Banished
Feb 18, 2014 · Shining Rock Software LLC
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationSurvivalIndieSingleplayerSandboxMedievalResource Management👍 37,903Depraved
Sep 21, 2019 · Evil Bite
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim
Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.
City BuilderColony SimBuildingManagementEconomyMedievalBase BuildingOpen WorldSurvivalRTS👍 1,130Dawn of Man
Mar 1, 2019 · Madruga Works
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
City BuilderColony SimSurvivalStrategySimulationHistoricalSandboxSingleplayerOpen WorldEconomy👍 17,107Farthest Frontier
Oct 23, 2025 · Crate Entertainment
Both: City Builder · 4X · Colony Sim
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
BuildingCity BuilderStrategyMedievalResource ManagementAgricultureEconomyHistorical4XColony Sim👍 24,491Union Of Rivals
Aug 24 · 2Play
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
A deep colony sim and city builder. Manage resources and production chains to build the railroad from East to West. Found towns, harvest and refine the goods that fuel the line, then persuade or outlast the settlements in your path. Every citizen has a name, a trait, and a breaking point.
Early AccessColony SimCity BuilderSandboxResource ManagementManagementStrategyProcedural GenerationBase BuildingEconomyKingdoms and Castles
Jul 20, 2017 · Lion Shield, LLC
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
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 BuildingEconomy👍 30,337Stonehearth
Jul 25, 2018 · Radiant Entertainment
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
Colony SimCity BuilderBuildingSandboxSurvivalStrategySimulationCraftingVoxelEarly Access👍 10,653Make Your Kingdom
Jan 20, 2022 · yo_serjio
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Make Your Kingdom is a city-building game unique to its genre. Play as a founder of the settlement — help build your kingdom, carry the resources, talk to other settlers, motivate them and fight off hordes of orcs with your own sword!
City BuilderBuildingManagementSurvivalColony SimSimulationBase BuildingSandboxEconomyStrategy👍 165IXION
Dec 7, 2022 · Bulwark Studios
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Exploration
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
SpaceCity BuilderStrategySurvivalResource ManagementColony SimBase BuildingBuildingSimulationExploration👍 15,322The Universim
Jan 22, 2024 · Crytivo
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Jump straight into managing your own planets as you guide a civilization through the ages. Build the ultimate empire in The Universim, a new breed of God Game in development by Crytivo.
City BuilderColony SimGod GameSandboxBuildingSurvivalManagementSpaceStrategySimulation👍 8,471Oxygen
Apr 7, 2023 · Turquoise Revival Games
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!
StrategyCity BuilderBase BuildingSimulationSurvivalResource ManagementColony SimSandbox3DRealistic👍 834Going Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,054Frostpunk
Apr 24, 2018 · 11 bit studios
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
City BuilderSurvivalResource ManagementStrategyPost-apocalypticSteampunkColony SimBuildingBase BuildingSingleplayer👍 114,568Airborne Empire
Apr 17 · The Wandering Band LLC
Both: City Builder · Exploration · Colony Sim
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
City BuilderOpen WorldRPGResource ManagementExplorationCasualColony SimFamily FriendlyStrategySandbox👍 866Timberborn
Mar 12 · Mechanistry
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
City BuilderColony SimVoxelSandboxAutomationBuildingNatureManagementBase BuildingSurvival👍 38,914Fabledom
May 13, 2024 · Grenaa Games
Both: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
City BuilderColony SimRelaxingSandboxEconomyDiplomacySimulationFantasyRomanceCartoony👍 6,781Noble Fates
Dec 14, 2021 · Xobermon, LLC
Both: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
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👍 1,387
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