PlayfeedGames like A Dark Cave
by Julian Bauer
Oxygen Not Included and IXION play most like A Dark Cave. Of the 18 closest games below, most share its colony sim, survival and base building.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Oxygen Not Included
Jul 30, 2019 · Klei Entertainment
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Side-view 2D sci-fi colony simulation survival, cartoonish 2D illustration. Building bases, managing resources and simulating systems.
Colony SimBase BuildingSurvivalResource ManagementBuildingSingleplayerManagement2DSandboxSimulation👍 135,475IXION
Dec 7, 2022 · Bulwark Studios
Both: Survival · Resource Management · Colony Sim
Top-down 3D sci-fi city-builder survival strategy. Building station infrastructure, managing population and exploring stellar maps.
SpaceCity BuilderStrategySurvivalResource ManagementColony SimBase BuildingBuildingSimulationExploration👍 15,322Incremental Town RPG
Sep 15, 2024 · Overaction Game Studio, ReiVax
Both: Idler · Incremental · Base Building
Side-view 2D fantasy incremental town management RPG, pixel graphics. Building and managing a village, resource management, crafting and combat.
CasualIndieIdlerIncrementalRPGSimulationBase BuildingResource ManagementColony SimPixel GraphicsGoing Medieval
Mar 17 · Foxy Voxel
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Isometric 3D medieval colony sim strategy, stylized voxel. Building settlements, managing settlers and defending against raiders.
Colony SimBase BuildingStrategyVoxelSurvivalManagementCity BuilderSingleplayerSandboxNature👍 17,054Odd Realm
Aug 16, 2024 · Unknown Origin Games Inc
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Resource Management
Top-down 2D fantasy colony sim and management, pixel art. Building a kingdom, managing resources and battling raiders.
Colony SimBase BuildingSimulationManagementResource ManagementStrategySandboxSurvivalProcedural GenerationBuilding👍 955Frostpunk
Apr 24, 2018 · 11 bit studios
Both: Survival · Resource Management · Colony Sim
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic society survival game, steampunk frozen world. City and society management, resource management, exploration.
City BuilderSurvivalResource ManagementStrategyPost-apocalypticSteampunkColony SimBuildingBase BuildingSingleplayer👍 114,568Hearth and Hamlet
Aug 19 · Phorust Studios
Both: Incremental · Base Building · Idler
Top-down 2D fantasy incremental citybuilder, medieval pixel art. Gather resources, construct buildings and manage policies.
IncrementalCity BuilderBase BuildingCasualManagementIdlerRelaxingResource ManagementSimulationBuilding👍 2,190Novo: The Colony
Oct 5 · Broken Future Games
Both: Colony Sim · Choices Matter · Base Building
Top-down 3D post-apocalyptic colony sim strategy, atmospheric painterly art. Building a colony, managing resources and sending survivors on missions.
StrategyColony SimStory RichChoices MatterMysteryBase BuildingResource ManagementTime ManagementSimulationManagementPlanetbase
Oct 15, 2015 · Madruga Works
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Top-down 3D sci-fi colony sim, city builder, realistic 3D. Building structures, managing resources and managing colonists.
Colony SimCity BuilderBase BuildingSpaceStrategySurvivalSimulationResource ManagementSci-fiSingleplayer👍 9,568Banished
Feb 18, 2014 · Shining Rock Software LLC
Both: Colony Sim · Survival · Resource Management
Isometric 3D historical city builder colony sim, realistic medieval. Building, resource management and managing townspeople.
City BuilderColony SimStrategySimulationSurvivalIndieSingleplayerSandboxMedievalResource Management👍 37,903Floodland
Nov 15, 2022 · Vile Monarch
Both: Colony Sim · Survival · Resource Management
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👍 927Colony Survival
Jun 16, 2017 · Pipliz
Both: Colony Sim · Survival · Base Building
Third-person 3D fantasy colony sim survival strategy, voxel art. Building, managing colonists and defending against monsters.
Colony SimSurvivalBase BuildingBuildingMultiplayerSandboxStrategyOpen WorldCity BuilderEarly Access👍 8,272Surviving Mars
Mar 15, 2018 · Haemimont Games, Abstraction
Both: Colony Sim · Survival · Base Building
Isometric 3D sci-fi city builder, retro-futuristic. Building colonies, resource management and researching breakthroughs.
Colony SimCity BuilderStrategySpaceSurvivalBase BuildingMarsSimulationSci-fiResource Management👍 17,417Dungeon Settlers
Sep 4 · CanOpener
Both: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Top-down 2D fantasy strategy colony sim dungeon crawler, pixel art. Building a settlement, dungeon crawling and managing resources.
Early AccessDungeon CrawlerStrategyColony SimManagementBase BuildingSurvivalSimulationMedievalCharacter Customization👍 1,383