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Games like Exodus Borealis

2021PCSteam Deck playable91 % positive19.50 €

A blend of city building and tower defense where you guide shipwrecked colonists from scraping by to a thriving kingdom that must repel demon hordes.

Building and crafting
Economy and management
Deep systems to master
Fantasy setting

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Best alternative overall: Rise to Ruins 94% match – Building and crafting
Newest alternative: Cataclismo 90% match – released 2025

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Rise to Ruins

94 %Match

2014PCSteam Deck playable87 % positive13.99 €

A tough village builder where you act as a godlike force guiding settlers and defending against nightly monster waves. It blends resource management with 90s-style real-time strategy.

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Gnomoria

Building and crafting

A Dwarf Fortress-style colony management sandbox where you lead a small band of gnomes, dig deep, craft goods and defend your settlement as it grows into a kingdom.

A pixel-art colony simulation in a procedurally generated fantasy world where you guide settlers to build, explore and survive threats. Reminiscent of Dwarf Fortress but more approachable, with a quirky sense of humor.

Reignfall

Fantasy setting

Reignfall mixes real-time strategy and city-building with third-person action: you build up a settlement and personally fight to defend your keep against ever tougher waves of the fallen horde.

Cataclismo

Tactical depth

Cataclismo blends tower defense with real-time strategy: you build fortresses piece by piece and fend off waves of Horrors while reclaiming mist-shrouded ruins.

Dwarf Fortress

Building and crafting

You build and manage a dwarven fortress in a deeply simulated world where every dwarf has its own personality and every system interacts. Watch your civilization decline and use the lessons for your next attempt.

Kainga

Building and crafting

Kainga is a village builder set in an ancient fantasy world where climate, terrain, beasts and rival tribes shape your culture and technology. You must adapt your settlement wisely to survive.

Noble Fates

Building and crafting

A 3D fantasy colony sim in the vein of Dwarf Fortress, where you run a settlement of characters with their own opinions and memories. You build, farm, hunt and defend your realm, either from a top-down view or by taking direct third-person control.

Pyramida

Pure single-player experience

You grow a small town center in a desert landscape into a thriving village with farms, windmills and hunting. At night monsters lurk, so you have to keep your settlement safe.

Grim Realms

Fantasy setting

A side-scrolling pixel art colony sim where you keep a village alive against the undead. Resource management and survival take center stage in a bleak fantasy world.