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2024PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Steam Deck playable87 % positive21.50 €

Ratopia blends colony and city building with survival: as a rat ruler you dig into a subterranean world, manage your citizens and build a working economy. The cute pixel-art look keeps the management approachable and charming.

  • Economy and management
  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Resources and survival

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In short: Games like Ratopia

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Ratopia special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Craft the World

91 %Match

2014PC, Steam Deck playable88 % positive18.49 €

Brings what grabs you about Ratopia: a sandbox with your own goals, building and crafting as well as economy and management.

A 2D sandbox blend of Terraria and Dungeon Keeper: you direct a band of dwarves, build fortresses, gather resources and craft gear while exploring a randomly generated world and fending off monsters.

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Odd Realm

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Apico

Pixel art

Apico is a relaxed pixel-art beekeeping sim where you breed bees with different traits, gather resources, build up your home and explore colorful lands. Its blend of genetics tinkering and cozy crafting sets it apart.

Forager

Pixel art

Forager is a relaxed 2D gathering and crafting game where you grow a tiny island into a sprawling realm piece by piece. Constant unlocks of skills, lands, puzzles and dungeons make the harvest-and-expand loop wonderfully addictive.

Dwarf Fortress

Sandbox with your own goals

An immensely deep simulation where you build and manage a dwarven fortress or roam a procedurally generated, persistent world as an adventurer. Its interlocking systems produce chaotic, memorable stories, though the learning curve is notoriously steep.

Gnomoria

Sandbox with your own goals

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.

Whiskerwood

Cosy, great for unwinding

A city builder where you guide a colony of mice under the rule of cat overlords, managing intricate production chains within the classic cat-and-mouse rivalry.

Oxygen Not Included

Resources and survival

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

Timberborn

Economy and management

You build a beaver colony in a world abandoned by humans, managing water physics, droughts and vertical architecture. It blends charming city-building with tricky logistics puzzles.

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