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1991PC

You guide a black ant colony in a backyard, battling red ants, spiders and human hazards for food and territory. A classic blend of real-time strategy and nature simulation.

  • Resources and survival
  • Economy and management
  • Tactical depth
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In short: Games like SimAnt

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

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Horror Turn-based combat High difficulty Roguelike runs Shooter Pixel art Grind Survival PvP Open world Card game

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Oxygen Not Included

87 %Match

2019PC, Steam Deck verified96 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about SimAnt: scarce resources and survival, economy and management as well as tactical depth.

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.

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Gameplay comes before story

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Stacks TNT

Gameplay comes before story

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Timberborn

Tactical depth

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.

Ratopia

Resources and survival

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.

Carton

Resources and survival

You explore a world made entirely of cardboard, found your own town, and survive the seasons and nightly goblin raids. Eventually you assemble a warrior band and storm the goblin castle.

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