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

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Oxygen Not Included

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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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Banished

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A calm yet unforgiving city builder where you guide a band of exiles through harsh winters. You have to balance food, firewood and population growth carefully, or the whole settlement collapses.

Timberborn

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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.

The Caribbean Sail

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You sail across the Atlantic in a retro 8-bit world, managing your ship, supplies and crew through hazards and random events. Inspired by The Oregon Trail, it thrives on tight decisions made along the way.

Ratopia

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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.

Surviving Mars

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A city builder where you found a Mars colony and keep it alive with domes, drones and careful resource management. The appeal lies in planning supply chains and surviving hostile conditions.

Rise to Ruins

  • Systems like SimAnt

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.

Clanfolk

  • Systems like SimAnt

A colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands where you guide your clan through harsh winters, trade with neighbours and raise families across generations.

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