Games like LakeSide

24 picks · prices checked daily

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  Cataclismo

  2025 · PC

  Alternate history, colony sim

  Critics

  82

  Metacritic

  Players

  88%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $8.99was $29.99Historical low

  Best PC price · Steam

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  Grim Nights

  2018 · PC

  Medieval, base building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  87%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $1.49was $2.99−50%

  Best PC price · Steam

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  Rise to Ruins

  2014 · PC

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  87%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $14.99

  Best PC price · GOG

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  Oxygen Not Included

  2019 · PC

  Colony sim, base building

  Critics

  85

  Metacritic

  Players

  96%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~58h

  IGDB

  $7.49was $24.99Historical low

  Best PC price · Steam · $0.13/hr

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  Kingdom: New Lands

  2016 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS

  Colony sim, minimalist

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  86%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~20h

  IGDB

  $1.26was $14.99−92%

  Best PC price · GreenManGaming · $0.06/hr

  In PS Plus

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  Blacksmith Master

  2025 · PC

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  83%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $9.99was $19.99−50%

  Best PC price · GOG

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  Manor Lords

  2024 · PC · Xbox

  Diplomacy, colony sim

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  84%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~10h

  IGDB

  $25.99was $39.99−35%

  Best PC price · Nuuvem · $2.60/hr

  In Game Pass

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  Thronefall

  2024 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android

  Minimalist, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  96%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~13h

  IGDB

  $7.79was $12.99−40%

  Best PC price · Steam · $0.60/hr

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  Stacklands

  2022 · PC · Switch

  City building, management

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  96%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~11h

  IGDB

  $3.99was $7.99−50%

  Best PC price · Steam · $0.36/hr

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  HighFleet

  2021 · PC

  Diplomacy, survival

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  88%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $14.99was $29.99Historical low

  Best PC price · Steam

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  The Wandering Village

  2025 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  91%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $14.99was $29.99Historical low

  Best PC price · Steam

• 

  Land of the Vikings

  2023 · PC

  Mythology, colony sim

  Critics

  76

  Metacritic

  Players

  72%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $6.49was $25.99−75%

  Best PC price · GOG

• 

  Idle Slayer

  2020 · PC · iOS · Android

  Medieval, pixel art

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  84%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  Free

  Free to play

• Multiplayer

  Craft the World

  2014 · PC

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  88%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $4.74was $18.99−75%

  Best PC price · Steam

• 

  RimWorld

  2018 · PC

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  87

  Metacritic

  Players

  97%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $27.99was $34.99−20%

  Best PC price · GOG

• 

  Monsters Are Coming!

  2025 · PC · Xbox

  City building, base building

  Critics

  79

  Metacritic

  Players

  79%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $4.53was $8.99Historical low

  Best PC price · GreenManGaming

  In Game Pass

• 

  Ratopia

  2024 · PC · PS · Xbox

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  87%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~6h

  IGDB

  $16.50was $22−25%

  Best PC price · Steam · $2.75/hr

• Multiplayer

  Northgard

  2018 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android

  Colony sim, city building

  Critics

  81

  Metacritic

  Players

  85%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $9.79was $34.99−72%

  Best PC price · Steam

  In EA Play

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  The Ember Guardian

  2026 · PC

  Minimalist, city building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  82%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $13.99was $19.99−30%

  Best PC price · Steam

• Multiplayer

  Project Winter

  2019 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch

  Survival, strategy

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  84%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $4.49was $9.99−55%

  Best PC price · Steam

• Multiplayer

  Until We Die

  2021 · PC

  Colony sim, base building

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  62%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $16.99

  Best PC price · GOG

• 

  Lost Ruins

  2021 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch

  Side-scrolling, pixel art

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  86%

  Steam

  To beat

  ~9h

  IGDB

  $7.99was $19.99−60%

  Best PC price · GOG · $0.89/hr

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  Change: A Homeless Survival Experience

  2020 · PC · iOS · Android

  Management, relaxing

  Critics

  –unknown

  Players

  91%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $3.99was $19.99−80%

  Best PC price · Steam

• 

  Atom RPG

  2018 · PC · PS · Xbox · Switch · iOS · Android

  Alternate history, sandbox

  Critics

  70

  Metacritic

  Players

  84%

  Steam

  To beat

  –unknown

  $5.99was $14.99−60%

  Best PC price · Steam