The Best Base-building colony Games for Playstation 5

Update : Bridges & Docks added at rank #6.
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Stranded: Alien Dawn (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Stranded: Alien Dawn drops you into an unknown alien world, where you'll lead survivors, build a high-tech outpost, and make tough decisions to survive. With engaging gameplay, a variety of planets, and a peaceful non-combat option, you'll experience a unique, unpredictable journey. But beware, time may slow and crafting can get repetitive in this thrilling survival sim.


What we like:
  • Engaging gameplay
  • Variety of planets and moons
  • Non-combat peaceful option
  • Customizable difficulty settings
  • Beautiful graphics
What could be improved:
  • Time can feel slow
  • Crafting becomes repetitive
  • Lack of depth in some systems
  • Requires internet connection to play

  • survival
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • management
  • crafting
  • colony
  • hunting
  • destruction
  • cooking

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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation (2018)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5

Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?


  • survival
  • colony
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • base
  • real-time
  • post-apocalyptic
  • management
  • crafting
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • sandbox
  • israeli

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Winter Games Challenge (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Faster, farther, higher! Fly like an eagle, perform spectacular dramatic half-pipe stunts and race down the ice track or across the slopes. Take on sporting challenges in eight action-packed winter sports disciplines.


  • cooperative
  • colony
  • sport
  • base-building
  • skating
  • scroller
  • tower-defense
  • skiing
  • simulation
  • medieval
  • pixel
  • snowboarding
  • local
  • 2d
  • survival

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Quriocity (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 j PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Quriocity is a sci-fi city builder game set on a bare alien planet very similar to Earth. Build and upgrade a wide variety of units to extract resources and provide services, such as maintenance, food production, education, entertainment and many more.


  • cluster-head
  • simulation
  • city-building
  • colony
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • building
  • strategy
  • mars
  • management
  • 3d
  • resource-management
  • survival
  • immersive
  • hard

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Cartel Tycoon (2021)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Build an empire of drug production and smuggling chains while managing rogue lieutenants, state authorities, and public opinion. Rival gangs, the DEA, the army, and even the CIA all threaten your growing business. When Capo dies, crown your successor, and build your empire from the ruins all over again.


  • empire
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • business
  • management
  • survival
  • agriculture
  • strategy
  • soundtrack
  • narrative
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • building
  • base-building
  • economy

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Bridges & Docks (2024)

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j Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 5

Build the island of your dreams - either by hand or using procedural generation tools. Create cozy islands while completing objectives to unlock new items & tools. Adjust the quantity of bridges, the maximum height of the terrain, and meticulously tweak configurations to create unique island worlds!


  • city-building
  • colony
  • god-game
  • building
  • procedural
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • minimalist
  • editor
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • level
  • stylized
  • base-building
  • medieval

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Flooded (2023)

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Playstation 4 Xbox Series X j Android Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.


  • city-building
  • real-time
  • time-management
  • colony
  • simulation
  • god-game
  • resource-management
  • immersive
  • management
  • building
  • isometric
  • pixel
  • strategy
  • base-building
  • clicker

8

Farworld Pioneers (2023)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op. Build and manage colonies on alien planets, and recruit AI survivors with unique personalities and skills. Craft, build, mine, farm, or get your electric death rifle and say hello to your neighbors.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • colony
  • cooperative
  • base-building
  • scroller
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • pvp
  • space
  • management
  • colourful
  • open-world
  • galactic
  • rimworld

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