15 Best Games Like Timberborn

ByKristen Wood

Love Timberborn’s beaver-powered city-building and water-based survival mechanics? These games offer similar deep management and creative problem-solving. Enjoy!

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A complex Minecraft landscape featuring a bridge, waterfall, and large fire-lit structures amid hills and farmland.

There’s something ridiculously satisfying about watching a well-planned Timberborn settlement come to life. The way water management affects everything keeps me hooked. If you’re looking for more city-builders that reward strategy and creativity, check these out. Happy gaming!

1. Banished

Aerial view of a medieval village with stone and wooden buildings, a central marketplace with stalls, and smoke rising from chimneys.

A classic survival city-builder where you must keep your settlers alive through harsh seasons while managing food, water, and resources.
Available on: Steam, GOG

2. Against the Storm

A top-down view of a village in a video game, featuring various buildings and a menu displaying "Clan Hall" with options for crafting and religious activities.

A roguelite city-builder where you establish settlements in a world plagued by devastating storms. Each cycle brings new survival challenges.
Available on: Steam

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3. Surviving Mars

A digital game interface displays a Mars colony with a dome, structures, and pipes on a Martian landscape. Various icons and stats line the bottom of the screen.

Build a self-sustaining colony on Mars, carefully managing water, oxygen, and resources in a harsh, unpredictable environment.
Available on: Steam, Epic Games, Xbox, PlayStation

4. Oxygen Not Included

Cartoon miners with safety helmets and flashlights listen to music near large speakers in an underground setting, with pipes, ladders, and beds present.

A deep colony sim where managing water systems, oxygen supply, and heat is just as crucial as keeping your duplicants alive.
Available on: Steam

5. The Wandering Village

A colorful aerial view of a grid-based village in a game, featuring houses, fields, trees, and small figures walking around.

Construct a settlement on the back of a massive, moving creature while adapting to changing environments and balancing limited resources.
Available on: Steam, Xbox

6. Endzone – A World Apart

Aerial view of a small, rustic settlement near a lake, with various buildings, crops, and trees scattered throughout the landscape.

Set in a radioactive wasteland, this survival city-builder challenges you to manage food and water while shielding your people from radiation.
Available on: Steam, PlayStation, Xbox

7. Planetbase

A Mars colony with connected dome structures and stand-alone pods set in a rocky, desert landscape under a dusty sky.

Guide a space colony to survival by managing water, food, and air while building sustainable infrastructure.
Available on: Steam, Xbox, PlayStation

8. RimWorld

A farmyard scene with animals like horses, sheep, and chickens. Characters in hats are walking around, surrounded by wooden buildings and fences. Grass and plants are visible throughout.

A sandbox colony management game where careful planning and unexpected disasters make every playthrough unique.
Available on: Steam

9. Tropico 6

A scenic view of a tropical island city with buildings, roads, and surrounding hills, overlooking a bay with boats. The sky is overcast. Text in the image reads "Tropico 6 Alpha Version.

A city-builder with a focus on managing resources and infrastructure, where you shape an island nation while balancing economy and development.
Available on: Steam, Nintendo Switch, Kalypso Store, GOG, Xbox

10. Settlement Survival

A snowy medieval village at night with illuminated houses, animals, and fenced areas. A river runs nearby, surrounded by trees covered in snow.

Inspired by Banished, this city-builder features deep survival mechanics, food management, and seasonal challenges.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS

11. Dyson Sphere Program

A futuristic factory complex with intricate machinery and conveyor systems is set on a planet's surface, amid a vibrant blue sky and outer space backdrop.

A complex logistics and automation game where efficiency and resource management take center stage, appealing to Timberborn fans.
Available on: Steam, Xbox

12. Before We Leave

A winter-themed board game map with various structures, snowy terrain, and hexagonal tiles. The map includes buildings, pathways, and a furnace emitting smoke under a partly cloudy sky.

A peaceful city-builder where you rebuild a lost civilization and expand into new biomes while managing resources and sustainability.
Available on: Steam, Xbox, Epic Games

13. Farthest Frontier

A medieval town square with cobblestone paths, surrounded by half-timbered houses, a central statue, and gardens. Logo reads "Farthest Frontier" in the bottom right corner.

A survival-focused city-builder with farming, resource gathering, and harsh seasonal changes that impact colony growth.
Available on: Steam

14. Townscaper

Illustration of a stylized, intricate town with orange-roofed buildings, winding pathways, and small green spaces, set against a blue background.

More of a creative building sandbox than a survival game, but if you love Timberborn’s vertical structures, you’ll appreciate its organic city-building.
Available on: Steam, Android, iOS

15. Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Aerial view of a small town with multiple apartment buildings, a train on tracks, roads, and an industrial area emitting smoke in the background.

A complex city-builder focused on infrastructure and logistics, perfect for those who enjoy optimizing water flow and supply chains in Timberborn.
Available on: Steam

Kristen is a writer, photographer, cookbook author and avid cozy gamer. Her work has been featured in various publications including Forbes, The Associated Press, Elle, Pure Wow, Chicago Sun-Times, and Willow & Sage Magazine.

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