Games like Idle Terra
Games like Idle Terra include Prison Architect, RimWorld, Oxygen Not Included, Kingdoms and Castles, and Manor Lords. We matched them by the tags players give Idle Terra on Steam (City Builder, Colony Sim, Sandbox, Building, and Management): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Prison Architect
Shared: Sandbox · Building · Colony Sim

RimWorld
Shared: Colony Sim · Sandbox · Base Building

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Building

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Management

Manor Lords
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Base Building

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Base Building

Cities: Skylines
Shared: City Builder · Building · Management

Against the Storm
Shared: City Builder · Building · Strategy

Timberborn
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox

Banished
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox

Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Base Building

Frostpunk
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Building

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Base Building

Foundation
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Management

Settlement Survival
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Building

Dyson Sphere Program
Shared: Building · Base Building · City Builder

Ostriv
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Cities: Skylines II
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Building

Norland
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Management

The Universim
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox

Jurassic World Evolution
Shared: Building · Management · Sandbox

Endzone - A World Apart
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Jurassic World Evolution 2
Shared: Building · Sandbox · Management