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Best Colony Sim Games

Top 50 of 152 qualifying games — tagged Colony Sim (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 RimWorld (2018) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · 5M–10M owners · $34.99 98.0%210,517 reviews 2 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) (2013) Military · City Builder · Real Time Tactics · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 97.7%19,811 reviews 3 Cattails: Wildwood Story (2023) Cats · Life Sim · Farming Sim · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 97.7%1,538 reviews 4 Oxygen Not Included (2019) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 96.8%128,390 reviews 5 Songs of Syx (2020) Early Access · City Builder · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 96.2%5,822 reviews 6 Cult of the Lamb (2022) Base-Building · Cute · Action Roguelike · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 95.6%103,228 reviews 7 Timberborn (2026) City Builder · Voxel · Colony Sim · 1M–2M owners · $34.99 95.5%31,678 reviews 8 Zeus + Poseidon (2016) City Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 96.2%1,758 reviews 9 Stronghold HD (2012) (2013) Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $5.99 95.6%9,897 reviews 10 Cattails | Become a Cat! (2017) Cats · Life Sim · RPG · 20K–50K owners · $14.99 95.9%2,592 reviews 11 WorldBox - God Simulator (2021) Sandbox · God Game · Simulation · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 95.0%44,062 reviews 12 Against the Storm (2023) Strategy · City Builder · Simulation · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 95.0%31,412 reviews 13 Dwarf Fortress (2022) Dwarf · Colony Sim · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 94.9%28,579 reviews 14 dotAGE (2023) Resource Management · Turn-Based · Rogue-lite · 100K–200K owners · $17.59 95.5%2,371 reviews 15 Ostriv (2020) Early Access · Strategy · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 95.0%6,626 reviews 16 ISLANDERS (2019) Relaxing · City Builder · Strategy · 500K–1M owners · $4.99 94.6%16,316 reviews 17 Reus 2 (2024) God Game · Colony Sim · Puzzle · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 95.2%1,928 reviews 18 Empires of the Undergrowth (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 94.5%15,284 reviews 19 Farm Together (2018) Agriculture · Multiplayer · Simulation · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 94.2%21,728 reviews 20 My Singing Monsters (2021) Creature Collector · Simulation · Casual · 1M–2M owners · Free 93.9%41,701 reviews 21 Captain of Industry (2022) Base-Building · Automation · Resource Management · 200K–500K owners · $34.99 94.2%7,154 reviews 22 Kingdoms and Castles (2017) City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 93.4%29,715 reviews 23 Frostpunk (2018) City Builder · Survival · Resource Management · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 92.5%123,546 reviews 24 SPORE (2008) God Game · Open World · Sandbox · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 92.4%66,120 reviews 25 Colony Survival (2017) Colony Sim · Survival · Base-Building · 200K–500K owners · $24.95 91.9%8,394 reviews 26 Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic (2024) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 91.1%22,175 reviews 27 The Wandering Village (2025) Early Access · Building · Sandbox · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 91.2%5,986 reviews 28 Plan B: Terraform (2025) Early Access · Automation · Resource Management · 100K–200K owners · $15.99 91.5%2,425 reviews 29 Pharaoh + Cleopatra (2016) City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 91.5%2,435 reviews 30 Kingdom: Classic (2015) Free to Play · Strategy · Singleplayer · 2M–5M owners · Free 90.7%22,088 reviews 31 Kingdoms Reborn (2020) City Builder · Base-Building · Multiplayer · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 90.9%9,113 reviews 32 Banished (2014) City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 90.4%42,246 reviews 33 Clanfolk (2022) Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 91.1%3,108 reviews 34 Factory Town (2021) Automation · Base-Building · Resource Management · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 90.8%4,321 reviews 35 Factory Town Idle (2024) Casual · Idler · Minimalist · 100K–200K owners · $4.99 91.4%1,085 reviews 36 Going Medieval (2026) RPG · Early Access · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 89.9%18,506 reviews 37 Prison Architect (2015) Simulation · Building · Sandbox · 5M–10M owners · $29.99 89.1%72,330 reviews 38 Fantasy Map Simulator (2024) Early Access · God Game · Sandbox · 100K–200K owners · $7.99 90.0%2,818 reviews 39 Autonauts (2019) Simulation · Programming · Automation · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 89.5%4,785 reviews 40 Oxygen: First Breath (2022) Strategy · Base-Building · City Builder · 100K–200K owners · Free 89.8%1,594 reviews 41 Craft The World (2014) Dwarf · Colony Sim · Crafting · 500K–1M owners · $18.99 88.5%15,952 reviews 42 Stronghold 2: Steam Edition (2017) City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 88.8%5,246 reviews 43 The Stronghold Collection (2009) City Builder · Real Time Tactics · Medieval · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 88.8%5,246 reviews 44 Kingdom Two Crowns (2018) Tower Defense · Minimalist · City Builder · 2M–5M owners · $19.99 88.4%7,063 reviews 45 Unholy Heights (2013) Building · Colony Sim · Strategy · 100K–200K owners · $3.99 89.0%1,587 reviews 46 Rise to Ruins (2019) Tower Defense · Colony Sim · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 88.0%7,652 reviews 47 Mind Over Magic (2025) Survival · Colony Sim · Building · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 88.2%3,477 reviews 48 Pan'orama (2023) City Builder · Building · Relaxing · 100K–200K owners · $8.39 89.0%1,155 reviews 49 Echoes of the Plum Grove (2024) Cozy · Farming Sim · Casual · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 88.2%2,568 reviews 50 Ratopia (2025) Building · Colony Sim · Base-Building · 200K–500K owners · $22.00 87.6%3,795 reviews