Best Rated Colony Sim Games Under $40
The best rated Colony Sim games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1RimWorld240,69397.39%97.88%
- 2Oxygen Not Included140,81596.02%96.77%
- 3Cult of the Lamb124,19795.09%95.87%
- 4Timberborn39,88393.83%95.95%
- 5WorldBox - God Simulator54,75193.75%95.27%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 7Against the Storm36,13492.63%94.63%
- 8Dwarf Fortress31,10892.53%94.83%
- 9Frostpunk135,20292.22%92.72%
- 10SPORE71,48291.70%92.58%
- 11Kingdoms and Castles31,13791.56%93.54%
- 12Farm Together22,05191.38%94.09%
- 13Empires of the Undergrowth18,04991.18%94.39%
- 14ISLANDERS16,74991.06%94.45%
- 15Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 16Songs of Syx8,28089.80%95.12%
- 17Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,15289.60%91.21%
- 18Ostriv7,49889.59%95.04%
- 19Banished43,15689.47%90.41%
- 20Kingdom Two Crowns38,49389.24%90.24%
- 21Prison Architect73,41088.80%89.27%
- 22Colony Survival8,88288.56%92.13%
- 23The Wandering Village8,22488.33%91.90%
- 24Going Medieval20,96687.94%89.15%
- 25Kingdoms Reborn9,62387.91%90.53%
- 26Captain of Industry11,00687.90%90.18%
- 27Cattails | Become a Cat!2,67487.69%95.89%
- 28dotAGE2,62687.53%95.24%
- 29Cattails: Wildwood Story1,86487.29%97.48%
- 30Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 31Clanfolk3,88487.22%91.66%
- 32Reus 22,25387.17%94.58%
- 33Zeus + Poseidon1,93487.16%96.33%
- 34Factory Town4,44087.13%90.79%
- 35Plan B: Terraform3,52087.03%91.36%
- 36Autonauts4,93786.86%89.61%
- 37Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,55886.65%91.59%
- 38Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,65286.64%88.84%
- 39The Stronghold Collection5,65286.64%88.84%
- 40Fantasy Map Simulator4,06286.51%89.27%
- 41Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,12186.46%95.99%
- 42Stationeers9,04486.45%87.62%
- 43Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 44Dawn of Man17,73186.30%86.81%
- 45Foundation23,81486.16%86.49%
- 46Ratopia4,70586.11%87.63%
- 47Factory Town Idle1,21886.10%90.97%
- 48Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 49Echoes of the Plum Grove3,08685.96%87.78%
- 50Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,66785.93%87.55%
- 51Mind Over Magic4,38085.93%86.92%
- 52Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 53Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,27985.90%86.82%
- 54Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 55Regions Of Ruin4,62085.67%86.28%
- 56The Sushi Spinnery41185.67%92.46%
- 57Buggos1,37085.67%87.66%
- 58Space Haven10,70785.66%85.81%
- 59War for the Overworld8,06585.64%85.95%
- 60Screeps: World2,07785.59%86.52%
- 61Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,53785.57%86.73%
- 62Eden Crafters2,46485.57%85.84%
- 63Amazing Cultivation Simulator23,51985.57%85.59%
- 64Settlement Survival7,93385.55%85.62%
- 65Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,03685.50%86.05%
- 66Kingdom: New Lands12,26185.49%85.56%
- 67Academia : School Simulator3,03385.46%85.69%
- 68Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 69Fabledom7,54585.38%85.21%
- 70Knights and Merchants4,94585.32%85.18%
- 71Reshaping Mars83085.32%84.46%
- 72Northgard: Definitive Edition68,30285.31%85.30%
- 73High Sea Saga DX48785.25%82.34%
- 74They Are Billions50,97185.22%85.18%
- 75Sapiens2,12985.01%82.67%
- 76Stranded: Alien Dawn11,06984.96%84.48%
- 77The Guild II Renaissance4,05884.78%83.00%
- 78Spellcaster University4,26184.67%82.73%
- 79Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,25384.63%80.78%
- 80Anno 1404 - History Edition3,51884.61%82.40%
- 81Astro Colony2,59284.55%81.33%
- 82Founders' Fortune2,18084.55%80.18%
- 83Nebuchadnezzar1,80884.50%78.98%
- 84Love Tavern81484.50%73.59%
- 85Havendock1,90984.49%79.78%
- 86Ymir1,11384.42%75.74%
- 87Before We Leave1,70884.40%77.93%
- 88Drake Hollow1,79784.27%77.41%
- 89MEMORIAPOLIS1,76184.15%76.49%
- 90Becastled5,55384.15%81.90%
- 91Pioneers of Pagonia5,36184.10%81.70%
- 92New Cycle2,81984.09%79.46%
- 93Flotsam4,41084.01%80.61%
- 94One Hour One Life4,62283.79%80.10%
- 95Pure Farming 20181,70183.76%73.49%
- 96Norland10,00383.51%81.63%
