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.
- 1RimWorld244,38597.35%97.85%
- 2Oxygen Not Included143,18295.96%96.73%
- 3Cult of the Lamb127,06795.08%95.88%
- 4Timberborn40,93793.81%95.98%
- 5WorldBox - God Simulator56,04793.76%95.33%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,01293.46%97.52%
- 7Against the Storm37,09992.45%94.47%
- 8Dwarf Fortress31,36592.41%94.79%
- 9Frostpunk136,77492.20%92.73%
- 10My Singing Monsters48,68792.06%93.53%
- 11SPORE72,39891.68%92.61%
- 12Kingdoms and Castles31,34591.47%93.56%
- 13Farm Together22,10291.23%94.08%
- 14Empires of the Undergrowth18,63291.08%94.38%
- 15ISLANDERS16,77590.89%94.43%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)10,41390.35%95.54%
- 17Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,84189.52%91.23%
- 18Songs of Syx9,06589.45%94.43%
- 19Banished43,25989.40%90.43%
- 20Kingdom Two Crowns39,27989.14%90.21%
- 21Ostriv7,58589.14%95.00%
- 22Kingdom: Classic22,67788.88%90.62%
- 23Prison Architect73,66788.73%89.25%
- 24Colony Survival8,96288.33%92.11%
- 25The Wandering Village8,39088.15%91.97%
- 26Going Medieval21,26987.80%89.14%
- 27Captain of Industry11,37887.77%90.25%
- 28Kingdoms Reborn9,69787.65%90.45%
- 29Craft The World17,03087.11%88.39%
- 30dotAGE2,67287.08%95.10%
- 31Cattails | Become a Cat!2,68787.05%95.83%
- 32Zeus + Poseidon1,95786.80%96.32%
- 33Cattails: Wildwood Story1,92486.75%97.51%
- 34Factory Town4,47286.71%90.68%
- 35Clanfolk4,01686.70%91.73%
- 36Reus 22,28686.51%94.49%
- 37Plan B: Terraform3,56986.39%91.17%
- 38Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,74386.36%88.84%
- 39The Stronghold Collection5,74386.36%88.84%
- 40Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57986.31%91.62%
- 41Autonauts4,94986.30%89.57%
- 42Fantasy Map Simulator4,24086.18%89.10%
- 43Rise to Ruins7,75686.15%87.71%
- 44Stationeers9,19686.15%87.73%
- 45Dawn of Man17,81086.13%86.81%
- 46Foundation24,04486.09%86.57%
- 47Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,14386.08%96.06%
- 48Ratopia4,81685.83%87.69%
- 49Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,29985.70%86.45%
- 50Cliff Empire4,36685.67%87.36%
- 51Factory Town Idle1,25385.56%90.90%
- 52Unholy Heights1,64385.55%89.29%
- 53Oxygen: First Breath1,66285.52%89.05%
- 54Buggos1,42885.51%87.96%
- 55Mind Over Magic4,45185.50%86.77%
- 56Echoes of the Plum Grove3,12585.42%87.78%
- 57War for the Overworld8,10285.38%85.93%
- 58Amazing Cultivation Simulator23,59085.34%85.61%
- 59Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,46985.33%86.78%
- 60Regions Of Ruin4,63385.33%86.16%
- 61Diplomacy is Not an Option12,45385.32%85.63%
- 62Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,71685.30%87.56%
- 63The Sushi Spinnery44385.27%92.78%
- 64Space Haven11,04585.24%85.75%
- 65Northgard: Definitive Edition68,60485.24%85.28%
- 66Kingdom: New Lands12,33085.23%85.47%
- 67Screeps: World2,08585.20%86.47%
- 68Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,56585.19%86.77%
- 69Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.13%86.04%
- 70They Are Billions51,28485.10%85.13%
- 71High Sea Saga DX52385.02%82.22%
- 72Settlement Survival8,02184.96%85.30%
- 73Academia : School Simulator3,06284.91%85.66%
- 74Fabledom7,72284.89%85.16%
- 75Reshaping Mars83284.89%84.25%
- 76Knights and Merchants4,94884.86%85.23%
- 77Eden Crafters2,60584.84%85.45%
- 78Stranded: Alien Dawn11,19984.51%84.35%
- 79The Guild II Renaissance4,18084.33%83.49%
- 80Anno 1404 - History Edition3,57684.27%82.41%
- 81Republic of Pirates52884.27%71.59%
- 82Sapiens2,15184.21%82.01%
- 83Spellcaster University4,29084.10%82.75%
- 84Love Tavern81784.07%73.44%
- 85Havendock1,93984.04%79.42%
- 86Ymir1,11584.00%75.61%
- 87Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26383.96%80.78%
- 88Founders' Fortune2,18783.88%80.20%
- 89Astro Colony2,68483.87%80.81%
- 90Nebuchadnezzar1,82483.79%78.89%
- 91Becastled5,58183.79%81.72%
- 92Before We Leave1,72283.72%78.11%
- 93Drake Hollow1,80783.56%77.31%
- 94New Cycle2,85783.51%79.42%
- 95Flotsam4,54583.51%80.92%
- 96Pioneers of Pagonia5,45583.50%81.32%
- 97MEMORIAPOLIS1,77583.39%76.11%
- 98Norland10,29983.25%81.60%
- 99Garbage: Hobo Prophecy1,40183.22%72.81%
- 100One Hour One Life4,66583.13%79.81%
