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.
- 1RimWorld247,49997.47%97.85%
- 2Oxygen Not Included143,95395.97%96.72%
- 3Cult of the Lamb129,92395.12%95.89%
- 4Timberborn41,85293.89%95.97%
- 5WorldBox - God Simulator56,87093.82%95.33%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 7Against the Storm37,56492.49%94.44%
- 8Dwarf Fortress31,52692.44%94.74%
- 9Frostpunk137,55692.23%92.74%
- 10My Singing Monsters49,60092.12%93.52%
- 11SPORE72,78391.73%92.63%
- 12Kingdoms and Castles31,43891.54%93.57%
- 13Farm Together22,11991.30%94.07%
- 14Empires of the Undergrowth18,94591.19%94.36%
- 15ISLANDERS16,78890.99%94.44%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 17Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,40189.58%91.18%
- 18Songs of Syx9,28289.55%94.25%
- 19Ostriv7,68189.46%95.03%
- 20Banished43,35089.45%90.43%
- 21Kingdom Two Crowns39,84989.18%90.18%
- 22Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 23The Wandering Village8,49388.62%91.97%
- 24Colony Survival9,01488.47%92.11%
- 25Captain of Industry11,62987.94%90.31%
- 26Going Medieval21,45187.83%89.07%
- 27Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.75%90.38%
- 28Prison Architect74,93087.54%87.86%
- 29Cattails | Become a Cat!2,69387.44%95.84%
- 30Craft The World17,10087.43%88.40%
- 31Reus 22,31687.37%94.26%
- 32dotAGE2,68487.28%95.08%
- 33Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94687.18%97.43%
- 34Zeus + Poseidon1,97287.02%96.35%
- 35Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,77286.88%88.79%
- 36Factory Town4,48486.86%90.61%
- 37Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15686.86%96.19%
- 38Plan B: Terraform3,62986.78%91.18%
- 39Rise to Ruins7,76286.60%87.67%
- 40Autonauts4,96886.60%89.45%
- 41Stationeers9,29686.42%87.76%
- 42Fantasy Map Simulator4,35086.39%89.17%
- 43Clanfolk4,06286.39%91.61%
- 44Cliff Empire4,37986.24%87.30%
- 45Foundation24,26986.23%86.66%
- 46Dawn of Man17,85486.22%86.80%
- 47Ratopia4,89586.02%87.74%
- 48Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,58185.90%86.72%
- 49Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 50Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58785.78%91.65%
- 51Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 52Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73785.73%87.72%
- 53Reshaping Mars83385.66%84.27%
- 54Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,55685.62%86.59%
- 55Mind Over Magic4,48585.61%86.58%
- 56Factory Town Idle1,25885.61%90.86%
- 57Echoes of the Plum Grove3,14785.56%87.77%
- 58Buggos1,43685.52%87.88%
- 59War for the Overworld8,12985.52%85.93%
- 60Amazing Cultivation Simulator23,62285.49%85.62%
- 61Space Haven11,14685.49%85.76%
- 62Regions Of Ruin4,64985.47%86.08%
- 63Diplomacy is Not an Option12,69585.39%85.55%
- 64Screeps: World2,09885.39%86.37%
- 65Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.34%86.10%
- 66Kingdom: New Lands12,39985.26%85.32%
- 67Northgard: Definitive Edition68,76785.24%85.25%
- 68Knights and Merchants4,96185.19%85.20%
- 69Fabledom7,87685.18%85.17%
- 70They Are Billions51,47385.13%85.12%
- 71Settlement Survival8,09985.12%85.04%
- 72Eden Crafters2,68485.06%85.47%
- 73Oxygen: First Breath1,66684.93%88.96%
- 74Academia : School Simulator3,14684.87%83.88%
- 75High Sea Saga DX54084.79%81.85%
- 76The Guild II Renaissance4,22684.68%83.51%
- 77The Sushi Spinnery45784.64%92.78%
- 78Anno 1404 - History Edition3,61584.45%82.43%
- 79Spellcaster University4,30584.43%82.67%
- 80Stranded: Alien Dawn11,45184.39%83.70%
- 81Ymir1,11584.23%75.70%
- 82Garbage: Hobo Prophecy1,40184.18%72.81%
- 83Before We Leave1,73084.14%78.09%
- 84Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26684.10%80.71%
- 85Sapiens2,19484.08%80.54%
- 86Founders' Fortune2,18984.02%80.17%
- 87Havendock1,96284.02%79.26%
- 88Becastled5,62183.93%81.71%
- 89Pioneers of Pagonia5,50283.85%81.42%
- 90Drake Hollow1,80883.69%77.21%
- 91Flotsam4,62783.67%81.11%
- 92Republic of Pirates54383.60%71.45%
- 93New Cycle2,87583.60%79.20%
- 94Garbage1,21783.58%65.57%
- 95Astro Colony2,72583.47%80.55%
- 96Love Tavern82083.45%73.54%
- 97MEMORIAPOLIS1,80483.45%75.61%
- 98Nebuchadnezzar1,83783.44%78.93%
- 99One Hour One Life4,61983.40%79.54%
- 100Norland10,49583.36%81.63%
