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.
- 1RimWorld243,59797.37%97.86%
- 2Oxygen Not Included142,86096.00%96.74%
- 3Cult of the Lamb126,65495.12%95.88%
- 4Timberborn40,69893.90%95.98%
- 5WorldBox - God Simulator55,75593.81%95.31%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,98693.63%97.53%
- 7Against the Storm36,94992.57%94.49%
- 8Dwarf Fortress31,30292.53%94.79%
- 9Frostpunk136,38792.23%92.73%
- 10My Singing Monsters48,47892.14%93.52%
- 11SPORE72,24191.73%92.60%
- 12Kingdoms and Castles31,28991.59%93.55%
- 13Farm Together22,09491.39%94.08%
- 14Empires of the Undergrowth18,51691.25%94.38%
- 15ISLANDERS16,77691.08%94.43%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)10,41190.60%95.54%
- 17Songs of Syx8,97389.72%94.47%
- 18Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic26,69489.64%91.21%
- 19Ostriv7,56589.56%94.99%
- 20Banished43,22789.49%90.42%
- 21Kingdom Two Crowns39,13389.25%90.22%
- 22Kingdom: Classic22,64989.05%90.64%
- 23Prison Architect73,62088.80%89.26%
- 24Colony Survival8,95088.59%92.10%
- 25The Wandering Village8,35788.41%91.96%
- 26Captain of Industry11,28587.98%90.23%
- 27Going Medieval21,19687.96%89.14%
- 28Kingdoms Reborn9,68487.92%90.47%
- 29Cattails | Become a Cat!2,68687.66%95.87%
- 30dotAGE2,66787.48%95.09%
- 31Cattails: Wildwood Story1,91487.39%97.49%
- 32Clanfolk3,98987.23%91.68%
- 33Zeus + Poseidon1,95187.23%96.31%
- 34Reus 22,28387.14%94.52%
- 35Craft The World17,00987.11%88.36%
- 36Factory Town4,46787.06%90.66%
- 37Plan B: Terraform3,56186.95%91.15%
- 38Autonauts4,94786.82%89.57%
- 39Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,57386.71%91.61%
- 40The Stronghold Collection5,72886.69%88.84%
- 41Stationeers9,16386.54%87.72%
- 42Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,13886.54%96.05%
- 43Fantasy Map Simulator4,19886.51%89.04%
- 44Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,72586.39%88.86%
- 45Dawn of Man17,79386.31%86.80%
- 46Foundation23,97586.21%86.53%
- 47Ratopia4,76286.21%87.80%
- 48Rise to Ruins7,75686.17%87.71%
- 49Echoes of the Plum Grove3,11586.00%87.77%
- 50Oxygen: First Breath1,66185.97%89.10%
- 51Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,26585.96%86.45%
- 52Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,71085.91%87.60%
- 53Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,43985.87%86.82%
- 54Mind Over Magic4,44385.85%86.74%
- 55Cliff Empire4,36785.70%87.36%
- 56Space Haven10,99485.64%85.81%
- 57Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,55885.63%86.78%
- 58Factory Town Idle1,24585.63%90.84%
- 59Unholy Heights1,64285.59%89.28%
- 60Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,04285.55%86.04%
- 61Amazing Cultivation Simulator23,57885.55%85.59%
- 62Academia : School Simulator3,05085.50%85.67%
- 63Kingdom: New Lands12,31385.50%85.54%
- 64Eden Crafters2,58885.45%85.43%
- 65Regions Of Ruin4,62985.44%86.17%
- 66Settlement Survival8,00785.41%85.36%
- 67War for the Overworld8,09285.40%85.92%
- 68Knights and Merchants4,95585.38%85.23%
- 69Reshaping Mars83085.37%84.34%
- 70Buggos1,42185.34%87.90%
- 71Diplomacy is Not an Option12,37785.33%85.61%
- 72Fabledom7,69785.32%85.15%
- 73Northgard: Definitive Edition68,54385.31%85.29%
- 74The Sushi Spinnery43885.30%92.69%
- 75Screeps: World2,08185.24%86.50%
- 76They Are Billions51,22085.19%85.14%
- 77Stranded: Alien Dawn11,16084.89%84.39%
- 78Sapiens2,14984.88%82.22%
- 79The Guild II Renaissance4,16984.88%83.50%
- 80High Sea Saga DX51684.84%82.17%
- 81Anno 1404 - History Edition3,56684.66%82.45%
- 82Spellcaster University4,28484.65%82.77%
- 83Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26284.59%80.77%
- 84Founders' Fortune2,18884.50%80.16%
- 85Astro Colony2,67184.48%80.83%
- 86Havendock1,93584.47%79.38%
- 87Ymir1,11584.47%75.61%
- 88Nebuchadnezzar1,82284.44%78.87%
- 89Before We Leave1,72284.37%78.11%
- 90Republic of Pirates51984.33%71.87%
- 91Drake Hollow1,80584.20%77.29%
- 92New Cycle2,84584.14%79.51%
- 93Love Tavern81584.12%73.62%
- 94MEMORIAPOLIS1,77684.05%76.18%
- 95Flotsam4,51484.02%80.86%
- 96Pioneers of Pagonia5,44184.02%81.38%
- 97Garbage: Hobo Prophecy1,40183.90%72.81%
- 98Becastled5,57983.84%81.79%
- 99One Hour One Life4,65583.71%79.98%
- 100Pure Farming 20181,70283.71%73.44%
