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.
- 1RimWorld246,29197.36%97.85%
- 2Oxygen Not Included143,82595.98%96.72%
- 3Cult of the Lamb129,66395.14%95.89%
- 4Timberborn41,65393.91%95.97%
- 5WorldBox - God Simulator56,74693.83%95.33%
- 6Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 7Against the Storm37,48292.52%94.43%
- 8Dwarf Fortress31,50392.48%94.75%
- 9Frostpunk137,36692.24%92.74%
- 10My Singing Monsters49,39392.15%93.53%
- 11SPORE72,72191.74%92.62%
- 12Kingdoms and Castles31,42091.58%93.57%
- 13Farm Together22,11591.35%94.07%
- 14Empires of the Undergrowth18,90591.26%94.36%
- 15ISLANDERS16,78591.04%94.44%
- 16Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 17Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic27,33289.62%91.19%
- 18Ostriv7,66489.54%95.03%
- 19Banished43,33889.48%90.43%
- 20Songs of Syx9,23489.34%94.28%
- 21Kingdom Two Crowns39,74489.21%90.17%
- 22Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 23Prison Architect73,84388.76%89.22%
- 24Colony Survival8,99388.58%92.10%
- 25The Wandering Village8,46788.07%91.96%
- 26Captain of Industry11,57288.03%90.29%
- 27Going Medieval21,41287.92%89.09%
- 28Kingdoms Reborn9,73487.86%90.37%
- 29Cattails | Become a Cat!2,69087.56%95.84%
- 30dotAGE2,68487.39%95.04%
- 31Cattails: Wildwood Story1,94287.32%97.53%
- 32Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 33Clanfolk4,05687.18%91.72%
- 34Zeus + Poseidon1,96987.15%96.34%
- 35Reus 22,30087.04%94.43%
- 36Factory Town4,47986.98%90.65%
- 37Plan B: Terraform3,61786.89%91.18%
- 38Autonauts4,96686.71%89.49%
- 39Stronghold 2: Steam Edition5,76486.65%88.79%
- 40Pharaoh + Cleopatra2,58686.63%91.65%
- 41Stationeers9,28186.50%87.75%
- 42Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 43Dawn of Man17,84486.34%86.80%
- 44Foundation24,23686.27%86.65%
- 45Ratopia4,88286.13%87.75%
- 46Fantasy Map Simulator4,32686.11%89.18%
- 47Cliff Empire4,37585.98%87.29%
- 48Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 49Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)1,15285.95%96.18%
- 50Factory Town Idle1,25885.95%90.86%
- 51Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 52Echoes of the Plum Grove3,14685.92%87.76%
- 53Oxygen: First Breath1,66585.85%88.95%
- 54Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2,73385.84%87.71%
- 55Survivalist: Invisible Strain4,54885.73%86.61%
- 56Mind Over Magic4,47985.72%86.58%
- 57Buggos1,43585.66%87.94%
- 58The Sushi Spinnery45785.66%92.78%
- 59War for the Overworld8,12785.65%85.94%
- 60Regions Of Ruin4,64785.64%86.14%
- 61Screeps: World2,09485.58%86.39%
- 62Space Haven11,13085.55%85.75%
- 63Amazing Cultivation Simulator23,61885.53%85.61%
- 64Diplomacy is Not an Option12,64185.51%85.59%
- 65Kingdom: New Lands12,38485.42%85.34%
- 66Academia : School Simulator3,08385.41%85.66%
- 67Eden Crafters2,67485.38%85.56%
- 68Knights and Merchants4,95885.30%85.22%
- 69Northgard: Definitive Edition68,75385.26%85.25%
- 70Fabledom7,86585.26%85.16%
- 71Settlement Survival8,08785.20%85.04%
- 72They Are Billions51,43985.16%85.13%
- 73High Sea Saga DX54085.16%81.85%
- 74Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization1,57785.05%86.75%
- 75Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville2,05085.00%86.10%
- 76The Guild II Renaissance4,21684.80%83.52%
- 77Reshaping Mars83284.74%84.25%
- 78Stranded: Alien Dawn11,37684.66%84.06%
- 79Spellcaster University4,30384.54%82.69%
- 80Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation2,26584.49%80.75%
- 81Sapiens2,19184.48%80.56%
- 82Love Tavern82084.44%73.54%
- 83Ymir1,11684.43%75.63%
- 84Founders' Fortune2,18984.41%80.17%
- 85Havendock1,96184.35%79.30%
- 86Nebuchadnezzar1,83684.34%78.92%
- 87Astro Colony2,72284.31%80.53%
- 88Before We Leave1,73084.27%78.09%
- 89Anno 1404 - History Edition3,60084.14%82.39%
- 90Republic of Pirates53784.10%71.51%
- 91Drake Hollow1,80884.09%77.21%
- 92Becastled5,61184.09%81.73%
- 93Flotsam4,61983.99%81.08%
- 94New Cycle2,86983.97%79.19%
- 95Pioneers of Pagonia5,49483.96%81.45%
- 96MEMORIAPOLIS1,80383.86%75.65%
- 97Garbage: Hobo Prophecy1,40183.80%72.81%
- 98Pure Farming 20181,71283.61%73.54%
- 99One Hour One Life4,62383.51%79.56%
- 100Honey, I Joined a Cult1,92983.26%72.52%
