Best Value Colony Sim Games

The Colony Sim games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Oxygen Not Included30 h/$
  2. 2CryoFall27 h/$
  3. 3Survivalist: Invisible Strain8.9 h/$
  4. 4Settlement Survival8.9 h/$
  5. 5Soulmask7.5 h/$
  6. 6RimWorld6.8 h/$
  7. 7The Guild II Renaissance5.6 h/$
  8. 8Captain of Industry4.5 h/$
  9. 9ISLANDERS4.2 h/$
  10. 10They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  11. 11Mind Over Magic3.8 h/$
  12. 12下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  13. 13Stationeers3.4 h/$
  14. 14dotAGE3.3 h/$
  15. 15Amazing Cultivation Simulator3.3 h/$
  16. 16Ratopia3.3 h/$
  17. 17Stronghold HD (2012)3.3 h/$
  18. 18Timberborn3.2 h/$
  19. 19Clanfolk3.1 h/$
  20. 20ASKA3.0 h/$
  21. 21Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)3.0 h/$
  22. 22Anno 1404 - History Edition3.0 h/$
  23. 23IXION3.0 h/$
  24. 24Farm Together2.9 h/$
  25. 25Kingdoms Reborn2.9 h/$
  26. 26Infection Free Zone2.8 h/$
  27. 27Craft The World2.7 h/$
  28. 28Stonehearth2.7 h/$
  29. 29Stranded: Alien Dawn2.5 h/$
  30. 30Banished2.5 h/$
  31. 31Diplomacy is Not an Option2.4 h/$
  32. 32Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic2.4 h/$
  33. 33Dwarf Fortress2.4 h/$
  34. 34Cult of the Lamb2.3 h/$
  35. 35Songs of Syx2.3 h/$
  36. 36Fabledom2.2 h/$
  37. 37Echoes of the Plum Grove2.2 h/$
  38. 38Prison Architect2.1 h/$
  39. 39Railroads Online2.1 h/$
  40. 40Against the Storm2.1 h/$
  41. 41Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2.0 h/$
  42. 42Plan B: Terraform2.0 h/$
  43. 43Going Medieval2.0 h/$
  44. 44Planetbase2.0 h/$
  45. 45Northgard: Definitive Edition1.9 h/$
  46. 46Kingdoms and Castles1.9 h/$
  47. 47Colony Survival1.8 h/$
  48. 48Castle Story1.8 h/$
  49. 49Dawn of Man1.8 h/$
  50. 50Stronghold 2: Steam Edition1.7 h/$
  51. 51The Crust1.7 h/$
  52. 52Eden Crafters1.7 h/$
  53. 53Sengoku Dynasty1.6 h/$
  54. 54The Wandering Village1.5 h/$
  55. 55Ostriv1.5 h/$
  56. 56WorldBox - God Simulator1.5 h/$
  57. 57Space Haven1.4 h/$
  58. 58One Hour One Life1.4 h/$
  59. 59Astro Colony1.3 h/$
  60. 60Occupy Mars: The Game1.3 h/$
  61. 61Spellcaster University1.3 h/$
  62. 62Empires of the Undergrowth1.2 h/$
  63. 63Frostpunk 21.2 h/$
  64. 64Kingdom Two Crowns1.2 h/$
  65. 65The Universim1.2 h/$
  66. 66SPORE1.2 h/$
  67. 67Foundation1.1 h/$
  68. 68Fantasy Map Simulator1.1 h/$
  69. 69Stronghold: Definitive Edition1.1 h/$
  70. 70The Stronghold Collection1.0 h/$
  71. 71Flotsam1.0 h/$
  72. 72Norland0.9 h/$
  73. 73Pioneers of Pagonia0.9 h/$
  74. 74War for the Overworld0.9 h/$
  75. 75Pharaoh: A New Era0.8 h/$
  76. 76Per Aspera0.8 h/$
  77. 77Frostpunk0.8 h/$
  78. 78Kingdom: New Lands0.7 h/$
  79. 79Kingdom Eighties0.5 h/$
  80. 80Becastled0.5 h/$
  81. 81MEMORIAPOLIS0.5 h/$
  82. 82Endzone - A World Apart0.5 h/$
  83. 83Stronghold: Warlords0.4 h/$

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.