Best Value Colony Sim Games Under $20

The Colony Sim games on Steam games under $20 that deliver the most playtime per dollar: median reviewer hours divided by current price.

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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. 5The Guild II Renaissance5.6 h/$
  6. 6ISLANDERS4.2 h/$
  7. 7下一站江湖Ⅱ3.8 h/$
  8. 8dotAGE3.3 h/$
  9. 9Stronghold HD (2012)3.3 h/$
  10. 10ASKA3.0 h/$
  11. 11Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)3.0 h/$
  12. 12Anno 1404 - History Edition3.0 h/$
  13. 13IXION3.0 h/$
  14. 14Farm Together2.9 h/$
  15. 15Kingdoms Reborn2.9 h/$
  16. 16Infection Free Zone2.8 h/$
  17. 17Craft The World2.7 h/$
  18. 18Stonehearth2.7 h/$
  19. 19Banished2.5 h/$
  20. 20Diplomacy is Not an Option2.4 h/$
  21. 21Cult of the Lamb2.3 h/$
  22. 22Fabledom2.2 h/$
  23. 23Echoes of the Plum Grove2.2 h/$
  24. 24Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition2.0 h/$
  25. 25Plan B: Terraform2.0 h/$
  26. 26Planetbase2.0 h/$
  27. 27Kingdoms and Castles1.9 h/$
  28. 28Castle Story1.8 h/$
  29. 29Stronghold 2: Steam Edition1.7 h/$
  30. 30Eden Crafters1.7 h/$
  31. 31The Wandering Village1.5 h/$
  32. 32WorldBox - God Simulator1.5 h/$
  33. 33One Hour One Life1.4 h/$
  34. 34Astro Colony1.3 h/$
  35. 35Kingdom Two Crowns1.2 h/$
  36. 36SPORE1.2 h/$
  37. 37Fantasy Map Simulator1.1 h/$
  38. 38Stronghold: Definitive Edition1.1 h/$
  39. 39Kingdom: New Lands0.7 h/$
  40. 40Kingdom Eighties0.5 h/$
  41. 41Becastled0.5 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.