Best Colony Sim games on PC
Games focused on building and managing a colony, including its growth, resources, and survival. They commonly combine simulation with strategic planning.
- Settlement building and expansion
- Resource management and survival
- Long-term strategic planning
Related: Base Building, Resource Management, Survival, City Builder
275 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
98% positive
247K reviews
Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
97% positive
144K reviews
Frostpunk
Survival city builder where heat, resources, and laws decide lives
93% positive
138K reviews
Cult of the Lamb
Action roguelite and colony sim about building a woodland cult
96% positive
130K reviews
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Prison Architect
Top-down prison management sim built around design and crisis control
89% positive
74K reviews
SPORE™
Single-player evolution sandbox spanning cells, civilizations, and space
93% positive
73K reviews
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Viking real-time strategy with territorial expansion and winter survival
85% positive
69K reviews
WorldBox - God Simulator
Pixel-art god sandbox for creating civilizations and causing disasters
95% positive
57K reviews
They Are Billions
Real-time colony defense against relentless post-apocalyptic zombie swarms
85% positive
51K reviews
My Singing Monsters
Casual creature collector where each monster adds to the music
94% positive
Free
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive
43K reviews
Timberborn
Beaver colony builder centered on water engineering and survival
96% positive
42K reviews
Kingdom Two Crowns
Side-scrolling kingdom builder with co-op and nightly monster attacks
90% positive
40K reviews
Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive
38K reviews
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarven colony simulation where deep systems turn failure into history
95% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive
31K reviews
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Soviet-themed city builder with detailed logistics and planned-economy management
91% positive
27K reviews
Frostpunk 2
Post-apocalyptic city builder focused on survival, resources, and faction politics
75% positive
27K reviews
Farthest Frontier
Medieval city builder with physical logistics, farming, and frontier survival
86% positive
26K reviews
Foundation
Gridless medieval city builder with organic roads and modular buildings
87% positive
24K reviews
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Xianxia colony simulator about rebuilding and managing a cultivation sect
86% positive
24K reviews
Kingdom: Classic
Side-scrolling strategy where coins build defenses against nightly raids
91% positive
Free
Soulmask
Open-world survival crafting with recruitable tribes and automated bases
77% positive
22K reviews