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.
Knights and Merchants
Medieval real-time strategy focused on village economies and battles
85% positive
4,961 reviews
Ratopia
Side-scrolling colony sim built around rat economics and survival
88% positive
4,891 reviews
Flotsam
Floating colony builder that turns ocean trash into homes
81% positive
4,634 reviews
Until We Die
Side-scrolling strategy game about directing workers to defend a subway station
63% positive
4,633 reviews
One Hour One Life
Multiplayer survival game built around hour-long lives and family legacies
80% positive
4,621 reviews
Surviving the Aftermath
Post-apocalyptic colony sim about building, scavenging, and surviving disasters
71% positive
4,588 reviews
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Open-world zombie colony sim built around relationships and survival
87% positive
4,557 reviews
Mind Over Magic
Magic-school colony sim with room planning and dungeon expeditions
87% positive
4,483 reviews
Factory Town
Village-building strategy game with conveyor belts and automated supply chains
91% positive
4,481 reviews
Cliff Empire
Sci-fi city builder managing three cities atop cramped cliffs
87% positive
4,379 reviews
Fantasy Map Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where fantasy nations rise, fight, and fall
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Spellcaster University
Magic school management sim with card-based building and student outcomes
83% positive
4,304 reviews
The Guild II Renaissance
Medieval dynasty simulation built around trade, politics, and professions
83% positive
4,224 reviews
The Crust
Lunar colony simulator blending automation with deadline-driven Earth contracts
76% positive
4,178 reviews
Clanfolk
Medieval colony sim about family survival across generations
92% positive
4,064 reviews
Frozenheim
Viking real-time strategy with settlement building and clan battles
69% positive
3,928 reviews
Cartel Tycoon
Top-down cartel management sim built around production and smuggling chains
76% positive
3,818 reviews
Plan B: Terraform
Hex-grid terraforming simulation with automated supply chains and growing cities
91% positive
3,621 reviews
Anno 1404 - History Edition
City-building strategy with trade, production chains, and island expansion
82% positive
3,612 reviews
Gnomoria
Sandbox colony sim with digging, crafting, and mechanical contraptions
75% positive
3,538 reviews
Kingdom Eighties
1980s side-scrolling tower defense with kids protecting their town
75% positive
3,339 reviews
Patron
Survival city builder balancing resources and citizens' social concerns
72% positive
3,196 reviews
Echoes of the Plum Grove
Generational farming sim where winter, disease, and death matter
88% positive
3,147 reviews