Survival colony sim games

You lead a handful of survivors with their own jobs, appetites and tempers, building shelter and finding food while hunger, sickness, raids and storms press in.

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Going Medieval

Going Medieval

Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive.

88% of 17,159 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,207$29.99
Dungeon Settlers

Dungeon Settlers

Dungeon Settlers pairs colony sim with dungeon crawler: you raise a settlement in barren, magically eroded land, keep its people fed and rested…

78% of 1,458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$24.99
Romestead

Romestead

Rome fell, the dead walk at night, and your camp needs dinner.

77% of 4,959 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 357$13.99
Space Haven

Space Haven

Build a spaceship tile by tile for a ragtag civilian crew searching for a new home, then keep its air, heat, power, food and moods balanced as you…

85% of 10,433 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 675$24.99
Oceaneers

Oceaneers

A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands.

86% of 111 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Farthest Frontier

Farthest Frontier

Guide a small band of settlers on the edge of the known world and grow their camp into a walled medieval town.

86% of 24,673 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,164$34.99
Oceaneers

Oceaneers

A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands.

86% of 111 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Dungeon Settlers

Dungeon Settlers

Dungeon Settlers pairs colony sim with dungeon crawler: you raise a settlement in barren, magically eroded land, keep its people fed and rested…

78% of 1,458 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 78$24.99
Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift

Dead Reckoning: The Long Drift

Dead Reckoning is a generation ship colony sim. Guide 1,000 colonists across centuries of deep space, through famine, mutiny and failing systems.

84% of 220 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

It fixes bugs, improves the interface, automates chores like tailoring, and lets you plan buildings down to the material.

99% of 1,175 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 105Free
Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Ten years after the infection started, you build a new life in the ruins by gathering other survivors around you.

87% of 4,083 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 147$11.99
Ecopunk

Ecopunk

Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

80% of 141 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$22.99
Fjordal

Fjordal

Establish a Norse village and refine the land's resources. Pay tribute to the King, or grow strong enough to fight back.

88% of 8 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9
Walkers

Walkers

Turn any corner of the wasteland into a survivor outpost, then keep your people fed, hopeful and alive while the hordes close in.

63% of 100 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 112$7.99
Strategy Core

Strategy Core

Lead your clan from a small settlement all the way to the launch of a colony ship.

100% of 10 Steam reviews are positive$0.69
INCREMINER

INCREMINER

Build an ever-growing colony of autonomous dwarves in an immense procedural world.

38% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$4.49
Fantasy World Manager

Fantasy World Manager

Build a whole fantasy world, then sit back and watch it get on with things.

70% of 110 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 22$13.49
Mountaincore

Mountaincore

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning!

65% of 272 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5Free
Tales of Terrarum

Tales of Terrarum

Inherit a patch of Terrarum as the new mayor and turn it into a working town.

80% of 132 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

It fixes bugs, improves the interface, automates chores like tailoring, and lets you plan buildings down to the material.

99% of 1,175 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 105Free
In Next Life

In Next Life

An online multiplayer game of crafting, survival, civilization building, and player collaboration.

66% of 156 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3Free
Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)

Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha)

A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet.

87% of 209 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Haven & Hearth

Haven & Hearth

Forage, hunt, mine, cook, and raise walls against thieves, because death is permanent and every fence post matters.

72% of 1,036 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 57Free