Space Architect
You mine asteroids and even a black hole, turn raw ice and ore into goods, trade with passing ships, and hire crewmates to haul and build while you…
72% of 307 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 30$9.99
Colony sims like DwarfCorp
Loved how retro and replayable DwarfCorp can get? You might settle into these colony sims easily.
Dwarf Fortress
Build a mountain fortress for seven dwarves and try to keep them fed, watered with beer, and reasonably sane while history, weather, goblins, dragons and magma do their worst. For colony sim fans who like watching small plans turn into long, strange stories about what went wrong.
Retro, Replayable, Chaotic
94% of 29,462 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,006$23.99Mountaincore
Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!
Retro, Replayable
66% of 272 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2FreeDwarfs!?
Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!
Retro, Replayable, Chaotic
79% of 644 Steam reviews are positive$9.99A Game of Dwarves
A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.
Replayable
64% of 370 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Hammerting
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Replayable
57% of 1,736 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$24.99Craft The World
Lead a tribe of dwarves on a randomly generated island, from one sleepy dwarf to a busy fortress. You give the orders to dig, build, gather and fight, keep them fed and clothed, and hold the walls when portals spit out zombies, skeletons and goblins.
Retro, Replayable
88% of 15,161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 386$18.99Grim Realms
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Retro, Replayable
79% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99First Dwarf
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Chaotic
77% of 319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99Orebound
Orebound is a first-person dwarven factory game in a voxel open world, not a settler colony sim. You mine, craft and automate your way toward the Emberstone, build a fortress and fight what lives below. Worth a look if colony sim fans want a break from managing needs and morale to just dig deep and make machines do the work.
Replayable
78% of 965 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99Embark
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Replayable
58% of 360 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Gnomoria
Lead a handful of gnomes from a patch of dirt to a stocked, walled kingdom in this sandbox colony sim. Dig, chop and rebuild everything you see, set workshops humming, and grow rich enough to tempt new gnomads over, and raiders too.
Retro, Replayable
75% of 2,855 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$14.99Don't get lost
A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim. Build colonies in an infinite world, alone or with friends via Steam or self-hosted multiplayer.
Retro, Replayable
78% of 480 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Cheaper than DwarfCorp
Sol 0: Mars Colonization
Sol 0 is a real time strategy game where you establish the first Martian colony.
67% of 371 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Scribbleman Army
Explore a dark cave. Craft tons of units to help you collect resources. Create new buildings and unlock new recipes.
59% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Wastelander
Wastelander is a turn-based strategy game where you must survive and escape from a desolate planet ravaged by powerful storms.
88% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$2.49
Inclement
In this farm-building strategy game set in the harsh environment of Northern Europe, you manage your land from clearing forests and selling grain at…
81% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Grandiose
Grandiose is a calming and creative base builder game full of botany, building and strategy.
67% of 162 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Bronze Age - HD Edition
What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.?
77% of 371 Steam reviews are positive$0.80
This War of Mine
You lead a handful of civilians trapped in a besieged city, not soldiers.
92% of 89,572 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,342$19.99
Grimgrad
Build your own Slavic settlement. Overcome the hardships of medieval life and don't anger the Gods!
47% of 76 Steam reviews are positive$2.69
Lunara: Planet IX
Build and explore in Planet IX, a vibrant 2D pixel art simulation game where you create a colony on a mysterious planet, face monsters, and uncover…
67% of 18 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Strategy Core
Lead your clan from a small settlement all the way to the launch of a colony ship.
100% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$0.69
Sapiens Craft
Begin as a small stone age tribe. End as a global super power in a future age. Craft and research your way through history!
77% of 26 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Hidden gems like DwarfCorp
Dawnfolk
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game.
94% of 676 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$9.74
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
A hack-and-slash RPG with a rebuilding thread for colony sim fans: you play a lone dwarf clearing monster-held lands, rescuing allies, and slowly…
85% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Whiskerwood
Whiskerwood puts you in charge of a mouse colony on a cramped island, answering to demanding cat overlords.
92% of 3,652 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 819$29.99
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 1,468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 49$24.99
Noble Fates
Noble Fates is a fantasy kingdom sim where you start with a handful of dwarves, elves, orcs, halflings or humans and build them into a lasting…
83% of 1,435 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 706$19.99
Odd Realm
Pick one of five races, claim a procedurally generated desert, mountain, island or tundra, and build a kingdom in a realm recovering from the…
84% of 961 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
The Crust
Build a lunar base that keeps Earth supplied and your colonists alive.
75% of 3,986 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 599$19.19
Orebound
Orebound is a first-person dwarven factory game in a voxel open world, not a settler colony sim.
78% of 965 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Necesse
Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony.
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 532$14.99
Grim Realms
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves?
79% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$14.99
First Dwarf
Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm.
77% of 319 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$24.99
Mercury Fallen
A sci-fi colony management sim with a focus on exploration, expansion, and survival.
78% of 259 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$24.99
Newest colony sims like DwarfCorp
Noble Fates
Noble Fates is a fantasy kingdom sim where you start with a handful of dwarves, elves, orcs, halflings or humans and build them into a lasting…
83% of 1,435 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 706$19.99
Wall World Strategy
Build a colony on an endless vertical structure, manage its people and resources, and survive what lives in the dark.
70% of 136 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 667$16.99
The Crust
Build a lunar base that keeps Earth supplied and your colonists alive.
75% of 3,986 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 599$19.19
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 1,468 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 49$24.99
Goblin Camp
Build a new home for your goblins! Grow your settlement from a little encampment to a bustling city in a beautiful procedurally generated northern…
73% of 122 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
A hack-and-slash RPG with a rebuilding thread for colony sim fans: you play a lone dwarf clearing monster-held lands, rescuing allies, and slowly…
85% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Going Medieval
Plague has emptied the world, and three travellers are yours to keep alive.
88% of 17,173 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,164$22.49
Drill Rift
Build and manage a remote drill outpost in this unforgiving turn-based strategy game. Upgrade strategic machinery and level up your dwarfs.
70% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Whiskerwood
Whiskerwood puts you in charge of a mouse colony on a cramped island, answering to demanding cat overlords.
92% of 3,652 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 819$29.99
Necesse
Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony.
92% of 24,756 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 532$14.99
Ascent of Ashes
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors.
68% of 275 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Drill Core
Drill Core puts you in charge of a drill platform chewing toward a planet's heart.
84% of 2,159 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$9.99