Top rated cinematic colony sims
These top rated colony sims play out like films you step into, keeping you close to a small group with needs, jobs and morale. In The Alters you look after different versions of one stranded survivor to keep a rolling shelter running, while Chernobylite Complete Edition sends you out on planned outings from a headquarters into a dangerous zone, and NORSE: Oath of Blood pairs village management with story-led tactical battles. Expect gathering, building and hard calls wrapped in staged drama.
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The Alters
You crash on a burning planet with a mobile base you cannot run alone, so you grow a crew from your own alternate lives. Feed them, house them, give them work, and talk them down when your other selves start fighting. A colony sim where every colonist is you.
90% of 15,665 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 408$15.74Chernobylite Complete Edition
You run a hideout in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and look after a small crew of stalkers while hunting for answers about a disappearance 30 years back. Build workstations, send companions out on daily jobs, and stretch food and supplies so everyone lives to see the next excursion. A survival RPG for colony sim fans who like people management with radiation on top.
81% of 12,633 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 52$29.99SOOT
SOOT is a Simulation and Strategy game where you control the terraforming crew of the Ziggurat, a roaming space station that orbits small planets and exploits their resources. Follow Captain Christopher Mason and Lieutenant Ferdinand McCann as they (and you) master the craft of terraforming.
86% of 7 Steam reviews are positive$19.99NORSE: Oath of Blood
A Turn-Based Tactics game set in Viking-Age Norway. Build a settlement, forge alliances, and fight strategic battles. Manage a community of craftspeople, farmers, and warriors, as you grow strong on your path to vengeance in this story-rich saga.
56% of 2,595 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$34.99FarWest Colony
Lead a rebellion against tyranny in this open-world, survival sci-fi RPG game. Utilize alien technology to explore, build bases, craft, and farm. Prepare for an unequal combat to rescue humanity from tyranny and a mysterious deadly virus.
53% of 36 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
