I’m looking for a new colony sim on PC. What I’ve played so far are:
- Rimworld
- Oxygen Not Included
- Banished
- Timberworld
- Frostpunk
- Anno 1800
I know some of these might not be strictly colony sims. What I’m really looking forward to is Manor Lords, but we don’t have a definite release date on that.
What are your recommendations?
Rimworld with mods can basically turn in whatever game you want. There is no limit
Surviving Mars and Per Aspera
Rimworld, especially once you get the mods going. I have literal hundreds of mods
Oxygen Not Included :)
I feel like I should recommend Dwarf Fortress but I also feel like I should NOT recommend Dwarf Fortress.
Look, I’ll just leave Dwarf Fortress here in the corner, peering into the room and the rest of us can try to ignore it. But it’s there.
Dwarf Fortress isn’t a colony sim game, though
It’s a tavern corpse clean up sim.
The Steam edition feels a lot more recommendable, though.
I like the idea of DF, but I’m leaning more towards Songs of Syx instead. It’s not on sale so I’m in no hurry but it’s on my shortlist
SimAnt!!! Although a different kind of colony :p
Dwarf Fortress is great once you get past the steep learning curve.
Dwarf fortress
All the other slim shadys are just imitating.
I’ll second Timberborn, it seems like a simple game but it gets complicated towards the end.
If factory games are your jam then I can’t recommend Captian Of Industry and Dyson Sphere Program enough, both are S tier factory games for me. The Riftbreaker is another interesting combo of colony building and tower defense as well.
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Dwarf Fortress.
Rimworld is also great, but I like building in 3D.
There are Z-level mods out there for Rimworld, if that one missing dimension is the only thing keeping you away.
It’s not keeping me away, I play both games. I just enjoy the building and world generation a lot more in Dwarf Fortress, and Rimworld for in-game pawn shenanigans
Rimworld & Dwarf Fortress