What's your favourite colony sim on PC? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by tobier@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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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?

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[-] DrQuint@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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.

[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Dwarf Fortress isn't a colony sim game, though

It's a tavern corpse clean up sim.

[-] RedM@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Pffft! Look at this dude who assigned a tavern keeper to the inn while still allowing non dwarves entrance to it. Everybody knows that those knife-ears and humies can't handle nutritious dwarven wine. They get drunk and break shit. Best just to not have them in the fortress at all.

[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

The Steam edition feels a lot more recommendable, though.

[-] tobier@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

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

[-] nandeEbisu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Dwarf Fortress is great once you get past the steep learning curve.

[-] Zack99@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Dwarf fortress

[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

All the other slim shadys are just imitating.

[-] Cahuin@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

SimAnt!!! Although a different kind of colony :p

[-] Firipu@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Rimworld with mods can basically turn in whatever game you want. There is no limit

[-] crow@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Oxygen Not Included :)

[-] nodrod@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Against the Storm, just recently started playing this and it's fun. Currently $19.49 on the steam sale.

Endzone - A World Apart, has a very post apocalyptic feel. Currently $7.49 on the steam sale.

[-] Scio@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago

Dwarf Fortress.

Rimworld is also great, but I like building in 3D.

[-] mrsgreenpotato@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

There are Z-level mods out there for Rimworld, if that one missing dimension is the only thing keeping you away.

[-] Scio@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

@mrsgreenpotato

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