Steam gamers have been urged to check out these free playable demos included in the ‘City Builder & Colony Sim Fest’ before the event ends.
Taking place until Monday 31 March 2025, Steam's ‘City Builder & Colony Sim Fest’ is all about simulation games of today inspired by the classics of yesteryear such as SimCity, Civilization, Anno and many more familiar franchises.
Check out the Greenfeet Haven trailer below!
There are hundreds of free playable demos that you can play on PC right now courtesy of Steam but I’ve picked out just 20 titles from its vast library. Hopefully, at least one or two of these sim games will tickle your fancy.
- Greenfeet Haven “is a 2D top-down colony sim where you guide halflings in a fantasy world. Start with nothing, launch expeditions into the wilds, experiment with crafting to uncover new items, and transform your settlement into a thriving, self-sufficient village."
- Foundation “is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management."
- Ironhive “is a deckbuilding strategy game about surviving in a dying world. Build your colony, ensure the survival of your people, and create a legacy that will be passed on to the next generations."
- Builders of Egypt - Prologue “is a city-building economic strategy taking place in the Nile Valley. Immerse yourself in a world full of pyramids, where you will become a part of the ancient world. Create history, be history."
- Settlements Rising “is a city-building and colony management simulation game set in medieval times. The game offers extensive depth with dozens of professions and resources available to the player. Each profession features villagers with their own animations and work cycles, creating a living colony experience in the game.”
- Land of the Vikings “is a survival colony sim game. Build and lead your village, and expand it into a thriving city. A wise Jarl must manage resources, survive harsh conditions, and guide their fellow Vikings to work together through social conflict.”
- Metropolis 1998: “A fresh, modern city builder with beautiful, charming aesthetics. Real-time traffic. Deeper unit simulation/scheduling. See inside buildings (and optionally design your own). Business-specific zoning, and mixed-use zones too!”
- Food Industry: “Build and expand in agriculture, industry and commerce. Evolve in the food industry sector, and weather the storms by helping your people build the new world.”
- Final Outpost - Definitive Edition “is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, and craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies.”
- Roman Triumph - Survival City Builder: “At the northern fringes of the empire, a new Roman city is born! Manage and grow your city, please the gods, and survive against barbarians and mythological threats in this demo of the early portions of the game.”
- Go-Go Town!: “Plan, Build...Prosper? As mayor, it’s up to you to breathe life back into this rundown town. Construct shops, hire staff, automate deliveries with couriers, and attract tourists to town, all while managing infrastructure and avoiding catastrophes! Who said being mayor was going to be easy.”
- Dawnfolk “is a charmingly dark and minimalist survival city-builder. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths to bring light back to the world?”
- Cataclismo: “Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defence, and exploration.”
- Workers & Resources - Soviet Republic: “Build a soviet republic from an impoverished country into a rich industrial superpower in a city builder with intricate production chains and a fully simulated global economy.”
- Infection Free Zone: “Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!”
- Sintopia: “Build the resurrection business of your dreams with Sintopia! You are charged with managing the bureaucratic administration of Hell, your team of Imployees punish the dead souls for their Sins, generating a profit to help you build and sustain your Hellish empire.”
- dotAGE: “Village elder, help us! Build your village and lead your Pips to fight off hundreds of events in dotAGE, the merciless town builder. dotAGE is a turn-based roguelite village builder. Will you fulfil the Prophecy?”
- The King is Watching “is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run.”
- Bulwark Evolution - Falconeer Chronicles: “You are in charge of the last remnants of free people on the Ursee, tasked with building a new home. Carve your path onto a world, tower by tower, wall by wall, sculpting from the daunting cliffs and perilous waters of an unforgiving landscape that refuses to be tamed.”
- Against the Storm: “A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilisation in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilisation's last survivors.”