Simulation
Colony sim
You guide a group of settlers in an isolated, hostile place: assigning jobs, building the base and looking after their needs. The challenge is surviving on scarce resources while the simulation throws up surprises and stories.
Also known as: colony management game, base building game
This is a basic entry: it has the definition and the classification. Full entries add history, games and a demo.
History
- 2006Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress releases its first alpha and steers colony management towards emergent stories.
Construction and management simulation (Wikipedia) - 2018
RimWorld, in early access since 2013, releases version 1.0.
RimWorld (Wikipedia)
Reference games
2006
Dwarf Fortress
You do not control your dwarves directly; you give orders to dig, build and produce, and the colony follows its own needs and moods. It steered management games towards emergent stories.