Havendock
Ocean colony sim with scavenging, settlers, and automated production
YYZ Studio · Published by Pretty Soon, IndieArk · Released Apr 22, 2025
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 1,963
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 15 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 16
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Jul 10, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Havendock?
Havendock is a single-player colony sim set on a platform in the ocean. You gather floating debris, build facilities and farms, welcome survivors, and manage their work while developing technology to automate production. You can travel by boat to islands or use a submarine to search underwater for resources.
For you if...
- +you enjoy building settlements at your own pace
- +you like managing settlers and planning production
- +you want farming alongside island and underwater exploration
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer settlement building
- −you prefer fast action to gradual colony management
- −you dislike balancing food production and settler needs
What players say
79% of 1,963 reviews are positive · 53% of 15 in the last 30 days
Players praise the early loop of gathering resources and expanding their settlement. Many find later progression grindy or confusing, and some report bugs, restrictive building placement, and systems that feel unfinished.
Screenshots and trailer
Havendock system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Dual core 3 GHz+
- Graphics
- GTX 700 series or similar
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7 (64-bit)
- Processor
- Quad core 3 GHz+
- Graphics
- GTX 1050 series or similar
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 18
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Thai, Ukrainian, French, German, Korean.
Tags
- Singleplayer
- Strategy
- City Builder
- Colony Sim
- Sandbox
- Agriculture
- Automation
- Building
- Crafting
- Base Building
- Management
- Farming Sim
- Life Sim
- Relaxing
- Casual
- Open World
Recent updates
- Jul 10, 2026 · v1.4.17
- May 20, 2026 · v1.4.16
- May 3, 2026 · v1.4.14
- Apr 16, 2026 · v1.4.13
- Apr 5, 2026 · v1.4.12 - Drone minor improvements
1 DLC available.
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