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Colony Survival

Colony-building survival game with workers and nightly monster attacks

Pipliz · Released Jun 16, 2017 · Early Access

ActionAdventureIndieStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
91% of 8,894
Recent reviews
Very Positive
95% of 22 in 30 days
Players
78
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 15, 2026
Minimum PC
HD 5000
2 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Colony Survival?

An open-world colony-building strategy game where you recruit workers, manage production and research, and construct defenses against growing monster attacks. You can play alone or cooperatively, share a colony, establish outposts, and trade resources and science.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy building towns and managing production chains
  • +you prefer relaxed sandbox play interrupted by monster attacks
  • +you want to share or trade between cooperative colonies

Not for you if...

  • −you have little patience for repetitive midgame grinding
  • −you want simple controls and extensive in-game guidance
  • −you do not want to defend against recurring monster waves

What players say

91% of 8,894 reviews are positive · 95% of 22 in the last 30 days

Players praise creative town building, colony management, and the developers’ continued updates. Common complaints call the current price too high and later progression repetitive or grindy; some players also find the controls, tutorial, and tech tree hard to follow.

Players over time

▼ -24% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 136 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 24, 202680
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Sep 21, 2026136

Screenshots and trailer

Colony Survival screenshot 1

Colony Survival system requirements

Minimum: HD 5000, 2 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows Vista SP1 & newer, 64-bit
Processor
Intel Pentium G620 (2.5 Ghz dual core) or equivalent
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 5000, 1280x720 display
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
300 MB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Work in progress: new features may raise the bar, optimizations may lower the bar

Recommended

OS
Windows 7 SP1 & newer, 64-bit
Processor
Intel i5-2300 (2.8 GHz quad core) or equivalent
Graphics
Nvidia GTX 750 or equivalent, 2 GB VRAM, 1920x1080 display
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
1 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
Work in progress: new features may raise the bar, optimizations may lower the bar

Does Colony Survival have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online and split-screen and LAN; PvP online and split-screen and LAN. It also has a single-player mode. Crossplay with other platforms is declared. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does Colony Survival run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
50
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Colony Survival use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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