Aven Colony
Sci-fi colony builder balancing resources and hazards on an alien world
Mothership Entertainment LLC · Published by Team17 Digital Ltd · Released Jul 25, 2017
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 2,785
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 11
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 8 years ago
- Mar 2, 2018
Metacritic: 65/100 (critic reviews)
What is Aven Colony?
A single-player sci-fi city builder set on Aven Prime, where humanity establishes its first colony beyond Earth. You expand settlements, manage food, air, power, and colonists’ needs, and send expeditions to alien ruins while storms and winter threaten the colony.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing resources and colonists' needs
- +you prefer a relatively relaxed colony-building campaign
Not for you if...
- −you want extensive building choices and flexible city layouts
- −you expect deep strategy and varied late-game decisions
What players say
72% of 2,785 reviews are positive
Players praise the approachable colony management and campaign, but some find the strategy shallow and repetitive. Many report crashes shortly after launch on modern Windows PCs, while others say the game runs without problems.
Screenshots and trailer
Aven Colony system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 7850
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Mouse and keyboard only. Min screen resolution 1280 x 720
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-4670 or AMD A10-7850k
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 980 VRAM 4GB or AMD Radeon R9 390X
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 25 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Mouse and keyboard only. Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080. Supports 4K resolution
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 48
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- 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 graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian.
Tags
- Colony Sim
- City Builder
- Strategy
- Simulation
- Sci-fi
- Base Building
- Indie
- Space
- Singleplayer
- Survival
- Resource Management
- Management
- Sandbox
- Epic
- Atmospheric
- Multiplayer
Recent updates
- Mar 2, 2018 · Aven Colony update: Ark fixes and new Battery interface
- Mar 2, 2018 · Aven Colony update: Ark fixes and new Battery interface
- Feb 21, 2018 · Aven Colony update: improved ice & more!
- Feb 21, 2018 · Aven Colony update: improved ice & more!
- Feb 16, 2018 · Content Drop 3 now available, including Governor Perks, 3 new Challenge maps, 3 new Sandbox maps, + more!
2 DLC available.
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