Aven Colony similar games & best alternatives

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Aven Colony

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

What works

  • Engaging colony management and strategy
  • Beautiful graphics and immersive alien environments
  • Well-designed campaign with varied maps
  • Relaxing yet challenging gameplay
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited building variety and customization
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features
  • Some ui and optimization issues
  • Repetitive gameplay after campaign completion
  • Story is simple and not deeply immersive

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Planetbase

  • The Mims Beginning

  • The Wandering Village

  • Surviving Mars

  • Timberborn

  • Against the Storm

More expressive

Games that feels like Aven Colony but with more self-expression and customization

  • Going Medieval

  • Land of the Vikings

  • Solargene

  • Whiskerwood

  • Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

  • Goblins of Elderstone

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Aven Colony but with less imaginative fiction

  • Oxygen: First Breath

  • Endzone - A World Apart

  • Havendock

  • New Cycle

  • The Colonists

  • Of Life and Land

More violent

Games that feels like Aven Colony but with more combat and destruction

  • The Hive

  • Bee Island

  • Darfall

  • Citadelum

  • Sintopia

  • Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

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Aven Colony: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026