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Colony Survival

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

What works

  • Creative colony building and management
  • Active and responsive developers
  • Engaging defense and resource strategy
  • Cooperative multiplayer support
  • Frequent updates and mod support

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited content and variety currently
  • Some ai and pathfinding issues
  • Lack of deep social interaction
  • Early access state with bugs
  • Repetitive gameplay after progression

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Pioneers of Pagonia

  • First Feudal

  • Don't get lost

  • Schedule I

  • Kingdoms and Castles

  • Attack on Toys

Less violent

Games that feels like Colony Survival but with less combat and destruction

  • Havendock

  • Of Life and Land

  • Eco

  • Surviving Mars

  • Timberborn

  • Before We Leave

More fantastical

Games that feels like Colony Survival but with more imaginative fiction

  • Noble Fates

  • PixARK

  • Everwind

  • Grim Realms

  • Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure

  • Ale & Tale Tavern: First Pints

More intimate

Games that feels like Colony Survival but with more focus on close relationships

  • Founders' Fortune

  • TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

  • Citywars Tower Defense

  • Unrailed 2: Back on Track

  • No Heroes Here

  • Stonehearth

Less social

Games that feels like Colony Survival but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Becastled

  • Diplomacy is Not an Option

  • Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

  • Ratopia

  • Infection Free Zone

  • Goblins of Elderstone

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Colony Survival: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy, Intimacy.

Last update: 21/08/2026