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AColony

ZeroTris · 2023-01-19

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A colony building game with an emphasis on unexpected events, online co-op, and managing a unique community. Build your colony, feed your colonists, research technologies, craft advanced weapons, explore the world, fight enemies and defend your property.

AColony is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy and Early Access game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 141 reviews) sentiment.

1
playing now
89%
positive of 141 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 141 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220232026Week of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-01-192026-07-302023-01-19 — best price $14.992023-01-26 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $13.992023-07-13 — best price $19.992023-11-13 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-13 — best price $13.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-03-24 — best price $9.992025-03-31 — best price $19.992025-06-26 — best price $12.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-01 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-16 — best price $12.992026-07-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
15.8%
earned "Farmer (Beginner)"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Dutch

Player tags

3DTradingBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementExplorationCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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