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Aven Colony

Mothership Entertainment LLC · Team17 Digital Ltd · 2017-07-25

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 25, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 25, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Aven Colony is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 2781 reviews).

15
playing now
72%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (366 downloads)
4.09★
PlayStation Store rating (1,304 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Aven Colony is a city-building strategy video game developed by Mothership Entertainment and published by Team17. The Beta was released on September 8, 2016 on Microsoft Windows. The main storyline revolves around the human colonisation of an alien planet, in which a new colony must be built in order to survive.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,790 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 70k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,781 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$5.99-80%
Steam$6.79-80%
GOG$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.14 at GameBillet (2024-11-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 146 of 207 observed days · $3.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2742026-09-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1322May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Aug 2017 — avg 132 · peak 439Nov 2017 — avg 77 · peak 493Feb 2018 — avg 56 · peak 192May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 38Aug 2018 — avg 32 · peak 110Nov 2018 — avg 28 · peak 79Feb 2019 — avg 31 · peak 82May 2019 — avg 28 · peak 86Aug 2019 — avg 17 · peak 39Nov 2019 — avg 27 · peak 73Feb 2020 — avg 27 · peak 67May 2020 — avg 34 · peak 212Aug 2020 — avg 45 · peak 146Nov 2020 — avg 49 · peak 145Feb 2021 — avg 34 · peak 84May 2021 — avg 109 · peak 250Aug 2021 — avg 37 · peak 90Nov 2021 — avg 59 · peak 144Feb 2022 — avg 29 · peak 60May 2022 — avg 29 · peak 64Aug 2022 — avg 25 · peak 63Nov 2022 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 52May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 44Aug 2023 — avg 21 · peak 45Nov 2023 — avg 20 · peak 48Feb 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29May 2024 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42Feb 2025 — avg 12 · peak 28May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 13 · peak 29Feb 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26May 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.03$2.142017-06-062026-10-152017-06-06 — best price $26.992018-01-01 — best price $29.992018-04-17 — best price $26.992018-09-12 — best price $10.192018-12-14 — best price $7.192019-03-20 — best price $6.372019-07-19 — best price $7.502019-10-14 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $5.992020-03-02 — best price $5.992020-05-28 — best price $7.492020-08-21 — best price $29.992020-11-11 — best price $26.882021-01-26 — best price $29.992021-04-22 — best price $6.492021-06-23 — best price $7.492021-09-22 — best price $7.492021-12-04 — best price $25.472022-02-18 — best price $7.492022-05-02 — best price $5.992022-08-08 — best price $6.752022-11-16 — best price $25.192023-02-13 — best price $5.992023-05-25 — best price $25.192023-10-02 — best price $3.992024-01-09 — best price $4.492024-03-26 — best price $24.892024-06-14 — best price $5.992024-09-07 — best price $27.892024-11-28 — best price $2.142025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-05-24 — best price $25.992025-08-24 — best price $2.852025-11-21 — best price $4.342026-02-24 — best price $25.192026-05-07 — best price $5.992026-07-20 — best price $5.392026-09-11 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3262026-05-29 — 17 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-06 — 19 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 32 pageviews2026-06-18 — 12 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-05 — 18 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 pageviews2026-08-29 — 24 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 12 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 12 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
36.5%
earned "Heisenberg"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-07-25, latest 2017-08-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)3,2857%48
Steam (Steam)2,9715%48
PS4 (PlayStation)1,89529%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

EpicIndieSpaceSci-fiSandboxStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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