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Aven Colony cover art

Aven Colony

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

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

9
playing now
72%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (30 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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
  • · 9 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 14% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 69k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,779 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$5.15-83%
GreenManGaming$5.22-83%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.85-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
WinGameStore$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$5.99-80%
GamersGate$6.00-80%

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 128 of 185 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

3362026-08-11 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 14 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.03$2.142017-06-062026-08-302017-06-06 — 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 $5.392026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3252026-05-29 — 17 pageviews2026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 26 pageviews2026-06-19 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-01 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 22 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 12 pageviews2026-07-13 — 10 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 19 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 12 pageviews2026-07-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 13 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 11 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 10 pageviews2026-08-24 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 18 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

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.

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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