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Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game

Iron Tower Studio · 2023-11-09

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 06, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game is a 2023 RPG priced at $39.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4226 reviews).

42
playing now
88%
positive of 4.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
Nexus mods (502 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

It is the Year of Our Lord 2754… You will never feel the sun’s warmth under a blue sky, never hear the wind in the branches of a tree, and never swim in the ocean, all because you had the misfortune to be born on the Ship, chained to a fate you didn’t choose. You have never seen Earth and you’ll never see Proxima Centauri either. You’re doomed to live and die on the Ship in the name of the Mission, like your father before you, like his father before him. The Ship is old. She had already been twenty years in service when she was rechristened Starfarer - a pretty name for a retrofitted interpl(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 542 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 86k–193k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,280 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2026-05-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 23 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
62062020212026Week of 2021-04-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

342322026-09-14 22:00 — 40 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 42 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 143 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 213 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 148 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 183 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 226 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 101 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 83 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 209 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 102 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 91 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 63 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 80 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 157 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 70 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 57 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 78 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 77 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 48 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 64 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 60 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3268Apr 2021Aug 2026Apr 2021 — avg 77 · peak 337Jun 2021 — avg 15 · peak 48Aug 2021 — avg 12 · peak 26Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Apr 2022 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2022 — avg 21 · peak 57Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 51Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 48Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 64Feb 2023 — avg 29 · peak 69Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 58Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 45Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 43Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 51Dec 2023 — avg 100 · peak 285Feb 2024 — avg 55 · peak 176Apr 2024 — avg 70 · peak 295Jun 2024 — avg 47 · peak 138Aug 2024 — avg 49 · peak 123Oct 2024 — avg 71 · peak 244Dec 2024 — avg 58 · peak 152Feb 2025 — avg 35 · peak 79Apr 2025 — avg 93 · peak 285Jun 2025 — avg 53 · peak 157Aug 2025 — avg 39 · peak 125Oct 2025 — avg 47 · peak 122Dec 2025 — avg 47 · peak 108Feb 2026 — avg 43 · peak 111Apr 2026 — avg 25 · peak 53Jun 2026 — avg 38 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 66 · peak 214
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$15.992021-04-062026-08-252021-04-06 — best price $22.492021-09-15 — best price $22.492021-11-24 — best price $22.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-02-21 — best price $24.992022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-08-02 — best price $29.992022-10-27 — best price $23.992022-12-01 — best price $29.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-02-21 — best price $29.992023-04-27 — best price $26.242023-06-11 — best price $26.242023-08-28 — best price $26.242023-10-10 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-08 — best price $39.992024-04-18 — best price $39.992024-06-03 — best price $39.992024-07-18 — best price $23.992024-09-10 — best price $23.992024-10-28 — best price $23.992024-11-26 — best price $23.992025-01-13 — best price $23.992025-02-13 — best price $23.992025-03-19 — best price $23.992025-04-27 — best price $39.992025-06-09 — best price $39.992025-07-28 — best price $39.992025-08-26 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $19.992025-10-28 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-05-10 — best price $15.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-08-12 — best price $39.992026-08-25 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
43.5%
earned "Augmented"
10.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8773%70

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

RPGCRPGCyberpunkIsometricLore-RichNonlinearStory RichTurn-BasedConversationTactical RPG

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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