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Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game

Iron Tower Studio · 2023-11-09

Steam

RPG

Modes: Single player

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.

35
playing now
88%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 35 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 16% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 84k–189k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,193 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$15.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 27 of 50 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

214212026-08-06 23:00 — 98 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 54 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 119 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 114 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 146 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 122 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 98 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 158 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 151 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 144 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 113 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 61 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 116 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 92 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 41 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 91 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 76 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 34 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 45 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 74 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 23 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

Player tags

RPGCRPGCyberpunkIsometricLore-RichNonlinearStory RichTurn-BasedConversationTactical RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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