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Colony Survival

Pipliz · 2017-06-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 16, 2017 (Linux), Jun 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 16, 2017 (Mac)

Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Colony Survival is a 2017 Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy game priced at $24.95, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 9007 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

77
playing now
92%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
9
Nexus mods (4.6k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.95
steam price (US)

77 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Colony Survival trailer thumbnail

Colony Survival 2024 Main Trailer

≈650,558 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 77 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 427 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~53/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,909 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 225k–540k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,007 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.47 at Steam (2025-01-14) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.95 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23223220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

220502026-09-15 13:00 — 119 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 125 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 55 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 127 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 168 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 80 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 81 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 146 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 84 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 106 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 132 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 85 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 63 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 109 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 123 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 66 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 145 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 108 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 157 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 159 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 71 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 97 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 77 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4350Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2017 — avg 435 · peak 873Oct 2017 — avg 82 · peak 323Jan 2018 — avg 282 · peak 597Apr 2018 — avg 282 · peak 575Jul 2018 — avg 181 · peak 411Oct 2018 — avg 104 · peak 202Jan 2019 — avg 148 · peak 282Apr 2019 — avg 102 · peak 193Jul 2019 — avg 426 · peak 1,151Oct 2019 — avg 156 · peak 325Jan 2020 — avg 160 · peak 321Apr 2020 — avg 173 · peak 285Jul 2020 — avg 139 · peak 232Oct 2020 — avg 153 · peak 295Jan 2021 — avg 242 · peak 522Apr 2021 — avg 133 · peak 243Jul 2021 — avg 136 · peak 235Oct 2021 — avg 110 · peak 220Jan 2022 — avg 116 · peak 208Apr 2022 — avg 125 · peak 281Jul 2022 — avg 122 · peak 200Oct 2022 — avg 97 · peak 195Jan 2023 — avg 381 · peak 857Apr 2023 — avg 211 · peak 451Jul 2023 — avg 176 · peak 361Oct 2023 — avg 185 · peak 460Jan 2024 — avg 135 · peak 265Apr 2024 — avg 116 · peak 242Jul 2024 — avg 140 · peak 257Oct 2024 — avg 123 · peak 255Jan 2025 — avg 295 · peak 914Apr 2025 — avg 250 · peak 570Jul 2025 — avg 144 · peak 257Oct 2025 — avg 131 · peak 285Jan 2026 — avg 278 · peak 921Apr 2026 — avg 149 · peak 291Jul 2026 — avg 163 · peak 322Aug 2026 — avg 145 · peak 276
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.95$12.472017-06-172026-07-092017-06-17 — best price $17.992017-11-22 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $14.992018-05-08 — best price $14.992018-06-21 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-01-23 — best price $14.992023-03-17 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-10-13 — best price $24.952023-11-28 — best price $24.952024-01-04 — best price $24.952024-03-21 — best price $24.952024-07-14 — best price $24.952024-12-04 — best price $24.952025-01-02 — best price $24.952025-01-21 — best price $24.952025-03-20 — best price $24.952025-03-31 — best price $24.952025-07-10 — best price $24.952025-10-06 — best price $24.952026-01-05 — best price $24.952026-01-25 — best price $24.952026-03-26 — best price $24.952026-07-09 — best price $24.95
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
55.5%
earned "The Very First Step"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,5802%50

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

Co-opSandboxZombiesBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureColony SimManagement

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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