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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!

140
playing now
92%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.95
steam price (US)

140 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 140 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 12% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 224k–538k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,966 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 5 of 10 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

255702026-08-06 23:00 — 157 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 170 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 162 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 95 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 198 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 175 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 112 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 207 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 176 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 99 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 179 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 149 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 98 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 177 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 130 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 95 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 172 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 198 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 141 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 147 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 103 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 198 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 221 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 114 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 136 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 180 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 140 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

3502026-08-26 20:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (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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