Colony Survival

store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Free base co-op, Release status, Kind of game, Sessions, About, Building and creating, Planning ahead, Unlocks and progress, Fighting, Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Exploring, Working in sync, Getting better.

• Online co-op: The co-op section says you start a co-op server from the main menu and invite friends into your world.
• Free base co-op: Steam sells it as a paid game with a 24.95 USD base purchase and a second paid package called Commercial License. No free base version is listed.
• Release status: The page carries the Early Access badge. The makers say they may leave Early Access within 12 to 18 months or keep making major updates.
• Kind of game: Friends can share ownership of one colony or each run their own colony and trade. User tags include Survival, Sandbox and Base Building.
• Sessions: User tags include Sandbox, Open World and Base Building. The tech tree starts in the Stone Age and grows over a long timeline.
• About: You plant a banner to start a colony, and more monsters try to invade as you recruit more colonists.
• Building and creating: User tags include Building, Base Building and City Builder. The page has you raise walls, dig moats and build forts.
• Planning ahead: User tags include Strategy, Management and RTS.
• Unlocks and progress: A science system unlocks jobs, blocks, upgrades and weapons, from the Stone Age up to gunpowder weapons, rails and gliders.
• Fighting: The short text has you command guards and defend the colony against a horde of monsters every night.
• Tension and danger: Monsters come every night, but a game setting can switch them off for peaceful building or let them spawn by day for a harder game.
• Calm and coziness: A setting can turn monsters off so you can build in peace.
• Exploring: A section on exploring the world says tech tree resources sit in special places that you find with an astrolabe and settle with outposts.
• Working in sync: Friends can share one colony or run neighbouring colonies and trade, so teamwork is possible but not required.
• Getting better: The makers say the interface and tutorial still need work to make the game easier to learn.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Local co-op, Free base co-op, Platforms, Release status, Release date.

• Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
• Local co-op: Categories include Shared/Split Screen Co-op, which agrees with the maker's 0.18.0 post.
• Free base co-op: is_free is false and the price is 24.95 USD.
• Platforms: Steam lists Windows, Mac and Linux builds.
• Release status: The Early Access genre is listed.
• Release date: Steam shows Jun 16, 2017, the day early access began.

store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026

Backs Steam Deck.

• Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.

colonysurvival.nlOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Online co-op, Release status, Genres, Sessions, About, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress, Exploring.

• Online co-op: The home page lists playing co-op with friends.
• Release status: The makers say they chose to remain in Early Access because the game is still growing.
• Genres: The makers call it a colony simulator with an open sandbox character, and the subtitle calls it a first person voxel RTS.
• Sessions: Says the game is made to be enjoyed for hundreds of hours, with endless jobs, weapons and technologies to unlock.
• About: Describes a colony simulator where you build towns, castles and fortresses and fight off monsters that attack every night.
• Building and creating: Has you build a network of towns, castles and fortresses.
• Unlocks and progress: Mentions a deep tech tree from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution.
• Exploring: Says to explore different biomes and travel by train or aircraft.

colonysurvival.nlOfficial site, read 28 October 2026

Backs Release date, Platforms.

• Release date: The press kit says the game was released on Steam on June 16th 2017. That was the start of Early Access.
• Platforms: The press kit says it is available on PC, Linux and Mac.

steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 28 October 2026

Backs Local co-op, Split or shared screen, Most players on one screen, Free base co-op.

• Local co-op: Friday Blog 270 of 2026-08-21 announces update 0.18.0, which lets you play with a friend on the same machine.
• Split or shared screen: The monitor is divided in two, and a menu sets which character is on which side of the screen.
• Most players on one screen: The post divides the monitor in two and adds a second character, so the count is two. It names no larger number.
• Free base co-op: Remote Play Together lets a friend join a remote split screen game without owning the game. That is platform sharing and does not count as free base co-op.

wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026

Backs Wikidata item, Genres, Release date.

• Genres: P136 includes strategy video game, which we use. Simulation and sandbox come from the maker's own wording.
• Release date: P577 is 2017-06-16.

steamcommunity.comStore page, read 28 October 2026

Backs Calm and coziness, Tension and danger, Working in sync, Time to hang out.

• Calm and coziness: A review from 2024-12-31 calls the game peaceful and enjoyable.
• Tension and danger: The same review says threats grow with the population and a colony can starve and need rebuilding.
• Working in sync: The same review describes building outposts and sending resources to friends in the same game.
• Time to hang out: A review from 2017-06-27 says it is fine to play for a while with a show on. This is an old account from before the 0.9.0 overhaul.