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Colony Survival

Colony Survival

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!

Released Jun 16, 2017 Developer Pipliz Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Colony SimSurvivalBase-BuildingBuildingMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $24.95 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.9%positive8,394 reviews
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“Almost 8 years ago I relentlessly nagged my mum to install steam just so I could play this game soon after it came out. The game has changed and grown a lot since then. For the past few years I have stepped away from video games alot, but every now and again I come back to this…”

— a player, Steam review · 337 hrs played
Recommended · 14 found this helpful

“You know, I am a very lenient person and would be a great leader, as long as everyone does what they are supposed to do y'know. But if I catch someone slacking off and EATING supplies of my entire colony, they are gonna see what's lying behind those wooden walls. Other than that…”

— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played
Not recommended · 43 found this helpful

“[h3]"A chill, base-building game disguised as a zombie survival game."[/h3] [i]TLDR: The zombies aren't actually difficult because of the way they scale and the gameplay never evolves. It's fun to build cool-looking bases, but it doesn't actually matter and why would you do that…”

— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:22 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

149playing at last check
21324-hour peak
1,488all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 435 avg · Jul 2017

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

50achievements
5.7%median completion
1.1%rarest: An Emperor Among Kings
55.3% of players 41.0% of players 36.4% of players 29.4% of players 23.3% of players 19.0% of players 17.2% of players 16.5% of players 15.8% of players 14.2% of players 11.4% of players 10.9% of players 10.7% of players 10.5% of players 10.5% of players 10.5% of players 10.5% of players 8.4% of players 7.6% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.6% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.7% of players 4.7% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 55.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.3%The Very First Step — Place a banner and start a colony
41.0%Craft Isn't Mine, It's For Colonists — Recruit a Tinkerer
36.4%A Small Tribe — Recruit 10 colonists
Rarest badges of honor
1.1%An Emperor Among Kings — Complete Prestige V Science
1.5%A King Among Lords — Complete Prestige I Science
2.0%Crunch Those Numbers — Recruit 1 Tabulating Machine Operator

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.95current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.95lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.95 USD
EU24.95 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada32.50 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China92.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 24, 2026
Friday Blog 269 - Blueprint Builders' Contest Ends in August + Splitscreen

The Blueprint Builders' Contest ends next month, on Sunday August 23, at 23:59 Amsterdam time! All players are allowed to put one post in #Blueprint-Contest-Entries on our Discord . This post can cont

Jun 25, 2026
Update 0.17: “Quests & Counters” is Available Right Now!

A big new update is live on Steam right now! It should make the game a lot more accessible to new players, and it should speed up some of the slowest days of starting a new colony. There is a new tab

May 29, 2026
Friday Blog 268 - The Shape of the Next Update: QoL Improvements

The next update is 0.16.1, not 0.17. This means: no major changes to content, but a whole bunch of improvements to Quality of Life. Tweaks that make playing the game more convenient. The ugliest menu

Apr 17, 2026
Friday Blog 267 - Oddity Press Update & Blueprint Builder’s Contest

Update 0.16 is live right now! It adds the Oddity Press, a new automatic crafter that produces mainly decorative items, and new beds. Its content largely matches the content of the Beta, so we’ll refe

Apr 03, 2026
Friday Blog 266 - The 0.16 Beta is Available!

The Beta is live right now! Precise instructions on how to join it appear later in this blog. The main content addition is the Oddity Press. It’s an automated crafter, like the Mill. The Mill makes es

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Player tagsColony Sim · Survival · Base-Building · Building · Multiplayer · Strategy · Sandbox · Open World · Early Access · City Builder · Adventure · Crafting (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista SP1 & newer, 64-bit Processor: Intel Pentium G620 (2.5 Ghz dual core) or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000, 1280x720 display DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: Work in progress: new features may raise the bar, optimizations may lower the bar