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Build a new home for humanity in Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Aven Colony is a colony sim, city builder and strategy game developed by Mothership Entertainment LLC and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.
Released on July 25th 2017 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Italian.

It has received 2,638 reviews of which 1,921 were positive and 717 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Aven Colony into these genres:

Colony Sim City Builder Strategy Simulation Sci-fi Base-Building Indie Space Singleplayer Survival Resource Management Management Sandbox Epic Atmospheric

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 7850
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 25 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 11 Supported
Additional Notes: Mouse and keyboard only. Min screen resolution 1280 x 720

User reviews & Ratings

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Aug. 2025

The most polished alpha abandonware you'll ever play. Beautiful models and textures set on an intriguing environment but seem limited, there's a few buildings and a hint at a military aspect with plasma turrets and a gunship but they do little more than handle environmental effects that are already handled by specific buildings. Maps are also riddled with blockers and there was no system implemented to handle them. Well thought out systems with lots of promise but a lot of them seem unfinished. There's a whole overworld system that only provide commendations (which don't do anything) and colonies (which don't do much). There's a whole industry system that you can only really use to get a few extra percents of happiness... But even that doesn't seem relevant outside of winning referendums. There's a whole research system that gets completed in the first 5 minutes of gameplay to unlock a few more options in the unfinished industry system. There's a whole alien artifact system with minimal effects (a useless shield and again a few extra percents of happiness). There's even a single player campaign! It's odd to see so many systems in place that work SO well just to not do anything with them. It feels like all the hard work on this game had already been done and the finishing of adding additional building chains, population requirements and milestones (like Anno) was never finished.

Aug. 2025

Fun little space city builder. Easy enough achievements. A solid 4/5

July 2025

I’m genuinely surprised I hadn’t heard of Aven Colony sooner — it’s a beautifully crafted sci-fi city builder that deserves more attention than it seems to have received. The graphics are gorgeous, with vibrant alien environments and excellent design work on buildings and UI elements. The interface took a little time to fully grasp, but once it clicks, it’s smooth and satisfying to use. What really impressed me is how fast the game loads — I can go from the main menu to playing my colony in just a couple of seconds. It’s refreshing in an era where loading screens seem to last forever. The campaign on normal difficulty strikes a great balance: interesting and atmospheric without being overly punishing. It feels more about building something cool than constant survival stress, which I appreciate. Harder difficulties are there when you want a bit more of a challenge. If you’re into strategy, city-builders, or just love the idea of managing a colony on a distant world, Aven Colony is absolutely worth a shot. A quiet classic — and one I’m glad I finally discovered.

April 2025

Reading other Steam reviews, I don't know what's going on in Windows land but over here in Linux the game is crash-free, solid as a rock! Maybe you should join us? WINK. Unlike other city-builders that got bitten by the punish-the-player bug, Aven Colony is light-hearted, relaxing and fun. The simple, attractive graphics and easy build systems combine to weave a hypnotic little spell as you lovingly craft your little sci-fi colony from tender lander-acorn all the way to mighty, orbit-scraping oak. It's a little repetitive but then what city-builder isn't? And this one's very charming and well worth your time spent with it. Four Optimus Thumbs Up!

Jan. 2025

The game i always go to after a long and stress full day. Very relaxing and brain stimulating at once. Beautiful visuals, relaxing music, simple to understand game mechanics, whats not to love. 10/10

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Frequently Asked Questions

Aven Colony is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

Aven Colony is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

Aven Colony received 1,921 positive votes out of a total of 2,638 achieving a rating of 7.07.

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Aven Colony was developed by Mothership Entertainment LLC and published by Team17 Digital Ltd.

Aven Colony is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Aven Colony is not playable on MacOS.

Aven Colony is not playable on Linux.

Aven Colony is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Aven Colony. Explore additional content available for Aven Colony on Steam.

Aven Colony does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Aven Colony does not support Steam Remote Play.

Aven Colony is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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