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Aven Colony

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App ID 484900
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Team17 Digital Ltd
Franchise Team17 Digital
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 28973828
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 05:17:39 UTC ()
Release Date 25 July 2017 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
😏 70.65%
2k reviews
14
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Mothership Entertainment LLC
metacritic_name Aven Colony
metacritic_score 65
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/aven-colony?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Team17 Digital Ltd
Store Release Date 25 July 2017 – 16:00:30 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/AvenGame/
https://www.twitch.tv/team17ltd
https://x.com/AvenColony
https://www.youtube.com/Team17SoftwareLtd/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 25 July 2017 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 3 November 2022 – 14:11:33 UTC () (1667484693)
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review_score 6
review_percentage 72
Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 30 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 2820367
  • configuration:
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    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 26 May 2016 – 22:01:13 UTC (), in changelist #1987784

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🛖 Colony Sim 🏙️ City Builder 💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🚀 Sci-fi 🏠 Base Building 🌱 Indie 🌠 Space 👤 Singleplayer 🌲 Survival 📊 Resource Management 💼 Management 🧱 Sandbox

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Assets

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timestamp17 September 2024 – 15:58:06 UTC
Trailers
256691327 ↴
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256682563 ↴
trailer_nameAven Colony - Surviving Aven Prime
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Steam charts

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  • 14 players right now
  • 34 24-hour peak
  • 1,738 all-time peak 25 July 2017
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Store data

  • 25,828 followers
  • 1,932 positive reviews
  • 723 negative reviews
  • 72.77% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 8 24-hour peak
  • 1,915 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Mostly Positive
  • 70.65% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,932 72.8% positive reviews
  • 723 27.2% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
25 July 2017 – 16:00 Steam Release -
6 April 2021 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: April 2021 Humble Choice (#17) -
8 September 2021 – 20:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Team 17 Greatest Hits Bundle -

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How many players are playing Aven Colony right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 14 players live playing Aven Colony on Steam.

Aven Colony had an all-time peak of 1738 concurrent players on 25 July 2017.

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