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Aven Colony

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3.9/5

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3.9

115 Reviews

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Aven Colony
Description
The Cerulean Vale DLC is included in this version. Build a new home for humanity with Aven Colony. Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and jungles light years from earth. Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement, where you build and expand y...
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3.9/5

( 115 Reviews )

3.9

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Product details
2017, Mothership Entertainment, ...
System requirements
Windows 7 64-bit, Intel Core i3-3220 3.3 GHz, 4 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 470 or AMD Radeon HD 7850, Versi...
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Aven Colony - Soundtrack
Time to beat
26.5 hMain
35.5 h Main + Sides
43.5 h Completionist
29.5 h All Styles
Description

The Cerulean Vale DLC is included in this version.



Build a new home for humanity with Aven Colony.

Discover Aven Prime - an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and jungles light years from earth. Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement, where you build and expand your small colonies into massive, sprawling cities while dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world.

Build your colony's infrastructure, look after the well-being of your citizens, manage your resources, and guide your colony to prosperity against the backdrop of the harsh and often dangerous realities of the exotic world of Aven Prime.

KEY FEATURES:


COLONIZE AN ALIEN WORLD: Build a new home for humanity on a world with a low-oxygen atmosphere, extreme electrical storms, shard storms, dust devils, deadly toxic gas eruptions from geothermal vents, and days so long they have their own seasons. Explore a variety of biomes, from the lush wetlands environment to the much less habitable desert and arctic.


MEET THE LOCALS: Encounter a variety of alien life forms, including giant sandworms, deadly plague spores, and a vicious fungal infection known as “The Creep.”


SUPERVISE YOUR COLONISTS: Settling a new world can be stressful. As a new Colony Governor, you’ll need to work overtime to help your colonists deal with their new environment. Using the 12 distinct "overlay" modes, you can mange your colony's Crops, Citizens, Happiness, Crime, Air, Electricity, Employment, Resources, Commute, Structures, Drones, and Water. Earn the respect of your colonists, and rise in rank from Colony Governor to Expedition President!


DISCOVER THE PAST: The world of Aven Prime holds many secrets. Play through a full single-player campaign and participate in a story that reveals some of the many secrets of this brave new world.


BUILD THE FUTURE: Use construction drones to build dozens of types of structures to house your colonists, establish trading routes, welcome immigrants and much more! Enhance your existing buildings through several upgrade tiers to push your colony to new heights!


EXPEDITION SYSTEM: Deploy your crack team of pioneers to explore alien ruins, recover artifacts, repair crashed vessels and rescue lost explorers. Get ready to take on plague and creep spore nests whilst fending off splinter groups, rebels and Aven Prime's remaining robot guardians which threaten your new civilisation.


PREPARE FOR WINTER: A fully functional day/night and seasonal cycle. During the winter Aven Prime freezes over - farms will not grow food and solar panels will generate far less electricity. Take measures to survive this harsh climate!

Aven Colony. Developed by Mothership Entertainment LLC © 2017. Published by Team17 Digital Ltd. Team17 is a trademarks or registered trademarks of Team17 Digital Limited. All other trademarks, copyrights and logos are property of their respective owners

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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
26.5 hMain
35.5 h Main + Sides
43.5 h Completionist
29.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
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Size:
12.4 GB

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Posted on: January 30, 2020

Am I supposed to dislike this game?

My need to end lives was not fufilled by a combat mechanic. I had to destroy homes and stop feeding people to get my fix. DAMMIT AVEN COLONY! I want personality like my ex-girlfriend (non-existant). I hate options, and story elements that make my game seem plausible and characters seem believable. DAMMIT AVEN COLONY! I couldn't find an exploit in the first 12 minutes. But an hour into the game I noticed some options are preferable in most cases. I hate learning how to play a game. DAMMIT AVEN COLONY! Ok. In all honesty I don't understand the dislike for this game. On a 4/5 stars I can kinda see it not being an everyone will love it game, but under 4 doesn't make a lot of sense. It's a fun time waster that you could probably watch a movie while doing, if you are willing to pause one of the two at times. Pros: Nice looking. (unlike my ex) A lot of stat management that is easy to understand. (aka depth without complication) Not everything is numerical so you do have to feel it out in some places or play for a little bit. Game is pretty easy but not something I would fall asleep to (except if I pause it for a while) Has very mild challenges where you will want to pause or slow to normal speeds for. Cons: If you need to be mistreated to have a good time, not your thing here. If you like purely numerical judgement call, this might not be your thing. If you like a hard challenge, this might not be your thing.


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Posted on: August 18, 2019

endertargaryen

Verified owner

Games: 46 Reviews: 4

Scratched the city builder itch

Don't know how this game has "mixed" reviews on Steam, I had a ton of fun with it. It has a campaign that is decent enough for a city builder and the visuals are terrific. The mechanics are easy to understand and fun once you get a hang of it.


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Posted on: May 8, 2022

SoulReaper8

Games: 92 Reviews: 18

Started out entertaining enough

Although it seems like it will be repetative before long, but it didn't take too long for stupid shit to start happening: I ran out of power, and was given no option to deactivate any building to conserve power so that I could power the builders and build more power generation... the game was basically just over at that point and I had to start over.


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Posted on: August 26, 2025

CliffLo

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Games: 86 Reviews: 1

Aven Colony

Dreadful surround immigration centre with power and it will not get power so nol increase in workers


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Posted on: February 24, 2019

ChipmonkVampire

Verified owner

Games: 21 Reviews: 1

Better then I thought

Graphics are good but game play can become boring and mundaine very quickly. Game play is similer to the Sim Cities games. You need Electricity, Water, Gas, Food, People etc. No user manual for the game sucks and considering the game is over $45.00 one would assume there would be a manual available. Dont start playing the game in Sandbox mode like I did. You will only confuse yourself. Start by doing the first few campains to learn the ropes. If you liked the SimCity games you will love this game when you have learned the ropes. Missions start out basic which is good as it helps you learn the basics of the game. All in all a great game


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