Aven Colony

About

Aven Colony tasks you with building and managing a human settlement on a distant alien world. You start with a small outpost and expand into large cities while balancing resource management, infrastructure, and citizen needs. The alien planet Aven Prime throws environmental hazards, erratic weather, and scarce materials at you forcing you to adapt your strategies. Every decision impacts your colony’s survival from assigning workers to jobs to ensuring residents have access to food housing and safety. The game stands out for its layered systems that blend base-building with social governance. You’ll wrestle with moral choices like rationing supplies or adjusting policies to keep morale high. With a 78% on Metacritic it’s praised for its depth but can feel punishingly complex at times. The varied biomes from scorching deserts to icy tundras add visual variety though the 2017 release shows some age in its art style. Still it remains a solid pick for strategy fans who enjoy long-term planning under pressure.

Storyline

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.