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Colony 37

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95%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:music, grinding
95% User Score Based on 193 reviews

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Colony 37 is a single player survival simulation game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Valen and was released on September 23, 2025. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find it's secrets and earn cash by collecting resources. Spend your money on buying various trinkets and instruments that will help you along the way to earn even more profit.

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95%Audience ScoreBased on 193 reviews
story7 positive mentions
music3 negative mentions
  • Extensive and engaging gameplay loop with mining, upgrading, and exploration that keeps players invested for many hours.
  • Strong sense of progression and customization through varied equipment, perks, and builds, allowing for diverse playstyles.
  • Atmospheric and immersive sci-fi setting with solid sound design and visual style that enhances the underground exploration experience.
  • Steep learning curve and lack of clear tutorials or guidance can make initial gameplay confusing and challenging for new players.
  • Early access state leads to occasional bugs, technical issues, and missing features such as autosave, better inventory management, and QoL improvements.
  • Gameplay can become repetitive and grind-heavy over extended play sessions with limited endgame content currently available.

  • story

    47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    15% positive mentions, 79% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The game's story is currently in early development, offering a subtle, atmospheric narrative focused on environmental mystery and gradual unfolding through quests and exploration. While some players appreciate the intriguing setting, unique biomes, and quest-driven progression, others find the story incomplete and sparse, with slow development and limited late-game content. Overall, the story complements the engaging core gameplay but leaves room for deeper narrative expansion in the future.

    • “The story is pretty intriguing and makes you want to learn more.”
    • “Also, there is a story, which you unravel as you progress!”
    • “The game is well thought out and has a cool setting and plot which I totally did not expect but I am totally down with; I like the stalker inspiration. The mining, building out infrastructure in your mine, exploring to go deeper with multiple cool, mysterious biomes and upgrading your gear is really fun by itself.”
    • “There is not a lot of story elements or quests at this moment.”
    • “Story quest is not ready, barely any late meta progression, no permanent bonuses you could buy for money or even a reason to because you can pretty much dive as deep as you want by that point.”
    • “My one complaint is of course since it's soooo early in development progression seems very slow considering not many quests right now.”

  • gameplay

    47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    36% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 6% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers a satisfying and addictive resource-gathering loop centered on mining, survival, and progression through upgradeable equipment and increasingly hostile environments. While relatively simple and occasionally hampered by technical issues or repetitive structure, the oxygen mechanic and diverse tools create tense, rewarding exploration distinct from typical mining games. Overall, the core gameplay is engaging and well-balanced, appealing to fans of survival and exploration despite some rough edges.

    • “Although its presentation initially appears simple and minimalist, the game quickly reveals an addictive gameplay loop centered on gathering resources, upgrading equipment, and surviving increasingly hostile conditions beneath an abandoned colony world.”
    • “The core gameplay revolves around mining valuable resources from procedurally generated cave systems while managing environmental threats and limited supplies.”
    • “The game is well thought out and has a cool setting and plot, but it excels with a strong core gameplay loop involving mining, building infrastructure in your mine, exploring deeper biomes, and upgrading gear, which is really fun by itself.”
    • “Not bad but very time-consuming and iffy mechanics.”
    • “Certain controls and movement mechanics can also feel awkward at times, and some technical issues may interrupt the otherwise immersive gameplay loop.”
    • “The gameplay structure can also become repetitive during extended sessions.”

  • graphics

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    28% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The graphics feature a retro, 90s-era-inspired art style that offers a dark, grim, and cozy atmosphere, which many find charming and fitting for the game's horror and mining themes. While not graphically advanced and occasionally impacted by bugs or visual pop-ins, the procedural environments and unique artistic choices contribute to immersion and character. Overall, the visuals prioritize style and mood over technical polish, appealing to fans of nostalgic and atmospheric design.

    • “The graphics are excellent; I love the simple but dark/grim art style, and I can see what the developer is going for.”
    • “The environments may not be graphically advanced, but the procedural cave systems and environmental effects create enough variation to maintain immersion.”
    • “The art style fits the game perfectly and when combined with the creative changes to the biomes does a great job of making the game feel like a horror game at times.”
    • “Playing on 'high' graphic settings, but the game actually looks worse than the Steam pictures.”
    • “The controls are very floaty, the visuals are pretty terrible, especially with the pop-in and every time I open a door in the mine, a different location is inside.”
    • “Minecraft - the graphics, the ugliness, physics, monsters, the fear of dying horrible.”

  • atmosphere

    15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    53% positive mentions, 27% neutral mentions, 20% negative mentions

    The game features a unique, chill, and immersive atmosphere that combines relaxing mining with tense underground exploration, enhanced by effective lighting, sound design, and subtle storytelling. While music is minimal, the distinct biomes, survival elements like oxygen management, and variety in progression contribute to a compelling and cozy sci-fi setting. Overall, the atmosphere is praised for supporting both exploration and gameplay without overwhelming the experience.

    • “The atmosphere underground and through the facility is truly amazing!”
    • “Visually, Colony 37 uses a relatively simple block-based style, but it makes excellent use of lighting and atmosphere to create tension underground.”
    • “A slow-paced and relaxing comfy-cozy-creepy atmospheric mining game that has a good amount of variety when it comes to items and builds, as well as serious charm in the art-style and subtle story setting.”
    • “Seems to lack music, so not much going on in the way of atmosphere in that sense.”
    • “I like that the planet doesn't have a breathable atmosphere, so you have to keep an eye on your oxygen supply.”
    • “Sound design also plays a surprisingly important role in building atmosphere.”

  • music

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 45% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The music in the game is limited but enjoyable, featuring a few fitting tracks with an ambient, somewhat murky tone. While the sound design has improved with new effects and music additions, the overall soundtrack remains minimal, contributing to a subdued atmosphere without overwhelming the player.

    • “The sound design in the game is actually not bad, and improved with more sounds and new music added.”
    • “There are two songs right now that fit the game nicely.”
    • “The soundtrack seems to be EVE Online inspired and enjoyable but limited.”
    • “The ambient music is a bit murky and dark, but the trader's radio has some decent rock music spilling out of it.”
    • “Seems to lack music, so not much going on in the way of atmosphere in that sense.”

  • grinding

    9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, -11% neutral mentions, 78% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is notably time-consuming and can feel repetitive and challenging, especially due to limited oxygen and resource yields. However, the presence of helpful bots and careful preparation reduces tedium, making the grind manageable rather than overwhelming. While some find it grindy and job-like, others appreciate the steady progression and engaging digging mechanics that keep gameplay enjoyable.

    • “The game has a grindy aspect that feels balanced; it takes time unless you really push, then you quickly get the feeling of 'Wow, I have this already,' which is satisfying.”
    • “Getting the plastic shovel as soon as possible helps a lot with the grinding process, making gathering resources much easier.”
    • “Even though the game is about digging and grinding, it never feels tedious. The time just flies by while you explore, talk to NPCs, and break boxes, showing that the developers did a great job balancing the grind.”
    • “But it does feel like a fricken' job and a grindy one at that, to get anywhere.”
    • “Grindy as heck, not relaxing, repetitive, gimmicky, brutal, "2nd-job" vibes.”
    • “Gameplay was a bit frustrating at first with such little oxygen and poor visibility and I feared load after load of low yield ore was going to prove endless grinding.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game runs very smoothly on the Legion Go Extreme, maintaining stable performance even at higher settings. While there are a few minor issues, overall the optimization is solid and provides a satisfying experience.

    • “Played 15 hours on Legion Go Extreme running Bazzite mostly at level 2 performance.”
    • “Very smooth performance-wise.”
    • “I've encountered a few minor issues but so far I'm pretty happy with the performance and stability.”

  • stability

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game runs smoothly without bugs, glitches, or crashes, providing a stable and enjoyable experience. Players report it performs well even with high settings and appreciate its polished, grind-friendly gameplay.

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is largely unintentional and arises from quirky glitches, such as falling out of the map yet still progressing significantly, which players find amusing.

    • “Near the final structure at the bottom, there was nothing but open space to the left side of the door, so I fell out of the map. It was kind of funny because when I look at the PC in my room now, it says I reached the core and progressed to over 16,000 meters.”
    • “Very funny.”

  • emotional

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Users praise the game for delivering a deeply emotional and fulfilling experience at an exceptional value, highlighting the genuine care and passion from the developers.

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game’s monetization leverages the popular FOMO-driven digging game trend but stands out by offering more genuine engagement, avoiding the feel of a typical cash grab.

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Play Times

8h Median play time
11h Average play time
1-23h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 3 analyzed playthroughs
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Colony 37 is a survival simulation game with science fiction theme. Common tags for Colony 37 include first-person, indie, score attack, trading, dystopian and others.

Colony 37 is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 11 hours playing Colony 37.

Colony 37 was released on September 23, 2025.

Colony 37 was developed by Valen.

Colony 37 has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Colony 37 for its story but disliked it for its music.

Colony 37 is a single player game.

Similar games include Core Keeper, The Spotter: Dig or Die, Len's Island, Cubic Odyssey, Planet Crafter and others.