Colony Simulator
Released Feb 2022
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert? Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
66% positive · 423 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Colony Simulator is explicitly described in its own store page as a Unity game engine template and "proof of concept" — not a full game. The developer confirmed this characterization in a January 24, 2026 post, stating that Colony Simulator "was published as a template / proof of concept." Because it launched as a deliberately limited, finished preview product rather than a game intended to receive post-launch content, it is complete as of its release date of February 8, 2022. The developer's January 2026 post was focused entirely on announcing a new, unrelated project called Woodland Rebels — it contained no indication of any planned updates or additions to Colony Simulator itself.
Evidence
Developer confirms Colony Simulator was published as a 'template / proof of concept' and announces an entirely separate new game (Woodland Rebels), with no mention of any future updates to Colony Simulator.
Store description explicitly states Colony Simulator is a Unity game engine template and 'just a preview of that asset, so not a full game in itself.'
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Indie Marc
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Can your Colony survive 10 days or more in the desert?
Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Colony Simulator is a Template for the Unity Game Engine.
This is just a preview of that asset, so not a full game in itself.
Gameplay:
-Player controls (mouse and keyboard).
-Building and Crafting
-Resource gathering
-Inventory system
-Selection system
-Automated colonist work schedules
-Equipment
-Character attributes (health, hunger, happiness...)
-Attacking and HP
-Factories for item production.
-Resources regeneration
-Tech Tree
-Event system
-Game clock, day/night cycle
-Save/Load system
Find food, build your colony, recruit new workers, feed your population, craft tools and equipment, cook food and research technologies!
Colony Simulator is a Template for the Unity Game Engine.
This is just a preview of that asset, so not a full game in itself.
Gameplay:
-Player controls (mouse and keyboard).
-Building and Crafting
-Resource gathering
-Inventory system
-Selection system
-Automated colonist work schedules
-Equipment
-Character attributes (health, hunger, happiness...)
-Attacking and HP
-Factories for item production.
-Resources regeneration
-Tech Tree
-Event system
-Game clock, day/night cycle
-Save/Load system
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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