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Aven Colony

Mothership Entertainment · 2017

Aven Colony

SimulatorStrategyIndieIGDB 68Steam 73%

Session Respect Score

AI estimate · 0/5 votes
0.0/ 10

"City-building on alien world demands strategic planning and citizen management."

Best session: 45-90 minutes

Minimum session

30 min

Pausability

Pause anytime

Resume friendliness

Some reorientation

FOMO pressure

Zero FOMO

Focus required

Intense

Session structure

Open-ended

Play in short bursts; pause frequently to manage multiple colony systems effectively.

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About

Aven Colony is a city-building and management sim that tells the story of humanity’s first settlement of an extrasolar world. Land on exotic Aven Prime, where you must construct and maintain the infrastructure and ensure the well-being of your citizens, all while dealing with the often harsh realities of an exotic alien world. On top of this, you’ll face the greatest challenge of all — keeping your people happy. How will you feed your people? Will you be able to provide them with enough jobs, entertainment, retail outlets, and other services while protecting them from the planet’s many dangers? What social policies will you enact to influence your people? The future of the colony rests on your decisions.

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. Bu…

Single playerBird view / IsometricScience fictionSurvivalSandbox

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No sound needed? One-handed? Good for commutes? Players vote.

🔇No sound OK
🤚One-handed
🎵Background game
🚇Commute friendly
✈️Plane friendly
💤Suspend & resume
Quick to boot
☁️Cloud save
👶Kid can watch
🛋️Couch co-op
🎤No voice chat needed
🌙Solo after bedtime
🎙️Podcast game
🧘Zen mode
🥱Brain off
🔁Satisfying grind
🧒Kid co-op

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Aven Colony — Session FAQ

How long does a session of Aven Colony take?
The minimum meaningful session for Aven Colony is approximately 30 minutes. This is the shortest play window where you can make real progress or have a satisfying experience, based on community data.
Can you pause Aven Colony?
Yes — Aven Colony supports instant pause. You can stop at any moment without penalty, making it ideal for sessions that might be interrupted.
Does Aven Colony pressure you to keep playing?
Aven Colony has no FOMO mechanics — no timed events, live content, or narrative cliffhangers. You can stop whenever you want without feeling like you're missing out.
What is Aven Colony's Session Respect Score?
Aven Colony has a Session Respect Score of 8.0/10. This score combines minimum session length, pausability, FOMO level, and pickup friendliness into a single metric for how well the game fits busy schedules.

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