Games like Aven Colony
Closest overall match: The Escapists 2 (★ 3.6). Highest rated: RimWorld at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Valhalla Hills at about 3 hours.
Looking for something like Aven Colony? Our model ranked 11 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements.
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66%
1. The Escapists 2
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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64%
2. Valhalla Hills
Shares City Builder, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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63%
3. Prison Architect
Shares City Builder, Base Building, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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61%
4. Surviving Mars
Shares City Builder, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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60%
5. Evil Genius 2 World Domination
Shares Base Building, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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60%
6. RimWorld
Shares Colony Sim, Base Building, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher; about 15h longer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 19h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
-
60%
7. Big Pharma
Shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 72
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
-
60%
8. Spacebase DF-9
Shares City Builder, Base Building, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 1.5 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Metacritic
- 49
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
-
60%
9. Kingdoms and Castles
Shares City Builder, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
-
60%
10. They Are Billions
Shares City Builder, Base Building, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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59%
11. Planet Coaster
Shares Base Building, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 25%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Aven Colony?
On our similarity model, The Escapists 2 is the closest match to Aven Colony — shares steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; same release year.
Which game like Aven Colony is rated highest?
RimWorld holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 634 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Aven Colony on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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