Choose Colony Survival
Choose Colony Survival if you want a Strategy experience. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. 5,841 Steam reviews back the pick.
Colony Survival vs Surviving Day!
Colony Survival and Surviving Day! both land in Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam. Colony Survival (2017) is 9 years older than Surviving Day! (2026). Both support cooperative play. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Surviving Day!
Choose Surviving Day! if you want a Massively Multiplayer, RPG, and Casual game with HDR available. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Surviving Day! launched in 2026.
Both Colony Survival and Surviving Day! sit in Action, Indie, and Adventure on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Colony Survival |  Surviving Day! | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Early Access | Action, Indie, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Casual, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 24.95 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 91.9% positive (5,841 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | Pipliz | JJustis |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam.
- Colony Survival (2017) is 9 years older than Surviving Day! (2026).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Colony Survival is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Surviving Day! has no Deck rating yet.
Colony Survival vs Surviving Day! — FAQ
- Should I play Colony Survival or Surviving Day! first?
- If you want chronology, Colony Survival (2017) came out before Surviving Day! (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Colony Survival and Surviving Day! similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Colony Survival and Surviving Day! have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Colony Survival ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op; Surviving Day! ships Online Co-op, LAN Co-op.
- Does Colony Survival run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Colony Survival is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Surviving Day! doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.