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Games like Colony 37

If Colony 37 is your kind of game, the closest matches are GNOM, The Legend of Celia and Uncolored Bob II — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Colony 37: Dig deep down the abandoned planet to find its 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.

2025IndieAdventureEarly Access2.69 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Valen
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Steam players who put hours into Colony 37 also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. GNOM

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    You will have to explore the Unruly Caves. Survive by mining resources and building up your base. Improve your hero's abilities by finding lost schemes and other secrets. Complete quests. Defeat enemies, find ore deposits and prove that even one dwarf can do a lot!

    IndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Legend of Celia

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    A fantasy real-time turn-based dungeon RPG. Play as the Arcane Knight, lead 5 heroes with front/back row tactics & magitech. Explore procedural dungeons, collect billions of gear & rune attributes, make choices at Obelisk Stones, rebuild a lost civilization. Native KB&M, remastered for PC.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Uncolored Bob II

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    "Uncolored Bob ii" is a roguelike platformer adventure with randomly generated levels. It has level editor, so you can share challenge with your friends.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cave Escape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Your torch is your clock, your map, and the only thing keeping you alive. Descend a cave that regrows every run, where the light gets shorter, the maze gets stranger, and panic makes you fast. Find the ladder before the dark finds you.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Lost Souls

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Lost Souls throws you and your friends on an epic adventure! Alone or together, players fight, explore secret dungeons to survive on an unknown and dangerous island!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Beyond the Map

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Isometric survival ARPG set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Build your base, gear up, and venture out, chasing stronger enemies and better loot.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. FEEDERS

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    2079. The sun exploded. The rich fled underground. You were sent to the top, where the sky burns. They call you Penthouse Rats. Descend into ruins crawling with smart, unique creatures. Make noise, one hunts you. Stay silent, another finds you. 1-4 player co-op horror.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Tide Fall

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Colony 37 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Explore dangerous islands, build and defend your base, sail the seas, and raid rival crews in this open-world pirate survival game.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Colony 37 at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~45% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Colony 37.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony 37 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Colony 37.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Control, I'm Not Coming Back

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Control, I'm Not Coming Back is a short and emotional narrative game about a lost astronaut searching for a reason to keep going forward while facing the emptiness of space. Inspired by the Hopecore aesthetic, it’s a story about positivism, friendship and our human connection with Voyager 1.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  8. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Colony 37.

    Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Colony 37

Does Colony 37 run on Steam Deck?
Colony 37 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Colony 37 cost?
Colony 37 is listed on Steam at 2.69 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Colony 37?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Colony 37 are GNOM, The Legend of Celia, Uncolored Bob II.
Who developed Colony 37?
Colony 37 was developed by Valen.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Colony 37.

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