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Games like Colony 37

  • 11 games
  • Updated Aug 21, 2026

Players who liked Colony 37 also play

The closest matches to Colony 37: Astrometica, Beyond the Map, Devil Spire Falls, The Spotter: Dig or Die, and XenoHaven. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 01

    Why this

    Shares resource gathering and crafting with Colony 37.

    • $19.99 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • 2024
  2. Rank 02

    Why this

    Shares equipment upgrades and resource gathering with Colony 37.

    • $11.59 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  3. Rank 03

    Why this

    Shares skill tree progression and crafting with Colony 37.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  1. Rank 05

    XenoHaven

    Why this: Shares survival mode and resource gathering with Colony 37.

    • $9.99 (Price checked Oct 19)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2026
  2. Rank 06

    MineMogul

    Why this: Shares crafting and resource management with Colony 37.

    • $14.99 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2025
  3. Rank 07

    The Forever Winter

    Why this: Shares survival mode and crafting with Colony 37.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • 2024
  4. Rank 08

    A Game About Digging A Hole™

    Why this: Shares resource gathering and procedural generation with Colony 37.

    • $2.74 (Price checked Oct 21)
    • Deck Verified
    • 2025

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Colony 37

Best match first, as plain text. The same list for AI assistants:
  1. 1
    Astrometica

    Shares resource gathering and crafting with Colony 37.

    • 83% of 1,492 reviews
  2. 2
    Beyond the Map

    Shares equipment upgrades and resource gathering with Colony 37.

    • 77% of 322 reviews
  3. 3
    Devil Spire Falls

    Shares skill tree progression and crafting with Colony 37.

    • 96% of 557 reviews
  4. 4
    The Spotter: Dig or Die

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 90% of 454 reviews
  5. 5
    XenoHaven

    Shares survival mode and resource gathering with Colony 37.

    • 79% of 81 reviews
  6. 6
    MineMogul

    Shares crafting and resource management with Colony 37.

    • 96% of 2,723 reviews
  7. 7
    The Forever Winter

    Shares survival mode and crafting with Colony 37.

    • 70% of 15,319 reviews
  8. 8
    A Game About Digging A Hole™

    Shares resource gathering and procedural generation with Colony 37.

    • 91% of 10,934 reviews
  9. 9
    Dig & Deal

    Shares resource gathering and inventory management with Colony 37.

    • 71% of 52 reviews
  10. 10
    Forager

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 88% of 13,308 reviews
  11. 11
    Below the Stone

    Also Underground and Dungeon Crawler, like Colony 37.

    • 84% of 326 reviews
  12. 12
    Starground

    Shares equipment upgrades and crafting with Colony 37.

    • 80% of 93 reviews
  13. 13
    Core Keeper

    Shares crafting with Colony 37.

    • 95% of 22,806 reviews
  14. 14
    Dig Island

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Simulation

    • 86% of 78 reviews
  15. 15
    Prison Escape Simulator: Dig Out

    Shares crafting and inventory management with Colony 37.

    • 82% of 829 reviews
  16. 16
    Million Depth

    Shares skill tree progression and procedural generation with Colony 37.

    • 98% of 139 reviews
  17. 17
    Tinkerlands

    Genres: Action, Strategy, Indie

    • 89% of 727 reviews
  18. 18
    Nighthold: Number 1

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 68% of 112 reviews
  19. 19
    AETHUS

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure

    • 96% of 1,371 reviews
  20. 20
    Project Silverfish

    Shares procedural generation and resource management with Colony 37.

    • 93% of 2,456 reviews
  21. 21
    Cargo Hunters

    Genres: Action, Early Access

    • 81% of 213 reviews
  22. 22
    Honeycomb: The World Beyond

    Genres: Indie, Adventure, Casual

    • 74% of 241 reviews
  23. 23
    Good Heavens!

    Shares resource gathering and skill tree progression with Colony 37.

    • 91% of 91 reviews
  24. 24
    Whisper of the Swallows

    Genres: Action, Indie, Adventure

    • 87% of 78 reviews
Colony 37 — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2025
  • Developer: Valen
  • Price: $2.99checked Oct 17
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 96% of 179 reviews
  • Genres: Indie, Adventure, Early Access
  • Platforms: Windows

Players highlight

  • Active developer who engages with the community
  • Atmospheric sound design that creates paranoia in the depths
  • Deep mining loop that keeps you digging always deeper
  • Atmospheric
  • Mysterious
  • Relaxing

More games like Colony 37, sliced differently

Free alternatives

Free games the recommender matches to Colony 37, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.

  • Outpost

    Why this: Shares resource gathering and skill tree progression with Colony 37.

    • Free
    • 2020
  • Cave Crawlers

    Why this: Shares procedural generation with Colony 37.

    • Free
    • Deck Playable
    • 2023
  • Endless Sky

    Why this: Also Trading and Space, like Colony 37.

    • Free
    • Deck Playable
    • 2015

About Colony 37

The closest matches to Colony 37: Astrometica, Beyond the Map, Devil Spire Falls, The Spotter: Dig or Die, and XenoHaven. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Colony 37 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Astrometica, Beyond the Map and Devil Spire Falls — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, mysterious and relaxing, and single out its crafting and environmental puzzles. 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.

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.

Is Colony 37 worth buying?

  • 96% of 179 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
  • Price: $2.99 (checked Oct 17).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 8 h when they wrote their review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Its an okay game. The controls are very floaty, the visuals are pretty terrible, especially with the pop-in and every time I open a door in the mine, a different location is inside. Also the fall damage is outrageous, half a meter decides…”
2 h played
“Be advised that you will be under time constraints from O2 requirements and unavoidable radiation exposure for about 90% of the time spent playing the game. Again, no way to avoid radiation, which just straight up damages your health, so I…”
3 h played
More negative reviews on Steam ↗

People who play it also play: Astrometica, Beyond the Map, Devil Spire Falls

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Frequently asked about Colony 37

Can I run it?

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 2.99 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 Astrometica, Beyond the Map, Devil Spire Falls.

Who developed Colony 37?

Colony 37 was developed by Valen.