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If Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Age of Decadence, Dungeon Rats and Wasteland 3 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its high replayability, tactical positioning matters and writing quality is exceptional. 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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Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game is a challenging isometric turn-based RPG released by Iron Tower Studio in 2023, priced at $39.99 USD. Set aboard a generation ship bound for Proxima Centauri, the game features branching quests, faction politics, stealth mechanics, procedural generation, and turn-based combat. Players describe it as atmospheric and immersive, with tactical positioning mattering significantly in encounters. Reviewers highlight the game's high-replayability stemming from meaningful choices and multiple approaches to quests. Currently holding an 88% positive rating from more than 3,000 Steam reviews, the game is solo-only, offers a long sit-down experience, and runs as a playable title on Steam Deck.

About Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game: Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

2023RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Iron Tower Studio
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  1. The Age of Decadence

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Top pick for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

    2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Dungeon Rats

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Second-strongest match for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    A turn-based, party-based RPG set in the Age of Decadence world and focused on squad level tactical combat. Fight your way out of prison mine or die trying.

    2016IndieRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wasteland 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Third-strongest match for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Shadow of the Road

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Shadow of the Road is a story-driven, turn-based RPG where feudal Japan meets magic and machine. Assemble your team from a diverse set of characters and test your skills against yōkai and steampunk contraptions. Carve your own path through an immersive story and change the fate of the Empire.

    2026IndieRPGSteam ↗
  5. Expeditions: Rome

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Ranked #5 for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

    2022StrategyRPG44.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Ranked #6 for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.

    2022IndieRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Ranked #7 for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

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    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Broken Roads

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Ranked #8 for Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.

    2024RPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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  1. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

    WHY THIS

    Shares faction politics, turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

    2018RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. The Age of Decadence

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

    2015IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Fallout 4

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.

    2015RPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Come: Deliverance

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

    2018ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Baldur's Gate 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and an immersive mood with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

    2023StrategyAdventureRPG44.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    A simple hydrogen atom simulator.

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    The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.  A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.

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  8. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

    WHY THIS

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    Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

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Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Don't Starve Together

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now.

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Mount & Blade: Warband

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

    2010ActionRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. OMORI

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  5. of the Devil

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    Immerse yourself in neon, smoke, and high-stakes legal gambles as a Defense Attorney with uniquely Killer insights in this episodic, diabolically stylish visual novel adventure game.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game

Does Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game run on Steam Deck?
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game 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 Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game cost?
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game are The Age of Decadence, Dungeon Rats, Wasteland 3.
Who developed Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game?
Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game was developed by Iron Tower Studio.

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