Fit check
Is Colony worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who prefer colony management and resource planning over directing conventional real-time armies
- Players who enjoy managing worker and combat units within a two-colony contest
- Fans of ant-themed strategy games focused on gathering resources, building facilities, and researching technologies
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking destructible buildings, since opposing units can be destroyed but buildings cannot
- Players looking for campaign progression or large-scale warfare, since the described contest takes place between two colonies on a playing field
- Players who want a game centered on direct unit-by-unit control, rather than overseeing colony development and resource management
Our take on Colony
The listing distinguishes Colony from a conventional real-time strategy game by emphasizing oversight of colony development. Its described play still includes unit production, research, combat, construction, resource zones, and hotkeys, so the distinction is a management emphasis rather than an absence of strategy controls.
What is Colony?
Colony is a strategy game about managing one of two ant colonies on a shared playing field.
Workers gather food, while architects collect wood for laboratories, warehouses, warriors, and research. The anthill stores resources and produces new ants; up to five warehouses can be built to increase collection efficiency. A laboratory enables science research and soldier training. Warriors attack enemy ants, while buildings cannot be destroyed. Food can become wood if left uncollected, and collection areas can be assigned to control how ants work. The colony includes workers, architects, and warriors, with research into warrior health and resource growth. Mouse controls and hotkeys manage construction, unit production, storage, collection areas, forestry mode, traps, and laboratory building.
How Colony plays
- 01Three Ant Roles
- Workers gather food, architects collect wood, and warriors attack opposing ants.
- 02Warehouse Network
- Up to five warehouses can be placed to change where collected resources are delivered.
- 03Research Laboratory
- Building the laboratory opens science studies and soldier training.
- 04Changing Resources
- Food left uncollected can turn into wood, while forestry mode prevents workers from gathering selected food areas.
- 05Unit Movement Effects
- Ants move 30% faster when attacking, while workers and architects move 30% slower when carrying resources.
Colony compared to similar games
Colony centers on managing resources and units within one ant colony facing a rival colony. Xenonauts focuses on turn-based squads defending Earth from aliens and recovering technology, while Old World covers historical empire management across multiple generations. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation describes control of vast armies across an entire world in a galactic conflict.
Colony: platforms & release
Is Colony worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who prefer colony management and resource planning over directing conventional real-time armies. Skip it if: players seeking destructible buildings, since opposing units can be destroyed but buildings cannot.
Where can I download Colony?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Colony's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Colony on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
