Fit check
Is FarWest Colony worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want open-world science-fiction exploration with survival elements
- Fans of crafting and base construction who also want farming and combat
- Players interested in rebellion stories shaped by choices and alliances
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly structured campaign rather than an open-world journey combining several gameplay activities
- Players who prefer combat without resource mining, crafting, farming, or base construction
- Players looking for a small-scale setting instead of alien planets and a rebellion involving humanity
Our take on FarWest Colony
The defining premise makes the player humanity’s last free person, combining survival on alien planets with a search for the antidote to a controlling nano-chip.
What is FarWest Colony?
Lead a rebellion in a dystopian science-fiction world where a vaccine conceals a nano-chip that controls humanity.
As the last remaining free human, join the Resistance Movement, seek an antidote, and oppose the Gates Foundation. The game combines open-world exploration with survival elements, resource mining, base construction, crafting, farming, and combat. Travel across alien planets, encounter extraterrestrial beings, and meet characters including Nadeschda and Alvin. Choices and actions shape the narrative as the resistance develops. The story includes conspiracies, revelations, alliances, and an effort to liberate humanity from Gates’ control. Progress involves scavenging resources, mastering technologies, constructing bases, and confronting the forces protecting the existing order.
How FarWest Colony plays
- 01Alien Planet Exploration
- Travel across alien planets, encounter extraterrestrial beings, and search for resources.
- 02Base Construction
- Construct bases while pursuing the rebellion and managing the game’s survival elements.
- 03Resource Crafting
- Mine resources and use crafting to support exploration and resistance activities.
- 04Farming Activities
- Farm as part of the game’s survival-focused gameplay.
- 05Narrative Choices
- Choices and actions shape the course of the narrative and determine humanity’s fate.
- 06Resistance Campaign
- Join a clandestine movement, search for an antidote to the nano-chip, and oppose the Gates Foundation.
FarWest Colony compared to similar games
FarWest Colony combines open-world alien exploration, survival elements, farming, crafting, base construction, and combat with a rebellion narrative. Mr. Prepper also centers on authoritarian control and survival crafting, but its described workflow focuses on preparing an underground shelter for a possible nuclear war.
FarWest Colony: platforms & release
Is FarWest Colony worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want open-world science-fiction exploration with survival elements. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly structured campaign rather than an open-world journey combining several gameplay activities.
Where can I download FarWest Colony?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens FarWest Colony's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is FarWest Colony on?
Windows only.
