Aven Colony is a city-building strategy video game developed by Mothership Entertainment and published by Team17.

The main storyline revolves around the human colonisation of an alien planet, in which a new colony must be built in order to survive.

These buildings serve many purposes including oxygen creation, living quarters, food cultivation, resource mining, protection of the colony, exploration and expansion.

There is a morale system which can be influenced by several different factors including food, living conditions, employment, crime and social policies set by the player.

These menus include details on citizens, employment, commute, happiness, crime, resources, electricity, water, air, crops, structures and drones.

In Sandbox Mode, initial conditions can be set, then a colony can be built on an open-ended world with no specific objectives.

The beta was published on 8 September 2016 on Itch.io and the full version of the game was released for download on 25 July 2017 on Steam, Itch.io, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Since the release of the game there have been multiple small updates adding new features, improving performance and fixing bugs.

This update also has a new sandbox map called "Serpent Isle" and a new transport system using Hover cars.