Colony Siege

Released: Sep 7, 2020
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 08:42 GMT

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07 Oct 2020Developer post
Post-launch Update #2
The second post-launch update for Colony Siege is now available! This update adds the most requested feature: full barrier control! Also included is a significant Pounder buff, major rebalancing of the final mission, better alert sounds, and other fixes and improvements. Added op
The second post-launch update for Colony Siege is now available! This update adds the most requested feature: full barrier control!
Also included is a significant Pounder buff, major rebalancing of the final mission, better alert sounds, and other fixes and improvements.

Added option to toggle the Energy Barrier between two selected towers.
Increased Pounder blast radius and other balancing.
Improved "colony under attack" and "wave starting" alarm sounds.
Optimized game loading code to reduce initial startup time.
Darla: Reduced bonus requirement from 12 to 8 Spinner Traps.
Chaos: Increased transport health, added additional player units, repair towers prioritize virus transport, and other balancing.
Bosses will now only tolerate a certain amount of repathing.
Fixed case where screen was shaking in Second Chance on ultra wide screen monitors.
Switched to the latest Fmod sound library.
Switched to the latest Microsoft C++ library.
Other internal fixes to improve performance and stability, especially for large/complex missions.
Added new Founders (welcome!)
Thank you so much for your comments, suggestions, and support. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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22 Sep 2020Developer post
Post-launch Update #1
We are happy to announce the first post-launch update for Colony Siege, and it's a big one! The changes, improvements, and fixes are detailed below: GAMEPLAY: Riven Faithful transport now ejects 2 Saviors when destroyed. Increased Drone Trap range and reduced its cooldown. Added
We are happy to announce the first post-launch update for Colony Siege, and it's a big one! The changes, improvements, and fixes are detailed below:
GAMEPLAY:

Riven Faithful transport now ejects 2 Saviors when destroyed.
Increased Drone Trap range and reduced its cooldown.
Added Attack Move option. Hold Alt while issuing a Move command to attack enemies encountered while moving to the destination.
Fixed case where metal was not being restored properly when loading a checkpoint.
Fixed case where restarting a mission could cause a desync.
Fixed case where Survival and Endless missions were unlocking prematurely.
Fixed case where Endless mission was not resetting wave when loaded from checkpoint.
Fixed cases where towers were appearing over invalid positions.
Fixed place where an enemy unit could get stuck in Tranquility.
Fixed cases where shielded units were appearing too soon and/or in excessive numbers.
Fixed High Capacity housing perk to increase housing by the stated amount.
Added new Founders (welcome!)
UI:

Expanded Enemy Intel to include number of ground, shielded, and air units.
When multiple Portal Generators/Riven Dropship Pads are selected, the combined incoming forces are shown.
Added key to select all Portal Generators/Riven Landing Pads (default mapping Ctrl+E).
Added option for restarting from the last checkpoint in the Mission Briefing.
Added Improved store previews to help show which weapons can disrupt enemy shields.
Add option to preserve current game speed after each wave.
Added keyboard shortcut for medium game speed.
Added range indicator for Commander Abilities (fades in when you hover an ability button).
Added Area Damage and Housing unit stats to store item descriptions.
Fixed case where store items were appearing as new after replaying a previously-won mission.
Fixed case where screen edge panning was not working properly in windowed mode.
Fixed strike and Commander Ability buttons to dim during cooldown.
Fixed crash that could occur when tooltips are disabled.
Fixed cases where tooltips were appearing even when disabled.
Increased visual fx of Commander Abilities to match their range.
Other minor UI fixes and improvements.
MISSIONS:

Chaos: Increased transport speed, added additional checkpoints, and other balancing.
Norway: Increased starting metal and other balancing.
Thank you so much for your comments, suggestions, and support. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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07 Sep 2020Developer post
Colony Siege has Launched! - Updated to 1.18
We are very excited to announce that COLONY SIEGE is now fully released! Additionally, a large new update is available. Thank you to our dedicated testers and supporters. From the early days of closed beta to today, you have encouraged us and offered countless amazing suggestions
We are very excited to announce that COLONY SIEGE is now fully released! Additionally, a large new update is available.
Thank you to our dedicated testers and supporters. From the early days of closed beta to today, you have encouraged us and offered countless amazing suggestions. Colony Siege has exceeded our original hopes and we sincerely thank you for the help in getting here.
Colony Siege Release Version 1.18

COLONY SIEGE has left Early Access!
Added final mission - Chaos, the Xeno homeworld.
Units stunned by EMP weapons now show an arcing effect.
Increased the Power Surge EMP duration to 6 seconds.
Increased the Nullifier Missile's EMP duration to 12 seconds.
Nullifier and Power Surge EMP weapons now affect bosses and enemy gun towers.
Ice Strikes now affect bosses.
Mission objectives can now be hidden in Survival missions.
Survival missions now spawn raids more frequently.
Added Vehicle engine power to store stats.
When Robot Crew is enabled in co-op, fixed unit cap to read 999.
When "Allow view to rotate freely" option is enabled, view angle can now be adjusted by holding Shift and the middle mouse button while dragging.
Multiplayer chat is now available when Settings UI is is active.
Added option to keep multiplayer chat window open.
Added sound fx for multiplayer ping.
"Hard" difficulty level has been tweaked across all missions.
Improved UI transitions and blending/fading.
Added option to disable environmental effects (rain, snow, asteroids).
Added player and enemy shield expiration indicator.
Fixed Alpha colony to spawn boss during last wave of Survival mode.
Fixed cases where Alt+Enter was not properly switching between windowed mode and fullscreen.
Fixed sound code to recover from missing sound hardware or driver.
Fixed to save view angle in checkpoints when the "Allow view to rotate freely" option is enabled.
Fixed units to stop movement and gun animations when frozen.
Fixed slight jumping that occurred when game is paused.
Fixed 3D sound position to take into account view rotation.
Fixed misc. store preview animations.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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01 Sep 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Launch Date Announcement
We are very excited to announce that Colony Siege will be leaving Early Access on Monday, September 7th for its launch update! Early Testers Appreciated If you would like to help test the launch update prior to launch, please join our Discord Server for more information. Game Pro
19 Aug 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #7
The seventh update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds two new missions, improved multiplayer, difficulty-based payments and bonuses, bug fixes, and more. Added two new missions: New Orting and Vega. Added in-game multiplayer join prompt. When placing a Repair Tower, units
The seventh update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds two new missions, improved multiplayer, difficulty-based payments and bonuses, bug fixes, and more.

Added two new missions: New Orting and Vega.
Added in-game multiplayer join prompt.
When placing a Repair Tower, units in range of the tower are now highlighted.
Mission payments and bonuses are now adjusted based on difficulty.
Multiplayer commands are now processed faster for more responsive gameplay.
Added multiplayer tooltips with each player's kills and current metal.
Added multiplayer Ping command.
Improved MIRV missile strike. Missiles now track enemy units, cause shockwaves, and leave blast marks.
Fixed cases where Death Blossom was failing to activate.
Licensed to Maze perk is now unlocked in Tranquility (mission 2).
Enhanced Incentives perk is now unlocked in Valhalla (mission 11).
Other mission balancing tweaks.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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06 Aug 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #6
The sixth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, a new speed setting, improved performance, expanded view areas, bug fixes, and more. Added mission 20 - Hermes Internal engine rendering performance improvements. Mission Objective and Minimap UIs can now
The sixth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, a new speed setting, improved performance, expanded view areas, bug fixes, and more.

Added mission 20 - Hermes
Internal engine rendering performance improvements.
Mission Objective and Minimap UIs can now be closed.
Added "Custom" graphics quality level for fine-tuning rendering options.
Added option for disabling heat shimmer.
Added an additional Game Speed option. Options are now Normal, Fast, and Faster.
Expanded viewable area in Tranquility, New Dublin, Planck, Norway, Darla, Artemis, Hermes.
Added heat shockwave effects for large explosions.
Enhanced Commander destruction effects.
Asteroids are now fully client-side for smoother animations during multiplayer games.
Increased Riven Hangar and Bunker health stats.
Railguns can no longer be commanded to target buildings (or Riven missions are too easy).
Subsidized Weapon Testing perk now provides 50% bonus metal for every unit destroyed by an Air, Missile, or Satellite strike.
High Capacity Housing perk now increases the unit cap by 6 over the normal amount.
Enemies in Planck no longer start attacking before the first wave.
Minimap view frustum is now anti-aliased for higher quality.
Remapped "Select Similar" command from Ctrl+L to Ctrl+S. This resolves a conflict with Build Saber which was also Ctrl+L.
Fixed Bombing Run "trajectory" spelling error.
Fixed crash that could occur when building a tower after the mission has been won.
Fixed memory leak that could occur during Store Preview animations.
Fixed Barrier cost in tooltip when Licensed to Maze perk is active.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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25 Jul 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #5
The fifth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, new building and tower destruction effects, 64-bit support, and more! Added mission 19 - Artemis. Ported game engine to 64-bit for improved performance. Buildings and towers now fragment and collapse when
The fifth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, new building and tower destruction effects, 64-bit support, and more!

Added mission 19 - Artemis.
Ported game engine to 64-bit for improved performance.
Buildings and towers now fragment and collapse when destroyed.
Fixed cases where shockwaves were appearing in the wrong position.
When a checkpoint is loaded, the wave will now only start when the player clicks Ready.
Expanded view area in New Hope and Artemis to account for longer view range.
Added extra metal to Darla and Kepler to help balance difficulty.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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14 Jul 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #4
The forth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, some important bug fixes, and an option for freely rotating the view. Added mission 18: Darla. Added option for freely rotating the view. All new missions now have an animated circle around them (not just
The forth update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds a new mission, some important bug fixes, and an option for freely rotating the view.

Added mission 18: Darla.
Added option for freely rotating the view.
All new missions now have an animated circle around them (not just the first mission).
Perk button now flashes if no perk is selected during the mission briefing.
Early Access feedback prompt can now be hidden in the star map using the Toggle Hud command (default Alt+Backslash).
Fixed desync that could occur when the game is paused.
Fixed case where wave path in minimap did not match main view.
Fixed case where feedback button could be clicked even though feedback UI was hidden.
Fixed to restore rank-based upgrades when loading a checkpoint.
Fixed desync that could occur when adding towers.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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08 Jul 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #3
The third update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds crisp and clear shadows, mission 17, bugfixes, and increased zoom distance. Added mission 17: Resolute Greatly improved shadow quality (when using "High" video quality setting). Increased maximum view distance by 25%. Im
The third update for Colony Siege is here! This update adds crisp and clear shadows, mission 17, bugfixes, and increased zoom distance.

Added mission 17: Resolute
Greatly improved shadow quality (when using "High" video quality setting).
Increased maximum view distance by 25%.
Improved quality of shield edges.
Fixed crash that could occur when the Missile Factory is destroyed while a MIRV or Falling Star missile is in flight.
Fixed Repair Towers to include their rank progress when saving a checkpoint.
Fixed desync that could occur when using Pyro towers.
Fixed crash that could occur if the Air Factory is destroyed while launching a Bombing Run strike.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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30 Jun 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #2
The second update for Colony Siege is now available. This is primarily another hotfix to correct reported issues, but also includes a couple of suggested features and a new mission. Added mission 16: Norway Added indicator to the first mission on the Star Map, making it easier fo
The second update for Colony Siege is now available. This is primarily another hotfix to correct reported issues, but also includes a couple of suggested features and a new mission.

Added mission 16: Norway
Added indicator to the first mission on the Star Map, making it easier for new players to get started.
Added a multiplayer joining status prompt.
Fixed crash that could occur when an object is recycled while the game is paused during a Survival mode mission.
The Early Access feedback prompt now auto-hides during missions, but will appear when the game is paused.
Added additional debug code to assist us in tracking and fixing multiplayer desync issues.
Added note to desync message that requests both players to submit their bug report.
Your comments, suggestions, and support are greatly appreciated. We will continue to closely monitor your feedback!
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24 Jun 2020Developer post
Colony Siege Update #1
The first update for Colony Siege is now available. This is primarily a hotfix to some issues that were reported, but also includes a couple of suggested features and a new mission. Added mission 15: New Seattle Added VSync option Space is now the default key for pausing the game
The first update for Colony Siege is now available. This is primarily a hotfix to some issues that were reported, but also includes a couple of suggested features and a new mission.

Added mission 15: New Seattle
Added VSync option
Space is now the default key for pausing the game. Ctrl+Space is now the default key for manual trap activation.
Fixed crash in multiplayer that could occur for the remote player after winning a Riven mission.
Fixed crash that could occur when launching an airstrike.
Fixed case where Riven dropship could get stuck when landing.
Thank you so much for supporting Colony Siege. We are very grateful to your positive reception of the Early Access launch, and we will do our best to continue shaping the game according to community suggestions.
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