ExoColony: Planet Survival

Released: Jun 2, 2025
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 02:47 GMT

Updates & announcements

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12 Jun 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 1.03
Greetings Colonists! We are excited to announce the first update since the full launch of ExoColony: Planet Survival. This patch includes a few important fixes and minor improvements based on logs collected during the first week of release. Fixes Bug with colonists removal after
Greetings Colonists!
We are excited to announce the first update since the full launch of ExoColony: Planet Survival.
This patch includes a few important fixes and minor improvements based on logs collected during the first week of release.
Fixes
Bug with colonists removal after death fixed.
Toxic gas terraformation calculation updated to match common room toxic levels.
Potential problem with multiple placement of terraforming buildings fixed.
Various other small fixes.
Improvements
Added localization to 4 more languages.
Surface plants are now growing when conditions are favourable.
Minor rebalancing of terraformation progress.
Congratulations to the first colonists on successfully terraforming the planet!
Thank you for your continued support!
– The Simplemole team
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02 Jun 2025Developer post
🚀 ExoColony 1.0 – OUT NOW!
ExoColony Has Left Early Access! Greeting colonists, the wait is over – ExoColony: Planet Survival v1.0 is LIVE right now. Update Steam, dive in, and start shaping your new homeworld. 🌎 What 1.0 Adds • Maps improved, difficulty rebalanced, two more maps added. • Leaderboard and
26 May 2025Developer post
Full Release – ExoColony 1.0 lands on 2 June!
Greetings Colonists! We are excited to announce that ExoColony v1.0 releases on Monday, 2 June 2025 at 10 AM PT . 🌎🚀 What to expect in 1.0? • Two more maps added, maps improved, map difficulty rebalanced. • Added several new Game Events to notify players for various events. • W
18 May 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.92
Hello Colonists! We are excited to announce the release of next update of ExoColony: Planet Survival! This update brings a lot of improvements and fixes. We expect full release of the game in next 2-4 weeks, we will let you know once we fix the date. Thank you for your continued
Hello Colonists!
We are excited to announce the release of next update of ExoColony: Planet Survival!
This update brings a lot of improvements and fixes. We expect full release of the game in next 2-4 weeks, we will let you know once we fix the date.
Thank you for your continued support!
Rebalancing and Fixes

Improved and fixed pathfinding
Fixed hover on buildings that are under construction.
Deconstruction calculation fixed, deconstruction of storage automatically move items in storage to other storages.
Feature updates

Colony View informations improved - added avg. life expectancy, avg. child per woman, avg. morale penalty
Colonists may be now manually assigned to the home/work buildings.
Production limit are now displayed in resource tooltips.
Colonists education progression improved.
Offline buildings are now slightly darker.
Variability of room backgrounds increased.
Houses priority can be now managed and gets comfort penalty when out of power.
Constructions can be now paused and resumed.
Research and Education rebalanced, items consumption increased.
Oxygen Generator building added.
Information about colonists walking speed now visible and explained.
Buildings can be now restricted for ideal colonists profession only.
Resource bar now showing the trend (increasing/decreasign) when significant.
Others

Improved and optimized colonists animations.
Build notification icons updated.
Visual information if Oxygen Masks and Exosuites are used added.
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20 Apr 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.85
Hello Colonists! We are excited to announce the release of next update of ExoColony: Planet Survival! This update brings again quite a lot of new content and moves the game closer to full release, which we expect to be within the next 1–2 months. Thank you for your continued supp
Hello Colonists!
We are excited to announce the release of next update of ExoColony: Planet Survival!
This update brings again quite a lot of new content and moves the game closer to full release, which we expect to be within the next 1–2 months.
Thank you for your continued support!
Tutorial and descriptions

Building descriptions, research descriptions, game mechanics explanations greatly improved.
Tutorial heavily updated, extended by 7 new goals.
Localizations updated and improved.
Game text notifications and audio notifications improved.
Added tooltips to factory recipe priorities. Pressure and temperature tooltips improved.
Navigation menu added to the Help screen.
Feature updates

Existing maps balance improved.
Education planning greatly improved, you can now set target education and see progress in Colonists Overview window.
Overall terraformation score % is now calculated and displayed.
New Edicts added.
High pollution now reduce life expectancy.
Toxic environment now affects fertility.
Temperature now affects morale.
You can now research Oxygen Masks and ExoSuite to work in harmfull environments without penalties and not losing health.
Colonists houses can now be configured to accomodate only colonists with defined professions (after advanced education is researched)
Teleport building added - colonists can now move across the map faster.
Steam Leaderboard added - you can now compare your score with other players.
Rebalancing

Food, Goods and Housing comfort bonuses increased.
Drills production and building costs rebalanced, drills consumption for harder blocks increased.
Cost of mid-game and late-game research reduced.
Costs of terraformation projects slightly reduced.
Productivity penalty calculations updated (now several tiers when suboptimal).
Others

Significant performance optimizations.
Children now occupy house when they are born, new colonists are not born if there is no space in houses.
Fixed potential problems with game save/load when games before version 0.8 existed.
Terraformation window merged into Colony Overview window
AirFilter now requires Gas Cylinder to be build and burns no power when it is idle.
Colonists leave harmfull environment if health <50.
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23 Mar 2025Developer post
ExoColony Major Update to version 0.80
Hello Colonists! We are excited to announce the release of Major Update of ExoColony: Planet Survival! Please note that this update BREAKS previously SAVED GAMES . We have maintained save compatibility since September 2024, but recent changes such as building size adjustments mad
Hello Colonists!
We are excited to announce the release of Major Update of ExoColony: Planet Survival!
Please note that this update BREAKS previously SAVED GAMES.
We have maintained save compatibility since September 2024, but recent changes such as building size adjustments made it no longer feasible. To avoid future disruptions, we’ve bundled all breaking changes into this update and do not plan to break save compatibility again going forward.
Thank you for your continued support!
This update brings a huge amount of new content and moves the game significantly closer to full release, which we expect to be within the next 2–3 months.
Terraformation

Terraformation hugely improved.
New terraformation projects added.
Terraformation window updated.
Temperature management

Rooms and blocks now has temperature.
Heat Tunnel building and related research added.
Power plants can now produce heat instead of power.
Temperature can be now turned on when map is starting.
Buildings updates

BioReactor added: late-game building that helps with pollution and oxygen.
BioWaste plant added: mid-game building that allows production of biowaste from Biopulp.
Ventilation center now decrease Oxygen filtering capacity gradualy in time.
Removed Oxygen Generator, player can use airfilter before electrolyzer is researched.
Research updates

Research tree vastly updated and rebalanced.
New research categories added.
About 10 researches removed.
About 25 new researches added.
Other improvements

Critical and optimal levels for atmosphere gases updated.
Details about materials transformations added.
Existing maps updated and new maps added.
Colonists consumptions can be now changed on game start.
Informations about buildings greatly improved.
Translations improved.
Stay tuned for more changes. Happy colonizing!
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06 Feb 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.68
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce the release of our v0.68 Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival. Bug Fixes & Improvements Power production in Ship Reactor fixed. Resource Overview window improved for better usability. Resource tooltips now show 5-year averages by de
Hello Colonists!
We’re excited to announce the release of our v0.68 Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival.
Bug Fixes & Improvements

Power production in Ship Reactor fixed.
Resource Overview window improved for better usability.
Resource tooltips now show 5-year averages by default.
Resource tooltips with multiple items are now separated and ordered for clarity.
Consumers/producers total sums added for better resource management.
Houses now display consumption and production info.
Tracking of historic consumption and production improved and fixed.
Power tooltip improved and grouped for better readability.
Notification added when a build can't be placed to prevent confusion.
User Interface Enhancements

Buildings Overview can now be sorted by clicking on table headers.
Colonist Overview can now be sorted by clicking on table headers.
Base production details added to the Air Filter info panel.
Balancing

Terraformation progress rebalanced
Stay tuned for more changes soon. Happy colonizing!
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29 Jan 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.67
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce the release of our v0.67 Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival! This update includes tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements to improve your gameplay experience. Bug Fixes * Low productivity notification fixed (not shown when bui
04 Jan 2025Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.66
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce the release of our v0.66 Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival! This update includes support for 3 new languages: Russian, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified). Happy colonizing!
01 Dec 2024Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.65
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce the release of our v0.65 Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival! This update includes tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements to improve your gameplay experience. Edicts * Added new edict: * Stable Population - While active, whene
11 Oct 2024Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.63
Hello Colonists! We have released our v0.63 Major Update for ExoColony: Planet Survival. We are adding more advanced buildings, which are adding more depth to the game. Based on your feedback we also added some QoL improvements. New Buildings Base * Advanced Foundation - Faster h
24 Sep 2024Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.60.1
Hello Colonists! We have released our v0.60.1 Hotfix for ExoColony: Planet Survival. Based on your feedback here's what we improved: Bug Fixes * Oxygen Recyclation research can be researched once more again. * Colonists education system fixed. If set, colonists will pursue their
17 Sep 2024Developer post
ExoColony Updated to version 0.60
Hello Colonists! We have released our v0.60 Hotfix for ExoColony: Planet Survival. Based on your feedback here's what we improved: Bug Fixes * Fixed an issue when Colonists could fall to another room. * Fixed an issue with time flow calculations. * Factory recipe unlocking system
05 Sep 2024Developer post
🚀 ExoColony: Planet Survival - Major Update & Early Access Announcement! 🌍
🌟 New Features & Improvements: 🛠️ New Mechanics – You’ve asked, and we delivered! Experience fresh gameplay with enhanced resource management, dynamic weather systems, and advanced colony-building tools. Every decision matters! ⚖️ Balancing Tweaks – We’ve overhauled the gam
06 Aug 2024Developer post
Demo Update
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce that the Updated demo for ExoColony is now available on Steam! Dive into the thrilling experience of building and managing your very own off-world colony. Based on your feedback here's what we improved: Removed notification sound, which
Hello Colonists!
We’re excited to announce that the Updated demo for ExoColony is now available on Steam! Dive into the thrilling experience of building and managing your very own off-world colony. Based on your feedback here's what we improved:

Removed notification sound, which can be triggered multiple times in short span of time.

Increased play time from 40 to 50 cycles.

Added tutorial images for better understanding of new mechanics.

Added more balanced and bigger map.

Various fixes, improved game performace and balancing

Join us on this journey and help shape the future of ExoColony. We value your feedback and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the demo.
Happy colonizing!
🚀 Download the demo now and start building your dream colony: ExoColony Demo on Steam
Best,
The ExoColony Team
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14 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Next is live
Fellow Colonists, The Steam Next Fest June edition is up and running. If you haven't already tried the ExoColony demo, now's your chance! Also, the updated broadcast footage shows playing one of the developer team member.
13 Jun 2024Developer post
Steam Next is live
Fellow Colonists, The Steam Next Fest June edition is up and running. If you haven't already tried the ExoColony demo, now's your chance! Also, the updated broadcast footage shows playing Lazer_Deer during his very first play session of the ExoColony demo with the help of one of
08 Jun 2024Developer post
Demo available
Hello Colonists! We’re excited to announce that the demo for ExoColony is now available on Steam! Dive into the thrilling experience of building and managing your very own off-world colony. Here's what you can expect: Start Small, Dream Big: Begin with a small group of colonists,
Hello Colonists!
We’re excited to announce that the demo for ExoColony is now available on Steam! Dive into the thrilling experience of building and managing your very own off-world colony. Here's what you can expect:

Start Small, Dream Big: Begin with a small group of colonists, mine resources, and build essential structures.

Innovate and Expand: Research new technologies to enhance your colony and prepare for future generations.

Resource Management: Keep your colonists fed and the atmosphere clean as you strive to create a self-sustaining settlement.

Time Flows: Experience the passage of time, where one cycle equals one year, and see your colonists age and evolve.

Join us on this journey and help shape the future of ExoColony. We value your feedback and can’t wait to hear your thoughts on the demo.
Happy colonizing!
🚀 Download the demo now and start building your dream colony: ExoColony Demo on Steam
Best,
The ExoColony Team
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16 Oct 2023Developer post
Complete Overhaul
Today it is not an usual update. We had a lot of meetings in the past few weeks, because we needed to see the bigger picture of where our game is heading. Thanks to our testers, who reported that information and game mechanics was really fast going and in overall a lot of mechani
14 Sep 2023Developer post
Research
New Features New Tier Cycle - Research: We understand that colony sim games can be overwhelming with all the things you need to learn to make things work. So we decided after a small tutorial YOU will be in charge of what do you want and need to do next. Running low on storage? N
New Features

New Tier Cycle - Research:

We understand that colony sim games can be overwhelming with all the things you need to learn to make things work. So we decided after a small tutorial YOU will be in charge of what do you want and need to do next. Running low on storage? No problem just research bigger storage or store into dumpsites, etc.
Each colonist will produce passively research points. Higher educated colonists will yield higher amounts, but with no education you can expect very little gain. But each researcher in the Research Center will help you with points.
New Buildings:

Research Center (Education)

Researcher worker slot increases research points gain

Changes

Farm Incubator now produces more food (Basic Food production per recipe increased from 0.3 to 0.4)
Mining time decreased from base 10s to 8s - (In the early stages of game you spend lot of time digging, so we speed it up a little to keep player more engaged on things that really matters.)
Fixes
Several bug fixes
Fixed Rare Crashes: Addressed rare instances of crashes and game-breaking bugs reported by the community.
UI
Added Research tab categorized by buildings type
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Updates & announcements

Greetings Colonists!

Fixes

Improvements

ExoColony Has Left Early Access!

🌎 What 1.0 Adds

🛠️ Roadmap

Greetings Colonists!

What to expect in 1.0?

Rebalancing and Fixes

Feature updates

Others

Tutorial and descriptions

Feature updates

Rebalancing

Others

Terraformation

Temperature management

Buildings updates

Research updates

Other improvements

Bug Fixes

Graphics

Locallization

Balancing & New Features

System

Edicts

UI

Graphics

Bug Fixes

Performance

New Buildings

Research

Gameplay

UI

Settings

Graphics

Bug Fixes

Bug Fixes

Changes

UI

Graphics

Bug Fixes

Optimalization

UI

Localization