Building up your colony still requires some strategy, with roads, transport systems and different infrastructures to place and create, but its gentle pace and lack of threat makes for a rewarding, chilled out time-stealer. Aww.ĭrawing inspiration from the Settlers and Anno series, The Colonists sees you harvest resources (because the robots want to be human, so they need to eat and drink of course), set up farms, research new technologies, advance through different ages, and explore the mysterious lands you settled on. Since they’re robots that’s not exactly possible, but you can create a colony that resembles a human settlement and nurture them as if they were actually people. Your little Wall-E like robo friends all have the same sole dream - to be human. As the one in charge, you control a group of robots who have escaped from Earth in search of a new home out in the galaxy. If you’re after a relaxing experience that also has a cute factor, The Colonists is a pleasantly paced city-builder with adorable little robot inhabitants. Platform(s): Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch Topped off with lots of secrets to uncover and plenty of room to explore the strange new world, there’s plenty to do and see as you establish a comfy colony for your people. You start off as the governor of the colony and as you manage the welfare and development of your settlement, you can eventually rise up in ranks to the president.

The wetlands, for example, will give you a solid water source for your colony, whereas the desert lands won’t have much to offer at all. The world has an array of biomes dotted around the surface for you to explore and settle in and some are more habitable than others. Doesn’t sound too homely, does it? Therein lies the challenge, though. The alien world you’ve found yourself in doesn’t have much oxygen and wild electrical storms fill the skies while toxic gas erupts from vents in the planet’s surface. But of course, not all planets are like Earth. Aven Colony is another city builder set in space that sees you try to colonize an alien planet with the aim of successfully settling in and expanding.

Seriously, if you thought moving to a new house or a new country was difficult, just imagine moving planets. Home is where you make it, and it just so happens that home for you is now an alien world. Platform(s): Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, PC

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