Desktop Colony
A cosy incremental semi-idle space colony management game that sits on your desktop while you do other things. Mine asteroids, build ships, expand the colony, research technology, uncover mysteries and explore the universe.
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Desktop Colony is a cosy, incremental, semi-idle colony simulator designed to sit on top of your desktop allowing you to work on other tasks while growing your space colony!
Asteroid Mining
Send out probes to search for resources to mine.
Every asteroid increases your resources generated per minute.
Build Ships and Structures
Build habs to house more colonists and watch the ships fly around your colony.
Research
Research strange artifacts and develop new technologies.
Explore and Expand
Discover new types of asteroids and expand your colony.
Take your fledgling settlement from tiny backwater to bustling metropolis.
