Is Colony Survival multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — co-op and PvP, plus local/split-screen. Colony Survival is a zombie survival game released in 2017, 92% positive on Steam (8,394 reviews), with 171 playing right now. $24.95 on Steam.
Co-opPvPLocal / split-screenSingle-player tooSurvival · Zombie survival
Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and…
How Colony Survival plays with friends, according to Steam
- Online co-op
- Yes
- Local / split-screen co-op
- Yes
- Online PvP
- Yes
- Local / split-screen PvP
- Yes
- LAN play
- Yes
- Remote Play Together (one copy, streamed to friends)
- Yes
- Cross-platform multiplayer (Windows / Mac / Linux)
- Yes
- Single-player mode
- Yes
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Mods
- Steam Workshop
Steam's own category list for the game, as of 2026-09-09. "Not listed" means the store page does not claim that mode; community mods or Remote Play can still add it.
Steam tags: Colony Sim, Survival, Base-Building, Building, Multiplayer, Strategy, Sandbox, Open World
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Quick answers
- Is Colony Survival co-op?
- Yes, Colony Survival supports co-op.
- Does Colony Survival have PvP?
- Yes, Colony Survival has player-versus-player modes.
- Do we both need to own Colony Survival to play together?
- Not always. Colony Survival supports Steam Remote Play Together: one person who owns it hosts and streams a local session to friends who don't (Steam quotes up to four players, more on a fast connection). For online co-op or PvP, every player needs their own copy.
- How many people play Colony Survival?
- About 171 players were in-game when this page's data was last refreshed (2026-09-09).
- Does Colony Survival have split-screen or local multiplayer?
- Yes. Steam lists Colony Survival with shared/split-screen co-op and shared/split-screen PvP on one PC — and it supports Remote Play Together, so a friend can join that local session over the internet.
- Can you play Colony Survival on LAN?
- Yes. Steam lists LAN co-op and LAN PvP for Colony Survival, so it works on a local network without the game's online servers.