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COLONIZED roadmap

What the team is building right now, read straight from our development tracker and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Tasks completed1,254of 1,282 tracked
In progress now11tasks being worked on
Changes this week767High pace12 today · latest change
Active areas3/8this week
Closed in 7 days44117 in the last 30 days
Systems completed21/29of 29 on this page

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Each phase groups the systems it needs. Progress is the share of tracked tasks already closed.

  1. Foundation98%
  2. Closed Alpha · Wave 199%
  3. Closed Alpha · Wave 296%
  4. Living universe72%
  5. Closed betaPlanned
  6. Early AccessPlanned
  7. LaunchPlanned

Foundation

Completed

The technical base everything else stands on: engine and dedicated servers, networking, security and the core game systems.

6 of 8 systems completed147 of 149 tasks closed

In progressServers & security

Engine & dedicated servers

Our own source build of Unreal Engine 5 with dedicated server builds, automated tests and a release pipeline.Activity: 251 changes this week latest change 1 in progress10/11 tasksCompletedServers & security

One continuous world across servers

The world is split into zones run by separate servers, and a pilot crosses from one to the next without a loading screen.Activity: 1 change this week latest change 47/47 tasksCompletedServers & security

Scale architecture and bot load tests

Technical target: around 1,000 pilots on one server machine, spread over several zone processes and measured with bot load tests.11/11 tasksCompletedServers & security

Security & anti-cheat

Steam sign-in, anti-cheat, encrypted traffic and server-side checks on every action a client sends.7/7 tasksCompletedMissions, companions & interface

Interface & HUD

A design system of our own for the HUD and every menu, ready for keyboard and gamepad and wired to live game data.38/38 tasksCompletedSurvival, building & resources

Core systems: vitals, damage, inventory

Health and vitals, damage, death and respawn, inventory, equipment and hotbar, all decided by the server.20/20 tasksCompletedCombat & creatures

Creatures & hostile NPCs

One data-driven behaviour system for wildlife and armed NPCs, with the first creatures of the system.6/6 tasksIn progressMissions, companions & interface

The website: colonized.work

A 3D hangar for every ship, the Codex, the Aurin Chronicle, the Compis' chat, accounts and this roadmap.8/9 tasks

Closed Alpha · Wave 1

In progressFirst waves: winter 2026-2027

What the first wave of pilots will fly, walk and fight in: the Aurin system, its first worlds, ships, characters and combat.

13 of 14 systems completed938 of 939 tasks closed

CompletedSpace & the Aurin system

The Aurin system

A G1V star with planets and moons on real orbits, a sky full of nebulae, eclipses and quantum travel between bodies.194/194 tasksAlmost readySpace & the Aurin system

From orbit to the ground

Fly from space through the atmosphere down to the surface with no loading screen, and see each world as it really is from orbit.Activity: 1 change this week latest change 76/77 tasksCompletedPlanets & biomes

Selvane: the canyon moon

The first world finished end to end, with red canyons, pressurised settlements and buried outposts spread over 105 sites.113/113 tasksCompletedPlanets & biomes

Ithera: the grasslands

The first biome region on Ithera, the temperate planet, with dense patches of grass, real highland relief and a horizon that does not pop.59/59 tasksCompletedPlanets & biomes

Vegetation to the horizon

Plants and ground detail that reach the horizon without popping in, whether you walk, fly low or come down from orbit.20/20 tasksCompletedPlanets & biomes

Weather & clouds

Volumetric clouds that build up and clear, wind by latitude, fog, rain, lightning and seasons, the same from the ground and from orbit.Activity: 2 changes this week latest change 23/23 tasksCompletedCharacters & movement

Character creator

Sculpt a believable human face by blending 13 facial regions, with real skin, hair and expressions, and take it into the game.Activity: 3 changes this week latest change 193/193 tasksCompletedCharacters & movement

Movement & animation

Motion-matched locomotion with feet that settle on slopes and stairs, unarmed, with a pistol or with a rifle.23/23 tasksCompletedCombat & creatures

Combat in first and third person

Weapons with their own arm animations, aiming down measured sights and a third-person rifle stance on the same motion system.97/97 tasksCompletedShips

Ship flight, cockpit & landing

A flight model with a flight-control computer, decoupled aiming, cockpit displays and assisted landing, set per ship by data.Activity: 12 changes in 30 days latest change 50/50 tasksCompletedShips

Ship interiors & crew

Walk, sit and fight inside a ship while it flies, even during a quantum jump, with gravity handled between ship, space and planet.Activity: 1 change this week latest change 46/46 tasksCompletedSurvival, building & resources

Survival & base building

Gather, craft the pieces and build walls, doors and stations piece by piece, saved on the server.26/26 tasksCompletedMissions, companions & interface

First missions: charter flights

The early game is told in phases, and every phase is the same transport mission: board a shared flight, land and do the job.4/4 tasksCompletedMissions, companions & interface

Compis: companion drones

Five drones that float at your shoulder, talk and specialise you, each with its own talent tree. One is active at a time.14/14 tasksPlannedIn the planServers & security

Closed alpha Wave 1 opens

The first selected pilots enter the game. Closed alpha first waves: winter 2026-2027.

Closed Alpha · Wave 2

Next

More of the system opens up: the sea moon Melvara, real geology and resources, and the landscapes built from them.

1 of 4 systems completed144 of 149 tasks closed

CompletedPlanets & biomes

Melvara: sea and islands

A moon with a planetary ocean and thousands of procedural islands, each as detailed as the hand-built original.68/68 tasksIn progressSurvival, building & resources

Resources: real geology and deposits

Real rock types on every world, minerals laid out in veins and deposits, server-side harvesting and materials found only in space.Activity: 14 changes this week latest change 1 in progress48/49 tasksIn progressPlanets & biomes

Landscapes: canyons, mesas and sites

Rock formations fused into the terrain as canyons, mesas and cliffs, with mines and outposts composed by rules from the lore.Activity: 2 changes this week latest change 1 in progress20/21 tasksIn progressSpace & the Aurin system

Every planet and moon from one pipeline

Every planet and moon of Aurin is generated whole from its lore sheet, geology, formations, weather and sites included, with no hand edits.Activity: 202 changes this week latest change 3 in progress8/11 tasks

Living universe

In progress

What makes Aurin feel inhabited: an economy, ship licences, missions and population. It is in development; which alpha wave includes each part is not decided yet.

1 of 3 systems completed16 of 22 tasks closed

CompletedMissions, companions & interface

Economy: the Bank of Aurin

One economy for both factions: Solmera credits, a global exchange and safe custody of your goods. In development.Activity: 47 changes in 30 days latest change 7/7 tasksIn progressShips

Licences and blueprints

Your licence per category and the blueprints you earn set how far you progress. In development.Activity: 44 changes this week latest change 1 in progress5/6 tasksIn progressMissions, companions & interface

A living world: missions and population

Contracts that react to the economy and to world events, and cities and spots with people who have a trade and a routine. In development.Activity: 242 changes this week latest change 4 in progress4/9 tasks

Closed beta

Planned2027

More testers and a dedicated server. Its scope is set with what we learn from alpha pilots; we will publish it here once it is decided.

Scope to be announced.

Early Access

PlannedTo be announced

The phase after the closed beta. Its date and terms will be announced here.

Scope to be announced.

Launch

Planned

Release on Steam for PC. No date yet: this page only shows dates once they are confirmed.

Scope to be announced.

In the plan

Planned milestones that do not have a phase or a date yet.

PlannedIn the planShips

XASTER, Challenger and WARP ships in the game

The ships in the hangar move into the game. In the plan; which ones arrive in each alpha wave will be announced here.PlannedIn the planMissions, companions & interface

The Compis join the main universe

The five companion drones move from their own test environment into the shared game world. In the plan.PlannedIn the planMissions, companions & interface

Enlisting with a faction

Choose a side when you arrive: the Zenith or the Nadir, the two factions recruiting new pilots. In the plan.PlannedIn the planServers & security

COLONIZED's page on Steam

The game's page on the Steam store, so you can add it to your wishlist. In the plan; we will announce it here when it goes live.

How to read this roadmap

  • The numbers come from the tracker the team works in every day, and the activity from the game repository, shown in relative terms. This page reads both every 15 minutes.
  • Progress counts the tasks opened so far for each system. New tasks appear as work goes on, so a percentage can go down.
  • Phases and their contents can change during the alpha. Dates only appear here once they are confirmed.

Closed alpha

The closed alpha is open for applications

Pilots who get in help decide what comes next on this roadmap. Every friend who completes an application moves you 10 places up.

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Missions, companions & interfaceCompleted

First missions: charter flights

The early game is told in phases, and every phase is the same transport mission: board a shared flight, land and do the job.

4 of 4 tasks closed

Phase Closed Alpha · Wave 1 · First waves: winter 2026-2027

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About this system

Accepting the mission books you a seat on a shared flight that leaves on the hour with whoever is aboard. The ship sets the mission zone where it lands, and the first phase sends you out to gather. Later phases reuse the same flight, seats and landing with a new destination and a new task.