Red Sol | A colony simulator by Forged Flow

Comic illustration of the colony dropship with colonists beside its landing foot

PC · Single-player · In development

A deep colony simulator
on an alien world.

Manage resources, production, research and defence. Build the systems that keep your colony growing.

Play the development build

Windows PC · Free in-development build

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Ferric Canyon / Cinematic artwork

GenreColony simulation

WorldAlien planet

PlaySingle-player

A game by Forged Flow ↗

01 / The colony

You build the systems.
Your colony grows.

The game has two parts. You manage resources, production, research and defence. The District Planner grows the colony, generates colonists that crew your buildings, assists production and generates credits for you to use.

Establish.

Place power, water and life support. Gather resources and connect the buildings your colony needs.

Expand.

Zone districts and let the planner build to demand. Research unlocks what both of you can build.

Defend.

Place defence vehicles and buildings to cover the colony. Defence is yours to manage.

Captured in game

See the colony in action.

Two starting areas, a growing colony and a planet that pushes back. Watch gameplay with its original sound, or explore the screenshots.

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A closer look.

10 screenshots · Select an image to enlarge

01 / Industry across the desert

02 / A colony and its supply network

03 / A growing district at night

04 / Dropship and mobile miner by the water

05 / Dropship in an alien forest

06 / Colony infrastructure at sunset

07 / A settlement beside a glowing river

08 / Colony lights beside a glowing lake

09 / A colony after dark

10 / Weather rolls over the colony

Development footage and screenshots. Red Sol is still being built and refined.

02 / The alien world

A different horizon.

Ten biomes, each with its own terrain and plant life. Choose a landscape to explore its native flora.

Biome atlas / Comic illustration

Ferric Canyon

Bristlecap · Barrel Fungus

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03 / The machines

Meet the working fleet.

Explore the dropship and the machines that help establish your colony.

Illustrated industrial dropship with two adult colonists beside a landing foot for scale

Arrival / Transport

The dropship.

Your arrival on the planet begins here. The dropship brings the colony’s starting cargo and equipment to the surface.

Explore the encyclopedia

Cinematic illustration · Not a gameplay capture

04 / The buildings

Give the colony
room to grow.

Homes for your colonists. Storage for your supplies. Defences for the perimeter. Explore three of the buildings that support your colony.

Comic illustration of colonists beside a Basic Habitat, Warehouse and Sunlance Laser on a canyon plateau, showing their scale — Colony structures / Comic illustration

Select a building to explore

01HousingBasic Habitat

Basic shelter with 4 beds and tier 1 comfort for the Struggling wealth band. Housing capacity limits how far your population can grow.

PurposeHousing & comfort

02LogisticsWarehouse

Stores solid goods for the colony. Deep storage buffers your economy, steadying prices through gluts and shortages.

StoresSolid resources

03DefenceSunlance Laser

A twin-barrel laser that burns through heavy armour. It draws a lot of power and hits one target at a time. It can stop a Dolerite, but a swarm can overwhelm it.

StrengthHeavy armour penetration

Know what’s coming.

Rolling crystal swarms, airborne shards and armoured attackers. Different threats need different defences.

Comic illustration of Volvite crystal spheres, a floating Fulgurite, a towering Dolerite and a low Fossorite digging through rock — Mineral threats / Comic illustration

01 / Ground swarm Volvite game reference

Volvite

A knee-high crystal ball that rolls at its target and stabs with crystal spears. One is weak. A pack is dangerous.

Danger in numbers

02 / Aerial attacker Fulgurite game reference

Fulgurite

A floating crystal cluster that launches shards at buildings and drones. Some strikes call lightning and start fires.

Shards & lightning

03 / Armoured titan Dolerite game reference

Dolerite

A rock-bodied titan with claws for tearing structures. Small-arms fire mostly ricochets. It cannot reach airborne units.

Heavy ground assault

04 / Burrowing attacker Fossorite game reference

Fossorite

A four-legged digger that burrows when damaged, then erupts inside the colony. Only explosives can reach it underground.

Defend inside the perimeter

06 / Mobile defence

Hold the high ground.

Fast gunships, heavy ordnance and a versatile combat frame. Take the fight across the Oxide Highlands.

01 / Fast response

Hornet Gunship

A nimble combat drone with a swivelling chin autocannon and two rocket pods. It strafes while firing and can chase down a Fulgurite.

Speed & pursuit

02 / Heavy ordnance

Condor Bomber

A heavy drone built for bombing runs. Banking passes spread four bombs across the target, with the biggest creatures first in its sights.

Bombing runs

03 / Ground assault

Hunchback

A reinforced combat robot with an armour-piercing cannon. Its torso aims on the move, while sprinting and jump jets help it respond across the colony.

Armour-piercing fire

The opening comic / 3 min 12 sec

Through the wormhole.

A routine flight becomes a fight to survive. Follow the crew of Red Sol through the wormhole in a voiced comic with music and sound effects.

Sound credits

Music: Horror music #7 by ZHRØ, CC BY 4.0. Edited to the film length and mixed with dialogue and effects.

Wormhole effects: slowtremblewormhole by doug914 and Exiting the Wormhole by trapelus. Edited, looped and mixed for the film.

Red Sol / In development

Start your colony.

Try the free Windows development build.
The game is still being built and refined.

Download for Windows

Alternate download on itch.io ↗

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You build the systems.Your colony grows.