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Orbit Start Studios · Published by PlayWay S.A.
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Guide pioneering settlers among Venusian clouds in this space colonisation city builder. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, balance buoyancy and weight to stay afloat in the treacherous Venusian atmosphere, and build a self-sufficient colony while navigating storms and acidic clouds.
Indie, Simulation, Strategy · 2026 · More free games
Manage a self-sufficient colony on Venus by balancing buoyancy and weight as you navigate storms and acidic skies, all in this innovative simulation from Orbit Start Studios.
About this game
In Venusville, you lead the first expedition to colonize the skies of Venus — a place where the ground is death, and only the clouds can sustain life.
Your mission: design, expand, and maintain a self-sufficient city suspended in the most hostile atmosphere in the solar system.
You are the architect and commander of a living city. Every decision — where to build, what to produce, how to balance weight and buoyancy — determines whether your colony soars or sinks.
Manage colonists and robotic workers, harness solar and thermal power, extract resources from corrosive clouds, and navigate the endless storms that sweep across the planet.
Will your city endure the planet’s wrath… or vanish beneath the clouds forever?
Key Features:
👥 Colonist & Robot City Building
Lead colonists in constructing infrastructure, processing resources, farming food, and maintaining systems — supported by worker, builder, and transport robots. Keep your people fed, rested, and satisfied to unlock efficiency and prevent unrest.
⚖ Buoyancy & Balance
Each module, battery, engine, and solar array has its own weight and buoyancy. Strategic placement and constant adjustments are essential to maintain equilibrium and avoid deadly tilts or descent into extreme pressure zones.
🌪 Planetary Mobility & Exploration
From day one, your city drifts on Venus’ winds (~4-day circumnavigation near equator). Once engines unlock full mobility, you can control movement across latitudes and altitudes. Use scanning towers and orbiting satellites in the late game to detect storms, resource concentrations (e.g. FeCl₃, H₂O, H₂), and anomalies.
🔋 Power Management
Harness solar energy and Stirling engines driven by altitude temperature differentials. Design robust power grids and battery networks so your colony can survive night, storms, and system overloads.
☁ Atmospheric Resource Extraction
Mine raw gases and aerosols from the clouds, then refine them into usable materials — sulphur-based plastics, carbons, chemicals, and metals — to feed your production chains.
🏗 Manufacture Advanced Materials
Transform refined materials into high-end components: graphene, nanotubes, diamond-based chips, electronics — enabling expansion into advanced modules and technologies.
🌡 Environmental Challenges
Brave acid clouds, lightning, extreme temperature shifts, wind shear, storms, fires, and pressure fluctuations. These hazards threaten system stability, structural integrity, and colonist survival.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 11 64-bit
- Processor: Dual core processor
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL 3.3+ supporting GPU with 2GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 11 64-bit
- Processor: 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processor or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 or AMD equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Dev Log: New Buildings & Prologue Update
I just recorded a quick dev log to show off 15 new and updated buildings I’m working on for the main game, along with a look at the upcoming update for the Venusville Prologue, including the new filterable storage pad which will help you optimize your production lines.Read full article on Community Announcements (kory75)AnnouncementsOfficial
🚀 Venusville: Prologue is OUT NOW!
The wait is over!Venusville: Prologue is now available for everyone to play—for free!Take command of platform 17 high above the clouds of Venus. Build your city, manage your robotic workforce, balance buoyancy against weight, and survive one of the most hostile environments in the Solar System.But this is only the beginning...Beneath the beautiful skies of Venus, something unexpected is waiting to be discovered.If you enjoy the Prologue, please consider: ⭐ Leaving a review—it really helps! 💬 Sharing your feedback and suggestions. ❤️ Wishlisting the full version of Venusville to follow the journey ahead.Thank you to everyone who supported the game and the prologue before launch. I can't wait to hear what you think!See you in the clouds! ☁️🚀Read full article on Community Announcements (kory75)AnnouncementsOfficial
🚀 Venusville: Prologue is launching TODAY!
The wait is almost over! In just a few hours you'll be able to take command of test platform 17 in the clouds of Venus.☁️ Build a city that stays aloft. ⚖️ Balance weight and buoyancy. 🤖 Manage autonomous robots. 🌩️ Survive the hostile Venusian atmosphere. 🔍 Uncover the first mysteries hidden deep within the clouds...This is just the beginning of the Venusville universe!If you've been following development, today is the perfect time to jump in.See you in the skies of Venus! 🚀Read full article on Community Announcements (kory75)AnnouncementsOfficial
🚀 Venusville: Prologue launches August 5th!
The first mission to Venus is almost here.Take control of a robotic colony platform floating above the deadly clouds of Venus. Build your base, manage resources, balance your platform… and uncover what is hiding in the clouds. ☁️Venusville: Prologue will be FREE on Steam — try the beginning of the journey and experience the first steps towards humanity’s future on Venus.⭐ Add it to your wishlist and prepare for launch!See you on Venus. 🪐Read full article on Community Announcements (kory75)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Sequential Collapse Mechanics
I've been working on a brand new sequential collapse system for Venusville, and I'm really excited to finally show it off! Until now, when your city collapsed, it all happened at the same time. No buildup, no drama — just gone. With the new system, the floating city progressively cracks and collapses based on balance and stress distribution across the structure. The more imbalanced your city, the more dramatic — and devastating — the chain reaction. But it's not just about spectacle. The sequential nature also gives you a window to react — scramble your resources, rebalance your city, and pull back from the brink before it's too late. Whether you save it or watch it fall is now up to you. 📹 Watch the devlog here: The video features 3 different collapse sequences captured from the same save, each with a different imbalance setup and camera perspective — so you can really see how the destruction unfolds depending on where and how the stress builds up. No two collapses look quite the same.Read full article on Community Announcements (kory75)
