DreadHaven: The Last Colony
Build your colony by day, hold the walls against zombie hordes by night.
- Developer
- Woum
- Type
- Turn-based city builder, tower defense
- Plays on
- Desktop browser (demo), Windows, Steam (full game)
- Players
- 1
- Price
- Free demo
- Languages
- English, French
TL;DR
DreadHaven: The Last Colony is a minimalist, turn-based city-building strategy game by Woum, set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Each day you get a limited number of actions to build, explore, gather resources and strengthen your defenses. Every few days a horde attacks at night; if it breaks through, the run is over. The browser version on this page is the developer's demo.
What is DreadHaven: The Last Colony?
A survival city builder without an army. You protect your haven with walls, turrets, traps and planning. Daytime is for building and expanding; at night the game turns grid-based, your towers attack, then the enemies move, turn by turn until morning.
What does the game look like?
How does a day work?
- Build structures to expand what your colony can do.
- Gather resources to keep production running and feed survivors.
- Reinforce defenses before the next horde.
- Explore the world map to find events and new blueprints. Each new haven you found reveals more of the world.
How do you start playing?
- Press Play, choose English or French, then press Play on the title screen.
- Click your first haven on the world map, then press Play in its card.
- Follow the hints: start by clicking the haven blueprint in the building bar.
- The whole game is played with the mouse.
Can you play it on a phone?
Not really. On an iPhone the demo loads and opens the first haven, but the screen is cut off at the sides and you cannot move the map, so you cannot play properly (tested Oct 20, 2026). Play it on a computer with a mouse.
Known issues
- One player on itch.io reported the web build stopping after a few minutes. If that happens, the developer offers a Windows download on the itch.io page, and the full game is on Steam: DreadHaven (full game) on Steam.
- Tested on a desktop browser on Oct 20, 2026, demo version 0.11.5: language choice, title screen, world map and the first haven all worked.
- Phones: loads, but the screen is cut off and the map cannot be moved.
Questions
Is DreadHaven: The Last Colony free?
The demo is free in the browser and as a Windows download on itch.io (name your own price). The full game is on Steam.
Who made DreadHaven?
Woum, who publishes it on itch.io.
Is it real-time or turn-based?
Turn-based. Days give you a limited number of actions; nights are played in turns on a grid.
Do you control soldiers?
No. There is no army, only walls, turrets, traps and planning.
What languages does it support?
The demo opens with a choice of English or French.
Sources
- DreadHaven: The Last Colony on itch.io (developer's page, checked Oct 20, 2026)
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