Invest is a totally misleading term in this case.

Please don't forget, this is a game.

We haven't made much money here, but invested a tremendous amount of time over 1.5 years. Everyone knows that.

Furthermore:

In the last four seasons, the fabulous sum of 27,200 STEEM has been given out to the settlers and raiders. In the final season, another 42,800 STEEM will be distributed - a total of 70,000 STEEM. This is quite an impressive number, of which we are very proud.

Source: https://steemit.com/@nextcolony/omega-final-season-42-800-steem

And:

The whole project will be open source after the final season. So everyone is free to use the code for a new project or to continue NextColony on the Steem blockchain.

Source: https://steemit.com/@nextcolony/omega-final-season-42-800-steem