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Clanfolk
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is a really enjoyable settlement game but there are a few things that could use some work, particularly late game. Making the more complex meals has absolutely no in-game value but requires a massive amount of materials/effort. So once you finally learn how to churn butter…”
— a player, Steam review · 471 hrs played“Excellent game with a lot of depth and content. It feels very similar to RimWorld, but much more relaxed and peaceful. What I enjoy most is that there are no frustrating raids or stressful real-time combat.”
— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played“I just cannot stop playing this game! As you can see from my hours played, I absolutely love this game. I play it frequently and have a long run currently in year 46 with 14 generations. I wanted a family themed game and wrote that word into the steam store search bar - and…”
— a player, Steam review · 3,381 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:50 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch Notes: v0.655
0.655 Updated French Language Upgraded the Fire/Light avoid tasks for Bears. Artis will not chase or standoff with Clanfolk within 2 tiles of a torch/fire source. Mathan will not go into lit tiles at
Patch Notes: v0.654
v0.654 Fixed Clanfolk that are hiding in houses to escape Bears panic running instead of slowly moving while carefully watching in direction of bear. Changed, Clanfolk hiding inside from Bear outside
Patch Notes: v0.653
Hi all, I am still busily working on the Bears. This patch should resolve a couple of the major issues. Important Note : If you are having trouble with the Bears or dislike the mechanic, you can disab
Update 20 - Bears!
Update 20 is now live! Hi Everyone, Update 20 is all about Bears, their Behaviors, and their developing Stories. So, I spent a bunch of time researching Bears and fell into another rabbit hole. Here i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | RPG, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · City Builder · Colony Sim · Base-Building · RTS · Open World · Management · Sandbox · Building · Resource Management · Real-Time with Pause (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Adjustable Text Size · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Save Anytime · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Thai, Hungarian |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.clanfolk.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K (quad-core) / AMD® Ryzen™ 3 2200G (quad-core) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 750 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7850 (2 GB) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space