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Colonize
Build and manage a peaceful 17th-century colony. Gather resources, create production chains, trade with the Old World, and survive without combat or warfare.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“It turned out to be a nice RTS strategy game. I like that there’s no combat, it’s better to focus on city-building experience. There is one feedback that I feel it’s important. I can’t zoom the camera out. I’d prefer to be able to see more of the map from a wider view.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“If you stripped every drop of complexity, choice, and charm out of a colony simulator, you would end up with the painfully empty void that is Colonize. It is almost impressive how a game can offer so aggressively little to do, presenting a pathetic trickle of content that makes…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“This game is still missing a lot of features and logic, many things don't work out, such as food storage is at good levels while people get hungry, workers allocation is not possile and don't get automatically assigned, etc...”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Colonize – QoL Updates
This update focuses mainly on bug fixes, UI cleanup, and improving the overall presentation of the game. Fixes & Improvements Fixed an issue where trading could sometimes break after loading a saved g
UI Scale HotFix
Thanks players for reaching out! We fixed UI scale, make sure to adjust properly in the settings!
Colonize — v1.2.0 Update: Squanto’s Guidance, Smart Buildings & Major Fixes
Colonize — v1.2.0 What's New Squanto now reacts to what is actually happening in your colony with over 40 situational hints — starving citizens, homeless adults, idle production, empty input, full out
Colonize 1.1.3
We are continuing to improve Colonize step by step. As part of this effort, we are introducing new icons that make it easier to understand what is happening and what requires your attention. Buildings
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · City Builder · Colony Sim · Life Sim · Action RTS · Exploration · Choose Your Own Adventure · 3D · Realistic · Top-Down · America (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Slovak, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Po… |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 3.9GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2200G Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD RX 560 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space