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Embark
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Steam should delist and refund completely abandoned titles.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Dev cut and run. Don't support this person. This game shouldn't even be on Steam for sale.”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Development on hiatus
I am very sorry, but Embark development will continue next year. I tried to finish Embark last year, and I think with the updates last year the game looks great now but there are still fundamental fla
Update 0.930
The focus with this update has been to improve the playability of the game, especially for new players. I've probably missed some things, let me know if anything confusing was left out. New in-game he
Update 0.924
Work on fixing issues with room system. Will reset room temperature when first loading saves. Still trying to track down some annoying bugs with the rendering of room selection areas too.
Update 0.923
Added option to restrict worker for building construction to specific colonist. Added option to filter building construction materials based on item (click on an ingredient in the construction panel).
Update 0.921
Fixed bug with room formation. Fixed room UI not updating when switching rooms. Fixed workshop order filter worker panel overlap. Also added sorting by worker skill. Improved performance of colonist s
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Colony Sim · Base-Building · Strategy · Indie · Simulation · Early Access · Survival · Sandbox · Building · Crafting · Open World · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 22 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.embarkgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows® 7, 64-bit Processor: Intel CPU Core i3-530 2.93 GHz, AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 2GB DirectX 11 GPU (Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660, AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: If you have issues with lower spec GPUs on world generation, change "World Generation Quality" in the options menu to Low.