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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.

Released Aug 25, 2022 Developer Northway Games Publisher Finji Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Choices MatterLife SimDeckbuildingVisual NovelRPG
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

96.7%positive3,931 reviews
Recommended · 50 found this helpful

“"I Was a Teenage Exocolonist" has drastically changed my life. I don't believe any other game I will ever play will hit the same or even nearly as hard as this game did. It is way more than just a hidden gem. I'm constantly searching for a game that feels even remotely the same,…”

— a player, Steam review · 88 hrs played
Recommended · 30 found this helpful

“Excellent game, held back by some SEVERE writing missteps, almost solely in regard to the relationship system of the game. If you're into girls, be prepared for a rough time as your options are: Tammy- one of the nicest human beings, however the only way to romance her is to…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 19 found this helpful

“In a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you... - Sol, probably, trying to explain the constant dreaming about the perfect polycule that her, Dys and Sym could create.”

— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:20 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

77playing at last check
11024-hour peak
682all-time peak
0 250 500 2023 2024 2025 2026 448 avg · Aug 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

50achievements
22.1%median completion
0.8%rarest: Every Possible You
83.3% of players 81.3% of players 75.7% of players 73.0% of players 60.7% of players 59.3% of players 57.8% of players 56.1% of players 52.1% of players 51.8% of players 42.3% of players 40.5% of players 39.9% of players 38.2% of players 37.3% of players 36.2% of players 33.8% of players 32.9% of players 32.2% of players 30.2% of players 28.5% of players 27.9% of players 27.7% of players 27.3% of players 23.1% of players 22.1% of players 21.4% of players 19.3% of players 18.2% of players 16.0% of players 13.9% of players 12.9% of players 12.2% of players 11.9% of players 10.2% of players 9.5% of players 9.3% of players 9.2% of players 9.0% of players 8.2% of players 8.0% of players 6.9% of players 6.6% of players 5.6% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.1% of players 1.5% of players 0.8% of players 83.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
83.3%That Was Scary — Reach the end of age 10
81.3%You Are the Champion — Win a Vertumnalia event
75.7%What's Out There — Sneak Out to explore
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Every Possible You — Get all 29 Endings
1.5%Collect Them All — Unlock every card in the gallery (a lot more than 151)
3.1%Now That's Value — Get a single card to value 50 or higher

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.50 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada32.50 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China92.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 05, 2026
Back to back festivals!

We're proud to be part of two festivals running back to back this May:🎴 Steam Deck Builders Fest🃏 May 4 - 11 Featuring games where you collect cards, build a deck, collect more cards, tweak your deck,

Apr 16, 2026
In Stars and Time Bundle

It's a time loop team up!Let me tell you about In Stars and Time, our \ (that's an Exoscript joke) in a new Steam bundle.In In Stars and Time, a party of heroes stands on the brink of saving the world

Mar 16, 2026
Springtime with Glowing Eyes Vriki

It's the 🌷Steam Spring Sale🌷and all over Vertumna strange wild things are growing. Wait, I mean they're GLOWING!I Was a Teenage Exocolonist's most popular plushie, the vriki, is back for a limited tim

Dec 08, 2025
Choose Wisely Festival

Do you love narrative games? Uuuuuuuuuhv course ya do. The more branching the better, right? Forget those mundane choice trees, we need multi-dimensional many-armed octopi looping their tentacles back

Nov 21, 2025
Games from Vancouver

We love Vancouver BC! Who doesn't - we've got the sea, the mountains, and more game studios per capita than should reasonably be expected. I grew up here and after 15 years away I was pulled back by t

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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.

GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation
Player tagsChoices Matter · Life Sim · Deckbuilding · Visual Novel · RPG · Story Rich · Choose Your Own Adventure · Dating Sim · Singleplayer · Interactive Fiction · Sci-fi · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://exocolonist.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11 Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable. DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space