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Icaria
Icaria is a robot colony builder where everything can be programmed. Build factories, design logistic networks, terraform the landscape, and explore an unknown alien world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“What sets this game aside from other automation games with more content is the possibility to code the behaviour of ... everything (drones, buildings...). There are two distincts ways to code in the game: block-based and text-based. It gives this game the potential to be a…”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Great little game, but frustrating. The documentation is severely lacking. In some ways this is fun, as lots of experimentation is required to figure out how everything works. In other ways this is extremely frustrating, as lots of experimentation is required to figure out how…”
— a player, Steam review · 89 hrs played“I really like the *idea* of this game. But I really hate the reality of it. The UI feels really inconsistent and unpolished. Where you can do what is confusing. What has context menus or not is confusing. The way roles display and interact across different entity types is very…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Update 1.0.10
Converting Visual Scripts to Text Scripts If you create a script with the block based editor you can now convert it to a text script. We've been working over the last few weeks adding new features to
Small Update 1.0.7
Patch Notes Text Scripting add craft command. add random and chance functions. documentation pages for operators and functions. Documentation for broadcast command. Fix documentation for rest command.
Small Update 1.0.4
Patch Notes 1.0.4 Added in-game Documentation New icon to make it easier to find: More details and examples in the hover box for many commands. Text Scripting Command Options There are a bunch of sett
Small Update 1.0.3
Patch Notes We keep adding new documentation for the text scripting; there's now a section on loops. Delete published actions when setting the role on an entity. Fix some instability in the loop lengt
Small Update 1.0.2
Patch Notes Import action in the editor now properly imports text scripts. Dismiss the export dialog when closing the role picker. Disable the rename button for the null role in the role picker. Prope
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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 |
| Player tags | Early Access · Automation · Base-Building · Programming · Simulation · Sandbox · Resource Management · Building · Crafting · Colony Sim · Procedural Generation · Voxel (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 9 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 4+ thread processor from the last 10 years Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon Graphics DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space