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Idle Colony
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Took forever getting to the last tier The upgrades feel a bit underwhelming”
— a player, Steam review · 236 hrs played“Why you should or should not play Idle Colony What is Idle Colony? Idle Colony is exactly how it sounds, a game where you can sit back, relax, and watch as your little workers gather the fruits of trees. Quick Pros ✔ Satisfying progression system ✔ Relaxing game play ✔ Runs well…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Its a pretty bare idle game. Its cheap but don't waste your money.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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JP/CN Hotfix!
This update fixes the broken UI that appeared when switching to Japanese or Chinese. The problem was caused by the font atlas exceeding 16,384 pixels, a size not supported by many GPUs. The atlas is n
Localization update!
Simplified Chinese Japanese German Brazilian Portugese French I've also fixed a couple bugs: Fixed bug where lumberjacks would cut sapling that is not the lowest base tier. Introduced a save file back
Patch Note 1.0.06
Bug fixing continues! Thanks for your reports. Queen bees from flowered trees will now prevent the lumberjacks from cutting their trees. Achievement 1024^2 + 0 now works even if you create multiple Me
Patch Note 1.0.05
Quick patch, mainly to fix a broken feature. "We Don't Need Tower" No longer prevent from disabling the construction of towers. Fertilizer should no longer be able to jump from the ground to a fully f
Patch Note 1.0.04
Summary I've fixed the freezing issue that was getting worse over time played. Other bug fixes Quality of life improvements Gameplay balance according to your feedback Bug Fixes Fixed the worsening fr
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Casual · Clicker · Automation · Strategy · Economy · Idler · Management · Colony Sim · Rogue-lite · Building · Cute · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Achievements | 19 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Processor: AMD 3600x Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 1060 GTX Storage: 100 MB available space