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Mini Settlers
Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Be warned this game offers NO opposing forces or real challenge So I'm recommending because ... it's the nice thing to do... Sit down, mute the music, chill and play with your toys You like setting up things ? You like connecting stuff ? You like to bring stuff to places making…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Mini-settlers is a minimalistic city builder as advertised. Pros: -Good for a lowstakes chill experience, no failure, just optimization -Can pretty freely delete and re-design your city/set-up Cons: -The minimalism is lowkey too minimalistic. Feels very boring to look at.…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I like the idea but I cannot recommend this game. For a game about production lines, you must have the ability to get resources to where they need to go. The two main ways you do that in this game are roads and freeways, but the problem is that roads cannot "pass underneath"…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch v1.3
- A new Experimental size sandbox cave map. - Diamond Mines now can be built in any biome. - Korean Language was missing some characters. - Missing text when building coal and gold mines. Thanks every
Patch v1.2
- Some maps were missing Gold Mines. - Population goal UI is hidden at the start of the level Thanks everyone for playing and enjoying the game! -Knight Owl Games and Goblinz Publishing
Patch v1.1
- When changing the select rebind button in the controls menu will self-lock the game Keeping in mind you'll always need the mouse to control the UI Thanks everyone for playing and enjoying the game!
Mini Settlers 1.0 is OUT NOW! | Launch Discount -30%
Hello everyone, The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived—Mini Settlers v1.0 is officially LIVE on Steam! To celebrate, we're launching with a 30% discount for a limited time! https://
🎉 Version 1.0 Launching May 6th!
Hello everyone, We’re excited to announce that Mini Settlers v1.0 officially launches on May 6th! After months of testing, feedback, and improvements, the game is ready to leave Early Access. This rel
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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 |
| Player tags | Base-Building · Automation · Minimalist · Colony Sim · Farming · Sandbox · Management · City Builder · Strategy · Simulation · Singleplayer · Real-Time (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option |
| Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Turkish |
| Achievements | 67 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://knightowlgamesstudio.com/Mini-Settlers/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent, Integrated cards also work