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Paleon

Paleon

Your time machine is broken. And it looks like you are stuck in the past. Try to create your own civilization and return home!

Released Oct 27, 2023 Developer Paleodev Platforms Windows · Linux Colony SimSimulationSurvivalStrategyCity Builder
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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 2026-09-26.

81.4%positive424 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Once you get the grip of the mechanics, it becomes kinda addictive. Pleasant visuals to sit back and chill. Technology progression felt smooth. I like smaller, simpler games which don't drop all of their mechanics onto you right away. This is one of them. Enjoyed it as a SNES…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Idk what to say. There are a lot of people yapping this game is abvandoned. But for me, it feels fine. It's really fun though honestly.”

— a player, Steam review · 44 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Did you play so much Rimworld you got self-conscious about it, but still want to play Rimworld, but with a worse UI, and with less development and lesser budget (not really their fault, but still true)? Well, here's the game for you. Maybe in 15 years, it will have comparable…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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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.

16achievements
6.2%median completion
2.5%rarest: Homemade production
20.1% of players 15.7% of players 13.0% of players 10.2% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 7.5% of players 7.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.3% of players 2.5% of players 20.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
20.1%Multitool — One of the settlers must equip at least 3 tools
15.7%First ceramic — Fire your first ceramic pot
13.0%Tribe — Have 15 people or more in the settlement
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%Homemade production — Sell ​​10 units of bread, cheese, woolen fabric, a pot of wine, and honeycombs at a trading post at the same time
3.3%City — Have 60 people or more in the settlement
4.0%Engine of progress — Research all technologies

Latest official news

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

Jun 30, 2025
Paleon Reinvented Devlog #2

When developing Paleon Reinvented , I decided to completely rewrite the user interface system to make working with it significantly easier and more efficient. Problems with the Old System In the origi

Jun 08, 2025
Paleon Reinvented Devlog #1

In this devlog, I want to share how a simple and familiar algorithm — Flood fill — helped me massively speed up pathfinding in my game. Why Bother? Imagine you have a big map filled with obstacles: ho

Jun 03, 2025
Paleon Reinvented Devlog #0

Chunk-Based Tilemap Architecture The tilemap system in the game is based on a chunked layout, where the full tilemap is divided into multiple chunks depending on the tilemap dimensions and the configu

May 27, 2025
Paleon source code is now public!

Hi everyone! I’ve decided to release the source code of Paleon to the public — now you’re free to explore and study it. Since I started working on the project early in my programming journey, the code

Feb 08, 2025
Paleon Achievements!

An achievement system has been added to Paleon! With new updates there will be even more achievements!

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, Simulation
Player tagsColony Sim · Simulation · Survival · Strategy · City Builder · Building · Sandbox · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Historical · Indie · Top-Down (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, German, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Turkish
Achievements16
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista or greater Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 mb video memory, shader model 3.0+ DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 500 MB available space