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Sapiens
Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is not a fast moving game, which is enjoyable for me. As with any game, there is a learning curve. Also, you have to remember to stay on top of assigning new jobs and skills to Sapiens, as they are developed. Although automatic task assignment is helpful, sometimes the…”
— a player, Steam review · 267 hrs played“This is not a game, but a patience trainer.”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played“developer anounced on discord he lost all motivations to develop game, last update was a while ago.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:14 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Progress Update - Conflict
Greetings!I have been making great progress over the past few weeks on conflict.The first step was to add a banish command. This is long requested, and was necessary for conflict, to be able to tidy u
0.6.1.2 - Bugfixes
New in 0.6.1.2: Pregnant, elderly and children sapiens now move away from sapiens belonging to hostile or unmet tribes Fixes bug where restricted building materials wouldn't be saved if you placed a b
0.6.1: Foundation blocks and Vulkan fix
It's been a slow few months of development, with a number of sicknesses slowing things down, and some big tasks requiring the update of a lot of assets. But we finally have an update! I had planned to
Sapiens 0.6 update out now!
This update adds seven different breeds of fish! It also brings new detailed textures and shaders, improves all animal models and behaviors, adds a range of colors for alpacas and woolskins, and conta
0.5.1: Canoes, Point & Click mode
Hi everyone! A new update that has just gone out, which adds two major new features: Canoes, and point and click mode. Canoes are simply hollowed out logs, which provide a small amount of storage spac
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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.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Colony Sim · City Builder · God Game · Base-Building · Building · Survival · Crafting · Management · Life Sim · Sandbox · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Workshop · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://playsapiens.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 - 64 Bit Processor: Multi core CPU Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 970 or better Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires up to date graphics drivers