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Screeps: World
Screeps: World is an open source MMO strategy sandbox game for programming enthusiasts. You control your colony by writing JavaScript code that operates 24/7 in the huge persistent online open world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
“Screeps: World, developed and published by Screeps, LLC, is a strategy game that fundamentally redefines what it means to “play” an RTS. Rather than directly commanding units in real time, players are tasked with writing JavaScript code that governs every action their colony…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“I've enjoyed playing this game quite a bit. It can feel daunting at first if you haven't programmed before but it's helped me a lot. I would recommend reading through the API and documentation because it provides a lot of useful starter code for your bot. The screeps community…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,398 hrs played“A very fun sandbox coding game, various different in-game systems to tackle most of which can be done at your own pace or ignored if desired. Devs have recently stated their headed back to working on it after a hiatus. Best played from the ground up and not with a pre-packed…”
— a player, Steam review · 2,328 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Season #11 starts on September 1
What is Season World? It's a parallel world where all players start on equal terms. Everyone has GCL 1/GPL 0, equal 100 CPU from the start (which does not scale with GCL). The world will last until No
10th Anniversary and Free Season
Friends, we have something to celebrate! 10 years ago, on June 20, 2016, after a crowdfunding campaign and the development of an early browser prototype, we launched Screeps in Early Access on Steam.
New shard + Unlimited Access Keys Pack
New shardThe world just got bigger! We're excited to announce the launch of a brand new shard called shardX. It is connected to all other shards via portals and becomes an integral part of the larger
Node.js v24 upgrade
⬆️ Upgraded all runtime servers to Node.js v24⬆️ Updated client binaries and NW to the latest version⬆️ Updated to Pixi v7 and backported room renderer fixes and optimizations made during the developm
Node.js v24 upgrade
We’re excited to announce that on April 1st (and no, this is not a joke!), we plan to upgrade to Node.js v24 across all game runtime servers! The current version v10 is long overdue for an update. As
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Programming · Strategy · Massively Multiplayer · Open World · Sandbox · Logic · Base-Building · RTS · Minimalist · Difficult · Economy · Hacking (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space