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The Colonists

The Colonists

Build a new home for your team of robots as they begin a new life for themselves on a distant planet where they can fulfil their ultimate dream: to be human.

Released Oct 24, 2018 Developer Codebyfire Publisher Mode 7 Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux City BuilderColony SimAutomationBuildingEconomy
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

85.6%positive1,242 reviews
Recommended · 233 found this helpful

“The Colonists Robots become Humans 📋 Premise Developed by Codebyfire and published by Mode 7, The Colonists is a game that has all the prerequisites to become a beautifully made strategic city builder. Although it doesn't have an actual story, the game revolves around the idea…”

— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played
Recommended · 197 found this helpful

“Good game, wrong price The Colonists is a settlement/colony management game mainly based around resource collection and transportation. The robots have split off from humans to make a better life for themselves and after landing on a new planet you’ll need to lead them as they…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 42 found this helpful

“I've been watching development of this for a long time and just finished playing Mindustry and decided that it was time. And boy has it been. I can't begin to give all the accolades this game has going for it, but I will give you some things that stick out for me. First, the…”

— a player, Steam review · 351 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

712all-time peak
0 250 500 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 364 avg · Oct 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

27achievements
2.4%median completion
0.3%rarest: Supplier Challenge - EXPERT
69.3% of players 48.5% of players 36.6% of players 31.0% of players 25.1% of players 14.7% of players 13.7% of players 8.1% of players 6.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 1.2% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 69.3% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.3%First Energy L1 — Generate your first Energy L1!
48.5% First Energy L2 — Generate your first Energy L2!
36.6%The High Seas — Transport a resource between harbours with a boat.
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Supplier Challenge - EXPERT — Complete the 'Supplier' challenge map within 11 months
0.3%Supplier Challenge - CHAMPION — Complete the 'Supplier' challenge map within 10 months
0.3%Supplier Challenge - LEGENDARY — Complete the 'Supplier' challenge map within 9 months

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$6.24lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US24.99 USD
EU22.99 EUR
UK19.49 GBP
Australia35.95 AUD
Canada28.99 CAD
Japan2,570 JPY
Brazil47.49 BRL
China80.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$9.4 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$26

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-25 08-11 08-29 09-16 10-03 10-23

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 03, 2026
V1.9.26 - June Frontier

Congratulations to trishen, Penkkimurheilija and Emmeraldyne for finishing top three in May's frontier! There's something a little different for June's frontier, just how well can you plan your colony

May 03, 2026
V1.9.25 - May Frontier

Congratulations to trishen, Fish and korelich for finishing top three in April's frontier! For May's frontier Golds Coins are the order of the day but there's a coal shortage... Patch Notes V1.9.25 Ma

Apr 03, 2026
V1.9.24 - April Frontier

Congratulations to trishen, Solii and Fish for finishing top three in March's frontier! For April's frontier the chocolate monument is back! Only this time your robots are twice as greedy... Patch Not

Mar 02, 2026
V1.9.23 - March Frontier

Congratulations to trishen, Penkkimurheilija and Fish for finishing top three in February's frontier! In March's frontier it's mine, mine, mine... Patch Notes V1.9.23 March Frontier

Feb 02, 2026
V1.9.22 - February Frontier

Patch Notes V1.9.22 February Frontier - Residences require milk instead of water

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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.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsCity Builder · Colony Sim · Automation · Building · Economy · Management · Robots · Survival · Base-Building · Sandbox · PvP · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Czech, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Achievements27
Official sitehttp://thecolonistsgame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64 bit Windows Processor: Multicore with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1GB DX9 (shader model 3.0) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space