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Build a civilization of real people, working together to advance society and stop a meteor, all without destroying the ecosystem in the process.
Eco is a early access, simulation and building game
developed and published by Strange Loop Games.
Released on February 06th 2018 is available on Windows, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 13,212 reviews of which 10,744 were positive and 2,468 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11 64-Bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz Quad-Core or Intel i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad-Core or similar
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 290 or NVIDIA GTX 970 or similar (Minimum: 4 GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 6 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX®-Compatible
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One of the best games i ever touched. You can do basicly everyhting, build up towns, countrys and federations where you get an economy to run with the people around you on the server. So destroying the Asteriod is not the main goal at least for me. Building up a economic healthy civilization is for me the main goal. Only bad part about it, i came years to late to the game. There barly some servers with a healthy population, maybe 2 - 3 servers which still have their 30 - 40 people constantly playing. Beside that the game is pretty dead with like 100 - 150 people a day playing it. Am hopeing on a big mature update which may bring back the community. Sadly i missed these days with 300 people on a world which would be one of the greatest multiplayer expierences i would ever have.
A few days before giving this feedback, I convinced a friend to play Eco because we were facing an upcoming admission to the psych ward thanks to minors spending their Easter holidays playing Valorant. When his first reaction was, “Dude, this is Minecraft on steroids,” my heart filled with warmth. He immediately bought the game I’ve been playing for six years and jumped right in. It was pure joy watching how much fun he had, and the devilish part of me instantly knew: You will never see daylight again. Which was confirmed after he spent eight hours straight mining dirt and stone like an absolute champion. Wonderful, isn’t it, when no one can lose your enchanted axe in lava? After he wiped out half the animal population to create a respectable pile of meat for us, I knew: He’s in love. It’s unbelievable how much joy a new shovel can bring someone just because it lets them dig three dirt blocks at once. Meanwhile, I was running from table to table as usual in this game, until I almost developed PTSD expecting someone to appear and say, “As long as your feet are under my table, you’ll do as I say.” Thankfully that didn’t happen — instead, we got our first water pollution. Cheers to the first sewage system; that’s what I call progress. That my fish trap stopped producing fish? Well, shrinkage happens everywhere. I mean, what’s worse: no fish sticks or a meteor wiping out all the deer… well, at least the ones my friend hadn’t already overlooked! It’s also impressive how much mental resilience this game builds. After I said for the tenth time, “Oh, we need to tear this down, we need more Room Tier for the next table,” he silently grabbed his shovel and dug his own grave. Just kidding — he dug with joy, of course. Oh, eight hours gone already? Definitely worth considering quitting the job he has to be at in three hours with no sleep, because we still need to dig two blocks deeper for the lumber storages. Priorities set — let’s go. All in all, I now wake up in the morning and, for the first time ever, I have messages from him on my phone. Isn’t that adorable? I’m the first thing he thinks about. “Are you awake? I can’t play Eco without you! You’re the host!” I’m sure after four more underground lumber stockpiles, he’ll be in love with me. All in all: the best game in the world.
The thing I like about Eco is it's a survival/craft game that requires infrastructure. I need buildings for machines to work and bridges for vehicles to drive over. I don't have everything in a small base and just carry everything form A to B in my inventory. It's also got a good basis for advancing, tedium is good as less tedium is a reward for advancing and investing. Such as good food meaning I don't have to shovel 20 beetroots down my throat with a slow animation. The biggest problem with this game is it's far too painful, long and expensive to ever get anyone else to play this with you and it's built to be a multiplayer 'society builder' game. So playing this game singleplayer is ass, you're basically required to cheat to unlock stars to unlock careers to unlock tech and crafting recipes. I want to build a stove so I'm not cooking on a campfire, so I need forks, which needs iron and the blacksmithing skill, which needs the smelting skill, which needs masonry and carpentry, which needs mining logging and gathering. But wait I also need lumber, which needs a sawmill and flaxseed, a sawmill I can already make with the skill I picked up making forks but the flaxseed oil needs milling, which needs farming and campfire cooking and then I need to also farm the flax, which takes time and the game doesn't explain if my flax is going to grow or die because of soil and overcrowding and yes, I did make sure to plant it in the correct biome, All of this seems good from a tech tree that wants you to engage with all its systems *but* the game wants you to fill your role and have other roles filled by other players and so to play it single player means bearing the full weight of the game's tedium and having it fight against you as it wants you to society build not do everything yourself 6/10 It seems good at what it wants to do but damn does it not want me to play it my way
If like to live in a community and try to simulate a real commune life. Yes, this game is for you. If you want quickly updates and smooth gameplay, sorry, go look elsewhere XD The game is good, i love it., but some aspects of it need working and the work is done really slowly here.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Eco is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
No, Eco is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Eco received 10,744 positive votes out of a total of 13,212 achieving a rating of 7.95.
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Eco was developed and published by Strange Loop Games.
Yes, Eco is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Eco is not playable on MacOS.
No, Eco is not playable on Linux.
Yes, Eco is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Eco is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Eco does not support VR.
Eco offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Eco includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
No, Eco does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Eco does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Eco does not support Steam Remote Play.
No, Eco does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Eco.
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| Steam price | 27 October 2026 04:09 UTC |
| Steam reviews | 18 October 2026 06:03 UTC |
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Game modes
Multiplayer
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452
Developer
Strange Loop Games
Publisher
Strange Loop Games
Release
06 Feb 2018
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